Alex Reardon

Alex took spent the last year and a half creating his course, The Ultimate Guide to Understanding DOM Events, at egghead. Finding the time to work on a side-project like this isn't easy, and it requires one to examine their current priorities in life. Do they want to be a rockstar developer? Or do you want to have a lot of free time to spend with your family? No matter what sacrifices have to be made. But the best way to handle it is to have candid discussions with the people around you who will be affected the most by these sacrifices. Alex worked it out so that he'd work on his course one day a week.  Despite the cost in time, side-projects are important to Alex. He says that he wouldn't be where he is now in his career without them. They enabled him to grow as a software engineer and to learn things that he wouldn't be able to during his day job. Because of this, he was able to get a more complete picture of how all the pieces fit together, which made him a better dev. So remember, really be careful about what you are committing yourself to when you take on a large project.ResourcesMaster DOM EventsAlex ReardonTwitterWebsiteTaylor BellTwitterWebsite

<p>Alex took spent the last year and a half creating his course, The Ultimate Guide to Understanding DOM Events, at egghead. Finding the time to work on a side-project like this isn't easy, and it requires one to examine their current priorities in life. Do they want to be a rockstar developer? Or do you want to have a lot of free time to spend with your family? </p><p>No matter what sacrifices have to be made. But the best way to handle it is to have candid discussions with the people around you who will be affected the most by these sacrifices. Alex worked it out so that he'd work on his course one day a week.  </p><p>Despite the cost in time, side-projects are important to Alex. He says that he wouldn't be where he is now in his career without them. They enabled him to grow as a software engineer and to learn things that he wouldn't be able to during his day job. Because of this, he was able to get a more complete picture of how all the pieces fit together, which made him a better dev. </p><p>So remember, really be careful about what you are committing yourself to when you take on a large project.</p><h2>Resources</h2><ul><li><a href="https://alexreardon.dev/master-dom-events" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master DOM Events</a></li></ul><h2>Alex Reardon</h2><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/alexandereardon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://alexreardon.dev/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul><h2>Taylor Bell</h2><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/taylorbell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.taylorbell.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Alex Reardon on Balancing Work, Life, and Large Side Projects

Ryan Florence

Ryan’s background as a musician taught him many lessons that would eventually apply to his current career. As a musician, he learned about composition, sales, and even programming so he could build his band a website.Ryan also had an actual sales job where he learned that you can do something so well that you’ll be unable to do it anymore. In sales that meant being good at generating leads which lead to a lot of clients which lead to ceasing to generate leads. But, that eventually lead to you have no clients because you let your stream of leads dry up.It’s easy to become so narrowly focused on what’s in front of you that you get blindsided by what’s coming down the pipeline 6 months from now.React changed the front-end landscape. We went from having a mutation-based approach to a functional approach. But, React has made it so easy to write code that we are forgetting our fundamentals. React websites are becoming bloated.Remix’s goal is to bring back the Web 1.0 ways of doing things that lead to lean, performant websites. It’s Web 1.0 that is progressively enhanced with React and React Router.“The technology that sticks, and wins, is the technology that can sneak its way into your existing stack because no one wants to rewrite!” Remix is built on this philosophy, allowing you to incrementally incorporate Remix into your existing application.—-ResourcesMichael Jackson’s YouTube video on component compositionRemixRyan FlorenceTwitterWebsiteJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Ryan’s background as a musician taught him many lessons that would eventually apply to his current career. As a musician, he learned about composition, sales, and even programming so he could build his band a website.</p><p>Ryan also had an actual sales job where he learned that you can do something so well that you’ll be unable to do it anymore. In sales that meant being good at generating leads which lead to a lot of clients which lead to ceasing to generate leads. But, that eventually lead to you have no clients because you let your stream of leads dry up.</p><p>It’s easy to become so narrowly focused on what’s in front of you that you get blindsided by what’s coming down the pipeline 6 months from now.</p><p>React changed the front-end landscape. We went from having a mutation-based approach to a functional approach. But, React has made it so easy to write code that we are forgetting our fundamentals. React websites are becoming bloated.</p><p>Remix’s goal is to bring back the Web 1.0 ways of doing things that lead to lean, performant websites. It’s Web 1.0 that is progressively enhanced with React and React Router.</p><p>“The technology that sticks, and wins, is the technology that can sneak its way into your existing stack because no one wants to rewrite!” Remix is built on this philosophy, allowing you to incrementally incorporate Remix into your existing application.</p><p>—-</p><h3>Resources</h3><ul><li><a href="https://youtu.be/3XaXKiXtNjw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Jackson’s YouTube video on component composition</a></li><li><a href="https://remix.run/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Remix</a></li></ul><h3>Ryan Florence</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/ryanflorence?s=21" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://ryanflorence.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks?s=21" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Ryan Florence Talks About Bringing Web 1.0 Philosophies Back With Remix

