Episode 57: Who's This Guy ft. Alex Riviere

Key Points From This Episode: - An introduction to Alex, the brand-new panel member. - Why traditional education did not suit Alex, and his introduction to programming. - Alex’s 15-year stint in the theater space and what led him back to development. - The moment that Alex started to think of himself as a developer. - How reframing his resume made people in the development world take notice of Alex. - Learnings that Alex had in his first job as purely a developer, and his first experience with Vue. - Alex’s childhood dreams, and what he discovered later on in life that he really wanted to do. - How Alex became the organizer of two Vue meetups in the space of one month. - Benefits of web development, compared to more traditional programming jobs. - A major difference between theater and other art forms and how this links to the programming world. - “Debugging” in the world of theater. - The value in reading other peoples’ code. - Picks of the week from the whole cast; reaction videos, video games and series included. Tweetables: - “In a week, I'm having to cram enough information to understand how to write JavaScript to make these things. The interesting feedback I got in that interview was, ‘Well, you're doing things, but with an older style.’” — @EnjoyTheVueCast [0:17:25] - “Instead, I fell in love with Vue. Vue is the thing that made me stop hating JavaScript. Because of Vue, it actually made me a better developer.” — @EnjoyTheVueCast [0:20:15] - “I had been working for years and years trying to figure out what it was that I wanted. I really wanted to be able to help people and solve problems.” — @EnjoyTheVueCast [0:23:15] - “If web has proven anything, is that if this is something you want to do and you want to be in, there's room for you.” — @EnjoyTheVueCast [0:28:03] - “The only stupid questions are the ones that you don't ask.” — @EnjoyTheVueCast [0:28:31] Resources mentioned: - Vuex 4.0.0 official release (https://github.com/vuejs/vuex/releases/tag/v4.0.0) - Unrailed (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1016920/Unrailed/) (Steam) - Jessica Kobeissi Reacts to America's Next Top Model (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMHISHSRJwdZaO29XN39dAVSU8IvRIvgo) (YouTube) - PowerPoint (https://office.live.com/start/powerpoint.aspx), Microsoft - 비밀의 숲 (Stranger), tvN (Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/80187302)) - Manhunt: Unabomber (https://www.netflix.com/title/80176878), Netflix - My Time at Portia (http://portia.pathea.net/) (game) - Raspberry Pi (https://www.raspberrypi.org) - Katamari Damacy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katamari_Damacy) - Magento (https://magento.com) - Because of You, Kelly Clarkson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra-Om7UMSJc) - Godot (https://godotengine.org)