Kent Beck

“When Pandora doesn't pay, and bars don't pay, and weddings don't pay, and nobody buys CDs or shirts or concert tickets or lessons, then the musician can't make a living making music.”

“A rational model of software is to design it quickly - the economic pressure to improvise presents an interesting challenge.”

“My great-grandfather played organ for silent movies. Talkies in, Gramps out.”

“I used Agitator on some code I had unit-tested, and it made me a better tester. As an Agitar Fellow, I look forward to the leverage of working with an outstanding organization as together we continue to improve the value of developer testing.”

“People are looking for software development that actually does something useful... People are looking for partners who deliver when promised, and at a reasonable and transparent price. I believe that the days of being able to value price software are numbered.”

“Developer testing is an important step towards accountability. It gives developers a way to demonstrate the quality of the software they produce.”