Jacky Alciné

Perhaps the most important skill that a software developer can have is the ability to ask good questions. Questions will lead to the answers that you actually need. Formulating good questions is key. Often, you'll find that you answered your own question in the process of forming it. Mentorships are a great learning and growth opportunity but it's important that you respect the person that you desire mentorship from. Don't just take up their time by asking questions regularly without being upfront about the relationship that you are wanting. It's also important that when you do ask your mentor questions that you continue to respect their time by making sure that your question is good and well researched. Included in the links below are a couple of articles on how you can take your questions game to the next level. Try to read them before asking your next question!ResourcesStack Overflow - How do I ask a good question?Julia Evans - How to ask a good questionJacky AlcinéTwitterWebsiteJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Perhaps the most important skill that a software developer can have is the ability to ask good questions. Questions will lead to the answers that you actually need. Formulating good questions is key. Often, you'll find that you answered your own question in the process of forming it. </p><p>Mentorships are a great learning and growth opportunity but it's important that you respect the person that you desire mentorship from. Don't just take up their time by asking questions regularly without being upfront about the relationship that you are wanting. It's also important that when you do ask your mentor questions that you continue to respect their time by making sure that your question is good and well researched. </p><p>Included in the links below are a couple of articles on how you can take your questions game to the next level. Try to read them before asking your next question!</p><h3>Resources</h3><ul><li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stack Overflow - How do I ask a good question?</a></li><li><a href="https://jvns.ca/blog/good-questions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Julia Evans - How to ask a good question</a></li></ul><h3>Jacky Alciné</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jackyalcine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://jacky.wtf/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Jacky Alciné on How The Software Field is 75% Code and 25% Presentation

Chris Biscardi

Programming might be the quickest path for someone to start earning six figures. But, it may be a quick path, it is not an easy path. You have to either be having fun or be interested in some way. You have to have some backing motivation that's going to keep you in this.Many people try to learn to code only to stop. They either decide that they don't want to sit in a chair for eight hours a day for the rest of their life, or they don't think they're smart enough, or somebody's telling them they can't do it. People also get hung up on trying to learn the "right" language or framework instead of choosing something that they actually enjoy.You should learn whatever keeps you doing it tomorrow.When Chris played sports he figured out that the only thing that made him good at anything was that he showed up nearly every day. His skills, athleticism, and networking opportunities all came from showing up every day. Your mindset plays a significant role in everything you do and you need to pay attention to it, if you don't, then you're not going to do as well as you could have.Chris BiscardiTwitterGithubWebsiteLinkedInJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Programming might be the quickest path for someone to start earning six figures. But, it may be a quick path, it is not an easy path. You have to either be having fun or be interested in some way. You have to have some backing motivation that's going to keep you in this.</p><p>Many people try to learn to code only to stop. They either decide that they don't want to sit in a chair for eight hours a day for the rest of their life, or they don't think they're smart enough, or somebody's telling them they can't do it. People also get hung up on trying to learn the "right" language or framework instead of choosing something that they actually enjoy.</p><blockquote><p>You should learn whatever keeps you doing it tomorrow.</p></blockquote><p>When Chris played sports he figured out that the only thing that made him good at anything was that he showed up nearly every day. His skills, athleticism, and networking opportunities all came from showing up every day. Your mindset plays a significant role in everything you do and you need to pay attention to it, if you don't, then you're not going to do as well as you could have.</p><h3>Chris Biscardi</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/chrisbiscardi?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/ChristopherBiscardi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li><li><a href="https://www.christopherbiscardi.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherbiscardi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Chris Biscardi on Showing Up, Learning, and Doing the Work

