Developer On Fire

Guest: Angie Jones @techgirl1908 Angie Jones talks with Dave Rael about inspiration, mentoring, experiences, and diversity in tech Angie Jones is a Consulting Automation Engineer at LexisNexis who advises several scrum teams on automation strategies and has developed automation frameworks for countless software products. As a Master Inventor, she is known for her innovative and out-of-the-box thinking style which has resulted in more than 20 patented inventions in the US and China. Angie is also an adjunct college professor who teaches Java programming and is a strong advocate for diversity in Technology. She volunteers with organizations who champion this cause such as TechGirlz and Black Girls Code. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Angie Jones - Angie's involvement with helping children, especially girls, learn about technology and their interests - Angie's experiences with being a woman in technology - Angie the master inventor - Mentoring and sponsorship - The things that "light Angie up" - Angie's emphasis on test automation - Angie, the professor - Angie's experiences with teaching many, very different, people - Angie's success story - being an inventor and achieving recognition for it - How Angie stays current with what she needs to know - Angie's book recommendation - The things that have Angie most excited - Angie's causes of pain and suffering - Angie's articulation of the reasons inclusion matters - Angie's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Angie Resources: Angie's Blog Angie on LinkedIn Diva Chix The IBM Master Inventor Program The code.org video with Drew Houston describing coding as a superpower Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, 2nd Edition (The XP Series) - Kent Beck Uncle Bob Martin on Developer On Fire NASA Datanauts Denise Jacobs on Developer On Fire Annyce Davis Angie's book recommendation: The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney - Michæl Barrier Angie's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Listen Speak up and contribute your voice and your experiences Continuously educate yourself

Guest: Victor Ricci @victorjricci Victor Ricci talks with Dave Rael about building a team, taking action, and marketing for app developers Victor Ricci is a college student, former Vine celebrity, and founder of Trend Pie, an influencer marketing platform that helps app developers drive cost effective downloads and whose customers include Sworkit, Unilever, Yahoo! Video Guide, Twisty Arrow and more. Since its launch in April 2015, Trendpie has the following statistics: 250,000,000 follower reach, 500,000,000 ad impressions per month, 50+ paying clients, $0.40 average cost per install, and almost $1,000,000 in sales since the start. Some highlights: * Generated over 80,000 downloads in one day * Helped drunk mode scale to over 1 million users * Have gotten countless apps trending on the AppStore Ricci started taking social media more seriously when his Vine account, @QuickLifeHacks, amassed over 1,400,000 followers (one of the top 100 most followed accounts in the world). He was a social media personality for years so he understands the industry from both aspects. Ricci is currently a Senior at Seton Hall University pursuing a degree in Marketing. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Victor Ricci - How Victor gained a large following on social media - Victor's business journey and interaction with software - Trend Pie - what it is and why it exists - Building a team at Trend Pie - The experience of interacting with Trend Pie as an app developer - Victor's busy life and the battle with procrastination - Victor's success story - creating a high-performing team - Identifying the right people to hire - Learning to trust yourself and take action despite doubt - Victor's book recommendation - The things that have Victor most excited - Victor's causes of pain and suffering - Victor's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Victor Resources: Trend Pie The Trend Pie Blog Vine The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) - Frederick P. Brooks Jr. The Buffer Blog Neil Patel Victor's book recommendation: The Art Of War - Sun Tzu Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley - Antonio Garcia Martinez Victor's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Communicate effectively Build upon the relationships you have Focus on the true value

