Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/PublicProfile/6550?fullName=Kathleen%20Dollard">Kathleen Dollard</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/kathleendollard">@kathleendollard</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle">Kathleen Dollard talks with Dave Rael about being a leader, rewards of educating, and passionate dedication</div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Kathleen Dollard wants to teach you to code better. She wants to teach you more about the tools you use every day and the tools you aren’t yet using. Coding is her passion and debugging is her challenge - you’ll be happier if you do both better. Kathleen has written dozens of articles, spoken at conferences and user groups around the world, and pushes Microsoft to respond to your real world needs as a long time MVP. She is the Director of Engineering at Real in Denver (engageReal.com). She also has courses in the Pluralsight library and the library at WintellectNOW.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Kathleen Dollard</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Getting Real - engageReal.com - working behind entrepreneurs</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Kathleen's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Balancing the delivery that needs to happen in the short term with a bigger picture for the longer term</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Kathleen's true passion - getting the data to create an application to make the user experience of Denver public transit better</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Kathleen up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Making other people better</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The rewards of the successes and growth of Kathleen's children (who are no longer children)</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Kathleen got started in software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Kathleen's story of failure - shifting priorities leading to a setting aside of a dear project, lost time due to not asking for help</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Getting better at asking help and embracing all sides of our humanity</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Kathleen's greatest success - introduction of using tests to move faster</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Kathleen stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Kathleen's book</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Kathleen most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Kathleen's greatest sources of pain</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which Kathleen likes to geek out</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Kathleen's prediction for the future of software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Kathleen's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Kathleen</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.engagereal.com/" target="_blank">real</a></li> <li><a href="https://pluralsight.pxf.io/c/1197682/424552/7490?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pluralsight.com%2Fauthors%2Fkathleen-dollard" target="_blank">Kathleen's Pluralsight Author Page</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wintellectnow.com/" target="_blank">Wintellect Now</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wintellectnow.com/Home/Instructor?instructorId=KathleenDollard" target="_blank">Kathleen's Wintellect Now Instructor Page</a></li> <li><a href="http://lanyrd.com/2016/sddconf/sdxckd/" target="_blank">SDD 2016 - A polyglot day: learning from language paradigms - Benson Joeris and Kathleen Dollard</a></li> <li><a href="https://pluralsight.pxf.io/c/1197682/424552/7490?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pluralsight.com%2Fauthors%2Fbenson-joeris" target="_blank">Benson Joeris's Pluralsight Author Page (Kathleen's Son)</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> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0672337665/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">ASP.NET 5.0 in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself - Jeffrey T. Fritz</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_dance" target="_blank">Contra Dance</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL6tv_jerAk" target="_blank">"In conversation do you listen or wait to talk?"</a></li> </ul> <h6>Kathleen's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1439156816/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King</a></li> </ul> <h6>Kathleen's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>"Read the mail" - actually receive communication and know what they are communcating - listen rather than waiting for your turn to talk</li> <li>Celebrate the growing skillsets of others</li> <li>Express your full humanity in your profession and don't confine yourself to traditional gender roles</li> </ol> </div> </div>