Shawn Wang

Getting a job as a web developer right out of the gate isn't easy. People often face rejection after rejection. But, you don't have to take the "front-door" to get a developer position. You can also take the "back-door" by taking a developer-adjacent role like a support engineer and then work to become a developer in the company.There are many disciplines and technologies for you to choose to learn. There is always the question of do you become really good in one area, or do you become more of a generalist? You can be successful as a generalist or a specialist. Founders often have to be generalists since they have to figure out how to manage the trade-offs of choices in multiple disciplines. At the same time, specialists can be successful since people will seek you out for your expertise.It doesn't matter if you choose to generalize or specialize. You have to build a reputation in order to fully realize your potential success. Programming is a special industry when it comes to making a name for yourself. You can build your own reputation and network much more freely than in any other industry that Shawn knows about, which is good for you long-term.Once you've established a reputation, it's not uncommon for people to ask you to mentor them. An ongoing one-on-one mentor/mentee relationship isn't often the most efficient use of your time. You could be broadcasting what you know to a wider audience—Shawn advocates for a "project-based" mentorship style where the mentorship is not uncapped. You engage with them on their thing. You meet together, let your minds meld together for a while, and then you part waysResourcesAntifragileFree Code CampHacker101fast.aiShawn WangTwitterWebsiteegghead.ioJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Getting a job as a web developer right out of the gate isn't easy. People often face rejection after rejection. But, you don't have to take the "front-door" to get a developer position. You can also take the "back-door" by taking a developer-adjacent role like a support engineer and then work to become a developer in the company.</p><p>There are many disciplines and technologies for you to choose to learn. There is always the question of do you become really good in one area, or do you become more of a generalist? You can be successful as a generalist or a specialist. Founders often have to be generalists since they have to figure out how to manage the trade-offs of choices in multiple disciplines. At the same time, specialists can be successful since people will seek you out for your expertise.</p><p>It doesn't matter if you choose to generalize or specialize. You have to build a reputation in order to fully realize your potential success. Programming is a special industry when it comes to making a name for yourself. You can build your own reputation and network much more freely than in any other industry that Shawn knows about, which is good for you long-term.</p><p>Once you've established a reputation, it's not uncommon for people to ask you to mentor them. An ongoing one-on-one mentor/mentee relationship isn't often the most efficient use of your time. You could be broadcasting what you know to a wider audience—Shawn advocates for a "project-based" mentorship style where the mentorship is not uncapped. You engage with them on their thing. You meet together, let your minds meld together for a while, and then you part ways</p><h3>Resources</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Antifragile-Things-That-Disorder-Incerto/dp/0812979680" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Antifragile</a></li><li><a href="freecodecamp.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free Code Camp</a></li><li><a href="https://www.hacker101.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hacker101</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fast.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fast.ai</a></li></ul><h3>Shawn Wang</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/swyx?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.swyx.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li><li><a href="https://egghead.io/instructors/shawn-wang" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">egghead.io</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Shawn Wang Talks About How To Grow Your Reputation As A Developer

