Developer On Fire

Guest: John Le Drew @antz29 John Le Drew talks with Dave Rael about limitations, responding to criticism, approaching heroes, and safe environments John has over 17 years of experience working in software engineering as a system administrator, software engineer, technical lead, technical director, development manager and agile coach. He currently runs the consultancy firm Wise Noodles where he helps organisations solve tough technical problems by untangling their people problems. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and John Le Drew - Game audio as art - Effective teams - John's experience with dyspraxia - The draw of technology, the great equalizer - Learning from criticism and embracing discomfort to grow - Stimulus and response - Humanity and inhumanity in organizations and software - Recording interviews at a conference and creating a podcast - The focus of the early direction of the Agile Path podcast - Safety - John's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with John Resources: John's Website The Agile Path Podcast Dyspraxia Clarke's Three Laws ("... indistinguishable from magic") IBM Q - Quantum Experience Linda Rising on Developer On Fire Linda Rising on Developer On Fire with Kendall Rael The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change - Stephen R. Covey Headspace Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl The McCarthy Show The Core Protocols The Retrospoective Prime Directive Esther Derby on Developer On Fire Diana Larsen on Developer On Fire David Bernstein on Developer On Fire Woody Zuill on Developer On Fire Tim Ottinger on Developer On Fire Jerry Weinberg on Developer On Fire Johanna Rothman Agile and Beyond Music City Agile John's book recommendation: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness - Stephen R. Covey Software for Your Head: Core Protocols for Creating and Maintaining Shared Vision - Jim McCarthy Beyond Legacy Code: Nine Practices to Extend the Life (and Value) of Your Software - David Scott Bernstein John's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Learning is not threatening - don't judge yourself and find peace with your deficiency Communicate with curiosity Pay attention to safety

Guest: Erik Dietrich @daedtech Erik Dietrich talks with Dave Rael about his imminent book launch, future plans, and the nature of organizations and the role of the software developer Erik Dietrich is an experienced programmer, software architect, team leader, coach, and technologist that enjoys working with a wide variety of programming languages, frameworks and tools. The majority of his recent experience has focused on the .NET framework, though over the years he has worked with C++, Java, and a number of other languages. Projects range from low-level driver and kernel module programming all the way up to user interface design, and the types of applications run the gamut from home automation to rigorous code analysis to line of business applications. His passion for working with technology extends beyond the workplace and into his work under the umbrella of his LLC. He does various types of traditional consulting projects, but also produces software-related content for public consumption. He createa developer training videos for Pluralsight aimed at intermediate to advanced programmers. Beyond that, he is also an author and active technical blogger. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Erik Dietrich - Erik's book with launch imminent: Developer Hegemony - Learning how to do a book launch - Erik's summary of the content and premise of the book - Erik's other projects outside the book - Further materials related to the book under consideration and planning - Advice for developers to position themselves as expert rather than labor - Erik's thoughts about organizational archetypes, leverage, and return on investment - Erik's vision for a better way to operate - Historical context on the evolution of general-purpose labor and how individuals can position themselves to avoid being commodities - Strategies for moving the larger world in less hegemonous direction - Getting the book - Parting thoughts and reasons for optimism Resources: Erik's Book: Developer Hegemony Erik's First Appearance on Developer On Fire Erik's Exceptional Blog Erik's Pluralsight Coruses Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling - Michael Port (the source of the "Who and do what" statement) Jonathan Stark on Developer On Fire Erik's book recommendation: Erik's top 3 tips for delivering more value:

Guest: Robert Blumen @RobertBlumen Robert Blumen talks with Dave Rael about creating audio content, career transitions, and understanding the context of failures Robert Blumen is a DevOps engineer at Salesforce Desk.com with over 25 years of experience in software development in programming, architecture, and media production. His interests include software architecture, scalability, high availability, persistence, big data, and devops. Robert is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of California Berkeley. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Robert Blumen - How Robert got involved with one of the longest-running software engineering podcasts in the world, Software Engineering Radio - The meaning of Robert's editor role with Software Engineering Radio - Comparing giving a presentation to being a podcast host - The fit of software developers as podcast hosts - Qualities of good podcast guests - Robert on career transitions - Roberts thoughts on the future of podcasting - Selection of content for Software Engineering Radio to ensure it maintains appeal over time - Becoming a podcaster - motivations and considerations - Robert's thoughts on moving from software engineering to DevOps - How Robert stays current with what he needs to know - Robert's book recommendation - Robert's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Robert Resources: Software Engineering Radio Markus Voelter IEEE Computer Society IEEE Computer Society Software Magazine Glassdoor Hot Pod Mad Men Dynamic Cuts The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master - Andrew Hunt Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides Jeff Meyerson on Developer On Fire Hindsight Bias Software Engineering Radio Hosts Manual Robert's book recommendation: The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' - Sidney Dekker Robert's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Develop your writing skills Get enough sleep

