Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://ngauthier.com/">Nick Gauthier</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/ngauthier">@ngauthier</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Nick Gauthier talks with Dave Rael about determining why you're doing something, focusing on users and customers, and getting joy from what you build </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Nick Gauthier is a web developer who started in Rails, dabbled in JavaScript, loves databases, and recently started working in Go. His experience is mostly in consulting, freelancing, and training, but he's worked at a couple of startups and started a few companies of his own, too. Outside of software Nick enjoys the company of cats, coffee, and competitive video games.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Nick's focus in studying computer science and the joy of games</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nick's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Nick up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Nick got started in software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Building computers</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nick's story of failure - finding himself in a position that was not a good fit - blaming self</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Lessons and advice on determining if a position is a good fit</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nick's success story - using customer-focused acceptance tests to guide and inform a migration to a better architecture</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Nick stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Advice on how to approach selling new approaches</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nick's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Nick most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nick's sources of pain and suffering</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nick's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Nick</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://ngauthier.com/" target="_blank">Nick's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201835959/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) - Frederick P. Brooks Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201362988/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist - Frederick P. Brooks Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="http://threevirtues.com/" target="_blank">The Three Great Virtues of a Programmer</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@evnowandforever/f-you-i-quit-hiring-is-broken-bb8f3a48d324#.7tyjitlyc" target="_blank">F*** You, I Quit — Hiring Is Broken</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.daedtech.com/hiring-is-broken/" target="_blank">iring is Broken… And It Isn’t Worth Fixing</a></li> <li><a href="https://sivers.org/hellyeah" target="_blank">Derek Sivers - No more yes. It's either HELL YEAH! or no.</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-016-matt-wynne-strong-communication-and-passionate-dedication" target="_blank">Matt Wynne on Developer on Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-022-aslak-hellesoy-testing-your-understanding" target="_blank">Aslak Hellesøy on Developer on Fire</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Nick's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0884271951/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - Eliyahu M. Goldratt</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1942788290/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win - Gene Kim</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Nick's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Make sure you have evidence that what you're delivering actually matters to your customer</li> <li>Get the timing and messaging and communication right</li> <li>Make sure you're managing yourself</li> </ol> </div> </div>
