Episode 274 | Shawn Wildermuth - Professional Learner




Developer On Fire show

Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="https://wildermuth.com/">Shawn Wildermuth</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/ShawnWildermuth">@ShawnWildermuth</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Shawn Wildermuth talks with Dave Rael about learning, speaking, creating courses, finishing what you start, podcasting, and making a film </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Shawn Wildermuth has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a Vic-20 back in the early ‘80s. As a Microsoft MVP since 2003, he’s also involved with Microsoft as an ASP.NET Insider and ClientDev Insider. He’s the author of over twenty Pluralsight courses, written eight books, an international conference speaker, and one of the Wilder Minds. You can reach him at his blog at http://wildermuth.com. And a longer one for the website: Shawn Wildermuth has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a Vic-20 back in the early ‘80s. As a Microsoft MVP since 2003, he’s also involved with Microsoft as an ASP.NET Insider and ClientDev Insider. You may have taken one of his more than twenty courses on Pluralsight (http://shawnw.me/psauthor) including his latest: “Implementing and Securing an API with ASP.NET Core”. He’s authored eight books and innumerable articles on software development. You can also see him at one of the local and international conferences he’s spoken at including TechEd, Oredev, SDC, NDC, VSLive, DevIntersection, MIX, Devteach, DevConnections and Dev Reach. He is one of the Wilder Minds. You can reach him at his blog at http://wildermuth.com.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Shawn Wildermuth</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Shawn's experience with Pluralsight</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Shawn's approach to training and speaking with live coding and being willing to make mistakes in front of people</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Shawn's experience with learning to write software and leaving school</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Shawn's podcast - Hello World Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Shawn's Hello World Road Trip</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Shawn's story of failure - accidental overuse of resources and email, lack of willingness to admit a mistake and take a different direction</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Shawn's success story - completion of a book</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Shawn's approach to creating courses</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Shawn stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Shawn most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Shawn's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Shawn's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Shawn</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://wildermuth.com/" target="_blank">Shawn's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://helloworldfilm.com/" target="_blank">Hello World: The Film</a></li> <li><a href="https://pluralsight.pxf.io/c/1197682/424552/7490?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pluralsight.com%2Fauthors%2Fshawn-wildermuth" target="_blank">Shawn's Pluralsight Author Page</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/902475464706535424?lang=en" target="_blank">J.K. Rowling on Word Count</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubconf.io/" target="_blank">PubConf</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-160-todd-gardner-tracking-success" target="_blank">Todd Gardner on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/csells" target="_blank">Chris Sells</a></li> <li><a href="https://wildermuth.com/hwpod" target="_blank">Hello World Podcast - Shawn's Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="https://wildermuth.com/hwpod/63/Scott-Guthrie" target="_blank">Scott Guthrie on The Hello World Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="https://wildermuth.com/hwpod/12/Scott-Hanselman" target="_blank">Scott Hanselman on The Hello World Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="https://wildermuth.com/hwpod/11/Mary-Jo-Foley" target="_blank">Mary Jo Foley on The Hello World Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="https://wildermuth.com/hwpod/21/Richard-Campbell" target="_blank">Richard Campbell on The Hello World Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-100-dave-rael-podcast-host-on-fire" target="_blank">Dave Rael as Guest on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hwroadtrip.com/" target="_blank">Shawn's Hello World Road Trip</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-221-denver-visual-studio-2017-launch-event" target="_blank">The Denver Visual Studio 2017 Launch Event on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201745682/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Pragmatic ADO.NET: Data Access for the Internet World - Shawn Wildermuth</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-152-jonathan-stark-destroy-hours" target="_blank">Jonathan Stark on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-115-k.-scott-allen-two-lives" target="_blank">K. Scott Allen on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-196-rob-conery-keep-your-ignorance-close" target="_blank">Rob Conery on Developer On Fire</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Shawn's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://bigmachine.io/products/the-imposters-handbook/" target="_blank">The Imposter’s Handbook - Rob Conery</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Shawn's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Over-communicate</li> <li>Let fear be your guide</li> <li>Listen</li> </ol> </div> </div>