Software Developer's Journey
Timothée Bourguignon
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How does one become a software developer? Life and career lessons to influence your software developer's journey.
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"Software Developer‘s Journey" is hosted and produced by me, Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about me at timbourguignon.fr or on Twitter @Timothep.
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#151 Chris Coyier from ceramics to CSS-Tricks and CodePen
Chris took us from playing on his first C64 to his bachelor of arts in ceramics and back to web development. We talked about the different positions he held along the way and how they slowly but surely led him toward web development. We brushed over the creation and recreation of CSS-Tricks, learning in the open and what a good day looks like!
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Chris on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/chriscoyier
* https://css-tricks.com
* https://codepen.io
* https://shoptalkshow.com
* https://abookapart.com/products/practical-svg
* https://digwp.com/book
*Credits*
* Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
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May 11, 2021
#150 Ryan Bergman loves terrible code
Ryan took us over his atypical journey, proudly working for 3 companies over the span of 22 years. First, he told us about his young love for programming in the 80s and how programming completely left his life until the mid-90s. Next, he told us about his art and city planning studies and how this led him back to graphic design and HTML. We then took us along his long journey toward backend technologies and technical agile coaching.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Ryan's Twitter https://www.twitter.com/ryber
*Credits*
* Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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May 4, 2021
#149 Leticia Portella started with MATHLABianesque Python
Leticia took us from her job in oceanography to her current software engineering role at Stripe. She described how Python changed her life, or to be more accurate, how the Brasilian Python community changed her life. We talked about learning, sharing, writing, and knowing yourself. We talked about mentorship and helping others. What a story!
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Leticia on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/leleportella
* Leticia's Homepage https://leportella.com
*Credits*
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Apr 27, 2021
#148 Bryan Beecham cares about people
Bryan took us back to his first Commodore Vic20, the first lines of code he wrote. We spoke about languages and choosing the right tool for the job. We discussed organizing your work and life. We spoke about coaching, behavior skills, and ego. Bryan dropped one useful piece of advice after the other. Don't miss it!
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Bryan on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/BillyGarnet
* Bryan's Blog https://humanrefactor.com
*Credits*
* Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
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Apr 20, 2021
#147 Caitlyn Greffly rationalized her way into development
Caitlyn's developer career started just a few years ago when she dropped her career selling beer and enrolled in a software development boot camp. Caitlyn told us that story and how she got her first and second jobs. We talked about learning, conferences & public speaking. We talked about asking, working in the open, and the book she is writing about her experience.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Caitlyn on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/thecaitcode
* Caitlyn's Homepage https://caitlyngreffly.com
*Credits*
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Apr 13, 2021
#146 Miguel Piedrafita is a 19 years old indie maker
Miguel has been learning by making things. This is pretty much his whole story. Pick an idea and learn from it. Want to learn something? Find an itch to scratch. And he is very prolific. And he is becoming very successful at it.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Miguel on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/m1guelpf
* Miguel's Homepage https://miguelpiedrafita.com
* His Project List https://miguelpiedrafita.com/projects
* Site Sauce Open Stats https://sitesauce.app/open
Communities
* Makerlog https://getmakerlog.com
* Indie Hackers https://www.indiehackers.com
* WIP https://wip.co
*Credits*
* Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
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Apr 6, 2021
#145 Darko Meszaros the utilitarian developer
From the early 90s to 2001, Darko's only computer was a C64, and he loved it. We talked about how his life changed when he got a 486, how he didn't become a developer per se. How his SysAdmin jobs slowly but surely took him toward AWS, and finally, how his path inside AWS lead him to Developer Advocacy.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Darko on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/darkosubotica
* Darko's Homepage / Blog https://www.rup12.net/about
* Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV_UAKu9-r39cEEXPj_xWfw
* Twitch DevBeardOps https://www.twitch.tv/ruptwelve
*Credits*
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Mar 30, 2021
#144 How to not find a problem? Format experiment: "Tales of DevJourney"
This week, I try a new concept: telling you a developer story out of its context. This time I tell you a story of a machine interface problem I couldn't figure out 12 years ago. Let me know how you find this format, reach out on Twitter @timothep, or per email info@devjourney.info
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Mar 23, 2021
#143 Bert Jan Schrijver took his career into his own hands
Bert took us from his first C64, all the way to his community work with the NLJUG. We talked about learning on the job and saying "YES" to everything. Getting involved with a community, giving back, enjoying volunteer work, finding topics to talk about, and much more.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Bert on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/bjschrijver
* J-Spring https://jspring.nl
* J-Fall https://jfall.nl
* NLJUG https://nljug.org
*Credits*
* Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
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Mar 16, 2021
#142 Lior Bar Yosef is a network analyst in a world of puzzles
Lior took us from her computer science major in high school, through her time in the Israel Defence Force as a network analyst, to her work at CyberMDX, providing cybersecurity for health institutions. We talked about curiosity, learning strategy, finding your passions, and finding your "skills sweet spot."
*Here are the links from the show:*
* liorby@cybermdx.com
* Lior Bar Yosef on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lior-bar-yosef-442511174/
* Sample Research Lior did for CyberMDX https://www.cybermdx.com/research/vulnerability-ge-radiology-201208
*Credits*
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Mar 9, 2021
#141 Freya Holmér a level-designer turned game-developer
Freya took us from the first levels she designed in Trackmania, all the way to her live coding Flowstorm on Twitch. She explained how her view on GameDev expanded over time. She told us the birth story of Shader Forge and the VR-Game Budget Cuts. She spoke of her burnout and how she finally felt back on her feet, streaming and freelancing in the gaming industry.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/FreyaHolmer
* https://twitch.tv/acegikmo
* https://youtube.com/acegikmo
* https://discord.gg/v5VWuga
Plugins
* Shapes https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/particles-effects/shapes-173167
* Shaderforge https://github.com/FreyaHolmer/ShaderForge
Twitter Threads
* Math Visualisation https://twitter.com/FreyaHolmer/timelines/1215413954505297922
* FlowStorm 1 https://twitter.com/freyaholmer/status/1187810005011050498
* FlowStorm 2 https://twitter.com/freyaholmer/status/1245111000271028225
*Credits*
* Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Ses…
Mar 2, 2021
#140 Matt Biilmann discovered the JAMStack
Matt took us from his first lines of code and his musicology studies to his move to Spain to follow his heart and his first (unpaid) job. He then slowly but surely showed us how he worked with websites for years, realizing what was missing. He coined this missing architecture JAMStack and told us its birth story and how he created Netlify to empower it.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/biilmann
* Netlify on Twitter: https://twitter.com/netlify
* Netlify's Homepage https://www.netlify.com
* Netlify blog for the latest updates: https://www.netlify.com/blog
* Jamstack Explorers, a learning platform by Netlify to help developers get more expertise in the Jamstack: https://explorers.netlify.com
* Jamstack.org https://jamstack.org
*Credits*
* Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Feb 23, 2021
#139 Mark Rendle is a programmer turned comedian turned programmer
Mark took us from his first date with a ZX81 all the way to the stages he regularly speaks onto worldwide. We brushed over his childhood and bumpy teenage. We talked about his love for "chips," his informal apprenticeship, and why he wants to further this apprenticeship model in the future. We talked about his hiatus as a professional stand-up comedian and how he found his way back into programming. Mark told us about his burnout and how this lead to him joining the best company ever and pushing him to mix those two skills he loves: programming and stand-up comedy.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Mark Rendle on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/markrendle
* Mark Rendle on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/markrendle
* Cocoon https://github.com/VisualReCode/Cocoon
* BSLang on Github https://github.com/BSLang/BS
* The Worst Programming Language Ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mnYf7L7Amw
*Credits*
* Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.…
Feb 16, 2021
#138 Kristy-Leigh Minehan almost burned seeking a crypto highscore
Kristy took us from her early ROM-hacking years, all the way to her crypto-mining rabbit hole. She described in detail how she optimized her machines to ever-better mine cryptocurrencies. We then bifurcated toward the tale of how she almost changed the proof algorithm of Ethereum, became the center of a smear campaign, and earned a heavy burnout instead. We finally talked about helping developers as managers to not face those problems.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Kristy's Twitter https://www.twitter.com/OhGodAGirl
* The Hackathon Kristy mentioned https://symbolplatform.com/hackathon
*Credits*
* Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Feb 9, 2021
#137 Nadia Zhuk from 0 to crossing the Rubycon
Nadia first told us how she discovered coding, at the age of 25, as a second career. She painted her expat's story, leaving Belarus to Poland to reboot her professional life. We talked about interviewing. We talked about learning. And we talked about the book she wrote, "Crossing the Rubycon" (http://bit.ly/crossingrubycon), telling this exact story, plus many tips for fellow future second career devs.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Nadia on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/beetlehope
* Nadia's Book "Crossing the Rubycon" http://bit.ly/crossingrubycon (affiliate-link)
* Book a career consultation with Nadia http://www.beetlehope.com
* Nadia's technical blog https://dev.to/beetlehope
* Nadia's Reading List newsletter https://beetlehope.substack.com
* Nadia on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/beetlehope
Two ressources Nadia spoke highly about:
* Michael Hartl's Tutorial https://www.michaelhartl.com
* Codecademy https://www.codecademy.com
*Credits*
* Cove…
Feb 2, 2021
#136 Dotan Nahum on building your own toolbox
Dotan first spoke about scarcity and satisfying his hungry curiosity. We then brushed over his hacking past and how he learned his way through computers. We talked about his military service and studies. We finally spoke about his quest for growth, the plans, and the sacrifices he made. We talked about languages, how to learn them and how to become efficient.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Dotan on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/jondot
* Developer experience manifesto https://dxmanifesto.dev
* Effective Work ebook (free) https://leanpub.com/effectivework
* Root Cause Podcast (in Hebrew): https://rtcz.io
* SpectralOps https://spectralops.io
* Learn Code the Hardway movement https://learncodethehardway.org/c
* Learn VIM while playing a game https://vim-adventures.com
*Credits*
* Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Jan 26, 2021
#135 Emily Robinson making sense of data science for us
Emily took us from her custom studies to her Ph.D. studies, her DataScience Bootcamp, and her first job at Etsy. We classified DataScience and (finally) made sense of those weird titles. We talked about how working in the open, creating her community and writing opened doors for her. Finally, we spoke about the book she just wrote with Jacqueline Nolis.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Emily's Twitter https://www.twitter.com/robinson_es
* Her book "Build a Career in Data Science" http://datascicareer.com
* The podcast accompanying the book https://podcast.bestbook.cool
* 40% off the book: mtpdata20
* Emily's Blog http://hookedondata.org
* Blog post about titles at Lyft: https://medium.com/@chamandy/whats-in-a-name-ce42f419d16c
* New York HackR Meetup where Emily first talked https://www.meetup.com/nyhackr
* The recording of her A/B Testing @Etsy Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF-ryGgLOgQ
* Will Larson's upcoming book about Staff Engineering: https://staff…
Jan 19, 2021
#134 Amiti Uttarwar is a hands-on Bitcoin-core tinkerer
Amiti took us from her first logic puzzles and first lines of code, all the way to her tenure as a Bitcoin core member. We also talked about Bitcoin itself, the project, its governance, processes, and how one could participate and change the world.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Amiti's Twitter https://www.twitter.com/amizi
* Amiti's Github https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
* Optech newsletter https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters
* Amiti's onboarding blog post https://medium.com/@amitiu/onboarding-to-bitcoin-core-7c1a83b20365
* Blog post about how governance works https://blog.okcoin.com/2020/09/15/developing-bitcoin
*Credits*
* Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Jan 12, 2021
#133 Dennis Traub failed his way to success
Dennis took us from his first Commodore computer, all the way to his job at AWS. We talked about curiosity, finding your own way, taking a break, learning, searching, failure much more.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/dtraub
* The AWS-Podcast in German https://anchor.fm/dennis-traub
* https://www.dennistraub.com
* Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/dennis_at_work
* Commodore VIC-20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20
* Successful, Accomplished, Depressed – A Talk About Performance, Perfectionism, and Burnout in IT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C84h5e9cOZY
*Credits*
* Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Jan 5, 2021
#132 Evangelina Ferreira challenges you to take every opportunity
Eva took us from tinkering with CSS on Blogspot to organizing CSSConf Argentina. She told us her story, and how she slowly but surely settled on Front-End development. She detailed how scary, but also life-changing it was to go to a conference in the USA. She finally told us all about the conference she organized and her vision to inspire developers in South-America.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* Eva's Twitter Profile: https://www.twitter.com/evaferreira92
* The NGO Eva spoke about: http://www.puerta18.org.ar
* The numbers behind CSSConf Argentina https://cssconfar.com/the-numbers
* Eva's Speaking Log: https://www.evaferreira.com.ar/en/education.html
* Nicole Sullivan:* *https://twitter.com/stubbornella
*Credits*
* Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
* Gift the podcast a rating on one of the major platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribe…
Dec 29, 2020
How to end the 3rd season of DevJourney?
This year was crazy, time for a review.