Guest: Zack Burt @codeforcashbook Zack Burt talks with Dave Rael about software consulting, becoming an author, testing markets, and serving needs Zack Burt is a developer and an entrepreneur. He's been programming for 20 years and consulting for 10 years and he truly loves programming. Over the years, he has worked for large companies and startups in both individual contributor and leadership roles. He is passionate about open source, both in submitting pull requests and launching open source projects. His first book is called Code For Cash and teaches developers about breaking into the world of freelance consulting; it's available at https://www.breakingintoconsulting.com. He lives in Manhattan where he enjoys playing basketball and meeting new and diverse people; he encourages you to ping him if you'd like to meet. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Zack Burt - Zack's practice of reading a book every week - Getting attention from building an app for the Facebook platform and learning about freelancing and marketing - ultimately writing a book - The nature of Zack's book, Code For Cash, and who should read it - Zack's marketing and business expertise and emphasis on proving a market before tackling it - Zach, the entrepreneur - The things that "light Zack up" - Zack's story of failure - inability to scale and misunderstanding the market, getting bitten by mishandling an interaction - Zack's success story - CompassionPit - providing therapeutic help for people in need via software that connected people - How Zack stays current with what he needs to know - Zack's book recommendation - The things that have Zack most excited - Zack's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Zack Resources: Code For Cash - Break INto Consulting Zack's Book - Code For Cash - Get It For $5 With Code: onfire The Controversial Tai Lopez The Pareto Principle Alex Rampell DidTheyReadIt Cody Brocious 7 Cups of Tea The Hero with a Thousand Faces (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell) - Joseph Campbell Streak - CRM in your inbox Zack's book recommendation: The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind - Julian Jaynes Zack's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Get yourself as close as you can to serving the core human needs of others Give first Do something that doesn't scale and figure out a way to scale it

Guest: Jeff Meyerson @the_prion Jeff Meyerson talks with Dave Rael about podcasting, learning and listening, gratitude, and mentors Jeff Meyerson is the host of Software Engineering Daily, a podcast about the world through the lens of software. He is also the creator of Adforprize and a musician who writes music as The Prion, which can be found on Spotify and SoundCloud. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Jeff Meyerson - Jeff, music, and flow states - Adforprize - Jeff's startup business and product and the problems with advertising he intends to address - Software Engineering Daily - motivations, approach, and execution for Jeff's podcast relating to software - Software Engineering Radio - "The crown jewell of software podcasts" - Jeff's involvement and learning from Robert Blumen and others in a long-running and respected software podcast - Jeff and professional poker - some lessons learned in difficult ways - Gratitude and productivity - The things that "light Jeff up" - How Jeff got started in software - Jeff's story of failure - a shortage of fulfillment and meaning in cubicle life - Jeff's podcasting journey - learning, growing, producing valuable content, and being rewarded - Jeff's success story - growing in understanding of what makes good music and how to inspire the intended emotion - How Jeff stays current with what he needs to know - Jeff's book recommendations - The things that have Jeff most excited - Jeff's causes of pain and suffering - Jeff's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Jeff Resources: Software Engineering Daily Adforprize The Prion on Spotify The Prion on SoundCloud FL Studio Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley - Antonio Garcia Martinez Entrepreneur On Fire - John Lee Dumas John Lee Dumas on the Economics of Podcast Sponsorship Software Engineering Radio Robert Blumen Markus Voelter Haseeb Qureshi on Developer On Fire Quoracast RJD2 John Mayer Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Cal Newport Cal Newport Waking Up - Sam Harris's Podcast Task Rabbit Jeff's book recommendation: Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future - Peter Thiel How to Be a Poker Player: The Philosophy of Poker - Haseeb Qureshi Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon - Brad Stone Jeff's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Think long term Try to be more empathetic Listen more than you talk

