Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="https://medium.com/@odytrice">Ody Mbegbu</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/odytrice">@odytrice</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Ody Mbegbu talks with Dave Rael about functional programming, experiencing software development in Nigeria, user experience, and delivering </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Ody is a software developer based in Lagos, Nigeria. He's been coding for 14 years with a Primary Focus on Web Development, .NET and Android. Ody is also an F# Enthusiast with a deep love for the language and the community. You can find him blogging about it on Medium at "Real-World-Fsharp" or his youtube channel called "Let's Code .NET". Ody is also a member of the Lambda Cartel, a group of functional programmer building real-world software. </p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Ody Mbegbu</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Ody's path through programming langues, tools, and platforms</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Acquiring a mentor and progressing in Ody's career</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Losing the joy of programming and rekindling it with functional programming</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Ody's long job tenures</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Ody's experience with diving into Android</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The Lambda Cartel</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Ody's story of failure - underestimating the scope of a problem, dealing with scale increasing by orders of magnitude</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Ody's success story - delivering on working platforms handling real problems</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Ody stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Ody's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Ody's emphasis on design and user experience</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Ody most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Ody's causes of pain and suffering</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Ody's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Ody</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://medium.com/real-world-fsharp" target="_blank">Real World F#</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7BgzdzYrzJH_ZKf2t-LlKA" target="_blank">Let's Code .NET on YouTube</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@odytrice" target="_blank">Ody on Medium</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-195-prosper-otemuyiwa-creating-masters" target="_blank">Prosper Otemuyiwa on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/africa/ghana/opendoor/" target="_blank">Microsoft Open Door</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1491927062/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">C# 6.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference - Joseph Albahari</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1491987650/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">C# 7.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference - Joseph Albahari</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-049-dave-thomas-programmer-first" target="_blank">Dave Thomas on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-031-scott-wlaschin-learn-from-diverse-sources" target="_blank">Scott Wlaschin 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="https://developer.android.com/kotlin/index.html" target="_blank">Kotlin and Android</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-94-hadi-hariri-leading-by-example" target="_blank">Hadi Hariri on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjeMQPUogn9G523TJ3BWaFw" target="_blank">The Lambda Cartel YouTube Channel</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/lambdacartel" target="_blank">The Lambda Cartel on Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/ScottNimrod" target="_blank">Scott Nimrod on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://getakka.net/" target="_blank">Akka.NET</a></li> <li><a href="https://dotnetrocks.com/" target="_blank">.NET Rocks!</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/developer-on-fire-097-bryan-hunter-reducing-fear" target="_blank">Bryan Hunter on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://ndcconferences.com/" target="_blank">NDC Conferences</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/thepracticaldev/status/687672086152753152?lang=en" target="_blank">2 unit tests. 0 integration tests</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Ody's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1484207416/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Expert F# 4.0 - Don Syme</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Ody's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Deploy often</li> <li>Test, especially integration tets</li> <li>Continuously improve and just ship projects</li> </ol> </div> </div>
