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/_inesmontan...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 41
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/...
Oct 06, 2020•51 min•Season 3Ep. 40
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: Links about Sumana herself: https://mastodon.social/@brainwane https://www.twitter.com/br...
Sep 29, 2020•55 min•Season 3Ep. 39
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 th...
Sep 22, 2020•48 min•Season 3Ep. 38
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://formner...
Sep 15, 2020•55 min•Season 3Ep. 37
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-manage...
Sep 08, 2020•56 min•Season 3Ep. 36
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 Sco...
Sep 01, 2020•56 min•Season 3Ep. 35
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&...
Aug 25, 2020•50 min•Season 3Ep. 34
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...
Aug 18, 2020•52 min•Season 3Ep. 33
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....
Aug 11, 2020•52 min•Season 3Ep. 32
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 c...
Aug 04, 2020•54 min•Season 3Ep. 31
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 Sof...
Jul 28, 2020•53 min•Season 3Ep. 30
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 Credit...
Jul 21, 2020•42 min•Season 3Ep. 29
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.or...
Jul 14, 2020•43 min•Season 3Ep. 28
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 brie...
Jul 07, 2020•49 min•Season 3Ep. 27
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/proj...
Jun 30, 2020•55 min•Season 3Ep. 26
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/kyleshevlin 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/pu...
Jun 23, 2020•52 min•Season 3Ep. 25
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://gith...
Jun 16, 2020•45 min•Season 3Ep. 24
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 h...
Jun 09, 2020•44 min•Season 3Ep. 23
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. H...
Jun 02, 2020•48 min•Season 3Ep. 22
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.co...
May 26, 2020•47 min•Season 3Ep. 21
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....
May 19, 2020•51 min•Season 3Ep. 20
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.co...
May 12, 2020•46 min•Season 3Ep. 19
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 teachin...
May 05, 2020•49 min•Season 3Ep. 18
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 professiona...
Apr 28, 2020•52 min•Season 3Ep. 17
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 i...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 16
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 Forth...
Apr 14, 2020•57 min•Season 3Ep. 15
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: htt...
Apr 07, 2020•49 min•Season 3Ep. 14
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 tea...
Mar 31, 2020•50 min•Season 3Ep. 13
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...
Mar 24, 2020•46 min•Season 3Ep. 12