Guest: Kirsten Greed @kirstengreed Kirsten Greed talks with Dave Rael about punching fear in the face, incremental improvement, family, business, and having a story to share Kirsten Greed writes software to solve problems in small business. Her business, JobTalk, tackles just about anything to do with Product Specifications, Inventory Management and Workflow. Especially with regard to made to order manufacturing. She is a big fan of Dev Express XAF Platform with Entity Framework She lives in Melbourne Australia with husband, 2 adult sons, dog, cat and body corporate neighbors. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Kirsten Greed - The things that have Kirsten most excited - Punch Fear in the Face - Dev eXpressApp Framework - Kirsten's circuitous journey, ultimately landing on software and business - The roller coaster of writing software - Getting involved in software and the value of creating custom software for a business - The things that "light Kirsten up" - Kirsten's story of failure - inability to connect with a team and a technical problem with a simple but elusive cause and solution - Kirsten's success story - recognizing useful features and navigation and making usable software without lockin - Having a story to share and sharing it intelligently - How Kirsten stays current with what she needs to know - Kirsten's book recommendations - Mastermind groups, accountability, and collaboration to move forward - Kirsten's sources of pain and suffering - The things about which Kirsten likes to geek out - Kirsten's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Kirsten Resources: JobTalk - Kirsten's Business and Website Brené Brown: Why Your Critics Aren't The Ones Who Count Pavneet Singh Saund on Developer On Fire Punch Fear In The Face The Developer On Fire Community on FaceBook Dev eXpressApp Framework Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values - Robert M. Pirsig The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master - Andrew Hunt Saito Sensei Aikido Andy Hunt on Developer On Fire "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke Bryan Cantrill on Developer On Fire Zach Lieberman on Developer On Fire In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind - Eric R. Kandel The Pensieve in the Harry Potter Saga Scott Allen on Developer On Fire Becoming Successful and Finding Your Own Strengths – Interview With Scott Allen - Lars Klint Pamela Gay on Developer On Fire The Executive Connection Auditory Processing The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century - Steven Pinker James Sturtevant on Developer On Fire I’m a very slow thinker - Derek Sivers Support Developer On Fire and Get Great Rewards Sandi Metz on Developer On Fire Edge Jonathan Haidt on Edge Steven Pinker on Edge Job Stories Alan Cooper on Developer On Fire Kirsten's book recommendation: The Sexual Paradox: Men, Women and the Real Gender Gap - Susan Pinker The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier, Happier, and Smarter - Susan Pinker Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life - Alice Schroeder Kirsten's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Have backup Use Job Stories to get clarity on what is needed Always maintain clarity about who owns what and who does what

Guest: Kenneth Kinyanjui @kenju254 Kenneth Kinyanjui talks with Dave Rael about inspiration, passion, software, success, mentoring, and seeking out the desires of the heart Kenneth is a Software Engineer, Mentor and Entrepreneur. He is CTO and Co-founder of Infinity Space SAS , an African Technology Company based in Kenya, France and Cameroon. He has also been a resident consultant for iHub Consulting in Nairobi. Previously a GDG country mentor, Kenneth has been helping build the Kenyan GDG Community across the country. For his work in the tech ecosystem, Kenneth was honored in The iHub 100 individuals who have contributed to the growth of the Kenyan Tech Eco-System. To Continue Supporting the Sub Saharan Eco System , Kenneth is part of the 12 Google Developer Experts in SSA and in Kenya. As a Google Developer Expert and Google Launchpad Accelerator Mentor you will find Kenneth , contributing to open source projects, facilitating technical workshops, offering office hours on both technology and product strategy to early stage startups and those at the Growth Stage. Kenneth is based in Marseille , France and Nairobi, Kenya Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Kenneth Kinyanjui - The influence of Kenneth's father - Kenneth's university experience, passion for software, and introduction to Linux - Kenneth's introduction to Python and his first mentor - Making connections with people - Kenneth's mentors in athletics, academics, and career - Kenneth's limited access to computing resources while growing up and learning through observation - Kenneth's experience with Google Developer Groups and communities - Meeting important people at a conference - Identifying a real problem for the Google Cloud Developer Challenge and executing on a solution and getting invited to Google I/O - Success in pitching an idea at Google I/O, building an ecommerce platform to demonstrate the payment platform - Becoming a consultant, mentor, and increasing skill - Kenneth, the productivity expert - Kenneth, the athlete - Kenneth's story of failure - neglecting school and the resulting emotional crash - Taking action and being true to yourself - Kenneth's success story - graduating from university with honors while working at the same time and overcoming obstacles - More success stories - becoming a Google Developer Expert, a giving community leader, and a business success - Kenneth's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Kenneth Resources: Kenneth on Medium Kenneth's Website Infinity Space WeCashUp WeShopUp Google Developer Groups The Social Network Google I/O Google Developer Experts Program internet.org Google Cloud Developer Challenge Kenneth's Father - Kinyanjui Njonjo Kenneth's Mother - Ruth Kinyanjui Dr. Shikoh Gitau Cedric Atangana Annicelle Reine Kungne Femi Taiwo Chukwuemeka Afigbo Anthony Nandaa Tom Mugo Mutwa Kaigi Peter Njonjo Prosper Otemuyiwa on Developer On Fire Victor Asemota Kenneth's book recommendation: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny - Robin Sharma The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Kenneth's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Read great books from great authors Relate with people Follow your dreams and your heart

