Episode 097 | Bryan Hunter - Reducing Fear




Developer On Fire show

Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://codeswamp.com/">Bryan Hunter</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/bryan_hunter">@bryan_hunter</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Bryan Hunter talk with Dave Rael about safety </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Bryan Hunter is an independent technical advisor with over two decades of consulting experience in complex business domains. He is also a Microsoft MVP in F#, the founder of Nashville Functional Programmers, and a past-president of NashDotNet. Bryan is an international speaker and has shared his expertise in Lean and functional programming at conferences and universities in London, Manila, Oslo, and throughout the US.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Bryan Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Bryan's multi-disciplinary exposure in school and experience with getting into professional software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Bryan's story of getting exposed to Erlang and how it resonated with what he had seen of Lean</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Bryan's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Value and things that are inappropriate</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Bryan up" - reduction of suffering and making problems go away</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Bryan got started with software - mindset around repetitive tasks</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Bryan's story of failure - hardware failure for a demonstration and the resulting abusive treatment</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Bryan's success story - using a working proof to demonstrate a solution, empasize simplicity, and turn around a nasty situation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Bryan stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Bryan most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The story of Bruce Tate, José Valim, Seven Languages, and Exlir</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - What Bryan geeks out apart from software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Bryan's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Bryan</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://nashfp.org/" target="_blank">Nashville Functional Programmers</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Nashville-NET-User-Group/" target="_blank">Nashville .NET User Group</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=1080" target="_blank">Bryan Talking about Elixir on .NET Rocks!</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming" target="_blank">W. Edwards Deming</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.erlang.org/" target="_blank">Erlang</a></li> <li><a href="http://joearms.github.io/" target="_blank">Joe Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonzo_Church" target="_blank">Alonzo Church</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing" target="_blank">Alan Turing</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_calculus" target="_blank">Lambda calculus</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28World_English%29/Acts#Chapter_9" target="_blank">The Conversion of the Apostle Paul on the Road to Damascus from - Acts of the Apostles - Chapter 9</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-087-zach-lieberman-tech-and-expression" target="_blank">Zach Lieberman on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/unclebobconsultingllc/" target="_blank">Robert C. Martin - "Uncle Bob"</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.azquotes.com/quote/828056" target="_blank">Management By Results - W. Edwards Deming</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys" target="_blank">Toyota - 5 Whys</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.engadget.com/products/heath/heathkit/h89/" target="_blank">Heath Computer</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiichi_Ohno" target="_blank">Taiichi Ohno</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.leanblog.org/2013/02/toyota-respect-for-people-or-humanity-and-lean/" target="_blank">Toyota's Respect for People</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-079-greg-shackles-not-just-mobile" target="_blank">Greg Shackles on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_error" target="_blank">PEBCAK</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262525674/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Design of Everyday Things - Don Norman</a></li> <li><a href="http://elixir-lang.org/" target="_blank">Elixir</a></li> <li><a href="Programming%20Elixir%201.2%20Functional%20%7C&gt;%20Concurrent%20%7C&gt;%20Pragmatic%20%7C&gt;%20Fun" target="_blank">Programming Elixir: 1.2 Functional |&gt; Concurrent |&gt; Pragmatic |&gt; Fun - Dave Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-049-dave-thomas-programmer-first" target="_blank">Dave Thomas on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-084-bruce-tate-about-the-journey" target="_blank">Bruce Tate on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub8uMcLiKJk" target="_blank">Bryan's Reference to His Absurdity Reminds of Doc Holliday's Hypocrisy</a></li> <li><a href="https://vimeo.com/album/3452190/video/131189623#t=2m04s" target="_blank">Bryan on Lean and Functional Programming</a></li> <li><a href="http://mostlyerlang.com/2013/10/07/019-elixir-with-jose-valim/" target="_blank">Early Podcast from 2013 with Bryan featuring Joe Armstrong and José Valim on Elixir</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Bryan's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SEGIVS/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles From the World's Greatest Manufacturer - Jeffrey Liker</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003T0GA0W/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Coming Up for Air - George Orwell</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Bryan's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Culturally reduce fear by making safe places where experimentation is safe</li> <li>Build proofs</li> <li>Hop into different things</li> </ol> </div> </div>