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
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Dec 22, 2020
#131 Wesley Faulkner is a native developer advocate
Wesley took us from his first job as a bench nerd, through his student job at Centaur and his tenure at Dell. He explained in detail how those jobs helped him develop empathy, learn how to communicate with people, relate to them, and explain the technology. We transitioned to his time at IBM, MongoDB, and Daily, discovering developer relations and finding where he belonged all along.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/wesley83
* Daily | 1-click video chat API
* https://www.devrelcon.net
* https://redmonk.com/jgovernor
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur_Technology
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Dec 15, 2020
#130 Natalia Tepluhina a DBA turned Vue.js-expert at Gitlab
Natalia took us along her whole career. From her computer engineering studies to her first job as a DBA, to her learning javascript. We then followed her footsteps toward Vue.js and how she slowly but surely embraced open-source, communities, conferences, teaching, and became the accomplished front-end engineer, core team member of the Vue.js framework and the GDE we know.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/N_Tepluhina
* https://v3.vuejs.org
* https://workshops.vuevixens.org
* https://ng-girls.org
* https://scalac.io
* https://svelte.dev
* https://about.gitlab.com
The 3 mentors Natalia mentioned:
* https://twitter.com/ktrz__
* https://devjourney.info/Guests/102-JenLuker.html
* https://twitter.com/FilipaLacerda
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Dec 8, 2020
#129 Jackie Luo is interested in the impact of tech on society
Jackie took us from her first magazine and philosophy major to the realization that a software engineering background could help her realize her dreams. We then discussed her studies, her first internship, and her first job. We talked about moving from New York to SanFrancisco, and back. We talked about refocusing your life and the societal impact of tech. We finally talked about Jackie's projects "The Framework Project" and "IRL Society".
*Here are the links from the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/jackiehluo
* http://jackieluo.com
* https://irlsociety.com
* https://www.theframeworkproject.com
* http://medium.com/@jackiehluo
Buy candles made by Jackie, all profits go to charity (shipping anywhere in the U.S.): https://airtable.com/shrnETe5Pp3IeeU5o
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Dec 1, 2020
#128 Paula Gearon was searching for machines that can think
Paula told us how she was introduced to computers at a very young age. She told us how she learned to program and to solve problems her own way. She took us through her whole career, learning when being bored, and growing into the very deep software engineer she is today. She told us about writing Asami & Naga and how she started working in Open-Source.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/quoll
* https://github.com/quoll
* https://github.com/threatgrid/asami
* https://github.com/threatgrid/naga
* https://vimeo.com/28793245
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Nov 24, 2020
#127 Emmanuel Bernard fell into open-source
We talked about Emmanuel's start building an Amazon Concurrent at the French FNAC Company. We spoke about making architectural decisions, experiencing freedom, and Conway's Law. Emmanuel described how he discovered Hibernate, fell into OSS, and finally joined JBoss. We then discussed the acquisition of JBoss by Redhat, the cultural-chances, and the problems that ensued. We finally touched on getting into open source.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/emmanuelbernard
* https://emmanuelbernard.com/blog
* https://lescastcodeurs.com
* https://www.redhat.com
* https://quarkus.io
* Open Decision Framework: https://github.com/red-hat-people-team/open-decision-framework & https://www.redhat.com/en/explore/the-open-organization-book
*Credits*
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Nov 17, 2020
#126 Ev Haus: animator, programmer, manager
Ev took us from his CGI-animator studies and job, through the forks on his journey. First to become a programmer. Then pivot with his company, away from animation. Then again, toward data science, and finally, embrace management all the way and start working at Zenhub.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/EvHaus
* https://www.zenhub.com/careers
* https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cumul8
* https://web.archive.org/web/20050306015407/http://www.designsbymark.com/
*Credits*
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Nov 10, 2020
#125 Alice Goldfuss is digging deeper
Alice took us on a long slide: first from office assistance to tech support. Then from tech support to server management at NewRelic. Then from server management to SRE and incident response. Finally from SRE to containers and Kubernetes-Management at Github. We talked about how her curiosity coupled with moments of boredom pushed her to dig ever deeper.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/alicegoldfuss
* https://blog.alicegoldfuss.com
* https://www.twitch.tv/bletchleypunk
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
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Nov 3, 2020
Special Episode - US Election Day 2020
I asked myself for a long time if I should bring an interview today, or if I should let it be, and decided for the latter. Today is a historic day for the United States of America, deciding who will be their next president. And we all know, as much as we would like it to be otherwise, it is a historic event for the whole world. The presidency of the United States has an impact on the whole world, and we are part of it. I think we are going to be submerged by media, tv-articles, it's going to be a mess on Twitter, we don't need another DevJourney today. That said, I wanted to leave you with a small story or small reminder...
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Oct 27, 2020
#124 Edidiong Asikpo put herself out there
Edidiong first told us about her bumpy start, how computer science was only her "third option". She explained how an internship changed her view on tech and how she embraced it. We spoke about communities and open-source. We talked about her dislike for reading and writing. Edidiong explained how she purposefully started writing more, and how that led to her first and second jobs. We finally touched on mentorship and connections.
*Here are the links from the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/Didicodes
* https://edidiongasikpo.com
* https://hashnode.com
* https://www.interswitchgroup.com
* https://www.shecodeafrica.org
* https://www.oscafrica.org
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/DevCUyo
*#EndSARS*
Nigeria is currently living through difficult times. Here are two links that very well describe the situation at hand and that Edidiong suggested sharing:
* https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/10/25/endsars-how-nigerians-use-social-media-against-police-brutality
* ht…
Oct 20, 2020
#123 Patrick Leblanc didn't want to ruin his passion
Patrick first told us the rollercoaster-story of his studies, and how he fought against coding for almost 10 years. He then took us on his agency ride, mastering PHP on the job, and learning how to conduct interviews and lead teams. We finally touched on his recent depression/burnout and the creation of his new business.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/patsleb
* https://woogostores.com
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Oct 13, 2020
#122 Ines Montani brought linguistic and computers together
We talked about how computers increased Ines's creativity as a teen. We talked about Ines's disappointment at German university studies. We discussed the steps she took away from computer sciences, and how she ended up combining two of her passions: developing software and linguistics into one new field: computer linguistics. We finished by talking about having developers as customers and dog-feeding your own products.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/_inesmontani
* https://explosion.ai
* https://spacy.io
* https://prodi.gy
* https://ines.io
* https://ines.io/blog/how-i-started-coding
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Oct 5, 2020
#121 Kathryn Erickson on leadership and asking for help
We talked about helping, being helped, asking for help, and having people you can rely on. We talked about research and startups. We discussed networks, mentorship, and team-leading. We finally touched on leadership, tech, and coding.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/012345
* https://github.com/012345
* https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/contactus.html
* https://medium.com/@NataliMorad/how-to-be-an-adult-kegans-theory-of-adult-development-d63f4311b553
Books
* https://amzn.to/3jBpOQB
* https://amzn.to/3nkrX5z
* https://amzn.to/34qMInw
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Sep 28, 2020
#120 Sumana Harihareswara is an open-source fairy
Sumana first told us about her parents and how they influenced her life in many ways. We discussed computer science and social sciences, luck, and how Sumana discovered the world of Open-Source. We talked about her studies and first steps into partaking in the OSS projects. Sumana finally told us the very unique and fascinating story of how her consulting business came to be.
*Here are the links of the show:
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Links about Sumana herself:
* https://mastodon.social/@brainwane
* https://www.twitter.com/brainwane
* http://www.panix.com/~sumanah/pix/my-name.webm
* http://brainwane.net
* https://changeset.nyc
* https://www.harihareswara.net/talks.html
* Sumana's Keynote "Be bold", what I learned from my parents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OczqFEcUTA#t=6m1s
Keynote Transcript "Learn Tech Management in 45 Min" https://bit.ly/36d7jxZ
Open Source Bridge 2012 Keynote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OczqFEcUTA#t=6m1s, Transcript: https://bit.ly/3jnRW9C
Pip
* Beta System:…
Sep 22, 2020
#119 Virginia Harrison is following her gaming dream
Gini told us about how their discovery of webpages and flash animations lead to them creating their first games. We then discussed why they didn't follow the development route right away. We talked about interviewing in pyjamas and working at PockitDoc. We talked about following your dreams and the definition of fun. We discussed small and big projects. Gini told us about GameJam contests and how they try new mechanisms. We finished by talking about mindfulness and being a nerd!
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/GiniTheCat
* https://waywardai.com
* https://itch.io/jams
* Yuki Okamura-Wong https://twitter.com/Chuudles
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Sep 15, 2020
#118 Erik Rasmussen connects the dots of his career
Erik took us through his first steps with 5" floppy disks and code lines. We talked about the usefulness of CS degrees, his first jobs, side projects, and open-source libraries. We connected the dots between them all, all the way to the forms libraries he is now most well known for.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/erikras
* https://github.com/erikras
Erik's Projects
* Redux Form – https://redux-form.com
* Final Form – https://final-form.org
* Form Nerd – https://formnerd.co/devjourney
Erik's Podcasts
* Happy Hour Podcast – https://happyhour.fm
* Seek Justice Podcast – https://seekjustice.fm (another one I didn't mention)
Other Links
* Open Source Sustainability blog post - https://dev.to/erikras/open-source-sustainability-3pjf
* https://iaeste.org
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Sep 7, 2020
#117 Roopak Venkatakrishnan's career algorithm
We talked about his first steps with computers and his first hackathon in high-school. We talked about his internship at @Google, his job at @twitter, and going back to @google afterward. We discussed management, working for a startup, and moving laterally inside a company to maximize fun and learning.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/roopakv
* https://roopakv.com
* https://www.bolt.com/careers
* https://docs.swissknife.dev/docs
* https://charity.wtf/2017/05/11/the-engineer-manager-pendulum
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Sep 1, 2020
#116 Scott Tolinski from allrounder to allrounder
Scott took us from his music background, all the way to his video-course business, leaving little details aside. We spoke about his learning phases. We discussed the importance of focus. Scott told us the birth story of his youtube channel. We finally touched on partnership and mastermind groups.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/stolinski
* https://www.scotttolinski.com
* https://syntax.fm
* https://www.youtube.com/user/LevelUpTuts/featured
* https://discord.com/invite/57Chdqt
* Scott doing the breakdance "spinning" he talked about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcoj4Zfj6_k&feature=youtu.be&t=1m34s
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Aug 25, 2020
#115 Aimee Knight applied the discipline of figure-skating to DevOps and architecture
Aimee first told us about her past as a figure skater. She then explained how her marrying into the military forced us to change careers and learn how to code. She described how she became a successful developer and how she eased into DevOps and architecture. We finally talked about her work as an architect and her coming close to a burnout.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/aimee_knight
* http://www.aimeemarieknight.com
* https://devchat.tv/podcasts/js-jabber
* So good they can't ignore you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwOdU02SE0w
* The architect elevator: https://martinfowler.com/articles/architect-elevator.html
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Aug 18, 2020
#114 Jamon Holmgren made his own independent way
Jamon first told us about his first experience with the C64 command prompt, and then with a 286, and finally a 486 computer. He told us how a math teacher had an impromptu but forming role in his life. We then talked about learning to create websites and create a business. We talked about coding alone, and learning to accept other ideas. Jamon finally told us the story of his new business, how networking played a BIG role into it, and how it was meant to be.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/jamonholmgren
* React Conference https://cr.infinite.red
* Slack Community http://community.infinite.red
* Jamon's talk at Inspect 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgkKd3nbyk0
Other sites and projects
* https://speaking.io
* https://github.com/infinitered/ProMotion
* https://github.com/infinitered/reactotron
* https://github.com/infinitered/ignite
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) B…
Aug 11, 2020
#113 Brendan O'Leary from healthcare to Gitlab
We first talked about theater lights, and how this was Brendan's first programming task. We then discussed business, healthcare, and loving the "WHY" of your job. We talked about quality, accessibility, and UX. We veered toward Gitlab and storytelling and finally spoke about OpenSource in the workplace.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/olearycrew
* https://about.gitlab.com/handbook
* https://about.gitlab.com/events/commit
* https://themoth.org
* https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Aug 3, 2020
#112 Dan Moore from sci-fi to devrel
Dan first told us about his (almost) passionate love for MailMerge. We then talked about his studies and how he took every detour he could until finally landing a developer job. We then talked about networking, applying, and job interviews and we finally discussed Dan's upcoming book "Letters to a new developer".