Guest: Jo Overline @eoverline Jo Overline talks with Dave Rael about success in business, the joy of code, gaining attention, and the nature of people in the spotlight Jo Overline has been a successful iOS app creator for over ten years. He’s built over 30 apps in various categories, and over 30 million downloads under his belt holding the #1 spot in 94 countries. The “Ugly Meter” app was one of his most successful - it even landed him spots on the Howard Stern show on four separate occasions. Jo’s expertise lies not only in technology and development, but in the business aspects of being an independent tech entrepreneur. Since his days as an iOS consultant, he has moved on to found SwingDev, which specializes in web and mobile app development for individuals and companies ranging from startups to the Fortune 500. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Jo Overline - Jo's business - Swing Dev - Connecting with people to enable business advancement - How Jo got started in software - The things that "light Jo up" - Jo's story of failure - underestimating the complexity of game development and delivering an unprofitable game - Astronomical notoriety and being featured on the Howard Stern show - Jo's success story - building a successful international business - Connecting with Jo and Swing Dev for developers - Jo's thought on having "made it" - How Jo stays current with what he needs to know - Jo's book recommendations - The things that have Jo most excited - Jo's (absence of) causes of pain and suffering - The things about which Jo likes to geek out - Jo's prediction for the future of software - Jo's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Jo Resources: Swing Dev Ugly Meter App Attention The Howard Stern Show Schindler Factory Museum - Krakow, Poland The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist - Frederick P. Brooks Jr. Jo's book recommendation: The Complete Kama Sutra: The 1st Modern Translation of the Classic Indian Text The Complete Kama Su - null Blinkist Jo's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Partner with the right people Focus on honesty, transparency, and communication Don't be a "yes man"