Guest: Will Gant @gantsoftsys Will Gant talks with Dave Rael about being a seasoned software professional, the value of mentors, proteges, and peers, podcasting, being a leader Will Gant is a full-stack C#, Javascript, and Delphi developer living in Nashville, TN working for Transformations LLC, as a contractor under Gant Software Systems, and as a partner in an agricultural trading platform called Agulus. He's used .NET since the first public beta and has recently started doing some lower-level work in Delphi, as well as kicking the tires on Dotnet Core. In addition, he's an avid weightlifter, wine-maker, occasional hunter, and terrible with both 9 irons and soldering irons. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Will Gant - Freedom and security - The Complete Developer podcast - Will's thoughts and experiences with mentoring newer developers - Will's story of failure - losing a job because of an act of conscience, enabling failure by putting something in place that was later misused, suffering hacking - Will's success story - software that survived an enormous disaster, becoming a creator of audio content - How Will stays current with what he needs to know - Will's book recommendations - The value of mastermind groups - The things that have Will most excited - Will's sources of pain and suffering - Will's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Will Resources: Complete Developer Podcast BJ Burns Will and BJ on .NET Rocks! Joe Audette MojoPortal David Neal on Developer On Fire John Sonmez on Developer On Fire Pinal Dave on Developer On Fire Pinal Dave's site - Sql Authority How To Market Yourself as a Software Developer - Recommended Course from John Sonmez Lost (TV series) Ted Neward on Developer On Fire "You aren't gonna need it" Resume Driven Development Microconf John Baluka on Developer On Fire "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." -Jim Rohn MastermindJam Ken Wallace Google Forms Zapier Uncle Bob Martin on Developer On Fire Will's book recommendation: DotCom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online - Russell Brunson Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) - Steve Krug Will's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Figure out what you're supposed to do and don't do anything that doesn't provide value Always work on your skills Think about your integration points

Guest: Olve Maudal @olvemaudal Olve Maudal speaks with Dave Rael about empowering the best 80% of developers, trust in organizations and interactions, growing better software in large systems and large organizations, and focusing on quality Olve Maudal works for Cisco Systems where he is involved in developing collaboration solutions and telepresence technology. He loves to write code, but he is just as interested in how software is developed as what it actually does. Main interests are embedded systems, C, C++, Python, TDD, secure coding, software architecture and machine learning. Olve lives just outside of Oslo with wife and two kids - he also enjoys chess, rubik's cube, outdoor activities and reading. He tweets as @olvemaudal once in a while, and sometimes he updates the website olvemaudal.com Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Olve Maudal - Olve and chess and the temptation to get consumed with specific interests - How Olve got started in software - Olve's current role at Cisco and the evolution of a huge codebase with many developers and many and frequent commits - Counterintuitive secrets to maintaining software over decades and with large teams - Olve's approach to fostering a focus on quality - Olve's advice for improving code quality and the quality of an organization - Olve's story of failure - Losing interest in an interesting project because of an unsustainable pace - Olve's success story - Improving the operation of an organization with positive practices and creating tools where they didn't exist - Olve's book recommendations - The things about which Olve likes to geek out - Olve's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Olve Resources: Olve's Blog Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl Knut Hamsun Knut Hamsun Books Knut Hamsun Quotes Hewlett Packard 29C Programmable Calculator Commodore VIC-20 Uncle Bob Martin on Developer On Fire Jon Jagger on Developer On Fire Kevlin Henney on Developer On Fire James Grenning on Developer On Fire Seismic Acquisition The Agile Manifesto Cruise Control Jenkins Tinderbox The Good Foot Theory (Book in Norwegian) A Riveting Conversation In Which Olve Participated - Branching strategies and continuous delivery Olve's book recommendation: Implementation Patterns - Kent Beck The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production-- Toyota's Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World Industry - James P. Womack Olve's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Allow yourself to trust others and make sure to behave in a way that you can be trusted Continue to get better at the things at which you are already good and rely on your teammates to compensate for your weaknesses Stay close to the money flow to know whether you are succeeding