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/mooreds
* https://letterstoanewdeveloper.com
* https://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack
* Listeners can preorder the book in August. They'll get 20% off a preorder from the apress.com (https://bit.ly/givememoore08) website using this discount code: GiveMeMoore08
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
* Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Jul 27, 2020
#111 Sam Julien from financial adviser to developer advocate
We talked about liberal arts and being a self-taught programmer. We discussed second careers, mentoring and being mentored. We spoke about technical writing, developer relations and working for a 100% remote company.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/samjulien
* https://samjulien.com
* https://thinkster.io
* https://egghead.io/search?query=sam%20julien
* https://bigmachine.io/products/the-imposters-handbook
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
*Your host*
Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany, who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Jul 21, 2020
#110 Jerome Hardaway is the definition of willpower
Jerome first took us through his first years after military, learning SQL and getting into tech. We then discussed the non-profit organization VetsWhoCode he accidentally created, how he selects veterans and what the focus on. We finally touched upon his work as a developer advocate and how happy it makes him.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/JeromeHardaway
* https://vetswhocode.io
* https://developer.mozilla.org
* https://basecamp.com/books/rework
* https://javascript.info
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
*Your host*
Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany, who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Jul 13, 2020
#109 Coraline Ada Ehmke lives up to her values
Coraline first told us about how she nearly didn't work into tech. We then discussed her values, ethic in our industry and how she deliberately stands in the front-lines to make the world a better place!
*Here are the links of the show:*
* Coraline on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CoralineAda
* Contributor Covenant: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
* Hippocratic License: https://firstdonoharm.dev
* Ethical Source: https://ethicalsource.dev
* Post-Meritocracy Manifesto: https://postmeritocracy.org
* Personal site: https://where.coraline.codes
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
*Your host*
Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany, who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Jul 6, 2020
#108 Cassidy Williams loves developer experience
Cassidy first told us about how she came to web development in high school, discovered it could be a job and ended up studying computer sciences. We then discussed how she chose her first job to use her creative & people skills, not just coding. We talked about burnout, before diving deeper into developer experience. Cassidy gave us her definition of a good developer relations engineer, how developer relations impact companies and how dev-rel will evolve in the next 10 years. We finally briefly touched on Cassidy's loved topic of mechanical keyboards.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/cassidoo
* https://cassidoo.co
* https://www.netlify.com/authors/cassidy-williams
* https://www.tiktok.com/@cassidoo
* https://cassidoo.co/newsletter
* https://dev.to/cassidoo
* https://www.udemy.com/user/cassidywilliams
* http://www.lissaexplains.com
* http://www.neopets.com
* https://girlknowstech.com/beginning-coding-career-neopets
* https://scrimba.com
*C…
Jun 29, 2020
#107 Josh Long found his place in the world as a developer advocate with the Spring team
Josh first told us about his love for coding, how he worked from startup to startup, learning a lot, but not having fun. And then he told us how his participation to the open-source framework Spring allowed him to enter the Spring team and have the time of his life... for 10 years. We finally spoke about developer relations and how Josh build his role over time.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/starbuxman
* http://joshlong.com
* http://bootifulpodcast.fm
* https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot
* https://start.spring.io
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
*Your host*
Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany, who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Jun 22, 2020
#106 Kyle Shevlin from pastor to programmer
Kyle first told us about his past as a musician and a pastor, and how he came to web development. We then discussed changing careers, learning, mentoring and leadership. Finally, we talked about the Second Career Devs Podcast.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/yleshevlin
* https://kyleshevlin.com
* https://kyleshevlin.com/from-pastor-to-programmer
The two organisations Kyle suggested donating to:
* NAACP Defense Fund: https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6857/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=15780
* Black Lives Matter: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
*Your host*
Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany, who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Jun 15, 2020
#105 Sara Vieira is opinionated per design
Sara first told us how she came to learn to code to prove her dad wrong. We then discussed her internships, fast paced environments, shame, learning new domains and doing what you love. We also discussed about React, Angular, Vue and her "Opinionated Guide to React" book. We finally talked about failing and Sara's dream of traveling through Europe (the world?) to teach coding!
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/NikkitaFTW
* https://iamsaravieira.com
* https://github.com/SaraVieira
* https://opinionatedreact.com
* https://www.developerdrive.com
* https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
*Your host*
Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany, who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Jun 8, 2020
#104 Jason Lengstorf successfully bet on himself for his career
Jason first took us to his past as the lead singer of a band. There he did the marketing for the band on the side. That was his introduction to web-development. He explained how he slowly but surely made his side hustle his main job, and described the thinking process between "playing safe" or "betting on himself". Jason described his success... and how close he came to burning out. And we talked about "failure". He then described the ways he prevents this to ever happen again. We finally discussed his move toward Developer Relations (DevRel) and live-streaming.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/jlengstorf
* https://jason.af
* https://lengstorf.com
* https://www.learnwithjason.dev
* https://www.partycorgi.com
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
*Your host*
Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany, who dedicated his life to helping othe…
Jun 1, 2020
#103 Carolyn Stransky learning her way from journalist to developer and back
Carolyn took us to the start of her career, as a journalist searching for a job in a foreign country. She told us how she found her first job writing tech documentation, and how this gave her the wish to learn to code. We talked about finding your path where you don't even know what to search for, tiptoeing in dev and becoming a technical writer. We talked about public speaking and how Carolyn found a sweet spot that makes use of her unique skills as a dev, a journalist and a storyteller.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/carolstran
* https://github.com/carolstran/cv
* Mozilla Tech Speaker community: https://developer.mozilla.com/communities/mozilla-tech-speakers
* Upcoming "You Got This" conference: https://home.yougotthis.io
* Bootcamp https://www.spiced-academy.com
* ZigZag podcast about Blockchain: https://zigzagpod.com/2018/06/14/episode-2
People mentioned in the episode:
* Stefan Judis: https://twitter.com/stefanjudis
* Dominik Kundel…
May 25, 2020
#102 Jen Luker is a relentless accessibility advocate
Jen took us to the beginning of her STEM journey, with the goal to walk the footsteps of Ayanna Howard, but life wanted otherwise. Nevertheless, she found her way to coding. We nostalgically talked about dev-jobs in the 90s and early 2000s. We spoke about web development, accessibility and advocacy.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/knitcodemonkey
* https://www.deque.com/axe/axe-for-web
* Talk from Marcy Sutton - Where in the Stack is Carmen Sanfrancisco?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxsUsgBYCIc
* Ayanna Howard: https://howard.ece.gatech.edu
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
*Your host*
Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany, who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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May 19, 2020
#101 Jeff Haynie on thinking under pressure, contracting and entrepreneurship
Jeff first told us how he went from coding games for fun, to selling software as a teenager, to solving problems on the deck of an aircraft carrier. We then talked about contracting and running a contracting business, and drifted toward entrepreneurship. Jeff finally told us the birth story of Titanium in 2006 and his new startup pinpoint.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/jhaynie
* https://github.com/pinpt
* https://github.com/jhaynie
* https://pinpoint.com
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appcelerator_Titanium
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
*Your host*
Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany, who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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May 11, 2020
#100 Tim Bourguignon is a guest on his own show
We first started talking about how I dabbled into the world of computers, mostly through gaming and tinkering. We then talked about my studdies and my wish to go into (buildings) architecture and keen interest into leadership. We discussed the origin of the show and what I learned from it. We discussed my superpower(s) and what use I make of them. We went over the effects of hosting the podcast in everyday life and how I am able to convince.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/timothep
* https://timbourguignon.fr
* https://mentoring.rocks
* https://seecfp.com
* Talk to me 1-1: https://bit.ly/one_on_one_with_tim
The host of this show is Amitai Schleier
* https://www.twitter.com/schmonz
* https://schmonz.com/
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
*Your(regular) host*
Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany, who dedicated his life to h…
May 4, 2020
#99 Anjana Vakil mastered her debilitating curiosity
Anjana started by clarifying what Computational Linguistics is, and the research she did in this field. We then talked about idiomatic programming and echo-chambers, which led us to talking about communities. Anjana then described the coding retreat she did in 2015 and how it was a forming experience in her life. We finished the interview by talking about Developer Advocacy and Public Speaking.
Anjana suffers from a debilitating case of curiosity, which led her from philosophy to English teaching to computational linguistics to software development. As a developer/advocate at Observable, she can often be found coding from her home base in San Francisco; that is, when she's not speaking at events around the world to share the joy of programming and promote a more diverse, equitable, and ethical tech industry. Ask her about the Recurse Center, Outreachy, and Mozilla TechSpeakers!
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/AnjanaVakil
* https://observablehq.com
*…
Apr 28, 2020
#98 Doug Arcuri is curious & learning, always!
Doug's first told us how discovering computers triggered his curiosity. He explained how he created Mods for Half-Life and realized his calling toward software development. He told us about his first years as a Web Developer, and how he accidentally moved to mobile development. Doug explained how he started working for media companies and one thing leading to the next, taking over management roles and what he learned out of it.
Doug Arcuri is a husband, father of 2, and software professional with 15 years of experience in the industry. He started with software engineering in the late 1990s, modifying the game Half-Life. Doug worked in Radiology, Payroll, and web site development. He then specialized in iOS/Android mobile development for media, magazines and streaming clients at HBO and Nickelodeon. He recently embraced engineering management at IBM. In his spare time he enjoys motorcycling, plastic scale modeling, F1 racing, and building LEGO.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* h…
Apr 20, 2020
#97 Joe Drumgoole's life as a great software developer NPC
Joe fist took us through the first few forming years of his career. From developing UNIX workstations and producing fantastic-but-useless software, to doing his first group trainings and learning his chops as a manager. We also touched on entrepreneurship and Joe's secret recipe to success!
Joe Drumgoole is Global Director of Developer Relations at MongoDB. He has over 30 years of product development experience. He still writes software (slowly) most days. His programming weapon of choice is Python. In his career he has founded startups, and led development teams that have built back end financial systems, internet banking software and core infrastructure. At MongoDB he runs the global advocacy and developer content programs.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/jdrumgoole
* https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdrumgoole
* joe.drumgoole@mongodb.com
* https://developer.mongodb.com
* https://community.mongodb.com
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Apr 13, 2020
#96 Dylan Beattie THE Rockstar Programmer
Dylan first told us about his childhood in Zimbabwe and his first computers. Then we spoke about his further discoveries in the UK. We continued talking about technology stacks and modularity. Dylan then spoke about public speaking and his job at Skillsmatter. We finally touched on the Rockstar programming language.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/dylanbeattie
* https://dylanbeattie.net
* https://ursatile.com
* https://www.twitter.com/Ursatile
* https://codewithrockstar.com
Forthcoming virtual events:
* https://fwdays.com/en/event/dotnet-fwdays-2020
* https://ndcporto.com
* https://ndcoslo.com
* https://dotnext-piter.ru/en
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Apr 6, 2020
#95 Lara Martin learned her way from biologist to Flutter GDE
Lara first took us through her start as a biologist... or was it statistician? She then took us through her learning to code on her own, and finding a job as a QA Engineer. She then explained how she slowly moved into an Android developer role, without strong-arming her boss... too much ;) We then talked about her discovering Flutter and becoming a Google Developer Expert. We finally talked about representation in our industry, public speaking and remote work!
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/lariki
* https://medium.com/@laramartin
* https://laramartin.dev
* https://sketchnoting.dev
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Mar 30, 2020
#94 Michael Kennedy almost learned Python in the 90s
Michael started by telling us about his Math studies, and how the coding-tool finally took precedence over it. We talked about his role in a (cool) UX/visualization startup and how he really learned to code there. Michael told us how he dipped his toes into public speaking and how it got him his next job into trainings... and was the birth of his current endeavor: 2 podcasts and his own training company.
Michael Kennedy is an entrepreneur, a father of three girls, a husband, a student, and a teacher. Michael is the founder and host of Talk Python To Me, a weekly podcast about Python and related software developer topics. He is a the founder and chief author at Talk Python Training, where many leading Python developer courses are available online.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/mkennedy
* https://blog.michaelckennedy.net
* https://talkpython.fm
* https://training.talkpython.fm
* https://pythonbytes.fm
*Credits*
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Mar 23, 2020
#93 Guilherme Rambo found his joy in coding for Mac/iOS
Guilherme first came to coding via Web-Development. But after a while, he lost interest and was almost ready to change career and stop coding. That's when he got his first Mac... and just before the iPhone came out. He then told us of his first Mac Apps, then iOS Apps. How he found the ideas for them and what he learned from releasing small and big apps alike. We finally touched on writing for the 9to5Mac site and hosting the Stacktrace podcast.
Gui's official job, is building apps for both the Mac and iOS. He has been passionately building beautiful UIs, fluid animations, and great user experiences since the early days of the iPhone SDK. But Gui is perhaps best known for his reverse engineering, his articles on 9to5Mac, and for being the cohost of the Stacktrace Podcast.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/_inside
* https://rambo.codes
* https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chibistudio/id1135307199
* https://gumroad.com/l/airbuddy
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Mar 16, 2020
#92 Tracy Lee is having fun all the way
Tracy took us all the way back to the creation of her first startup as a "non-technical founder". She told us about her dabbling with technology and how she learned to code. We talked about getting in the zone and relationships. We talked about passion and success. We discussed how to find ideas be scratching your own itch, as well as tips to make your weeks successful.