Guest: Gurpreet Sachdeva @gssachdeva Gurpreet Sachdeva talks with Dave Rael about becoming an author, software architecture, Microservices in the cloud, and providing valuable service Gurpreet S. Sachdeva is a Technology Leader with 20 years of experience working on some of the most challenging technologies related to Communication Software, Enterprise Computing and Cloud Computing. Gurpreet did his B. Tech (Computer Engineering) from NIT, Kurukshetra and M.S. (Software Systems) from BITS, Pilani. He is currently working as Director – Technology with Aricent, Gurgaon. He is a keen Java enthusiast and co-founder of Delhi - NCR - Java User Group. Gurpreet is passionate about building cloud scale software and manage it through ELK stack along with other DevOps tools. Gurpreet is an invited speaker in prestigious conferences like Oracle – Java One, Great India Developer Summit, Indic Threads. Gurpreet blogs at http://www.thistechnologylife.com Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Gurpreet Sachdeva - Gurpreet on Microservices - Gurpreet's book: Practical ELK Stack: Build Actionable Insights and Business Metrics Using the Combined Power of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana - Gurpreet's motivation for writing the book - Gurpreet's sacrifices and priorities in getting the book written - The things that "light Gurpreet up" - The perspective of an Indian software professional - How Gurpreet got started in software - Gurpreet's story of failure - struggles with mobile user interfaces - Gurpreet's success story - iterative cloud migration and lessons in domain focus, fault tolerance, and reliability - How Gurpreet stays current with what he needs to know - Gurpreet's book recommendation - The things that have Gurpreet most excited - The things about which Gurpreet likes to geek out apart from software - Gurpreet's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Gurpreet Resources: Gurpreet's Blog Practical ELK Stack: Build Actionable Insights and Business Metrics Using the Combined Power of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana - Gurpreet S. Sachdeva Gurpreet on LinkedIn Delhi NCR Java User Group Year 2000 problem In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. Martin Fowler's Bliki Uncle Bob Martin's Blog Uncle Bob Martin on Developer On Fire Software Engineering Radio Kevlin Henney on Developer On Fire Gurpreet's book recommendation: Gandhi: An Autobiography - The Story of My Experiments With Truth - Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software - Eric Evans The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win - Gene Kim Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale (Lean (O'Reilly)) - Jez Humble Practical ELK Stack: Build Actionable Insights and Business Metrics Using the Combined Power of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana - Gurpreet S. Sachdeva Gurpreet's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Be prompt in your responses Listen to your customers Don't shy away from taking risks

Guest: David Bernstein @ToBeAgile David Bernstein talks with Dave Rael about writing a book, writing software, untangling legacy code, and rewards David Scott Bernstein is the author of the new book Beyond Legacy Code: Nine Practices to Extend the Life (and Value) of Your Software. It’s an insider’s view of the software industry drawn from his decades of hands-on experience as a software developer, trainer, and consultant to some of the biggest players in the business. With its emphasis on technical excellence, the primary audience for Beyond Legacy Code is software development managers and their teams. David’s continuing passion for software design and construction has led him to train more than 8,000 developers since 1989 at hundreds of companies around the world including IBM, Yahoo, and Microsoft—where his book’s advice has been successfully applied. Since 2006, David has been devoted to coaching and training developers at organizations transitioning to Agile and Scrum. His consulting firm, To Be Agile (http://ToBeAgile.com), helps developers adopt Extreme Programming practices such as test-first development, continuous integration, and refactoring. David is a Certified Scrum Professional, Certified Scrum Developer and Certified ScrumMaster. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and David Bernstein - David's book: Beyond Legacy Code - Creating code resistant to becoming legacy code - The approach and layout of the book - David's career path and experience - "Understanding how we understand" - modeling processes - How David found himself writing software professionally from being a biologist - How David learned to program and different constraints on programming in different times - Technical failings - untangling a knot of legacy code via understanding and safe refactorings - David's motivations for writing the book and writing process insight - The power of stories - David's success story - getting his lessons out in book form - How David stays current with what he needs to know - David's book recommendation - The things that have David most excited - David's causes of pain and suffering - The things about which David likes to geek out - David's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with David Resources: David's Website and Business Beyond Legacy Code: Nine Practices to Extend the Life (and Value) of Your Software - David Scott Bernstein Working Effectively with Legacy Code - Michael Feathers Michael Feathers on Developer On Fire Uncle Bob Martin on Developer On Fire Uncle Bob Martin on the consequences of exponential growth in the number of software developers in the world Net Objectives Al Shalloway Scott Bain PDP-8 Matt Wynne's Blog Post on Emphasizing Refactoring Matt Wynne on Developer On Fire Arlo Belshee on Developer On Fire Dr. Jordan Peterson Joseph Campbell Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Diana Larsen Jurassic Park (film) David's book recommendation: Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love - Richard Sheridan Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code - Martin Fowler David's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Focus on value Know yourself Praise others Be willing to change your mind Understand refactoring Understand design patterns

