Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://codeopinion.com/">Derek Comartin</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/derek_comartin">@derek_comartin</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle">Derek Comartin talks with Dave Rael about understanding business domains, access to domain experts, and finding your voice</div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Derek Comartin is software developer with over 16 years of experience that span product development, professional services and in-house enterprise development. He's written software for a variety of business domains such as consumer goods, distribution, transportation, manufacturing, and accounting. He is currently Director of Engineering at Full Circle TMS.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Derek Comartin</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Derek's technology direction and landing in the .NET space</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Derek's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Derek up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Feelings of excitement reminiscent of Derek's early career</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Derek got started writing software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Web and native desktop</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Derek's story of failure, the importance of having a voice</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Derek's greatest success story, understanding the business, making a bold proposal, and delivering</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Derek stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Names worth following</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Derek most excited about his present and future</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Derek's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The greatest sources of pain in Derek's life and work, unjust influences on the direction of the software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which Derek likes to geek out apart from software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Make sure to take time for yourself</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Derek's prediction for the future of software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Derek's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Derek</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Farewell</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://codeopinion.com/" target="_blank">Derek's blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.udidahan.com/?blog=true" target="_blank">Udi Dahan</a></li> <li><a href="http://goodenoughsoftware.net/" target="_blank">Greg Young</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.infoq.com/presentations/ddd-eric-evans" target="_blank">Eric Evans - "What I've learned about DDD since the book"</a></li> <li><a href="http://martinfowler.com/bliki/BoundedContext.html" target="_blank">Bounded Context (Martin Fowler's take)</a></li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msmvps.com/kathleen/" target="_blank">Kathleen Dollard</a></li> </ul> <h6>Derek's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <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> </ul> <h6>Derek's Top 3 Tips for Delivering More Value:</h6> <ol> <li>Ask why</li> <li>Contribute to your community</li> <li>Mentoring - be a mentor, have a mentor</li> </ol> </div> </div>
