Journeyman Tour

One of the most interesting things I did in my life has been my Code Cop Tour. It started as a single tour in 2013, but I kept visiting companies and sharing knowledge ever since - of course on a much smaller scale. This page lists all content on my Code Cop tour and the concept of the Journeyman Tour in general.

The Beginning

• In 2008 Corey Haines embarked on an unique, personal Pair Programming Tour around central US. I read his blog and watched all his recordings.

How to go on tour

• My initial presentation on my tour.
• Discussion with my friends who should go on a Journeyman Tour.
• Details about how I planned my Software Craftsmanship tour and what I expected. Every tour should start with a similar announcement.
• I wrote about some ideas how to manage expectations and improve sessions early into my tour.
• Later I wrote on planning and managing expectations in more detail.
• Pair programming with a stranger needs some rules, too.
• Selling a Journeyman Tour to management is difficult in companies which are new to Software Craftsmanship.

What I learned

• A Journeyman Tour is hard work.
• For my 2013 tour I did an extensive analysis what I had learned.

Diary of my 2013 tour including visited companies

• Week 1 visiting Raphael Stary and Blossom.
• Week 2 at TechTalk and Lunifera.
• Week 3 sdguide.org.
• Weeks 4 and 5 at a company which does not want to be named.
• Week 6 staying at SIB Visions.
• Week 7 with the Austrian Environment Agency.
• Weeks 8 and 9 visiting Codeship and Irian.
• Week 10 at RISE and DIMOCO.
• Week 11 with Austrian Lotteries.
• Week 12 EBCONT.
• Week 13 closing my tour by visiting Jürgen Cito.

2014

• Somewhere in 2014 I spent a few days with Raphael Stary and Blossom each, but I did not write about it.

2015

• Another week visiting AIDA Canaries for the #GDCR15.