Guest: Alena Hall @lenadroid Alena Hall talks with Dave Rael about achievement, science, functional programming languages, preparation, and taking action Alena Hall is a professional in cloud, distributed systems, real-time data programming, big data analysis, functional programming, and machine learning with more than 10 years of experience. She is also known as an author of numerous presentations and talks. Alena teaches F# and speaks at international conferences, meetups and community events. Alena finished high school by the age of 15 and by the time she was 19 she has received Master's degree in Computer Science and Information Technology. Alena is an elected member of F# Software Foundation Board of Trustees. Currently she is working at Microsoft Research on the Project Springfield team, developing a cloud service for finding availability and security critical mistakes in software.You can find her on twitter as @lenadroid. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Alena Hall - Growing up in Belarus - Lena's focus on software, the sciences, work, achievement, and motivation from a very young age - Alena's attitude on taking action - Alena's personal side - Project Springfield and what Alena and the team are trying to do with the project - Alena's ideas about dream projects - geeking out on the physical world and ways to completely reinvent manufacturing - The things that "light Lena up" - Immutability in distributed systems - Lena and functional programming - Alena's thoughts on failure and measurement of important metrics to identify problems - Alena's success story - quickly learning difficult things and achievement at a young age - the relative nature of success - How Lena stays current with what she needs to know - Alena's book recommendations - The things that cause Alena pain and suffering - Alena's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Lena Resources: Alena's Blog Get In Contact With Alena Lena on LinkedIn Projefct Springfield You and Your Research - Dr. Richard Hamming Dr. Richard Hamming Reid Evans on Developer On Fire A talk from Lena: Distributed .NET microservices architecture with Kubernetes in the cloud A talk from Lena: Cassandra, Docker and F# Awesomeness A talk from Lena: Machine learning with F# and Accord.NET A talk from Lena: F# and MBrace with Lena Dzenisenka A talk from Lena: Embracing Clouds - Alena Dzenisenka Blockchain Paxos Raft Everything You Know About Latency Is Wrong - Tyler Treat Fallacies of distributed computing Phil Haack on Developer On Fire Scott Hanselman on Developer On Fire “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” -Jim Rohn Hofstadter's law Alena's Upcoming (May 2017) Talk at OSCon Connect with Lena at OSCon: Save 20% with code PCDF Alena's book recommendation: A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking Alena's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Work on things that interest and excite you Learn and keep learning and don't procrastinate on self-education Be happy in your life outside work and work will be easier

Guest: Abel Wang @AbelSquidHead Abel Wang talks with Dave Rael about background expectations, outlets to maintain sanity, growth, and working hard Meet #TheRockstar. Abel Wang is the Senior Product Marketing Manager for .NET and Mobile at Microsoft. Before that, he was a Technical Solutions Professional on the Developer Experience team in Microsoft focusing on developer tools including Visual Studio, Visual Studio Team Services and Team Foundation Server. Before joining Microsoft, Abel spent seven years as a Process Consultant and a Certified Scrum Master helping customers globally develop solutions using agile practices and Team Foundation Server. Prior to that, Abel founded and sold his own software company. Abel is also an avid programmer and musician. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Abel Wang - Abel the musician - How Abel got started in software - How Abel compares to the expectations and examples of his family and the importance of working hard - Abel's relationship with Donovan Brown - The primacy of effort over giftedness - Donovan's family - Abel's story of building software companies - Abel's story of failure - building a product without a market and desperation for an escape - Abel's success story - textbook application of Agility and turning around a failing situation - How Abel stays current with what he needs to know - Abel's book recommendation - The things that have Abel most excited - Abel's role at Microsoft and getting into learning about marketing - The things that cause Abel pain and suffering - Abel's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Abel Resources: Abel's Blog Donovan Brown on Developer On Fire Linda Rising on Developer On Fire Mindset: The New Psychology of Success - Carol S. Dweck Jurassic Park: A Novel - Michael Crichton Jurassic Park (Jurassic World Fandango Cash Version) - JURASSIC PARK Gary Zimmerman Abel's book recommendation: Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win - Gene Kim Agile Software Development with Scrum (Series in Agile Software Development) - Ken Schwaber Abel's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Be customer obsessed Iterate quickly, get feedback, make course corrections, fail fast Work hard

