{"id":12286,"date":"2023-07-20T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ee.yelkdev.site\/?p=12286"},"modified":"2024-12-09T23:41:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T23:41:06","slug":"mobbing-a-programmers-survival-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equalexperts.com\/blog\/ee-life\/mobbing-a-programmers-survival-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobbing &#8211; A programmer\u2019s survival guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Third in a series featuring talks from our recent Geek 23 conference is Software Engineer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/fjsousa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fl\u00e1vio<\/a> Sousa, presenting, Mobbing &#8211; A programmer\u2019s survival guide.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Mobbing: A programmer&#039;s survival guide -  Equal Experts Geek Conference 2023\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j-7nOSaE4Tg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; 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