This is a repeat episode of Ruby Rogues 485 The Rogues dive into who are top 5% developers, what they're doing and how to recognize them. They start out discussing how mid-level developers can move up and how developers can grow in more ways that technical skills. Panel Charles Wood Dave Kimura John Epperson Sponsors Next Level Mastermind Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Links Devchat.tv | Dev Rev Picks Charles- The 360 Leader: Developing your Influence from Anywhere ...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Charles Max Wood takes a solo flight into how to make an impact on the development community and build the career you want at the same time. Chuck starts out summarizing his journey over the last year or so and then dives into his vision of how people can grow into becoming an influencer and using that to create opportunities in your life and career. Please check out devchat.tv/nextlevel Panel Charles Wood Sponsors Octopus Deploy Pty. Ltd Next Level Mastermind Advertising Inquiries: https://redc...
Jan 26, 2021•46 min
Get the 2020 Goal Setting Workshop + Success Accelerator Deal HERE (Coupon Code: GOALS for a massive discount) Mani Vaya joins Charles Max Wood to walk him through the 6 pillars of success that lead to meeting your goals. Mani has read thousands of books on success, setting and achieving goals, and personal growth and has distilled these 6 principles from the books and then figured out how to put them into practice. He and Chuck walk through the principles and strategies that create success and ...
Jan 01, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Sandro Mancuso has been working on building self-managing teams within his company. The discussion goes into what parts of the work should be managed by the team and what parts should be managed for the team. He explains the tradeoffs of independence and control at different levels. He also explains several of the things that have worked as they've implemented these principles. There are several powerful principles at play when you focus on providing self-direction to the people doing the work. ...
Dec 08, 2020•47 min
Chris Powers is the Director of Engineering at Thinkful. He's been spending a bit of time lately thinking about the costs of decisions as software projects evolve and grow. In other words as an application evolves from a small, niche application to a widely used, multi-tenant application. Or, as the team building it changes from a handful of developers in the same room to multiple teams working remotely on the same codebase. As those changes occur, how do different testing practices, architectur...
Dec 01, 2020•46 min
Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Double Your Productivity by 5pm Today" Deal Coupon Code: "DEEP" for a GIANT discount Mani provides us with strategies and tactics to get Deep Work time and how to get our minds into that focused state for hours at a time. He has read hundreds of books that have taught him the secrets to getting more done by getting into this state. He starts by telling us how he was passed over for a promotion at Qualcomm in favor of someone younger and less experienced and how...
Nov 27, 2020•47 min
Test Driven Development is the practice of writing your tests to explore how your code should be structured and to verify its functionality. Bob and Chuck explore the various thoughts around how to write tests, what to test, and how testing will save you time and effort in the long run. Then, they dive into how writing tests first through Test Driven Development (TDD). This episode walks you through starting with Test Driven Development (TDD) and how Test Driven Development can help improve your...
Nov 24, 2020•41 min
Human language is imprecise. Computer logic requires precision that is not provided by human language. What this means is that as humans work to program computers, they need to work to bring the way they describe the problems and solutions we’re responsible for in line with the way we think about building programs and organizing them into patterns we can describe. Sponsors Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Cloud Academy | Get 50% off with promo code DEVOPS Audible.com ...
Nov 10, 2020•34 min
In this episode of Clean Coders, Chris Powers, author of Clean Code in the Browser for Clean Coders and VP of engineering for Thinkful, joins Chuck. They discuss how the solid principles of clean coding play out in an object-oriented language like JavaScript and the shift in the identity of a frontend developer in the past 15 years. Sponsors Cloud Academy | Get 50% off with promo code CODERS Audible.com CacheFly Host Charles Max Wood Guest Chris Powers Links Clean Code in the Browser Thinkful Ty...
Oct 27, 2020•54 min
In this episode of Clean Coders, guest Micah Martin and Chuck discuss how he’s working to refactor the codebase into “clean code” and how he’s worked with apprentices in the past to teach them to write and refactor to clean code. Sponsors Cloud Academy | Get 50% off with promo code CODERS Audible.com CacheFly Host Charles Max Wood Guest Micah Martin Links Datomic Email Micah at micah@cleancoders.com, follow him on Twitter @slagyr Micah’s Website Check out Micah Martin’s and Robert “Uncle Bob” Ma...