Guest: Mads Torgersen @madstorgersen Mads Torgersen talks with Dave Rael about geeking out on natural and programming languages, life at Microsoft, beneficial relationships, and C# Mads is the language lead for C#, and a program manager on the .NET team at Microsoft. He runs the C# language design process and maintains the language specification. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Mads Torgersen - Mads's journey with working for Microsoft - Mads's history with Java - Mads's path to leading the C# language - Life for Mads as the language lead for C# - The newest version of the language (at the time of recording and publishing): C# 7 - Functional features in C# - Philosophy of language design and balancing options vs cohesion and continuity - Dynamic language features in C# - Influences of cross-platform .NET, mobile, and gaming development on the C# language - How Mads got started in software - Mads and his interest in natural languages - Mads's book recommendations - The things that have Mads most excited - Mads and travel in the job - Mads's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Mads Resources: Jon Skeet and Developer On Fire Anders Hejlsberg Guy Steele Mads on the .NET Blog - What’s New in C# 7.0 Unity Game Platform Forth Hewlett-Packard Reverse Polish Notation Calculator David Heinemeier Hansson on Developer On Fire Mark Seemann on Developer On Fire Mads Kristensen on Developer On Fire Bjarne Stroustrup Kristen Nygaard Ole-Johan Dahl Lars Bak Mads's book recommendation: American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America - Colin Woodard Mads's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Don't lose yourself when trying to work for the greater good You can get a valuable relationship with almost anyone

Guest: Andy Beier @andybeier Andy Beier talks with Dave Rael about gratitude, making useful things, mentoring, and growth Andy Beier is a Director of Software Engineering at Domo where his main area of focus lies in connectors (3rd party integrations) and he takes special interest in API Design, OAuth, Java, web services, SaaS architecture, Big Data and data design. Andy has helped build Domo’s technology for the last seven years and has overseen the integration of hundreds of systems into the platform. He holds a bachelors degree from Arizona State University. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Andy Beier - Andy's experiences at Domo - Andy's life as a director of software engineering - How Andy got started in software - API design and why it matters so much to Andy - The things that "light Andy up" - Andy's story of failure - doing the right thing at the wrong time - Andy's transition from developer to manager and mentoring - helping people grow their skills - Andy's experiences with being mentored by others - Andy's success story - connecting many sources of information in useful ways, failing fast and learning, creating a new specialty - Using APIs to make programming more accessible - How Andy stays current with what he needs to know - Andy's book recommendations - The things that have Andy most excited - Andy's causes of pain and suffering - Andy, the designer - Andy's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Andy Resources: The Standards For APIs site Domo Domp's API site for Developers Andy on API Design Standards Freshbooks Andy and Dave go deeper into API Design Standards on Software Engineering Daily IFTTT Zapier IFTTT Maker Channel Mint AWS Lambda Google Cloud Functions Azure Functions Andy's book recommendation: Edward R. Tufte Beautiful Evidence - Edward R. Tufte Andy's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Get the data and let it drive your decisions Let go of arrogance Clear the path for those with more passion and let others lead

Guest: Ben Hood @benhood Ben Hood talks with Dave Rael about multiplying impact, product management, outsourcing, and gratitude Ben Hood has been an entrepreneur and digital product manager for the last decade, working mainly on web and mobile applications, at companies both big and small. He most recently worked in healthcare and cybersecurity, as a director of product management at Metabiota and Endgame. He also has extensive experience working with big data analytics for government customers. He has worked in the energy sector, providing customers with an app to track their home’s electricity usage. At the beginning of his career, Ben worked on music and video at AOL. Ben has undergraduate degrees in computer engineering and physics, and a Ph.D. in astrophysics. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Ben Hood - Ben, the physicist - Ben's software roots and getting introduced to programming - Awe and wonder at the many layers and levels of pieces that make computing work - Progress and gratitude - Ben's current status, GoGo Apps, life in Poland, and outsourcing software development - Ben's career path and how Ben got into product management - Ben's story of failure - getting involved in a startup with the wrong people - Ben's success story - Pivoting from a failure into a useful application, helping people with energy management - How Ben stays current with what he needs to know - Ben's book recommendation - The things that have Ben most excited - Ben's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Ben and GoGo Apps Resources: GoGo Apps Dave on Software Engineering Daily Seth Godin on Entitlement Wattbuy Ben Balter on Developer On Fire Ben's book recommendation: A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson Ben's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Really listen Iterate Be fearless