Kent C. Dodds

Epic React is Kent's attempt at making the biggest impact on the world. It's Kent's philosophy that he can have a much larger impact by teaching other people to write excellent software instead of just doing it himself. Epic React has been in the making for a long time. Its methods are much more thought out than your average course. You can't just throw it on your Chromecast and 2x your way through all of the videos. You have to put in the work. Kent uses the proven methods from the book "Make It Stick" which have you trying to solve the problems yourself first before Kent provides his instruction. Epic React has 350 videos. How did Kent even begin to climb that hill? Kent didn't think Epic React would be as epic as it is today when he started. When he started thinking about doing Epic React, he thought it'd be like Testing JavaScript. He made Testing Node for the Testing JavaScript relaunch and he used  a workshop format instead of the egghead style and it was a big success. So he decided to do the same thing, but for React. Having a team also made a huge difference. A lot of people do this themselves but Kent worked with a production team. There are so many advantages. Lots of instructors struggle with all the extra stuff you have to do when selling content that isn't creating the content. The production team let Kent focus on the content and the hype. Kent did not want to deal with editing, support, payments, design, or copy. He wants to take knowledge from his head and put it into other people's heads. What's the next Epic Journey for Kent? He likes the idea of updating stuff. He plans on continuing to update Testing JavaScript. Kent also has a laundry list of ideas for future Epic React content!Epic ReactEpic ReactJoin the Discord!CreditsKent C. DoddsTesting JavaScriptkentcdodds.comTwitterGithubJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Epic React is Kent's attempt at making the biggest impact on the world. It's Kent's philosophy that he can have a much larger impact by teaching other people to write excellent software instead of just doing it himself. </p><p>Epic React has been in the making for a long time. Its methods are much more thought out than your average course. You can't just throw it on your Chromecast and 2x your way through all of the videos. You have to put in the work. Kent uses the proven methods from the book "Make It Stick" which have you trying to solve the problems yourself first before Kent provides his instruction. </p><p>Epic React has <strong>350</strong> videos. How did Kent even begin to climb that hill? Kent didn't think Epic React would be as epic as it is today when he started. When he started thinking about doing Epic React, he thought it'd be like Testing JavaScript. He made Testing Node for the Testing JavaScript relaunch and he used  a workshop format instead of the egghead style and it was a big success. So he decided to do the same thing, but for React. </p><p>Having a team also made a huge difference. A lot of people do this themselves but Kent worked with a production team. There are so many advantages. Lots of instructors struggle with all the extra stuff you have to do when selling content that isn't creating the content. The production team let Kent focus on the content and the hype. Kent did not want to deal with editing, support, payments, design, or copy. He wants to take knowledge from his head and put it into other people's heads. </p><p>What's the next Epic Journey for Kent? He likes the idea of updating stuff. He plans on continuing to update Testing JavaScript. Kent also has a laundry list of ideas for future Epic React content!</p><h3>Epic React</h3><ul><li><a href="https://epicreact.dev/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Epic React</a></li><li><a href="https://kentcdodds.com/discord/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the Discord!</a></li><li><a href="https://epicreact.dev/credits/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Credits</a></li></ul><h3>Kent C. Dodds</h3><ul><li><a href="https://testingjavascript.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Testing JavaScript</a></li><li><a href="https://kentcdodds.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kentcdodds.com</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/kentcdodds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/kentcdodds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Kent C. Dodds Chats About How Epic React was Designed for Learner Success

Tomasz Łakomy

Tomasz highly recommends companies hire interns and train them  because you can get some amazing engineers that you know are going to fit the company's needs. Another great advantage of training interns is that it levels up the senior engineers by giving them mentoring experience!But, what really is a senior engineer? Basically, a senior engineer isn't a person who programs more, faster, or better. They're a person who makes others better at what they do and a person who can solve problems.So how do you advance your career? Tomasz says that speaking at conferences had a major impact on his career. He strongly recommends that if somebody wants to start talking at conferences, to start at local meetups because one, you will get experience, and two, they're always looking for speakers.Transcript"What is a Senior Engineer with Tomasz Łakomy" TranscriptTomasz ŁakomyTwitterGithubDev.toWebsiteJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Tomasz highly recommends companies hire interns and train them  because you can get some amazing engineers that you know are going to fit the company's needs. Another great advantage of training interns is that it levels up the senior engineers by giving them mentoring experience!</p><p>But, what really is a senior engineer? Basically, a senior engineer isn't a person who programs more, faster, or better. They're a person who makes others better at what they do and a person who can solve problems.</p><p>So how do you advance your career? Tomasz says that speaking at conferences had a major impact on his career. He strongly recommends that if somebody wants to start talking at conferences, to start at local meetups because one, you will get experience, and two, they're always looking for speakers.</p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/what-is-a-senior-engineer-with-tomasz-akomy/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"What is a Senior Engineer with Tomasz Łakomy" Transcript</a></p><h3>Tomasz Łakomy</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/tlakomy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/tlakomy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li><li><a href="https://dev.to/tlakomy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dev.to</a></li><li><a href="https://tlakomy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

