Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://jessitron.com/">Jessica Kerr</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/jessitron">@jessitron</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle">Jessica Kerr talks with Dave Rael about a fitting with team and understanding domains, the power of speaking and sharing, and the importance of authenticity in and to yourself</div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Jessica Kerr is incredibly excited to be a software developer. She does some blogging and some tweeting, software development at Stripe, which is amazing, and some podcasting as a panelist on Ruby Rogues, and some meetup-ing, and some teaching programming to her sister, and some speaking.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Jessica Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jessica's path in software and getting started</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jessica's definition of value - big and small dents and supporting others</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jessica's experiences with podcast on Ruby Rogues</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about technology that "light Jessica up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Software development as producing a play and as a living, growing being</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jessica's story of failure - inability to communicate with a team with bio-engineers</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The happy ending to the story of the team where integration was a challenge</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jessica's greatest success - public speaking and a natural talent for making a contribution</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Jessica stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jessica's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Software construction as species evolution</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which Jessica is most excited - Stripe</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The greatest sources of pain in Jessica's life and work</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Jessica's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Jessica</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Farewell</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://jessitron.com/" target="_blank">Jessica's site and blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues/" target="_blank">Ruby Rogues</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/episode-17-charles-max-wood-get-involved-and-try-new-things" target="_blank">Charles Max Wood (Chuck) on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/developeronfire-54-woodyzuill" target="_blank">Woody Zuill on Developer On Fire</a></li> </ul> <h6>Jessica's book recommendations:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262521121/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology - Valentino Braitenberg</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/067973337X/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time - Jonathan Weiner</a></li> </ul> <h6>Jessica's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Learn out loud and leave a trail</li> <li>Look stupid and be awkward</li> <li>Get involved in mentoring and appreciate how much you really do know</li> </ol> </div> </div>