Guest: Denver Visual Studio Launch @CWDenver Dave Rael speaks in-person with the presenters and in-the-know thought-leaders at one of the satellite Visual Studio 2017 launch events at the Microsoft office in Denver, Colorado, United States of America. Adam Tuliper Daren May David Yack Joe Shirey Kathleen Dollard Shawn Kendrot William Wegerson There was an event at the Denver Microsoft Office for the launch of Visual Studio 2017. Dave was there and had short conversations with the speakers who were on the stage to present the new and exciting features of the tooling, languages, and platforms. Chapters: - Dave describes this atypical episode with in-person conversations at an event - Adam Tuliper - Microsoft evangelists and C# 7 - Daren May - Productivity tools in Visual Studio 2017 - David Yack - Testing tools in Visual Studio 2017 - Joe Shirey - Microsoft evangelism - Kathleen Dollard - Debugging, profiling, experience - Shawn Kendrot - Native Windows applications - William Wegerson Resources: Microsoft's Main Visual Studio 2017 Launch Event The Denver Visual Studio 2017 Launch Event Visual Studio 2017 Jerry Nixon Ben Hoelting Adam Tuliper Daren May David Yack Joe Shirey Kathleen Dollard Kathleen Dollard on Developer On Fire Shawn Kendrot William Wegerson Resharper Julie Yack Live Unit Testing in Visual Studio 2017 NCrunch Microsoft Cognitive Services

Guest: John Baluka @johnbaluka John Baluka talks with Dave Rael about business and software, presence in daily activity, the power of mastermind groups, and creating useful content John has been developing software with the Microsoft stack for 20+ years. For most of the last 10 years, John has been a sub-contractor, business owner, and a dad. John enjoys researching and applying new technologies to real world examples. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and John Baluka - John's business emphasis - Becoming fearless - John and subcontracting - John's experiences with Visual Basic and moving to C# - "It's okay to be a beginner" - The things that "light John up" - Becoming a speaker and creating content - Parallels between business and producing content - testing an audience to see if there is interest - John's story of failure - getting in too deep on borrowed funds - John's success story - delivering consistently, code generation that made life easier - How John stays current with what he needs to know - John's family - Getting better at presence - John's book recommendatons - The things that have John most excited - The concept of mastermind groups - John's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with John Resources: John On LinkedIn nopCommerce Cory House on Developer On Fire remarkjs John's Presentation - Hacking PowerPoint for Developers The Morning Brew - Chris Alcock The Pomodoro Technique Dave's Blog Post on the Pomodoro Technique John's completed Pluralsight Courses John Papa's Pluralsight Courses John Papa on Developer On Fire Julie Lerman's Pluralsight Courses Pluralsight Course - Jeff Ammons - Build a Better Blog with a Static Site Generator DH Unplugged Pam Selle on Developer On Fire Go the F*** Home - Pam Selle's Talk on Getting it Done and Living Life Startups for the Rest of Us (Podcast with Rob Walling) MastermindJam James Sturtevant on Developer On Fire John's book recommendation: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles - Steven Pressfield Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity - David Allen The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win - Gene Kim Start Small, Stay Small - Rob Walling John's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Marry the problem and not the solution Try not to create a solution that's looking for a problem to solve Weekly milestones help better manage the workflow for everyone involved