Tracy is the Co-Founder of This Dot Labs, a mentoring and consulting firm, helping teams build front-end applications. She is a Google Developer Expert, an RxJS Core Team member, a WomenTechmakers Lead, and a frequent keynote speaker. She also leads Community Relations at the Node Foundation and she is the host of the Modern Web podcast to name only a few.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/ladyleet
* https://www.thisdot.co/labs
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Mar 9, 2020
#91 Harald Reingruber is embarking on a coding tour
Harald first told us how he came to graphics programming: curiosity. We then talked about his first internships and jobs in the healthcare industry. We discussed what quality means in such a heavily regulated environment. We then talked about how his views on software quality and furthermore pair programming evolved through the years. We finally zoomed in on his upcoming coding tour, what it is, how it is organized and why you should consider it too!
Harald is an enthusiastic software engineer with 10 years of professional experience working in different areas of visual and spatial computing. He likes delivering high-quality software, but he also likes working on prototypes/MVPs for measuring traction before adding later-on required complexity. Inspired by Peter "Code Cop" Kofler, Amitai Schleier, and Corey Haines he decided to go on a pair-programming tour in the US in March/April 2020, right about the time this podcast will air.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.tw…
Mar 2, 2020
#90 Khaled Souf learned the value of creating value
Khaled surprisingly started by telling us how he loved machines, but not code... until he discovered that he could create value for customers. We then discussed his first jobs and how he moved to France. Khaled told us about learning humility and discovering that, after all, he knows nothing. Khaled then told us about how he discovered the software crafters movement and got involved with SOCRATES. We finally moved - with him - to Canada, and discussed building a new software crafters community over there.
Khaled is a passionate Globe-trotter developer from Tunisia. He lived in Paris where he took part in the French and European software crafters community. He currently lives in Montréal in Canada and the co-organizer of Software Crafters Montréal meetup and the SOCRATES Canada unconference. He likes to speak about crafting software, clean code, XP and DevOps practices.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/khaledsouf
* Book : The Pragmatic Programmer by D…
Feb 24, 2020
#89 Hadelin de Ponteves is a data scientist and an entrepreneur
Hadelin first spoke about his entrepreneurship mindset. This was already in his mind early on, and never left him. We spoke about his interest for math, science and technology and how it drove him to one of the best French engineering schools. We talked about him discovering Data Science and how he changed his major at the very last minute. We then talked about his professional life. How he got to work at google, and why he didn't reconduct his contract and chose to create online courses instead. We spoke about his further business ventures, all the way to BlueLife, his current company. We finished talking about AI as a whole and finding your purpose to do good in life.
Hadelin is the co-founder and CEO of BlueLife AI which leverages AI for optimizing processes, maximizing efficiency and increasing profitability. Hadelin is also an online entrepreneur, who has created educational e-courses about Machine Learning, Deep Learning, AI and Blockchain, which have reached over half a million…
Feb 17, 2020
#88 Lydia Hallie is a web dev following her passion
Lydia first took us through her discovery of JavaScript via the theming of Tumblr page. She then told us about how she decided not to go to university and go for a boot camp instead. Lydia explained us how she then dipped her toes into freelancing, remote work and digital nomad-life... and would never go back to an "office work" anymore. All along the way, we discussed her decision making processes, mentoring, networking, work-life-balance, routines and burn-out.
Lydia Hallie is a 21-year-old web developer, software consultant, international speaker, course instructor, and tech influencer with a great passion for coding. She codes and studies computer science intensively, mentors developers, writes technical content, and shares her passion for programming intensively on social media.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/lydiahallie
* https://dev.to/lydiahallie
* Advice From A 19 Year Old Girl & Software Developer: https://medium.com/@lydiahallie/advice-f…
Feb 10, 2020
#87 Denise Gosnell is working at the bleeding edge of data science
Denise's choice for STEM and maths was a no brainer, but the rest of the journey wasn't as clear. There were many forks along the way. Denise first told us about her maths studies and how she inadvertedly discovered graphs theory. She described how her aversion for a focus on teaching led her to digging deeper into the graphs field that became the subject of her PhD. We the talked about moving from academia to the industry. Denise told us about her job at the startup PokitDok and how it felt to combine the rigor or data science with the willingness to move fast of the startup world. We brushed over her experience as an evangelist. And finally we talked about DataStax and Denise's role working on OpenSource, with Cassandra, the NoSQL movement and some of the most brilliant minds in the graph theory space. Denise finished by giving us two advices: don't be afraid to fail, and trust yourself!
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/DeniseKGosnell
* https://github…
Feb 3, 2020
#86 Jamison Dance implores you to be nice to other people
Jamison quickly took us through his studies, how he zoomed in on computer sciences... not without a few detours beforehand. We talked about his part time jobs and how he learned what a bad manager can be. We then jumped forward a few years to talk about management, what it takes to do a good job there, the challenges and successes of the function. We finished talking about two dreaded responsibilities of a manager: hiring and firing and how Jamison made his way through this.
Jamison is a code whisperer and experienced product engineer. He has led teams and been led. Jamison is currently an engineering manager at Walmart Labs leading a distributed team in building delightful APIs and UIs that configure Walmart’s performance systems. He also co-hosts the "Soft Skills Engineering podcast". If this name is new to you, you should definitely listen to Episode 77 of this very DevJourney podcast where I interviewed Dave Smith, the other half of the co-hosts of this show. Oh and Jamison thin…
Jan 27, 2020
#85 Shedrack Akintayo a web developer from Nigeria
Shedrack first took us through his discovery of Python coding and his engineering studies. We talked about how his first mentor opened his eyes on the coding world, and how he quickly moved into it. We then moved to the jobs Shedrack did on the side during his studies and how this prepared him for becoming a contractor. We then discussed the remote gigs he did, and how it is to work with different cultures. We talked about fears, trust, learning and communication. We then discussed about Shedrack's last job... which is not entirely remote, and how this new situation feels to him. Finally, we jumped over to talk about open source software development and communities and the work Shedrack is doing for OpenSource Africa.
Shedrack is a Software Developer from Nigeria. He is a strong lover of community building and is a huge fan of Open Source Software Development. He leads the ReactJS clan of the Facebook Developers Circles Lagos, Nigeria. And spends the rest of his free time playing socc…
Jan 20, 2020
#84 Molly Struve, an aerospace engineer trading in SRE
Molly first brushed over her unusual path to dev... via aerospace engineering and options trading. Then we focused on her journey as a Ruby developer and how she slowly got into Site Reliability Engineering. After defining the term and devising on it, we slowly moved to her current job as an SRE-Lead at Dev.to. Molly finished on a high note, bringing one fantastic advice after the other, about mentoring, expectations, leadership, and much more.
Molly Struve is the Lead Site Reliability Engineer for the blogging platform dev.to. During her time working in the software industry, she has had the opportunity to work on some challenging problems, including scaling Elasticsearch, sharding MySQL databases, and creating an infrastructure that can grow as fast as a booming business. When not making systems run faster, she can be found fulfilling her need for speed by riding and jumping her show horses.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/molly_struve
* https://dev…
Jan 13, 2020
#83 Reuven Lerner had his career all planned out?
Reuven took us on a rollercoaster, from his discovery of programming, his first classes and tryouts, to his life changing discovery on the Web while at MIT. He took us through his first jobs and taught us how he became a consultant. We discussed his experience as a broad T-Shaped consultant, and slowly converged toward his training business. We then focused on learning, teaching and the key skills required to strive in this business. We finally finished brushing over the history of Reuven's new book "Python Workout", how it came to be, and how it is going to influence his business in the future.
Reuven is a full-time Python trainer. He teaches courses at companies in the US, Europe, Israel, India, China and of course, online. Among other activities, Reuven has been running Lerner Consulting since 1995. He is also the CTO of "Rent Like a Champion", an event-based home-rental company based in Chicago. And on the side, Reuven pushes his newsletter called “Better developers” to more t…
Jan 6, 2020
#82 Pariss -Athena- Chandler learns jumping in with both feet first
Pariss started off on a scare, when she learned that her non technical skills might be threatened in the future. She then decided to learn how to code, and did really well. Pariss told us the story of her Bootcamp, Internships and Mentors. She told us how she slowly but steadily discovered her unknown-unknowns in the art of software development. She described the birth of the #BlackTechTwitter hashtag and the BlackTechPipeline. We discussed the success and future of such a side project. We finally ended on a learning note talking about all the things Pariss has on her plate for the future.
Pariss is a front end developer at G2i, a remote company of engineers vetting and marketing other engineers. Pariss is also the creator of the hashtag #BlackTechTwitter, a movement bringing awareness and exposure to the Black community in the tech industry. And she is also the Founder of the Black Tech Pipeline, a platform offering continued support, resources, and opportunity to the Black Tech comm…
Dec 30, 2019
Season 2 Finale
This show marks the end of season 2. I make a little retrospective of the year and a few announcements. The next guest interview will be back next week, on January 7th 2020.
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Dec 23, 2019
#81 Richard Campbell is simply adding value
Richard took us from the first time he burned his fingers with a soldering iron, all the way to the book "The History of .NET" he is currently writing. We started talking hardware, tinkering and making money on the side. Then Richard explained how he slowly incorporated software into his hardware-heavy jobs. Fast forward a few years, we talked selling the "value" to customers and the ROI of software. Richard told us about how he got involved with Microsoft. And finally, we talked about the Humanitarian Toolbox.
Richard started playing with microcomputers in 1977 at the age of 10 and he's really never done anything else since. For years he's served as a consultant, providing advice on architecture, scaling systems and mentoring development teams. He is a Microsoft Regional Director and is recognized as a Microsoft MVP for ASP.NET development. Among many other things, Richard is the co-host of the legendary DOT NET Rocks podcast and the host of the RunAs Radio podcast. He founded the Hu…
Dec 16, 2019
#80 Joseph Young, code & music composer and conductor
Joseph started by taking us all the way back to 3rd grade, when he discovered QuickBasic and the power of computers. We then discussed his musical background and the parallels between the music composition language and computing. He then briefly brushed over his USAF career and how he transitioned to the civilian life. Joseph told us about his first and second jobs, and how they convinced him to create his own company... that would be the antithesis of those jobs: remote, 30h/week, freedom, passion driven etc. We then discussed all those facets, in light of hiring, management, growing and much more.
Joseph is a U.S. military veteran who retired and became a software developer. He quickly became frustrated with the way traditional companies are run and founded his own web design and development company, where he serves as the director of architecture. The company is remote, full-time is 30 hours, employees define their own roles and select what projects they want to work on, a portion…
Dec 9, 2019
#79 Ted Young & Java, a love story?
Ted first took us to his very first lines of code, on a TRS-80, his first programs in Applesoft Basic and slowly took us all the way to his first commercial lines of code and how he slowly started making a living out of writing software. He then described how Java entered (and rocked) his life. We discussed eXtreme Programming, teaching, coaching and solving problems. We finally touched on enabling people and moving them a notch.
Ted M. Young has been creating software and training developers for several decades. In the 1990s he traveled the world as a Java trainer, consultant, and speaker. In the 2000s, Ted led eXtreme Programming projects for the government and at eBay. He went on to introduce lean and agile concepts at Google, Guidewire Software, and Apple. In 2017, Ted came full circle and is once again focused on creating better learning experiences through technical training and coaching, both in-person and online. He uses the science of how humans learn to design, create, and d…
Dec 2, 2019
#78 Bubunyo Nyavor is the mentor he never had
Bubu first took us through his discovery of computers and how he decided to study computer sciences. He quickly veered off and told us about his first startup, how it came to be and how it shaped the creation of his second startup AF-Radio. We then discussed about DevCongress, the community Bubu is heavily involved in, and how he slowly but surely took over more responsibility there. We finished on a high note with a trick on how to be easier on yourself in the future!
Bubu is a software developer from Ghana, an administrator at DevCongress, the largest developer community in Ghana. He chronicles his lifes journey and rants about software development, business management and tech community building on his blog: 5Error.com
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/KiddBubu
* https://5error.com
* https://www.afradio.co
* http://www.devcongress.org
* https://www.youtube.com/khophi
*Credits*
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Nov 25, 2019
#77 Dave Smith swings the pendulum
Dave first told us where the idea for the Soft Skills Engineering Podcast first came from. Then he took us back to when he started programming, with the Basic language on a Texas Instruments calculator. We then followed his studies, and the start of his career... just after the DotCom burst. We then talked about his first steps toward management, and how he swung from individual contributor, to manager, and back. And after he changed company, how he continued swinging, becoming "Director of Engineering" in the process. We continued talking about his move back to more individual contribution at Amazon, and closed in on mentorship inside Amazon.
Dave has 15 years of experience as a software developer. He led hundreds of engineers as a director, tech lead, and mentor. He's grown teams from 3 engineers to 50, 50 engineers to 100, and even had a front-row seat for Alexa's hyper growth from a few hundred to a few thousand. And Dave is finally the co-host of the Soft-Skills Engineering podca…
Nov 18, 2019
#76 Wes Bos was born a teacher
Wes first came in contact with CSS tweaking his MySpace page... and got hooked. He first told us how he scratched his entrepreneurs itch, doing some small web-dev for Hardcore Metal bands and small clients. Then how he somehow survived university, dreaming of the time he could finally create websites. And told us about how he started creating websites full time by the time he graduated. We discussed how he entered the world of teaching and how, following the flow, he slowly created the business that he has today. We talked about finding topics to experiment on, keeping up with trends, trying things out, etc. And we finished on resources and advice for newcomers in our industry.