Guest: Sarah Dutkiewicz @sadukie Sarah Dutkiewicz talks with Dave Rael about leading and learning, engaging with the community, and choosing the right priorities Sarah has been in the technical realm since the late 90s. She has served in many roles – including technical support, manager, desktop support, server administrator, database administrator, developer, instructor, and mentor. Throughout her career, Sarah has found her place in the technical community – as an organizer, speaker, facilitator, author, editor, reviewer, blogger, and advocate. Due to her community involvement, Microsoft has awarded her the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award – 2009-2014 in Visual C#, 2015 in Visual Studio, and 2016 in Visual Studio and Development Technologies. Sarah loves sharing her passion for tech with the community whenever she can! Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Sarah Dutkiewicz - A marriage of fellow geeks - Balancing heavy involvement and family life - The Cleveland developer community - Sarah's family - Sarah's young apprentices - her rewarding work at The Software Guild - Team organization at The Software Guild and setting up challenges - The things that "light Sarah up", origins of working with software, and personal life enhancement in dealing with computing - Sarah's diverse set of roles and experiences and engaging into speaking and communities - The difficulty of getting engaged in speaking - Hostility to women in tech - Sarah's story of failure - deficiency of setting expectations and asking questions - Sarah's success story - contributing to the success of apprentices - Sarah's book recommendation - The things that have Sarah most excited - The causes of pain and suffering for Sarah - Sarah's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Sarah Resources: Myers-Briggs Personality Test Richard Campbell on Developer On Fire Jeremy Clark on Developer On Fire Sam Nasr on Developer On Fire Doc Norton on Developer On Fire Cleveland GiveCamp The Software Guild Eric Wise Tom Preston-Werner - The Git Parable Oregon Trail Jeff Blankenburg OOPSLA Donovan Brown on Developer On Fire Dev Coaches Podcast Women in Tech on the Dev Coaches Podcast Sarah's book recommendation: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain Sarah's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Talk to people Don't be afraid to talk Treat others the way you want to be treated - especially as a human

Guest: Clarice Bouwer @cbillowes Clarice Bouwer talks with Dave Rael about collboration, empathy, fear, and being an impostor Clarice Bouwer makes software for people. Living outside her comfort zone keeps her challenged and continuously learning. She enjoys solving problems and bridging communication between business and technology. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Clarice Bouwer - Self-doubt and leaving comfort behind - Dealing with the fear of putting ourselves in the conversation - Motivation for getting out of your comfort zone - Clarice's story of failure - toiling in solitude and missing out on learning to collaborate - Clarice on Mentoring - How Clarice got started in software - The things that "light Clarice up" - Clarice's Blog and motivations for getting started - Clarice's success story - creating content for a site with a great audience - How Clarice stays current with what she needs to know - Clarice's book recommendation - The things about which Clarice likes to geek out - Punching fear in the face - Clarice's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Clarice Resources: Clarice's Blog Clarice's Post on A List Apart - Finding Opportunities in the Mistakes We Make Clarice's Blog Post on Impostor Syndrome Pavneet Singh Saund Pavneet Singh Saund on Developer On Fire The Developer On Fire Facebook Community John Sonmez's Create a Blog to Boost Your Career Course John Sonmez's Create a Blog to Boost Your Career Workbook Dave's Blog Posts on Simple Programmer Chad Fowler on Developer On Fire Tess Gerritsen Douglas Adams The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams Pavneet Singh Saund on Ebracing Your Inner Impostor Clarice's book recommendation: How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science to Transform Your Working Life - Caroline Webb Clarice's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Reflect, inspect, and adapt Be empathetic Perfection is an illusion