Guest: @ Lawrence Sowell and Ben Meyer talk with Dave Rael about life at Codera, passion for projects, solving your own problem, business, and productivity As a Serial Entrepreneur, Lawrence has built businesses in the entertainment, real estate, sports, manufacturing and technology industries. For the last decade, Lawrence has been focused on solving problems through technology. Highly driven by passion, Lawrence excels and adapts quickly to find solutions for problems. Lawrence is well known as an outside the box thinker that uses critical thinking, problem solving, vision, and strategy to find exciting innovations to disrupt markets. Lawrence has spent the last couple of years traveling the world speaking about technology and how it is used to solve real world problems. With 13 years of professional software development experience across a diverse range of industries, Ben is a true software artisan. Ben uses his remarkably broad, even eclectic combination of skills to see both the "big picture" as well as the "nuts and bolts" that bring ideas to fruition. Software engineering and architecture, analyzing and choosing the right technologies, and building scalable solutions that truly meet customers' needs is what Ben loves to do. A serial-entrepreneur since he was a kid, Ben started teaching piano and drum lessons at the age of 13, started college (and computer programming) at 15, opened a professional audio-production and recording studio at 18, and has been writing code, advising startups, getting a computer science degree, working with billion-dollar companies, and hacking on amazing tech ever since. If you need someone who seriously understands the technology landscape on all levels - Ben is that guy. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Lawrence Sowell and Ben Meyer - The nature of Codera and the projects they tackle - The story of VoiceCode - Ben's attempts to solve his own problem - The users of VoiceCode - Productivity tools for programmers - valuable? - Finding out more about VoiceCode and getting involved - The things that "light Ben up" - The things that "light Lawrence up" - Lawrence's story of failure - experiencing the collapse of a market and therefore of his business - How Ben stays current with what he needs to know - Lawrence and Ben's book recommendations - Lawrence and Ben's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Lawrence, Ben, Codrea, and VoiceCode Resources: Codera VoiceCode Scott Hanselman - Do they deserve the gift of your keystrokes? Scott Hanselman - Finite keystrokes in video form Repetitive Strain (or Stress) Injury Mark Seemann - Beware of Productivity Tools Dave's Response to Mark Seemann's Post About Productivity Tools A Short HIstory of JavaScript Lawrence and Ben's book recommendations: How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers - Timothy Ferriss Lawrence and Ben's top tips for delivering more value: Show that you are very engaged and aware of what is going on Be passionate and not boring Be aware of what is going on with your projects Make sure you're having fun

Guest: John-Daniel Trask @traskjd John-Daniel Trask talks with Dave Rael about business, creating, providing value, and being lit up John-Daniel Trask is the CEO and co-founder of Raygun.com, a software intelligence platform that monitors how your applications are really performing for users. Prior to Raygun, JD's entrepreneurial spirit was stoked by running a PC repair business while studying for a Bachelor of Information Science, which then led to working as a software developer at an IT services company. Driven by a frustration around poor software tooling, JD co-founded a company called Mindscape with Jeremy Boyd, before focusing on the Raygun product which gradually grew more attention. This varied background has given JD unique insights into understanding how to build healthy software. He is also known to enjoy a well aged whiskey! Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and John-Daniel Trask - Raygun, Mindscape, and the workings of John-Daniel's businesses - How Raygun got its name - What is Raygun? - Platforms, languages, and technologies for and by Raygun and the Raygun team - JD's interest in both technology and business - The things that "light JD up" - Selling software to peers at 14 years old - JD's story of failure - the pain and difficulty of losing a business partner - JD's success story - being a creator of a business providing real benefits and making livings for real people - How John-Daniel stays current with what he needs to know - JD's book recommendation - The things that have John-Daniel most excited - JD's causes of pain and suffering - The things about which JD likes to geek out - Inspiration and the importance of being lit up on what you do and JD's joy in his work - Taking action, self-mastery, self-awareness, and persistence - John-Daniel's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with JD Resources: Raygun - Software Intelligence Platform Mindscape Jeremy Boyd Lightspeed Object-Relational Mapper Railgun IN Quake 3 Real user monitoring Gear VR Oculus Dave Rael as the guest on Developer On Fire John-Daniel's book recommendation: The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt - T.J. Stiles Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader - Brent Schlender John-Daniel's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Always try to provide more value than you are taking Take note of things that matter to people and demonstrate that you care Build relationships and have high quality relationships

Guest: Josh Doody @JoshDoody Josh Doody talks with Dave Rael about becoming an author, becoming an entrepreneur, business and software, negotiation as collaboration, and how to be successful Josh Doody is an author and entrepreneur who helps software developers get paid what their worth. He wrote Fearless Salary Negotiation, a #1 Best Seller on Amazon, along with several courses to help navigate the job interview and salary negotiation processes. He uses his strategies to coach software developers through salary negotiations to maximize their starting salary when changing jobs. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Josh Doody - Josh's education and interest in business; his motivation for getting his MBA - Fearless Salary Negotiation - Origins of the title and nature of the content - Philosophy of jobs - perspective, exchange of value for mutual benefit, reasons to negotiate, and moral standing to negotiate - The core nature of negotiation - Josh calls it collaboration - Josh, the author - How writing a book is like building software - Sales and marketing - Josh's advice on why and how to avoid giving away too much information in negotiation and the interview process - Negotiation - the competition element - Josh's current daily life - The things that "light Josh up" - How Josh got started in software - Josh's story of failure - trying to build a technology business instead of a business to solve a problem - Josh, the entrepreneur - Josh's advice on facing failure and punching fear in the face - How Josh stays current with what he needs to know - Josh's Book Recommendations - The things that have Josh most excited - Josh's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Josh Resources: Josh's Website - Fearless Salary Negotiation Fearless Salary Negotiation: A step-by-step guide to getting paid what you're worth - Josh Doody Josh's Free Email Course on How to Avoid Common Salary Mistakes - "Get Your Next Raise" Heads-Up Tournament Poker: Hand-by-Hand - Annie Duke, Vanessa Rousso, Josh Doody Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual - John Sonmez John Sonmez on Developer On Fire John Sonmez - How To Market Yourself as a Software Developer Philip Morgan on Developer On Fire The Dreaded Salary Question Patrick McKenzie The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure - William Goldman The Man In Black and Vizzini in the Princess Bride - "You're stalling..." Punch Fear In the Face - Leave the George McFly Mentality behind "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." - Friedrich Nietzsche The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Malcolm Gladwell EconTalk - Russ Roberts Josh's book recommendation: The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) - Seth Godin Seveneves - Neal Stephenson Josh's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Be "you" focused (rather than "me" focused) Listen a lot more than you talk and create Be honest and sincere