Wes is a full stack developer from Canada. He creates web development courses on CSS and JavaScript and hosts a podcast called Syntax.fm
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/wesbos
* https://wesbos.com
* https://www.instagram.com/wesbos
* https://www.youtube.com/user/wesbos
*…
Nov 11, 2019
#75 David Hirschfeld had a long, eventful career (sofar)
David first told us about his sales background and why he decided to learn the dev stack he was selling himself. He told us about Model Driven Development an how he learned development with a very holistic, systemic approach. We then talked about this tech and sales background prepared him to create his first company. After a few painful tales from the DotCom era, we pushed toward learning to code, creating a second, and then a third company. We finally fast forwarded a few years to land to talking about Tekyz Inc, David's current company and finished by touching on the no-code-movement.
David's software career spans over 30 years. From business development and technology consulting to creating his own companies "VSS" and more recently Tekyz, Inc, a software design & development firm. David is also the CTO and a managing board member of Anzu, originally a Tekyz customer.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/dhirschfeld
* https://www.tekyz.com
* david@tekyz.c…
Nov 4, 2019
#74 Kemdi Ebi is thriving on products
Kemdi started by telling us his first experience with Salesforce and how he then realized that he could solve problems this way. Fast forward a few years, he had then leveraged the power of existing tools to uplift voters in Nigeria and was hooked on entrepreneurship. We then talked about how he then built Versus, his current company, to pioneer sentiment analysis in Africa. We finally talked about his skills and what made him particularly fit for this very job.
Kemdi Ebi is the Cofounder and CEO of Versus a company solving the problem of lack of quality-data on African-consumers within the continent. Kemdi has a Marketing background with over a decade experience in Consulting, Software Sales and Product Development.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/kemstradamus
* https://websummit.com
* https://twitter.com/enter5ive
* https://www.instagram.com/enter5ive
* https://versus.africa
* http://www.voteorquench.org
* https://www.twitter.com/#ifnaijav…
Oct 28, 2019
#73 Kai König about simplicity and aesthetics
Kai started by describing his first steps into HTML, manually scratching his own itch. He then described his troubled studies and how he ended up in an apprenticeship position. We then spoke about the beauty of the Ruby language, about intuition and aesthetics. We discussed testing, TDD and the art of producing simple code. We finally jumped forward to the no-code movement and the future of our industry.
Kai König has had several roles in tech including, Product Owner, Team Manager, Systems- and Software Developer. His passion is in building teams, companies, strategies, and systems in general. He currently focuses on Business Development, building and growing an Integration Platform as a Service for the company "Bitspark". When not working on client projects, Kai enjoys fixing migration code in the Open Source Framework Django or improving the documentation for the Google Python SDKs.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/kai_richard
* https://bitspark.de…
Oct 21, 2019
#72 Katrina Owen, one little piece at a time
Katrina first told us about her rocky start that had nothing to do with science or programming. She described the detours she took and how she finally woke up earning a living as a programmer some day. She explained how her first job in a fashion startup was a forming experience and how she picked her next job afterwards. We touched on her debut in public speaking and how it started an avalanche that led her -through hard work- to working for Github nowadays.
Katrina is an ecosystem engineer at GitHub. She accidentally became a developer while pursuing a degree in molecular biology. When programming, her focus is on automation, workflow optimization, and refactoring. She works primarily in Go and Ruby, contributes to several open source projects, and is the creator of exercism.io, a platform for code practice and programming mentorship.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/kytrinyx
* http://exercism.io
* https://exercism.io/blog
* https://events.codemo…
Oct 20, 2019
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Oct 14, 2019
#71 Irwin Williams found his perfect spot
Irwin first spoke about his studies and how he volunteered to write code everyday. He went over the ups and downs and told us how he joined Teleios. We discussed his bumpy start. He spoke about how he learned from his own failures, how this became part of the company culture and a praised example for newcomers. We discussed his move toward Engineering Management and mentorship. And we finally spoke about learning and passion for your work.
Irwin has been a professional software developer for more than 16 years. He’s currently the Chief Software Engineer at Teleios Systems in Trinidad & Tobago. Irwin is also a member of the Global Communications and Technology Team of Congress WBN, where he provides insights in software architecture and development support on a diverse set of human-development initiatives. Irwin and his wife have two beautiful daughters who teach him every day that the journey is best, when it is shared! And that's why I am very pleased to welcome you to share your s…
Oct 7, 2019
#70 Jeeva Nadarajah's life of serendipity
Jeeva took us full circle. She started telling us about her first interest in computer science -because it sounded easy- and then really falling in love with it. She told us about the harsh reality of her life in Sri Lanka, and having to take on a completely different career. We spoke about her moving to the USA, how she felt about this dream-land and how she was welcomed there. We continued talking about her masters degree, her first jobs in the USA, and how she stumbled upon extreme programming. We finally fast forwarded to her current company and how all the skills she gathered during her whole life seems to be culminating there.
Jeeva began her career in advertising in Sri Lanka. After she completed her masters degree in information systems, her journey immersed her in agile software methodologies, as a programmer, where she became responsible for teams, products and software delivery. This year she launched her own company -Serendip- which provides a community platform for compan…
Sep 30, 2019
#69 Aisha Blake's DevJourney should be a musical
Aisha first walked us through the Musical-Conference she is putting up. Then we scrolled back to the place software entered her life. We then talked about her volunteering at the Cristo Rey High school and then in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. We discussed how this formed her teaching skills as well as letting her dig deeper into software development. We talked about her bootcamp and how teaching came full circle into her life. We discussed pairing and exploring and finished on a high note, talking about the art of transferring knowledge effectively.
Aisha Blake is an Application Developer at Detroit Labs currently building <title of conf>, a musical tech extravaganza. She co-organizes self.conference and „Detroit Speakers in Tech“. She approaches speaking and teaching as a way to give others the tools to shine as brightly as they can. In her spare time, she sings karaoke and pets dogs. Aisha is a champion of feedback, fierce accessibility advocate, and a steward of strong and joyfu…
Sep 23, 2019
#68 Greg Koberger finally built his one dream
Greg first told us about his need for creating things, building things and expressing himself through products. We then talked about his studdies and how he ended up working for Mozilla. Greg told us a lot about what he learned there, what he liked and why he decided to move on. He then told us about the consulting part of his career and how this all was the perfect build up to create his company ReadMe. We then discussed ReadMe itself, the 5 years when the company was profitable and bootstrapped and the (very) recent Series-A funding it received. We finally went full circle and finished on a note about creativity.
After launching dozens of companies and side-projects over the last 10 years, Greg realized how difficult API’s were to understand and use for most people. That’s why, as Founder of ReadMe, he is making it easy for millions of people and over 17 hundred companies, including Lyft and Trello, to build and use awesome products with API’s.
*Here are the links of the show…
Sep 16, 2019
#67 Kapunahele Wong's kindness as a practice
Kapunahele talked about her going back and forth between technical studies and non-technical activities, between dancing, grammar of the roman languages, tech support and hardware repairs. She spoke about her love for esthetics and how she enjoys mathematical mental models of the world around her. We finally spoke about her work for the Angular.JS community and how she strives to make the open source community a more including, welcoming and kind place to be.
Kapunahele is a developer and Angular.JS fan who works on the Angular docs writing guides and developing example apps. She also enjoys Native Hawaiian practices, textile arts, and marveling at little, inconspicuous plants growing in forgotten places outdoors.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/kapunahele
* https://github.com/kapunahelewong/git-playground
* Kara Erickson https://twitter.com/karaforthewin
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCom…
Sep 9, 2019
#66 Rob Kendal is not afraid to try
Rob first told us about his first jobs on the hardware side of IT and described how he slowly transitioned into software. Fast forward a few years, he told us about applying for a new job and discovering teamwork, tight feedback loops and direct contact with the clients. Rob then told us about moving toward front-end development and embracing HTML5. We talked about Javascript, ES6 & Typescript and finding a tool that works for you. We then talked about failures and learnings. And we finished on books recommendations and the very sound advice to not being afraid to try.
Rob Kendal is a front-end engineer working in the enterprise authentication space, building apps in React and JavaScript. He's been a developer for close to 15 years, in a range of roles across the public and private sector, from the NHS to creative agencies. He started as a full-stack C# developer and found his real passion in the front-end side of things. He works from home in sunny Yorkshire in the UK.
*Here are the…
Sep 2, 2019
#65 Woody Zuill brings people together who should be working together
Woody took us all the way back to the 70s, when he started learning programming as a side activity. He described how he learned to scratch his own itch for almost 15 years before finally making the jump to become a "professional developer". We talked about the jump itself, the imposter syndrome attached and how he overcame it. We talked about how he discovered pair-programming and eXtreme Programming. We finally devised on improving programming practices, coaching and working on systems.
Woody Zuill is an independent Agile and Lean Guide and has been programming computers for more than 35 years. He is an originator and pioneer of the Mob Programming approach to teamwork in software development, and is considered one of the founders of the "#NoEstimates" discussion on Twitter. His passion is to work with teams to create an environment where every one of us can excel in our work and life.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/WoodyZuill
* woody@woodyzuill.com…
Aug 26, 2019
#64 Guillermo Rauch learned with communities
Guillermo first took us through his very early steps in the software world... as a child. He then explained how he discovered he could make a living out of it, and how it shaped his perception. We then discussed how he grew learning and teaching in online communities and how he finally decided to move to the Silicon Valley. We finally touched on moving away and stepping into a new life.
Guillermo is a serial entrepreneur. He is the founder of ZEIT, socket.io and MongooseJS. He is also the co-creator of Now, Next.js, LearnBoost and Cloudup. Finally, Guillermo is a former mentor and the author of the book "Smashing Node.js".
*Note*: for technical reasons, we could not use the tools I usually use to record this great interview. I had thus less flexibility to edit the podcast in the end. There are a couple distortions that I couldn't remove in the end.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/rauchg
* https://zeit.co
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is license…
Aug 19, 2019
#63 Stephanie Hurlburt encourages us to be social techies
Stephanie first told us about the detours that led her from math, art and political science to computer science. We then discussed her first jobs and her first mentor. We then touched on how she joined Oculus and Unity and their respective interview processes before switching gears and talking about entrepreneurship and her creating her own business. Stephanie was then very open about her technical burn out and explained how she feels it coming back.
Stephanie Hurlburt is a graphics engineer and co-founder of Binomial, a software company based in Seattle that makes Basis, a popular image/texture compression product. Among other things, she previously worked on graphics engineering and engine programming at Oculus and Unity.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://stephaniehurlburt.com
* https://twitter.com/sehurlburt
* Giving Back: The Role of Ethics in Open Source and Online Communities video with Scott Hanselman (@shanselman): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BNSwKNadx4…
Aug 12, 2019
#62 How Llewellyn Falco brought the joy of programming back in his life
Llevellyn took us way back to the point where he discovered his first computer and FORTRAN. We brushed over his studies and drifted toward MobProgramming after talking about dancing. Llewellyn told us about how he discovered "strong style pair programming" and how it brought the joy of programming back in his life.
Llewellyn Falco is an independent agile coach who spends most of his time programming in Java and C# specializing in improving legacy code. He is creator of the open source testing tool ApprovalTests, he discovered strong-style pair programming, he is the co-founder of TeachingKidsProgramming.org and finally co-author of the "Mob Programming Guidebook".
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/llewellynfalco
* https://llewellynfalco.blogspot.com/p/sparrow-decks.html
* http://teachingkidsprogramming.org
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
*Your host*
Softwar…
Aug 5, 2019
#61 Elissa Shevinsky felt into Security
Elissa first spoke about her political sciences, activism background and then her love for IT. We then discussed getting into Security, Mentoring, people surrounding you and creating a business. We finally delved on failures, growth and being a role model.
Elissa Shevinsky is CEO at Faster Than Light, where she is building super fast tools for static analysis testing. She previously helped launch Geekcorps, Everyday Health and Brave. But you might also know Elissa for her work promoting best practices in cybersecurity.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://www.twitter.com/elissabeth
* https://fasterthanlight.dev
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
*Your host*
Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.
*Want to…
Jul 29, 2019
#60 Trisha Gee owns her career
Trisha took us from her first years at school, being an outsider, all the way to taking advantage of it as a developer advocate for JetBrains. During this fantastic discussion, we brushed over the people that helped and even pushed her. We spoke about being comfortable with being uncomfortable. We discussed taking a leap of faith, not burning bridges, taking control of your career, working on your brand, important developer skills and building on people.
Trisha has developed Java applications for a range of industries and non-profits of all sizes. She has expertise in Java high performance systems, is passionate about enabling developer productivity, and dabbles with Open Source development. Trisha is a leader of the Sevilla Java User Group, a Java Champion and a true believer in healthy communities. As a Developer Advocate for JetBrains, she gets to share all the interesting things she’s constantly discovering.
