Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Wintermute21">John Best</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/wintermute21">@wintermute21</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> John Best talks with Dave Rael about limitations, philosophy, DevOps, empathy, and choosing your responses </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>John Best is a .NET Framework specialist for TrackOFF inc, in Baltimore,MD. Prior to TrackOFF, he was a web developer for a number of private companies and government firms across various states, specializing in ASP.NET, MVC, and Angular. Having started programming at 14 in C++, programming and software design have always held a passion for him. John studied Computer Science and Psychology at Kent State University in Ohio and enjoys studying French and Buddhist philosphy in his free time.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and John Best</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - John's interest in philosophy, French, and Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - John's physical limitations and choices on how to respond</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How John got started in software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light John up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - John's failure story - getting in over his head early on</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Humility for software developers</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - John's success story - Improving the lives of the people in his operation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How John stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - John's book recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Having a beginner's mind</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Psychology for developers - using metaphors, balancing what we know with the virtue of the beginner's mind, stress, and empathy</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have John most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - John's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with John</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-286-pablo-rivera-grateful-underdog" target="_blank">Pablo Rivera on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism" target="_blank">Existentialism</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodernism" target="_blank">Postmodernism</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre" target="_blank">Jean-Paul Sartre</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus" target="_blank">Albert Camus</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/080701429X/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_palsy" target="_blank">Cerebral Palsy</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Wall" target="_blank">Larry Wall</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_that_I_know_nothing" target="_blank">"I know that I know nothing" - Socrates</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0441569595/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Neuromancer - William Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsOnvbFG5ow" target="_blank">Dan Coyle on Mixed Mental Arts (where Bryan Callen shares story of Laurence Fishburn and fixing a broken script)</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>John's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735619670/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition - Steve McConnell</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1590308492/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice - Shunryu Suzuki</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>John's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>If you don't have a system for doing iterative development and releasing quickly, build one</li> <li>Try to find whatever blockers exist in your team and try to resolve them</li> <li>Try to learn as much as you can and try to incorporate that into your workflow</li> </ol> </div> </div>
