Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.garglingwithrazorblades.com/">Basel Farag</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/baselnotbasil">@baselnotbasil</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle">Basel Farag talks with Dave Rael about learning to code, sharing with communities, passoin, and getting help along the way</div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Basel Farag is a software developer and data geek with proven experience in web/mobile development and Agile methodologies utilizing languages like JavaScript and Objective-C. Lately, however, he's been OBSESSED with Swift. It's awesome. He's lectured on Swift for various organizations, including Women Who Code. He also regularly writes for http://www.garglingwithrazorblades.com/ -- a website dedicated to explaining Apple's new programming language Swift and concepts in Cocoa. Sometimes he's interviewed by tech podcasts. He's also the organizer of the Denver Swift Heads meetup crew.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Basel Farag</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Basel's path to writing software and is anyone really self-taught?</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Community involvement</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Basel's focus on mobile development, iOS, and Swift</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Basel got started in software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Basel up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Basel's story of failure - in too deep as a programmer in a startup</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Basel transitioned from being a code newbie to being a software professional</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Competition</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Basel's story of success - leading, teaching, and sharing</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Basel stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Basel's book recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Basel's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Basel</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.garglingwithrazorblades.com" target="_blank">Basel's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Denver-Swift-Heads/" target="_blank">Denver Swift Heads</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Denver-Machine-Learners/" target="_blank">Denver Machine Learners</a></li> <li><a href="http://gettinswiftywithit.curated.co/" target="_blank">Getting' Swifty With It - Basel's Newsletter</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Silver" target="_blank">Nate Silver</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles" target="_blank">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donatello_(Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles)" target="_blank">Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man" target="_blank">Iron Man (Tony Stark)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk" target="_blank">Elon Musk</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" target="_blank">Nikola Tesla</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents" target="_blank">Tesla, Edison, and the War of Currents</a></li> <li><a href="http://movies.disney.com/big-hero-6/" target="_blank">Big Hero 6</a></li> <li><a href="http://simpleprogrammer.com/author/baselfarag/" target="_blank">Basal's Content on Simple Programmer</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/david-heinemeier-hansson-the-pareto-principle-and-stoic-philosophy" target="_blank">David Heinemeier Hansson on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="Natasha%20The%20Robot" target="_blank">Natasha The Robot</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman" target="_blank">Richard Feynman</a></li> <li><a href="https://pragprog.com/book/cfcar2/the-passionate-programmer" target="_blank">The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development - Chad Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="https://pragprog.com/book/tpp/the-pragmatic-programmer" target="_blank">The Pragmatic Programmer From Journeyman to Master - Andrew Hunt and David Thomas</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Basel's book recommendations:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://pragprog.com/book/cfcar2/the-passionate-programmer" target="_blank">The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development - Chad Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="https://pragprog.com/book/tpp/the-pragmatic-programmer" target="_blank">The Pragmatic Programmer From Journeyman to Master - Andrew Hunt and David Thomas</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Basel's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Don't listen to people who put you down</li> <li>Remember to take care of yourself</li> <li>Never give up</li> </ol> </div> </div>
