Episode 165 | Jed Reynolds - Space To Achieve




Developer On Fire show

Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="https://blog.bitratchet.com/">Jed Reynolds</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/jed_reynolds">@jed_reynolds</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Jed Reynolds talks with Dave Rael about broad interests, having many roles in an organization, death marches, and finding space </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Jed Reynolds has been programming professionally since 1996, and currently is a programmer, systems analyst and sysadmin for Candela Technologies in Ferndale, Washington. He's been using Linux since it was on floppies and programs in a variety of LAMP stack languages. Jed believes in making, bicycle commuting and loves photography and science. </p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Jed Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jed on being mechanical and using tools to make physical things</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jed's many job roles, responsibilities, and skills</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jed's story of failure - difficulty integrating into a team, health issues, death marches, and personal conflicts</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jed's contribution to the Developer On Fire community</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Jed up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Jed stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jed's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Doing presentations and getting onstage</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Jed most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jed's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Jed</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://blog.bitratchet.com/" target="_blank">Jed's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.candelatech.com/" target="_blank">Candela Technologies</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/" target="_blank">LinuxFest Northwest</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes_mellitus_type_2" target="_blank">Type 2 Diabetes</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gout" target="_blank">Gout</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/developeronfire" target="_blank">The Developer On Fire Community</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagle%27s_algorithm" target="_blank">Nagle's algorithm</a></li> <li><a href="https://curl.haxx.se/" target="_blank">curl</a></li> <li><a href="https://changelog.com/153/" target="_blank">Great Podccast Episode About Curl and Its Creator - Daniel Stenberg on the changelog</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface" target="_blank">EFI</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0387026207/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World. - Bruce Schneier</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=choosing+projects+on+github+by+stars&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjmz-Pr3ITPAhUbHGMKHQNWCqoQ_AUICSgC&amp;biw=1920&amp;bih=1099#tbm=isch&amp;q=o+rly+book+covers" target="_blank">Funny "O Rly?" Book Covers</a></li> <li><a href="http://holub.com/" target="_blank">Allen Holub</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201633612/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides</a></li> <li><a href="http://calnewport.com/blog/2013/04/03/you-can-be-busy-or-remarkable-but-not-both/" target="_blank">You Can Be Busy or Remarkable - But Not Both</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/164" target="_blank">Sandi Mez on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321125215/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software - Eric Evans</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Jed's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201895420/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models - Martin Fowler</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Jed's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Write daily status updates following an effective template</li> <li>Take criticism and ask for review</li> <li>Don't code too much</li> </ol> </div> </div>