Oct 20, 2020•33 min
Podcast: Play in new window | Download In this episode of Clean Coders, guest Daniel Markham walks through several strategies and answers questions Chuck poses about how to make sure that your code communicates and functions in ways that keeps the code maintainable. Daniel is writing a book about coding practices. Sponsors Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Cloud Academy | Get 50% off with promo code CODERS Audible.com CacheFly Host Charles Max Wood Guest Daniel Markham...
Oct 13, 2020•41 min
Robert C. Martin has been a coder since 1970, co-founder of cleancoders.com, founder of Uncle Bob Consulting LLC, Master Craftsman at 8th Light Inc, and author of the book Clean Agile. Uncle Bob and Chuck start by discussing whether or not there has been a decline in Agile in recent years. Uncle Bob does not believe that agile is declining, but rather that because the number of programmers grows so quickly, Agile has become diluted. Uncle Bob describes what it was like to be at Snowbird writing ...
Sep 29, 2020•49 min
Eric rejoins the show to talk about the things that the iOS development community is debating. The first thing brought up is a tweet by Ben Sandofsky around being concise versus being readable. Stay tuned to see Eric’s thoughts on the other debates happening in the iOS development community. Sponsors Audible.com Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial CacheFly Host Charles Max Wood Guest Eric Crichlow Follow Eric on Twitter > @MisterEGC Check out Eric’s “iOS Development 1...
Sep 22, 2020•54 min
James Grenning is an expert in embedded systems. He's been working in software for over 40 years. His series on Clean Coders is focused on IoT. James walks Chuck and the audience through the growth of embedded systems and its evolution into IoT. He also walks through the challenges and techniques involved in building code that runs on specific devices. Host Charles Max Wood Guest James W Grenning Links Wingman Software Wingman Software | Workshops Follow James on Twitter > @jwgrenning Check o...
Aug 11, 2020•44 min
Michael Whatcott is a Go developer at Smarty Streets and co-hosts the Go with Intensity series at Clean Coders. Michael walks Chuck and the audience through the ins and outs of getting started with the Go programming language, how to think about writing programs with the language. Michael and Chuck also talk about the Go community and ecosystem. Host Charles Max Wood Guest Michael Whatcott Follow Michael on Twitter > @mdwhatcott , email: mike@smartystreets.com Check out Mike Whatcott's and Jo...
Jul 28, 2020•52 min
Join the 30-DAY CHALLENGE: "You Don't Know JS Yet" Robert C. "Uncle Bob" Martin and Charles Max Wood dive into the intricacies of the last 5 points of the Programmer's Oath. They discuss how programmers have the responsibility to continue to improve their programs, their teams, their teams' practices, and continue to learn. Host Charles Max Wood Guest Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin Links Meade Telescopes Celestron Telescopes The Programmer's Oath Follow "Uncle Bob" on Twitter > @unclebobmartin Che...
Jul 14, 2020•58 min
Sandro Mancuso runs a company that updates projects to use modern tools, techniques, and libraries. Since many companies have systems that have evolved through various programmers, techniques, and frameworks. Sometimes they continue to be used by the company, but lack support, don't perform as needed, or are hard to add features to. He walks Chuck through the process he uses to upgrade older applications. Host Charles Max Wood Guest Sandro Mancuso "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Devel...
Jun 30, 2020•48 min
Chris Powers joins the Clean Coders podcast again to talk about how to be ready to seize opportunities and handle trials. Life has given us a huge pile of uncertainty lately. Chris and Chuck discuss how to create some certainty and how to grow during times like this. Host Charles Max Wood Guest Chris Powers "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Links Working Effectively with Legacy Code The Values of Scrum C...
Jun 16, 2020•54 min
Eric rejoins the show to talk about the things that the iOS development community is debating. The first thing brought up is a tweet by Ben Sandofsky around being concise versus being readable. Stay tuned to see Eric's thoughts on the other debates happening in the iOS development community. Host Charles Max Wood Guest Eric Crichlow "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Follow Eric on Twitter > @MisterEGC...