Guest: Janet Gregory @janetgregoryca Janet Gregory talks with Dave Rael about the wonder and joy of the attitudes of children, the roles of a tester, and happiness in life and career Janet Gregory is a Calgary-based consultant, specializing building quality systems. Her passion is promoting agile quality processes in software development. She is co-author with Lisa Crispin of Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams and More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Janet Gregory - Janet on being inspired by her grandchildren - Janet's association with Lisa Crispin and becoming an author - Remote coauthoring - Responding to questions about Janet's role - What is a tester on an agile team? - The things that "light Janet up" - Janet's story of failure - mistakes with inappropriate access and learning about better ways of operating; losing time in an organization not able to use her abilities - Janet's path to testing from being a programmer - Janet's success story - becoming an author despite obstacles and self-doubt - How Janet stays current with what she needs to know - Janet's book recommendations - The things that have Janet most excited - Janet's causes of pain and suffering - The things about which Janet likes to geek out - Janet's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Janet Resources: Janet's Blog Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams - Lisa Crispin More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn)) - Janet Gregory Mary and Tom Poppendieck Michael Bolton on Developer On Fire Cory House on Developer On Fire Acro Lisa Crispin on Developer On Fire Brian Marick Sandi Metz on Developer On Fire Toastmasters Anne McCaffrey Janet's book recommendation: The Way of the Web Tester: A Beginner's Guide to Automating Tests - Jonathan Rasmusson James Clear's Blog And Email List Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach - Cem Kaner Janet's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Be a Question Asker Be open and willing to listen Be open for surprises

Guest: Austin Bingham @austin_bingham Austin Bingham talks with Dave Rael about growing as a professional and software developer, listening to understand the needs of clients, and exciting new projects Austin is a founding director of Sixty North, a software consulting, training, and application development company. A native of Texas, in 2008 Austin moved to Stavanger, Norway where he helped develop industry-leading oil reservoir modeling software in C++ and Python. Prior to that he worked at National Instruments developing LabVIEW, at Applied Research Labs (Univ. of Texas at Austin) developing sonar systems for the U.S. Navy, and at a number of telecommunications companies. He is an experienced presenter, teacher, and author, and he is an active member of the open source community. Austin is the founder of Stavanger Software Developers, one of the largest and most active social software groups in the Stavanger region. Austin holds a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Chapters: - Dave introduces the show and Austin Bingham - Austin's location in Norway and Stavanger Software Developers group - Austin and his business partner, Robert Smallshire - Austin's lessons from going into business for himself with Rob - The opportunity to create content for Pluralsight and good fortune - The things that "light Austin up" - How Austin got started in software - Austin's motivation for moving from Texas, USA to Norway - Austin's story of failure - getting lost in a technical focus and overbuilding a system without solving the actual problem - Austin's success story - a project team and process that clicked - How Austin stays current with what he needs to know - Austin's book recommendations - The things that have Austin most excited - Austin's sources of pain and suffering - An American living elsewhere and attitudes about work and life - The things about which Austin likes to geek out - Austin's prediction for the future of software - Austin's top 3 tips for delivering more value - Keeping up with Austin Resources: Sixty North - Austin's Business with Rob Smallshire Stavanger Software Developers Austin's Pluralsight Author Page Robert Smallshire Andy Hunt on Developer On Fire Dave Thomas on Developer On Fire Mutation Testing Cosmic Ray Austin on Talk Python To Me talking about Cosmic Ray Gerald Weinberg on Developer On Fire The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully - Gerald M. Weinberg Austin's book recommendation: The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right - Atul Gawande To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design - Henry Petroski Austin's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Use lists to take the load off your mind Pay more attention to what your clients want Go for a walk