Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href=""></a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/">@</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Andrew Cook talks with Dave Rael about being a paramedic, becoming a software developer, community engagement, and learning </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Andrew Cook is a software developer and Paramedic with years of experience in the Microsoft Stack including ASP.Net, MVC Framework, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft SQL Server, Redis Cache, VSTS, C#, HTML, and CSS. He's a Xamarin Certified Developer and a Udacity Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree Graduate.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Andrew Cook</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Andrew's paramedic career and leveraging free time to learn software development</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Andrew got started with creating software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Andrew's experience with JavaScript</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Andrew's community involvement</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The mystique of conference and user group speakers</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Andrew's story of failure - demonstrations that didn't work</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Andrew stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Andrew's success story - completions of becoming a paramedic, giving quality presentations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Andrew's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The need to push back</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Andrew's experience with using influence to find a creative solution to getting a patient to a hospital</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Andrew's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Andrew</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://codingwithcookie.com/" target="_blank">Andrew's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.udacity.com/course/full-stack-web-developer-nanodegree--nd004" target="_blank">Udacity Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree</a></li> <li><a href="http://podcasts.joerogan.net/" target="_blank">The Joe Rogan Experience</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/JohnSonmez" target="_blank">John Sonmez on Developer On Fire</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Andrew's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1617292397/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual - John Sonmez</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Andrew's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Create projects to learn</li> <li>Get involved with your community</li> <li>Treat everyone as a customer - Understand that we're all people and be as helpful as you can be</li> </ol> </div> </div>