Jun 02, 2020•48 min
Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin rejoins the podcast to discuss the Programmer's Oath. Bob wrote the Programmer's Oath in 2015. The conversation covers the first 4 points of the Programmer's Oath and the ethics involved in writing software that builds and runs our world. Host Charles Max Wood Guest Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Links The Programmer's Oath X-Plane 11 Flight Simulato...
May 19, 2020•59 min
JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 13th to 15th - register now! Daniel Markham is writing a book about coding practices. One of the chapters he's been writing is about naming things in your code. He walks through several strategies and answers questions Chuck poses about how to make sure that your code communicates and functions in ways that keeps the code maintainable. Host Charles Max Wood Guest Daniel Markham "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now av...
May 05, 2020•48 min
JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 13th to 15th - register now! Charles originally interviewed Jonathan at a restaurant in Utah, but there was an issue with the recording and they wound up re-recording remotely due to COVID-19. Jonathan starts out talking about what it was like to put together a video for Clean Coders with Uncle Bob present. Jonathan then talks about taking Uncle Bob up to Snowbird to see where the Agile Manifesto was conceived and signed. We then talk about team organization, hiri...
Apr 21, 2020•50 min
Michael Whatcott is a band teacher turned developer working at SmartyStreets. He talks through the processes and procedures we take for granted as software developers. Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Michael Whatcott ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links: Follow Michael on Twitter - ...
Feb 25, 2020•52 min
Micah Martin has taken over maintaining the codebase at Clean Coders. He and Chuck discuss how he's working to refactor the codebase into "clean code" and how he's worked with apprentices in the past to teach them to write and refactor to clean code. Links Datomic Email Micah at micah@cleancoders.com, follow him on Twitter @slagyr Micah's Website ________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available...
Feb 18, 2020•31 min
Eric Crichlow is a software developer in the Phoenix area with 24 years of experience, and he has spent the last 11 doing mobile development. He has also recently released the first three episodes of a Native IOS videos for Clean Coders and wrote the afterword in Uncle Bob’s latest book, Clean Agile. The show begins with Eric talking about how he got into programming, which started way back in second grade. Chuck and Eric discuss the importance of educational background in programmers and agree ...
Feb 11, 2020•53 min
Sandro Mancuso started his consultancy business 6 years ago and is one of the pioneers of software craftsmanship in the UK. He learned software craftsmanship from Uncle Bob in Chicago and brought it to the UK and Europe. He has also written a book called The Software Craftsman. Sandro talks about how he met Uncle Bob and got things started in the UK and Europe. He talks about some of the difficulties he encountered, especially in the split between technical focused Agile and process-focused Agil...
Feb 07, 2020•41 min
Chris Powers is the author of Clean Code in the Browser for Clean Coders and VP of engineering for Thinkful. He starts the show by talking about the path he sees people following when they come through Thinkful, which includes weekly meetings with a mentor in the industry. Every person that uses Thinkful comes out prepared for an entry-level position or apprenticeship. Chris talks about the importance of having different levels of skill and experience in a team. He and Chuck discuss the differen...
Feb 06, 2020•51 min
Daniel Markham is a systems architect and self-taught programmer. He got to know the Agile team back in the day and hung with that crowd. Right now he is working on three books at home and some sample projects for CryptoCurrency. He talks about his history, how he got connected with Uncle Bob and the Clean Coders, and how he got into training teams on how to run good teams of programmers. He shares some of his methods for introducing Agile to a team, which is also covered in his book Info Ops. H...
Feb 05, 2020•39 min
Uncle Bob (Robert C. Martin) has been a coder since 1970, co-founder of cleancoders.com, founder of Uncle Bob Consulting LLC, Master Craftsman at 8th Light Inc, and author of the book Clean Agile. Bob and Chuck start by discussing whether or not there has been a decline in Agile in recent years. Bob does not believe that agile is declining, but rather that because the number of programmers grows so quickly, Agile has become diluted. Bob describes what it was like to be at Snowbird writing the Ag...
Feb 04, 2020•47 min
