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> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> John Sonmez talks Dave Rael about speaking boldly, relatively valuing freedom and security, teaching and learning, and being lit up </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>John is the founder of Simple Programmer at simpleprogrammer.com, 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> <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 updated and context-specific position on boldly addressing controversial topics publicly</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Determining when to speak freely and when to exercise caution, staying on topic, and the benefits of taking controversial positions</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - John's goals, role, and future - "I help software developers to become cool."</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Finding the thing you would do not matter what else is happening around you and maximizing your impact, getting lit up</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - What John is doing with his time</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Learning to keyboard properly despite having a nonstandard technique that was good enough for a long time</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Balancing long term and short term focus</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Freedom and security, John's advice for living your values</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://simpleprogrammer.com/" target="_blank">John's Site - Simple Programmer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/jsonmez" target="_blank">The Simple Programmer YouTube Channel</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-001-john-sonmez-simple-programmer" target="_blank">John's First Appearance on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.simpleprogrammer.zaxaa.com/s/18903784138608" target="_blank">How to Market Yourself as a Software Developer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/developeronfire" target="_blank">The Developer On Fire Facebook Community</a></li> <li><a href="https://simpleprogrammer.com/2016/09/09/dave-rael-from-developer-on-fire/" target="_blank">Dave as guest on Simple Programmer</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-154-cory-house-life-the-universe-and-everything" target="_blank">Cory House on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/MarkSeemann" target="_blank">Mark Seemann on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/JeremyClark" target="_blank">Jeremy Clark on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://simpleprogrammer.com/2013/05/06/why-javascript-is-doomed/" target="_blank">John's Blog Post on Why JavaScript is Doomed</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.gordonramsay.com/" target="_blank">Gordon Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/wardbell" target="_blank">Ward Bell</a></li> <li><a href="http://entreprogrammers.com/" target="_blank">The EntreProgrammers Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tonyrobbins.com/" target="_blank">Tony Robbins</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.thenewmanpodcast.com/" target="_blank">The New Man</a></li> <li><a href="https://simpleprogrammer.com/2015/09/30/you-dont-have-to-do-what-you-are-good-at/" target="_blank">A Simple Programmer Blog Post by Dave: You Don't Have To Do What You Are Good At</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.duolingo.com/" target="_blank">Duolingo</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.oculus.com/rift/" target="_blank">Oculus Rift</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.history.org/almanack/life/politics/giveme.cfm" target="_blank">Patrick Herny's "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" Speech</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>John's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nassim-Nicholas-Taleb/e/B000APVZ7W/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Nassim Nicholas Taleb</a></li> </ul> </div> </div>