*Note:
*My audio feed was very low, my questions will be a bit hard to…
Jul 22, 2019
#59 Julie Moronuki a linguist turned Haskell expert
Julie first told us how she met Christopher Allen, the co-author of her Book "Haskell programming from first principles", why learning in general is hard and why they wanted to approach learning Haskell from a different angle. We then drifted into Julie's own learning of Haskell and how she came into the programming world. We then digged further into the Haskell echosystem and the world of academia. And finally, we touched on TypeClass, Julie's own company, dedicated to teaching Haskell.
Julie Moronuki went to college for philosophy and linguistics, and once believed she would spend her adult life doing morphological analysis of Native American languages and writing papers about generative syntax. But instead her real passion is teaching. And as such she took on the challenge to learn Haskell and co-author a book called "Haskell Programming from First Principles" in order to teach the Haskell language to people with no prior programming experience.
Julie is a co-founder of the Haskell…
Jul 15, 2019
#58 Robby Russell succeeds being selfless
Robby first told us how the selfless scratching of his own itch lead to the success of his tool "Oh my Zsh". We then backtracked to his early years and how he got into development. Step by step, Robby took us through the creation and growth of his consultancy ; which is deeply intertwined with Ruby on Rails, scratching his own itch(es) again, and helping others along the way.
Robby co-founded Planet Argon in 2002, which is a a software consultancy based out of Portland, Oregon USA. Planet Argon helps companies with existing Ruby on Rails applications make them better and more maintainable. Robby was an early-adopter of the Rails and was known for his blog, Robby on Rails. In 2009, he created Oh My Z-shell, which is a productivity tool for software developers. It accidentally became success in the open source community. Nowadays, Robby spends his time helping lead his company's development team and is the host of the Maintainable software podcast.
*Here are the links of the show:*…
Jul 8, 2019
#57 Adam Barr roots for more humility
Adam took us through his journey at Microsoft. From the first (failed) interviews, to his long career writing code, helping teams and teaching developers. We spoke about the key learnings that encouraged him to write two of his books and finished by talking about the state of software development and where our industry could grow in the future.
Adam Barr worked with and for Microsoft for more than two decades. There he worked on various versions of Windows, Powershell and Office as well as in the Engineering Excellence team. In 2018, Adam started working as a consultant at Crosslake, a company doing technical due diligence for acquisitions. Adam is the author of “Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters”, “Find the Bug” and his new book “The Problem with Software”.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/adamdavidbarr
* https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/problem-software
People mentioned:
* https://twitter.com/nathandotz
* https://twitter.com/searls
*…
Jul 1, 2019
#56 Magnus Stahre is not supposed to know it all, and neither are we!
Magnus started by telling us the story of his first steps, tinkering on a Commodore64 devising on what attracted him toward computers in the first place. Then we discussed his first apps using Borland TurboPascal and how this hobby evolved into a job. We talked polyglot-ism, craftsmanship, re-reading books, apprenticeship programs and code katas.
Forged of iron and walrus blood, Magnus Staahre comes from an ancient line of nordic code smiths. His technology engineering heritage was primarily responsible for preventing the narwahl invasions of Sweden in both 1683 and 1915. As a craftsman of such pedigree, Magnus knows from generation of experience meticulously hand-crafting code, what is needed to produce exquisite results, even when using some of the worst raw-material out there.
After Magnus succeeded in crossing the great sea and reaching the new world, he settled in the kingdom of Pillar Technologies. Since since time, he has been solving ever more difficult code-smithing problems…
Jun 24, 2019
#55 Yehuda Katz on how framework design influences communities
After brushing over his "false starts" at being a developer, Yehuda slowly took us into a deep, deep dive. We talked about framework design, design philosophy, the importance of communities and being part of a core team.
Yehuda is one of the creators of Ember.js, and a retired member of the Rust, Ruby on Rails and jQuery Core Teams. His 9-to-5 home is at the startup he founded, Tilde Inc.. There he works on Skylight, the smart profiler for Rails, and does Ember.js consulting. He's best known for his open source work and his work traveling the world doing open source evangelism and web standards work.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/wycats
* https://www.tilde.io
* https://emberjs.com
* https://rubyonrails.org
* https://jquery.com
* http://script.aculo.us
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merb
* http://sinatrarb.com
* https://emberjs.com/editions/octane
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonC…
Jun 17, 2019
#54 Dave Rael was chosen by the .NET technology stack, not the other way around
Dave's first professional love was for teaching. He developed it while studying physics at university. But as the DotCom boom went by, he jumped on the coding bandwagon and was hooked. Dave took us through those first years, learning the ropes and climbing the ladder, going from one giant company to a small one where he could really have an impact. Finally, since Dave is the host of the "Developer on Fire" podcast, we discussed podcasting, why he got into it and what he learned from it along the way.
As the host of the Developer On Fire podcast, Dave is pretty much a "colleagues" or an "arch-enemy" :P ? Dave is the father of three wonderful children, a husband, a podcaster, a software developer and an architect. And he delights in technical matters and in human interaction.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/raelyard
* https://developeronfire.com
* https://developeronfire.com/trainings
* https://blog.codinghorror.com
* https://www.pluralsight.com
* h…
Jun 10, 2019
#53 Brian Pontarelli thinks like a customer
Brian first told us about his very first Apple E computer and his journey up to college when he learned electrical engineering before switching major to computer science. He spoke about his first startup and his learnings, being a software engineer during the "DotCom Era". Brian then told us about the job where he learned most about teamwork and then about scaling applications. And we completed this very logical buildup by talking about the companies he created.
Brian studied computer engineering at the University of Colorado. After graduating, he solved complex technology challenges for companies like Orbitz, BEA, US Freightways, XOR and Texturemedia. Brian is a technology entrepreneur who bootstrapped both his companies FusionAuth and CleanSpeak where he currently focuses on solving login, registration, and user management challenges.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/bpontarelli
* https://fusionauth.io
* https://www.linkedin.com/in/voidmain
* https:/…
Jun 3, 2019
#52 Charity Majors encourages us to strive, going back and forth between roles
Charity first took us through the pain of being a CEO and explained us why she chose to focus on tech again after a while. She then explained how she felt into code instrumentalisation during her time at Parse and how this became her idea for Honeycomb.io. We then went back to her early years, how she felt into IT, SysAdministration and ended up working in the Silicon Valley. We talked about mentorship, learning and sharing. We dwelved on the public speaking skills as a leadership skill before talking about the private meetups that Charity organises. Finally, we talked about the technical-leader role and the necessity to move back and forth from management to tech to hone both skills and bring the two worlds together.
Charity Majors is an ops engineer and accidental CEO at honeycomb.io. Before this she worked at Parse, Facebook, Linden Lab on operations and developer tools... and she always seems to wind up running the databases. Co-author of O'Reilly's 'database reliability engineeri…
May 27, 2019
#51 Ben Orenstein advises us not to worry too much
Ben Orenstein first talked about being able to create products. We spoke about Ben's early programs and his attempt at studying in college. We then spoke about his second attempt at entering the IT industry, through the backdoor this time. Ben told us about his discovery of Ruby and joining Thoughbot. He told us about why sharing knowledge is important to him. We then touched on public speaking and the two podcasts he hosted during his career. We finally switched gears and talked about product development.
Ben spent the last years working at Thoughtbot in Boston, where he and his colleagues obsessed about code quality and keeping shipping-speed high. You might remember Thoughtbot from the last episode with Saron Yitbarek. This is where Saron did her apprenticeship. There, Ben co-created the Upcase course, one of many products Ben has created. Ben is the author ofthe "Refactoring Rails" course, the "CodeQualityChallenge", "Trailmix" and "Briefs" products. He currently is building "Tupl…
May 21, 2019
#50 Saron Yitbarek, founder of CodeNewbie, celebrates the power of code and communities
Saron took us from the early years of career as a journalist, to her first coding steps. She explained us in details how her bootcamp and apprenticeship programs took her from a code newbie to a solid developer and avid learner. Saron explained us why she created the CodeNewbie community and how it slowly but surely evolved into her current business. We devised on the many faces of the CodeNewbie community, podcasts and conferences. Saron finally gave us the advice to focus and do things "one goal at a time".
Saron Yitbarek is the CEO and founder of CodeNewbie, the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. She's also a developer, speaker and host of multiple podcaster among which the BaseCS Podcast, the Command_Line Heroes podcast and of course the CodeNewbie Podcast.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/saronyitbarek
* http://codelandconf.com
* https://saron.io
* https://www.codenewbie.org
* https://www.codenewbie.org/podcast…
May 13, 2019
#49 Ali Spittel works at the crossroads of development, teaching and communities
Ali started by telling us how she got into software development, almost by accident, how she became an assistant professor and how she slowly but surely embraced this career. We talked about her time working for a startup and why her time there was invaluable. We talked at length about her move from develoment to teaching and what she learned along the way. We finally segwayed into her current role at the crossroads of development, teaching and community as a developer advocate.
Ali is a software engineer at DEV. Before that, she was a lead instructor at General Assembly. She loves Python, JavaScript, and talking about code. She is most interested in the intersection of programming, art, and education. When Ali's not working, you can find her watching New England sports, competing on CodeWars, taking runs around Capitol Hill, rock climbing, or participating in DC coding community events. Ali also blogs at dev.to/aspittel where she talks about code and her life surrounding it. Her writ…
May 6, 2019
#48 Shawn Wildermuth encourages us to make decisions no matter what
Shawn took us through the early days of his career and quicky pivoted toward his first mentor "Ron". He told us how Ron managed to infect him with the willingness to write good code. We then brushed over learning and what it takes to become a lifelong learner. We touched on being a role model and how Chris Sells played a central role in his live. We finally discussed decision making strategies and the interviewing game.
Shawn Wildermuuuth has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a Vic-20 back in the early '80s. As a Microsoft MVP since 2002, he's also involved with Microsoft as an ASP.NET Insider and ClientDev Insider. He's authored eight books and innumerable articles on software development. You can also see him at one of the local and international conferences. He's spoken at including TechEd, Oredev, SDC, NDC, VSLive, DevIntersection, MIX, Devteach, DevConnections, and Dev Reach. He is one of the Wilder Minds.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* @ShawnWilder…
Apr 29, 2019
#47 Erik St. Martin is comfortable with the struggle
Together we talked about Erik's first hacking feats and how he got his first job in the IT world. We then brushed over his learnings at Disney and Comcast before joining Microsoft to help other developers. Erik then encouraged us to question our perception of ourself, and compare ourselves only against our former self. We then touched on the definition of seniority. We discussed Erik's experience getting to know the Go language and organize the first GopherCon conference. And we finally talked about the ways we learn.
Erik St. Martin has spent the last decade building and securing distributed systems for large enterprises such as cable providers, credit bureaus, and fraud detection companies. He now works for Microsoft as a Sr. Cloud Developer Advocate. He co-authored a book on the Go programming language, podcasts with GoTimeFM, and co-organizes GopherCon, the annual conference for the Go community.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikstmartin
*…
Apr 22, 2019
#46 Barry Dorrans is a curmudgeon telling us it is OK to be wrong
"Curmudgeon" (noun): a bad-tempered person, especially an old one.
Barry first told us about his very first encounter with a computer... hooked to a TV back then. We then brushed over what attracted him toward computer sciences. We discussed security and all the things we expect... or hope people will do and setting them up for success. We rewinded back to how Barry furthered and then dropped out of his computer science studies and how he ended up working as a programmer anyway. Barry finally told us the story of his 7 candidacies for Microsoft before finally being hired and finally ending up as a program manager for security.
Barry is the .NET security person at Microsoft. I've even read that you are the security curmudgeon, you'll have to tell us what that means. Barry has over 20 years of experience, specializing in C#, ASP.NET, and all aspects of .NET security. Barry has been involved in major website development, the production of numerous security related proof of concepts for…
Apr 8, 2019
#45 April Wensel encourages us to get in touch with our core values
April is the founder of Compassionate Coding, a conscious business that helps technical teams cultivate sustainable, human-centered software development practices built on a foundation of emotional intelligence. She has spent the past decade as a software engineer and technical leader at various startups in Silicon Valley. As an advocate for a more socially responsible tech industry, she also mentors technologists around the world and volunteers with organizations to teach coding to people from underrepresented groups. When she is not coding or speaking, she enjoys writing, running ultramarathons, and experimenting with vegan recipes.
Together we started by talking about ultrarunning and how to start a career in IT. We then brused over April's story, from Sony to various Startups in the Silicon Valley. We then talked about hiring practices, looking for a growth mindset, avoiding biases, etc. April then described her company "Compassionate Coding", what it is and why she felt the need…
Mar 25, 2019
#44 Jeremy Likness became a developer through the backdoor and loved it
Jeremy Likness is a Cloud Developer Advocate for Azure at Microsoft. Jeremy has spent two decades building enterprise software with a focus on line of business web applications. He is the author of several highly acclaimed technical books including Designing Silverlight Business Applications and Programming the Windows Runtime by Example. He has given hundreds of technical presentations during his career as a professional developer. In his free time Jeremy likes to run, hike, and maintain a 100% plant-based diet.
