Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="https://damianbrady.com.au/">Damian Brady</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/damovisa">@damovisa</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Damian Brady talks with Dave Rael about family influences, speaking at conferences, DevOps, and working for a great organization </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Damian Brady is a Brisbane-based developer, speaker, and author specialising in DevOps, developer process, and software architecture. He loves Octopus Deploy, Visual Studio Team Services, Scrum, C#, Nancy FX, ASP.NET MVC, HTML5, JavaScript, and web development in general.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Damian Brady</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Damian's experience at Octopus Deploy</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Damian's history with software and with public speaking</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Damian got started in software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Damian's athleticism and family influence</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The nature of Octopus Deploy</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Damian up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Damian's story of failure - a humbling interview experience</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Damian's success story - increasing impact as a conference speaker</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The rewards of speaking to audiences</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Damian stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Damian's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Damian most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Damian's thoughts on DevOps</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Damian's causes of pain and suffering</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Damian's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://damianbrady.com.au/" target="_blank">Damian's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://octopus.com/" target="_blank">Octopus Deploy</a></li> <li><a href="http://paulstovell.com/" target="_blank">Paul Stovell</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-033-michael-doc-norton-customer-value-and-great-organizations" target="_blank">Doc Norton on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-186-gayle-laakman-mcdowell-creating-authority" target="_blank">Gayle Laakman McDowell</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-178-donovan-brown-devops-joy-and-human-rewards" target="_blank">Donovan Brown on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-083-scott-hanselman-learn-balance" target="_blank">Scott Hanselman on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-218-john-daniel-trask-provide-more" target="_blank">John-Daniel Trask on Developer On Fire</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Damian's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1942788290/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win - Gene Kim</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735611319/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software - Charles Petzold</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Damian's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Focus on the stuff that's important</li> <li>Listen to other opinions as objectively as possible</li> <li>Take some time away</li> </ol> </div> </div>