Guest: Wes Higbee @g0t4 Wes Higbee talks with Dave Rael about mindsets, confidence, blind spots, and focusing the the things that matter As a consultant, Wes helps people eradicate emotional blind spots with technology and produce rapid results. Along the journey Wes has had a passion for sharing knowledge. With 25 courses and counting, he has helped thousands of people improve. He authors courses for both Pluralsight and O’Reilly. He’s been a speaker at countless local meetups, community organizations, webinars and conferences. And he speaks professionally to help organizations improve. He authored the book Commitment To Value: How to make technical projects worthwhile. He writes extensively about business on his blog. And his written work includes articles featured on VeraSage, MSDN Magazine, and InfoQ. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Wes Higbee - Wes's interest in business and really understanding the problems he is trying to solve - Software for business or business for software? - The fallacious process focus of many methodology efforts - Wes the trainer and the sharer of information - Wes and public speaking - the primacy of confidence - Minimalism in preparation as a speaker - Quality in video training, preparation and editing - The things that "light Wes up" - How Wes got started in software - Wes's story of failure - a period of uncertainty in switching from hourly to value-based pricing - attitude and problems as merely perception - Familiarity in dealing with technology, processes, life events, and more - also the inherent goodness of people - Wes's success story - providing value with courses and shifting focus to real value on things that matter - Wes's advice for developers in getting more focused on the value that matters for their businesses - How Wes stays current with what he needs to know - Wes's book recommendation - Our own blind spots - The things that have Wes most excited - Wes's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Wes Resources: Wes's Blog Wes's O'Reilly Courses Wes's Courses on Pluralsight The Agile Manifesto The Good Samaritan Wes's book recommendation: Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts - Carol Tavris Wes's top 3 tips for delivering more value: There is no wrong way to do the right thing Helping doesn't mean pleasing Beliefs come before data to back them up

Guest: Chaim Sajnovsky @ Chaim Sajnovsky talks with Dave Rael about communication, the need for software developers, business success, and openness Chaim Sajnovsky worked for 12 years in the TV broadcast industry and was deeply immersed in the birth of digital video. Then he decided to return to his first love as a child: programming. After working for years as developer, he founded b7dev, an on-demand developer service. He works hard to bridge customer and developer needs, trying to translate non-shared language for both parties in order to make successful projects a reality. He is continuously researching new developer pools to help them reach new heights. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Chaim Sajnovsky - How Chaim found his talent for connecting technical and business people with communication - The operation of B7Dev and finding the right people for the right tasks - "Developer pools" - Chaim and B7Dev and identification and algorithmic assessment of developers and skills to match to projects - The things that "light Chaim up" - How Chaim got started in software - Chaim's story of failure - flopping on stage in front of an audience - Chaim's success story - providing gainful business for customers, gaining trust, maintaining honor, and building a successful business - How Chaim stays current with what he needs to know - Chaim's book recommendation - The things that have Chaim most excited - Chaim's causes of pain and suffering - The things about which Chaim likes to geek out - Chaim's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Chaim Resources: B7Dev C-3PO - Fluent in Over 6 Million Forms of Communication Matt Wynne on Developer On Fire Uncle Bob Martin on Developer On Fire Stanford Online Courses Harvard Online Courses Khan Academy Chaim's book recommendation: Author: Psychologist Dan Ariely The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves - Dan Ariely Chaim's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Be a decent person and live up to your word Try to be happy with what you do Try to improve all the time