Jeremy first explained how he felt in love with computers at the age of 7... and ended up droping out of college and abandoning the idea of a career in software. He told us about the detours he took and how he got back in IT through the back door. We touched on his learning patterns and how he got into public speaking and conferences. We devised on how each step of his career prepared him for his current job as a developer advocate. Finally, we spoke about hiring and mentorin…
Mar 11, 2019
#43 Patrick Kua on being a consultant, a tech lead, a CTO and helping people grow
Patrick is the CTO of the mobile bank N26, where he is building the engineering group that will change modern retail banking for people like you and me. Formerly a Principal Technical Consultant at ThoughtWorks in London, he is also the author of three books, The Retrospective Handbook, Talking with Tech Leads and most recently, Building Evolutionary Architectures. Patrick is a frequent conference speaker, a blogger and is passionate about bringing a balanced focus between people, organisations and technology.
During this interview, we touched on the different roles Patrick's overtook during his career. Pat devised on how his time as a consultant prepared him for his current role as a CTO. We discussed the definition of a Technical Lead and compared it to the CTO Role(s). We finally discussed Pat's personal learning strategies.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* @patkua https://twitter.com/patkua
* Blog https://www.thekua.com/atwork
* Tech Lead Course - http://thekua.io/techl…
Feb 25, 2019
#42 Charlie Gerard is learning by building (MANY) projects on the side
Charlie Gerard is a software developer at ThoughtWorks in Sydney. She is passionate about creative coding and building interactive prototypes mixing science, art and technology. She also spends time giving back to the community by mentoring new developers, contributing to open-source projects and speaking at events.
We first talked about her early career in Marketing and as a Digital Producer and segwayed into the Bootcamp that started her programming career. We discussed formal education, university degrees, bootcamps and imposter syndrom. We then touched on the many side-projects that she nurtures, from brain sensors to motion control, connected ink and much more. We finally spoke about her learning strategies and how she motivates her for doing so much.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* @DevDevCharlie: http://www.twitter.com/devdevcharlie
* Homepage: https://charliegerard.github.io
* Github: https://github.com/charliegerard
* Blog: https://medium.com/@devdevcharlie
*…
Feb 11, 2019
#41 Simon Harrer on strong opinions loosely held
Dr. Simon Harrer is a senior consultant at INNOQ. In his daily business, he fights for simple solutions with domain-driven design, fitting architectures such as microservices or monoliths, and clean code in Java, Ruby or even JavaScript. Most recently, he co-authored the book "Java by Comparison" that helps Java beginners to write cleaner code through before/after comparisons.
We talked about his love for teaching and how he incorporated industry best-practices into the curriculum he build. We then touched on freedom, and how it influenced his career choices. Afterwards, we segwayed into his new love for remote mob programming and why he thinks this is one of the most effective ways to program. Finally, we brushed over the book he co-authored "Java by Comparison".
*Here are the links of the show:*
* Twitter https://twitter.com/simonharrer
* GoodReads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17847059.Simon_Harre
* Book "Java by Comparison" Homepage https://java.by-comparison.com…
Jan 28, 2019
#40 Ignacio Anaya on discovering your valuable skills
Ignacio Anaya is a Full Stack Developer at the company BloqInc, a Tech Trainer and a Speaker from Argentina. He's Passionate about code, teaching and field hockey. He mostly works with JavaScript, Vue.js and Blockchain but likes to contribute to many dev communities and Open Source project. Ignacio is an Ambassador for Auth0 and the organizer of the Buenos Aires Vue JS Usergroup.
Together we spoke about how his first steps as a developer, his trainee curiculum and how he came to work with Javascript. We talked about his company going bankrupt and how it helped him realize that he had valuable skills. We finally touched on working remotely and learning to learn.
*Note*: sorry for the remaining clicking noises that I could not cleanup. Starting with episode 41, I will be changing the recording process to avoid those alltogether.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/ianaya89
* https://vuejs.org
* https://frontend-con.io
*Credits*
* Music Aye by Yung Kartz…
Jan 14, 2019
#39 Harry Roberts and his journey toward freelancing
Harry Roberts is an award-winning Consultant Performance Engineer from the UK. With a client list ranging from the United Nations to Google, the BBC to the Financial Times, he has helped some of the world’s largest organisations make their websites faster. He also holds positions as a Google Developer Expert, where he shares web performance research and findings, and as Performance Ambassador for SHIFT Commerce, where he aims to make ecommerce faster from the inside out. He writes about all things front-end performance at csswizardry.com, speaks at tech events all across the globe, and regularly shares his insights at @csswizardry.
Together we spoke about Harry's journey into development. From the beginning as a WebDeveloper, to his move toward freelancing. We also touched on the effects his CSS-Specific branding had on his gigs. We finally touched on mentoring and how one can help each other in our industry.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/csswi…
Jan 1, 2019
#38 Ryan Latta from one extreme to the next
Ryan Latta has been building software and teams for nearly 10 years now. He currently works as an agile coach and scrum master with a mission of creating teams that change the world. As a developer he maintains a belief that writing code is the least responsible thing he can do. When he isn't spending time with his family, he is mentoring new developers in starting their careers, playing games, and learning to play the fiddle.
Ryan brushed over the dark passages of his career. From Game development (not that dark) to the cancelled projects, (un)ethical dilemmas and arm twisting decisions... wow, really powerful lessons in all this. Thanks Ryan!
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://ryanlatta.com
* http://dev.to
* http://twitter.com/recursivefaults
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Dec 25, 2018
#37.5 Special Episode on what we learned in 2018
Listen to (almost) all the 2018 guests answer the same question: what is the most important thing you learned in 2018?
In order of appearance:
* Emily Bache http://twitter.com/emilybache
* Darren Hoehna http://twitter.com/activefireball
* Markus Harrer http://twitter.com/feststelltaste
* Jessica Kerr http://twitter.com/jessitron
* Anne Cahalan http://twitter.com/northofnormal
* Mario Rogic http://twitter.com/realmario
* Richard Rodger http://twitter.com/rjrodger
* Steven Schwenke http://twitter.com/stevenschwenke
* Rob Allen http://twitter.com/akrabat
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Dec 18, 2018
#37 Darren Hoehna, "That Programming Guy", on getting experience no matter what!
Darren is a software developer, currently working for Microsoft, and the founder of the "That Programming Guy" company through which he does the two things that he loves most: helping people and tutoring in programming. When he's not working, he either plays video games, or does chores.
Together we talked about the detours Darren took in order to become a developer, like working for U-Haul and not finishing his college degree. Then we talked about the interviews he lived through and how he dealt with imposter syndrom. Finally, we touched on his entrepreneur philosophie and why he created "That programming guy".
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://www.linkedin.com/in/dhoehna
* https://twitter.com/activefireball
* https://www.thatprogrammingguy.com
* https://cynicaldeveloper.com/podcast/42
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Dec 4, 2018
#36 Rob Allen on persuasion instead of authority
Rob Allen is a software consultant and developer with many years experience and writes code in PHP, Swift and other interesting languages. He leads Slim Framework's development team and contributes to Apache OpenWhisk and other open source projects. Rob is a published author and based in the UK where he runs Nineteen Feet Limited, focussing on API development, training and consultancy. In his spare time, Rob blogs at akrabat.com and can often be seen with a camera in his hand.
Rob briefly told us about his studies and then we moved over to his favorite topics: serverless computing, open-source development and communication!
*Here are the links mentionned:*
* https://19ft.com
* https://akrabat.com
* https://www.manning.com/books/zend-framework-in-action
* Twitter: @akrabat
Note: we recorded in a giant room and managed to avoid most of the echo... but not all of it. Sorry for that!
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Nov 20, 2018
#35 Emily Bache on maximizing career for family, hobbies and making a difference in the world
Emily is a Technical Agile Coach and a very experienced one. In her career, she has embodied pretty much all the positions our industry has to offer and built a polyglott bagage that definitely makes me blush... from Python and Scala to Ruby and C++. Emily is the author of "the Coding Dojo Handbook", a few video classes on Pluralsight and she also regularly speaks at international conferences and panels with none other than "Robert C. Martin".
Emily told us her story. How she discovered programming and eased into it. How she came to relocate to Sweden and embraced the swedish work-life-balance. Finally Emily told us how she discovered and grew into the XP community, discovered Coding Dojos and became an advocate of technical agile coaching herself.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/emilybache
* https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilybache
* https://leanpub.com/codingdojohandbook
* http://coding-is-like-cooking.info
* https://craft-conf.com
* https://githu…
Nov 4, 2018
#34 Richard Rodger on software development as a resource allocation problem
Richard Rodger was co-founder and CEO of his previous company, nearForm, where he helped take the company from scratch to an annual turnover of €17 million. Previously, he was CTO of FeedHenry, a mobile application platform provider that was acquired by RedHat for €63.5m in 2014. For several years, Richard has been an active member and influencer of the open source software (OSS) community. He is the creator and maintainer of senecajs.org, a microservices framework for Node.js. Richard is also the host of the monthly Dublin Microservices meetup in Ireland. Richard writes a weekly column in the Irish Independent newspaper. His latest book, The Tao of Microservices, was published by Manning in 2018.
Together, we talked about how detours sometimes do lead you exactly where you need to be. We touched on learning software engineering with Python before jumping onto the crazy Javascript Bandwaggon. And we finally discussed a different way of looking at microservices.
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Oct 21, 2018
#33 Markus Harrer on being open for new things
Markus Harrer has developped an expertise in software analytics, "software restoration" and clean code. As a freelance trainer and consultant, he shows his clients how software products can be sustainably improved with the help of a datacentric and comprehensible analysis.
Together we talked about the basics of data analytics, how Markus got into it and how and why you also should try it. We talked about the standard tools and mindset required to strive in this branch.
Here are the links of the show:
* http://twitter.com/feststelltaste
* http://www.feststelltaste.de
* https://www.feststelltaste.de/knowledge-islands
* https://www.feststelltaste.de/mining-performance-hotspots-with-jprofiler-jqassistant-neo4j-and-pandas-part-1-the-call-graph
* https://www.feststelltaste.de/mini-tutorial-git-log-analysis-with-python-and-pandas
* https://www.feststelltaste.de/how-to-find-time-to-learn-after-work
* https://speakerdeck.com/feststelltaste/
* https://projects.datacamp.com/pro…
Oct 8, 2018
#32 Katharine Jarmul on being driven & focused on what you can do
Katharine Jarmul is co-founder of KIProtect, a data security and privacy company for data science workflows in Berlin. She's been using Python since 2008 to solve and create problems. She helped form the first PyLadies chapter in Los Angeles in 2010, and co-authored an O'Reilly book along with several video courses on Python and data. She enjoys following the latest developments in machine learning, natural language processing, data privacy and ethics and workflow automation infrastructure. Together we first talked about her journey from journalism to software development. We then drifted toward her mentor and her willingness to give back to the communities. We spoke about diversity and finally tackled the topic of security and privacy.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/kjam
* https://de.linkedin.com/in/katharinejarmul
* http://kjamistan.com
* https://kiprotect.com
* http://www.pyladies.com
* https://pydata.org/berlin2018
* http://heartofcode.org…
Sep 24, 2018
#31 Mario Rogic on absorbing and communicating as much as you can
In this episode I talk to Mario Rogic. Mario is a technology aficionado with a particular love for the web. Among many other things, Mario believes technology should make life simple and joyful, and he enjoys being able to prove so. He lives in London, works as Head of Technology for locomote.com and he organises and runs the Elm London Meetups.
We first discussed about public speaking and how it helps us prepare content and communicate better in our everyday life. And of course, Mario described how he comes up with new topics to speak about. We then talked about ELM, what it is, how Mario came to being so fond of ELM and why you should jump on the bandwagon as well. Finally Mario gave us two very profound advices to progress on our careers: "absorbe as much as you can" and "communicate as much as you can".
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/realmario
* http://mario.net.au
* https://github.com/supermario
* http://elm-lang.org
* https://elmlang.herokuap…
Sep 9, 2018
#30 Adrian Bolboaca on choosing the appropriate tool for the job at hand
In this episode I talk to Adrian Bolboaca. Adrian is a programmer, trainer and a coach. His passion is helping teams produce high quality software. Adrian is a supporter of Deliberate Practice, experiments, and experiental learning. In 2016 he published a book about hosting and facilitating a coderetreat, a one-day deliberate practice concept for programming. We touched on the topics of learning theory and university curriculum. We spoke about polyglot programing, about full stack development and deliberate practices. We finally touched on abstractions and toolbelts without fogetting philosophy!
