Episode 104 | Jeremy Skinner - Making Good Things Happen with Software




Developer On Fire show

Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jeremyskinner.co.uk/">Jeremy Skinner</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/JeremySkinner">@JeremySkinner</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Jeremy Skinner talks with Dave Rael about working for and with nonprofits, the draw and rewards of open source, and broad interests </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Jeremy Skinner works as an independent contractor in UK as IT Systems Manager, primarily doing software development work with Microsoft ASP.NET. and C#. He is a member of the Microsoft ASP Insiders as well as being involved with several open source projects: Fluent Validation – A small validation library for .NET applications with ASP.NET MVC integration. SagePayMvc – ASP.NET MVC integration for SagePay Posh-Git – PowerShell integration for Git. Posh-hg – PowerShell integration for Mercurial. WebMatrix.Data.StronglyTyped – Strongly typed extensions for WebMatrix.Data. He is also co-author of the book ASP.NET MVC 4 in Action from Manning Publications. </p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduced the show and Jeremy Skinner</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - posh-git and posh-hg</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Jeremy up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Jeremy got started in software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jeremy's story of failure - lack of focus on the business problem, technical book woes</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jeremy's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Jeremy stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Jeremy most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jeremy's greatest sources of pain</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which Jeremy likes to geek out</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jeremy's prediction for the future of software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jeremy's early interest in open source .NET</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jeremy's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Jeremy</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/dahlbyk" target="_blank">Keith Dalby</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/dahlbyk/posh-git" target="_blank">posh-git</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/JeremySkinner/posh-hg" target="_blank">posh-hg</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-033-michael-doc-norton-customer-value-and-great-organizations" target="_blank">Doc Norton on Developer on Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/JeremySkinner/FluentValidation" target="_blank">Fluent Validation</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.r7krecon.com/#!provocation/gfqa5" target="_blank">Symbiosis - A Provocation About Organizations - Michael Feathers</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.r7krecon.com/#!implications/t2tbw" target="_blank">Symbiosis - Implications - Michael Feathers</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Jeremy's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B6GSC8Y/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Count of Monte Cristo</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Jeremy's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Make sure you have balance in your life, perhaps do something charitable</li> <li>Be as client facing as possible</li> <li>Make sure your well-rested</li> </ol> </div> </div>