Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href=""></a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/">@</a></div> </div> </div> <p>John Sonmez talks with Dave Rael about delivering value and his experiences as a software developer, a life coach, and an entrepreneur.</p> <p>John is the founder of Simple Programmer at <a href="http://simpleprogrammer.com">simpleprogrammer.com</a>, where he tirelessly pursues his vision of transforming complex issues into simple solutions. He is a prolific producer of developer training on Pluralsight. He's a seasoned software professional, podcaster, author, entrepreneur, and fitness enthusiast. John is a life coach for software developers, and helps software engineers, programmers and other technical professionals boost their careers and live a more fulfilled life. He empowers them to accomplish their goals by making the complex simple and is the author of Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual.</p> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and John Sonmez</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - John's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light John up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Stories of failure and John's thoughts on putting it in perspective</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The novelty and discomfort of the experience of selling a (non-technical) information product for the first time</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The virtue of making the effort and "getting up to bat" mutliple times</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - John's greatest success stories</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How John decides what projects to tackle</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How John stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - John's book recommentations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - John's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with John</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Discount code for John's "How to Market Yourself As a Software Developer" course</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Farewell</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <a href="http://simpleprogrammer.com">John's blog<br></a><a href="https://pluralsight.pxf.io/c/1197682/424552/7490?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pluralsight.com%2Fauthors%2Fjohn-sonmez">John's Pluralsight author page</a> <br>John's course: <a href="http://developeronfire.simpleprogrammer.zaxaa.com/s/18903784138608">How to Market Yourself As a Software Developer</a> - remember to use discount code "optimized" for $100 off (Dave has purchased the course and highly recommends it - especially the interviews with Miguel Castro, Jeff Atwood, and Pinal Dave). </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>John's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0671027034/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0671700758/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Psycho-Cybernetics, A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life - Maxwell Maltz</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501260626/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The War of Art - Steven Pressfield</a></li> </ul> </div> <h6>John's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Stop watching television</li> <li>Track your time <a href="http://simpleprogrammer.com/2014/02/17/secret-ridiculous-productivity-im-using-now/">John's post on his process</a> </li> <li>Have a definite goal or purpose</li> </ol>