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/adibolb
* http://blog.adrianbolboaca.ro
* https://mozaicworks.com/trainers-coaches/adrian-bolboaca
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Aug 26, 2018
#29 Steven Schwenke on soft skills that one cannot "simply download"
In this episode, I talk with Steven Schwenke. Steven is a software craftsman, mentor and mentee aus Braunschweig in Germany. Together we discussed CS-degrees, mentoring, communication, hard- and soft-skills, motivation, purpose and much more.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://www.stevenschwenke.de
* https://stevenschwenke.de/events
* http://twitter.com/stevenschwenke
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Aug 12, 2018
#28 Arnaud Porterie on putting the right people together in the right context to see the right things happen
In this episode I talked to Arnaud Porterie. Arnaud is VP of Engineering at Vente Privée, a french eCommerce Business. Previously, he managed the open-source group at Docker, which radically changed his views on managing software development at scale. Together, we spoke about the parallel between managing engineering teams and building communities. We touched on open source software and culture, and the ways to make engineering teams strive.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://twitter.com/icecrime
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Jul 29, 2018
#27 Jessica Kerr on public speaking, networking and the problems of mentoring
In this episode, I speak with Jessica Kerr. Jessica makes software to help others write software to help themselves build software at Atomist. Her adventures include advocating for functional programming and systems thinking at software conferences around the world, but also keeping two children alive and podcasting on "Greater Than Code". We touched on her introduction to public speaking. We talked about balancing a family life and traveling for work. We segwayed into networking and the power of people and landed on mentoring/mentorship.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://twitter.com/jessitron
* http://www.jessitron.com
* http://www.atomist.com
* http://www.greaterthancode.com
* http://www.re-deploy.io
* http://www.thestrangeloop.com
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Jul 15, 2018
#26 Anne Cahalan on moving out of Junior-Developerness
In this episode, I interviewed Anne Cahalan. Anne is an iOS developer at Detroit Labs, where she is constantly delighted by the niftiness of Swift. Anne told us her story. From the Bootcamp she went to and the apprenticeship program she followed, up to her "moving out" of "Junior-Developerness" and all its implications. We finally touched on the topic of mid-career development, which was the topic of her talk at the London SPA-Conference where we met.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://twitter.com/northofnormal
* https://www.linkedin.com/in/annecahalan
* https://www.detroitlabs.com
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Jul 5, 2018
#25 Sia Ghassemi on segways that lead exactly where you needed to be
In this episode, I talk to Siavash "Sia" Ghassemi, software achitect and developer. He is a Microsoft Azure and Xamarin expert. We discussed how he discovered his passion for software development and how he came to becoming the well know speaker and prolific developer he now is. We touched on the career segways that he lived through and how it helped him later in his life. We finally touched attending conferences and speaking at them as a medium to grow for developers.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/dersia
* https://www.meetup.com/English-speaking-developer-community-Hamburg
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Jun 28, 2017
#24 Daniel Marbach on failure, remoteness and mentoring
In this episode I talk with Daniel Marbach, software engineer, architect, evangelist, family man, father, public speaker and so much more. We touched on how his first failure shaped his career and made him much stronger. We discussed the remote-ness of his current company and how this makes them a very "particular" (pun intended) company. We talked about mentoring and how it helps Daniel become a bit better everyday. Finally we talked about hiring for culture, and how it is done at the company Daniel is working for: Particular Software.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://twitter.com/danielmarbach
* http://www.planetgeek.ch
* http://www.particular.net/blog
* http://net.developerdays.pl/speaker/daniel-marbach
* https://particular.net/adsd
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Jun 13, 2017
#23 Laura Savino on languages and public speaking
The guest this week is Laura Savino. Laura is a freelance iOS developer whose non-tech passions include foreign languages and teaching. We started talking about languages, how we learn them, and how kids books could help us there. We diverged toward public speaking and how you structure a talk. We finally touched on being on stage, playing music and how this relates to public speaking. Note: Skype unfortunately had a couple hiccups during the call. I managed to edit most of them. Two moments had to remain as not to hinder the understanding though.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://savinola.com
* http://twitter.com/savinola
* http://appcamp4girls.com/camps/2017/7/24/chicago-il
* http://seriouspony.com/blog/2013/10/4/presentation-skills-considered-harmful
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClPIeuL9HnI
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May 14, 2017
#22 Rob Napier on interviewing and asking questions
In this episode I talk to Rob Napier. Rob has been a developer for a few decades and now earns his living developing for iOS. We touched on our respective interviewing processes, asking questions, being inclusive, reflecting on your own way of doing etc. We also discussed about being a "Conditional Breakpoint" and how a music band might approach including newcomers. We finally touched on Mentoring and just "listening". Enjoy!
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://twitter.com/cocoaphony
* http://robnapier.net
* http://www.sachajudd.com/one-direction
* http://cocoaconf.com/nextdoor/home
* http://jamesdempsey.net/splash/jdbp2017
* https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/backtrace/id926558924?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
* http://appcamp4girls.com
* http://robnapier.net/conditional-breakpoint
* http://www.agilein3minut.es
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Apr 30, 2017
#21 David Tanzer on craftmanship and the need for coaching
In this episode I talk to David Tanzer. David is a Freelancer based in Linz, Austria. We talked about what David does for a living. We touched on the SOLID principles and the 4 rules of simple design. We continued talking about the SoCraTes conference and the need for technical coaching beside agile coaching.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://twitter.com/dtanzer
* http://www.davidtanzer.net
* http://socrates-conference.at
* https://jax.de/speaker/david-tanzer
* http://www.davidtanzer.net/legacy_code_refactoring_at_softwerkskammer_munich
* http://2017.lean-agile-scrum.ch
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Apr 14, 2017
#20 Ivo Vutov on growing into Microsoft as a student partner
In this episode I talk to Ivo Vutov, Consultant Developer for Microsoft in Germany. Ivo shares with us how he started to code, then how he came to working with Microsoft through the Student Partner Program and how he evolved from there. We touched on the new offices of Microsoft in Munich and the effects this revamp had on the teamwork. We spoke about remote work, diversity and accessibility. We flew over selling yourself, applying for a job and much more...
Note: There were a couple drops during the communication but that shouldn't alter the comprehension.
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Apr 4, 2017
#19 Manuela Rink on being an iOS developer evangelist at Microsoft
In this episode I talk to Manuela Rink about her career path. Manu has taken a few roles over her still short career and ended up mixing two worlds that I personally never thought could really match. Let's cut to the chase, Manu is an iOS freak (in a good way ;) ), who is also a developer evangelist at Microsoft. We go over her career, her place at Microsoft and the role of an evangelist. And we finally touched on her work as a female role-model, being on the stage in an - unfortunately - still mainly male industry. Note: I discovered after the recording that my end of the call is pretty low, as well as some weird clicking noise on the beginning of the recording that I could not really remove. Sorry about that.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://twitter.com/codeprincess
* https://medium.com/@codeprincess
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Jan 22, 2017
#18 Kevin Keller on living the digital nomad way of life
In this episode I talk to Kevin Keller about his life as a Digital Nomad. Kevin has been living "on the run" sind 2014, spread between Tbilisi(Georgia), the Philippines, Mexico, Vietnam, Thailand, Morocco and France (to name only a few), all while working for his company Grumpy Goat Studio. He tells us all about this lifestyle, a couple tips and tricks to get started and devises on remote working as a whole.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://twitter.com/flygeneticist
* http://nomadlaunchpad.com
* http://grumpygoatstudio.com
* https://remoteok.io
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Jun 6, 2016
#16 Damien Beaufils on the test pyramide
In this episode, I talked to Damien Beaufils, a french software craftsman working in Paris. Damien shared the experience he made on his current project ; how he helped his team focus on quality to improve the whole software. We talked about the different kind of tests, the test pyramid and Damien even shared a very good recipe on how to improve test quality in a legacy or project lacking tests. Nota: We unfortunately had a couple hickups toward the middle of the recording, but what Damien was saying is pretty clear anyway!
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://twitter.com/damienbeaufils
* https://github.com/damienbeaufils/tests-pyramid-calculator
* http://www.octo.com/en
* http://www.octo.com/fr/publications/20-culture-code
* http://www.meetup.com/paris-software-craftsmanship/events/230614130
* http://de.slideshare.net/DamienBeaufils1/lightning-talk-meetup-swc-pyramide-des-tests
* https://www.paris-web.fr/2016/conferences/developpement-artisanal-dun-logiciel-en-20-…
May 31, 2016
#15 NCrafts Organizers Rui Carvalho, Maxime Sanglan & Peter Even on organizing a software conference
A special podcast with 3 guests, Rui Carvalho, Peter Even and Maxime Sanglan, the organizers of the NCrafts conference in Paris. In this episode, we doubled back on the origins of this craftsmanship conference, its birth in the .NET space and growth toward a language agnostic craftsmanship conference up to the third edition which happened this year. We diverged onto how to get people into craftsmanship, what the 3 organizers took out of this exercise that consumed so much of their time and why you should participate in such conferences... and not just for the talks!
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://twitter.com/rhwy
* http://www.rui.io
* http://twitter.com/petervaneven
* http://twitter.com/__MaxS__
* https://onehundredacorns.wordpress.com
* http://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/altnetfr
* http://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/nantes-software-crafts-wo-manship
* http://tickets.ncrafts.io
* http://videos.ncrafts.io
* http://twitter.com/ncraftsConf
* http://fr.slideshare.net/…
May 9, 2016
#13 JB Rainsberger on what it means to truly be agile
In this interview with J.B. Rainsberger, we drilled down into what it means to truly be agile. We devised on what it means to be agile for corporations, startups and teams alike and how to progress when you are stuck. We will definitely have to record another interview to focus more on the single individual side of it. We ended on a happy note about... happiness: don't forget that you're in there for yourself!
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://twitter.com/jbrains
* http://www.jbrains.ca
* https://vimeo.com/79106557
* http://online-training.jbrains.ca/courses/wbitdd-01
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May 2, 2016
#12 Jens Schauder on open-source software development
In this episode, I talk to Jens Schauder about his experience working on Open Source Projects. Jens is (kind of) participating to the JUnit5 Development and has - among many others - one bigger OSS project called "Degraph". We talked about JUnit5, Degraph, OpenSource, Github, Architecture among many other things... I hope you'll love this interview!
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://twitter.com/jensschauder
* http://blog.schauderhaft.de
* http://schauder.github.io/degraph
* http://junit.org/junit5
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Apr 11, 2016
#11 Nicole Rauch on the coding tour to learn and grow
In this episode, I talk to Nicole Rauch, who among other things created the Socrates Conference. I wanted to ask her about the Journeyman-Tour she did a couple years ago. She shares her insights and the things she discovered while working with different developers for short periods of time.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* https://twitter.com/nicolerauch
* http://nicole-rauch.de
* https://www.socrates-conference.de
* https://www.softwerkskammer.org
* https://floobits.com
* http://www.saros-project.org
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Mar 21, 2016
#10 Agata Bres & Adam Nowakowski on taking a break
In this episode, I talk to former colleagues of mine Agata Bres and Adam Nowakowski, who just came back from a 4 months backpacking trip to South-America. Beside goofing around, we discuss the impact such a break can have on our rat-raced lives and high-pace corporate environments.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://twitter.com/breskapl
* http://twitter.com/adamaszczos
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Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Feb 26, 2016
#8 Louise Elliott on dealing with people
A podcast talking to Louise Elliott about dealing with people, both as a team member and as a manager.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://twitter.com/ivanaterrorbull
* https://ivanaterrorbull.wordpress.com
*Credits*
* Music Something Elated by Broke For Free (CC BY 3.0)
*Your host*
Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.
*Want to be next?*
Do you know anyone who should be on the podcast? Do you want to be next? Drop me a line: info@devjourney.info or via Twitter @timothep.
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Feb 18, 2016
#7 Benjamin Reitzammer on caring, in every sense of the word
A podcast where we talk about caring, in every sense of the word.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* http://squeakyvessel.com
* https://twitter.com/benjamin
* http://topconf.com/linz-2016/speaker/benjamin-reitzammer
* https://speakerdeck.com/benjamin
* https://www.vaamo.de
* https://www.socrates-conference.de
*Credits*
* Music Something Elated by Broke For Free (CC BY 3.0)
*Your host*
Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.
*Want to be next?*
Do you know anyone who should be on the podcast? Do you want to be next? Drop me a line: info@devjourney.info or via Twitter @timothep.
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Feb 11, 2016
#5 Amitai Schleier on buying your freedom to do what you like
A podcast where we talk - among many other things - about Amitai's Story, about mentoring, teams, seniority, buying your freedom to do what you like, Amitai's podcast "agile in 3 minutes" and the role music plays in his life.
*Here are the links of the show:*
* Amitai's Homepage http://www.schmonz.com
* Amitai's Podcast "Agile In 3 Minutes" www.agilein3minut.es
* "Who I want to hire" by Chad Fowler http://goo.gl/KO2F6N
* Entreprogrammers Podcast http://entreprogrammers.com
* Developers Hegemony by Erik Dietrich https://leanpub.com/developerhegemony
* The new Kingmakers by Stephen O'Grady http://thenewkingmakers.com
*Credits*
* Music Something Elated by Broke For Free (CC BY 3.0)
*Your host*
Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.
*Want to be next?*
Do you know anyone who should be on the podca…