Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="https://saraford.net/">Sara Ford</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/saraford">@saraford</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Sara Ford talks with Dave Rael about developer productivity, learning to use your tools, disappointment, and deep human connections </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Sara Ford is back at Microsoft on the Azure Identity team! Previously, she worked at GitHub and Microsoft... a couple of times. Sara started her career working on Microsoft's developer tools, including Visual Studio and CodePlex. She's authored a couple of books on Visual Studio with Microsoft Press. In 2015, Sara received her Masters degree in Human Factors (HCI / UX) at San Jose State University because she wants to make developer tools more usable. Sara's life-long dream is to be a 97-year-old weightlifter so she can be featured on the local news.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Sara Ford</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Sara on her focus on productivity with developer tools</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Sara's interest in aviation and discovering computers and software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Confidence, assertion, and fear, asking for needed help, and the difference made by showing interest in people</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Developing an interest in software and finding a great mentor and many motivations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The importance of people and relationships</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Sara's success story - authoring a book and the deep significance of the experience in Sara's life</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Sara's prediction for the future of software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Sara's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Sara</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://saraford.net/" target="_blank">Sara's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/saraford/" target="_blank">Sara's Old Blog on MSDN Blogs</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/saraford" target="_blank">Sara on GitHub</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735626405/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Microsoft Visual Studio Tips - Sara Ford</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201633612/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides</a></li> <li><a href="https://saraford.net/category/github-tip-of-the-day-2017/" target="_blank">Sara's Git(Hub) Tip of the Day Blog Series</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger" target="_blank">Space Shuttle Challenger</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa7icmqgsow" target="_blank">Challenger: President Reagan's Challenger Disaster Speech - 1/28/86</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_decision" target="_blank">Early Decision</a></li> <li><a href="Denise%20Jacobs" target="_blank">Denise Jacobs on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-158-carin-meier-biogeekery-and-identity" target="_blank">Carin Meier on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/943015-to-try-and-fail-is-at-least-to-learn-to" target="_blank">"To try and fail is at least to learn; to fail to try is to suffer the inestimable loss of what might have been." - Chester Barnard</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Barnard" target="_blank">Chester Barnard</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Sara's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1627790365/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions - Brian Christian</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Sara's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Identify and take the next step</li> <li>Separate your inner product manager from you inner developer (and listen to the PM)</li> <li>Don't procrastinate</li> </ol> </div> </div>
