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Learn to code

Jorge Escobarpodcasters.spotify.com
New face and new format. I'm recording my learning process and experiences. Join me and find out how to learn to code.
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My new YouTube channel is on the making

And it's a little late to start a stream about programming? I dunno, but I'm doing it for the fun so I'm going for it anyways. I enjoy talking to this podcast, what better experience to allow others to actually watch me code and program a computer. So I decided to go all in into streaming on YouTube.

Apr 14, 201921 min

Losing my job and what to do after

And I just learned that the company I'm working on may lose the most important client and that means bad news for me...

Apr 12, 201926 min

writing #documentation with #markdown #word processing #software and #Git

And I have no need (yet) to write proper API documentation, that doesn't mean that I don't do any documentation. Nothing more far away from the truth. I talk about writing documentation on microsoft word, libreoffice writer, visual studio code, and using the markdown file format.

Mar 17, 201935 min

LinkedIn is my main social network now

And today I explored LinkedIn and find myself lost on it for hours. Seems like I should have give it a shot a long time ago. I can see now that I wasted a lot of time on Twitter but I can clearly see how LinkedIn can be a different tale. LinkedIn Profile. Xbox Ahoy on YouTube. Anchor.fm

Mar 11, 201926 min

Banned from #Twitter because of #LearnToCode

And I finally got banned from Twitter because of typing "Learn to code" into a tweet. IT has been 10 years since I created the account and I didn't feel like I lost anything of value...

Mar 11, 201917 min

My first try at #automation is not perfect and created unintended side effects #SQLServer #JavaFx #MariaDB #PostgreSQL

And after a week of running the automated programs to automate my own job, I found bugs on the end user app that I cannot fix since I'm not the developer of that app. I don't have the source code so I cannot fix it. Yet I decided to disable my automation efforts for the time being and work on a graphical user interface to allow my partner to become the automaton and help me fix the problems at my job...

Mar 09, 201914 min

Update on #Automation using #Java and #SQLServer

And I was very happy to see how much time I saved just yesterday by automating the most common problem and the reason of the majority of my phone calls. I think I'll keep doing programs to automate my main task and keep myself free. I'm afraid I won't be able to remove myself from the office, since my presence is required for human contact with other managers and paper signing.

Mar 05, 20195 min

#Automation: Getting myself #fired or #free

And there is the belief that automation will create a crisis, and that people without jobs will revel against society. The truth is that I rather lose my job and look for something else above that, than letting myself slave away doing a repetitive task just because I don't want to move on.

Mar 03, 201925 minSeason 1Ep. 10

#Legacy #Systems I think we should retire them and work a lot to not miss them.

And after my visit to the department of Finances, I realized why there had been a lot of problems with data integrity and availability. A legacy system run on Ingres seems to have problems meeting the demands of the current year. I talk about this experience and the first legacy system I found 10 years ago... have fun.

Mar 01, 201913 minSeason 1Ep. 9

The power of #focus on your career

And I just remembered my first project as a software developer. I was more of a database administrator back in the day than a front end developer, and I'm still are today.

Feb 22, 201917 minSeason 1Ep. 6

Commitment to #LearnToCode

And that's why I talk about commitment, because you can't become a software developer, a programmer or a coder if you aren't committing your time, your effort and money. It's going to be very difficult for anyone willing to learn how to code, to be successful doing it. Don't just watch a couple Hello World videos, build something: a website, an app, a computer program, whatever. Just Build something. Don't just sit around reading books, and watching videos. It's worth it. Simon Allardice Twitter...

Feb 21, 201918 minSeason 1Ep. 5

My Frustration with #Manjaro #Linux and I want to learn #GoLang

And I got frustrated with Manjaro the other day because I was unable to install IntelliJ Idea, the Java development kit and a visual studio code extension that was supposed to allow my (non existent) viewers on Twitch, to point out lines of code on it from the chat. Never mind that, I'm getting interested in GoLang and I'm doing some research before committing myself to learn it. I wonder if GoLang can: Connect to databases like Microsoft SQL server, Oracle 11g, MySQL, MariaDB and Postgres. Quer...

Feb 19, 201920 minSeason 1Ep. 3

SQL Practice Problems by Sylvia Moestl Vasilik: book review

And I was working on these practice problems all weekend. I realized how difficult they are for me, and I supposed to be a database administrator with more than 10 years of experience. Humility is the word that came to my mind, and I hate humility. BUY the book : http://a.co/d/bke6lOX YouTube playlist of myself solving the book: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrLK-3-j0W-7ndkqn1lJEP3SGTLhohxfU Links to the repository: GitLab : https://gitlab.com/JorgeEscobar/sql-practice-problems GitHub :...

Feb 17, 201948 minSeason 1Ep. 2

#LearnToCode

And after the Twitter storm that was #LearnToCode I find myself with the impression that some people think that learning to code it's easy. And it is... until you go beyond #HelloWorld...

Feb 06, 201931 min
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