What is a Senior Engineer with Tomasz Łakomy

Shirley Wu

Shirley Wu is a freelance data visualization expert. Data visualization, at its core, is when you take lots of data, and it's hard for you to look in Excel. You visualize that into some graph or chart, and the most simple could be a bar chart or some graph so that you can understand trends within it easier. In data visualization, there is an entire spectrum of approaches you can take with a dataset. You have to decide on the balance between art and the data. With clients, choosing where in that spectrum is asking yourself, "What do I want for the end-user to experience?" The difference between a purely artistic piece and a visualization is that with data visualization, there's a goal to it. You're taking data, and you're trying to communicate something, or you're trying to build a tool to help people explore that data.  Transcript"How Shirley Wu Built A Career As A Freelance Data Visualizer" TranscriptResourcesData Visualization SocietyData Stories Podcastscrollama.jsGreenSockShirley WuTwitterGithubYouTubeWebsiteMediumLinkedInFrontend MastersJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Shirley Wu is a freelance data visualization expert. Data visualization, at its core, is when you take lots of data, and it's hard for you to look in Excel. You visualize that into some graph or chart, and the most simple could be a bar chart or some graph so that you can understand trends within it easier. </p><p>In data visualization, there is an entire spectrum of approaches you can take with a dataset. You have to decide on the balance between art and the data. With clients, choosing where in that spectrum is asking yourself, "What do I want for the end-user to experience?" The difference between a purely artistic piece and a visualization is that with data visualization, there's a goal to it. You're taking data, and you're trying to communicate something, or you're trying to build a tool to help people explore that data.  </p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/how-shirley-wu-built-a-career-as-a-freelance-data-visualizer/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"How Shirley Wu Built A Career As A Freelance Data Visualizer" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.datavisualizationsociety.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Data Visualization Society</a></li><li><a href="https://datastori.es/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Data Stories Podcast</a></li><li><a href="https://russellgoldenberg.github.io/scrollama/basic/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">scrollama.js</a></li><li><a href="https://greensock.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GreenSock</a></li></ul><h3>Shirley Wu</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sxywu?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/sxywu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4yYE5Qo1cOMeeALjvRDxYw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a></li><li><a href="https://sxywu.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/@sxywu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Medium</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shirleyxywu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="https://frontendmasters.com/teachers/shirley-wu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frontend Masters</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

How Shirley Wu Built A Career As A Freelance Data Visualizer

Courtland Allen

"Indie Hacker" - An entrepreneur that is working to gain some form of independence.Courtland Allen is the founder of indiehackers.com. He didn't take the venture capital approach. He just wanted to make enough money to support what he was trying to do. Courtland was trying to build a community of indie hackers who would share their stories, help each other, and support one another.You can't force community growth. It takes good content, time, and consistency. At first, Courtland would make good content and share it with his mailing list, and he'd also make fake accounts and have discussions with himself on the indie hackers forum to try and spark real interactions. The efforts paid off. Over a year, a real community blossomed.It's tempting to rely on your intuition when you are first starting as an indie hacker. But, Courtland encourages you to take a more thoughtful approach by relying more on the experiences of others. Over time you'll develop wisdom.You can go too far, though. If you spend too much time preparing and learning, you'll realize how much you don't know, and it can be crippling. In Courtland's interviews with indie hackers, the most common advice people have is to go for it! Be okay with experiencing failures and starting over.Transcript"How Courtland Allen Found Freedom with Content, Consistency, and Community" TranscriptResourcesIndie HackersHacker NewsNomad ListstratecheryOwn goalsDiscourseCourtland AllenTwitterLinkedInJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>"Indie Hacker" - An entrepreneur that is working to gain some form of independence.</p><p>Courtland Allen is the founder of <a href="http://indiehackers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">indiehackers.com</a>. He didn't take the venture capital approach. He just wanted to make enough money to support what he was trying to do. Courtland was trying to build a community of indie hackers who would share their stories, help each other, and support one another.</p><p>You can't force community growth. It takes good content, time, and consistency. At first, Courtland would make good content and share it with his mailing list, and he'd also make fake accounts and have discussions with himself on the indie hackers forum to try and spark real interactions. The efforts paid off. Over a year, a real community blossomed.</p><p>It's tempting to rely on your intuition when you are first starting as an indie hacker. But, Courtland encourages you to take a more thoughtful approach by relying more on the experiences of others. Over time you'll develop wisdom.</p><p>You can go too far, though. If you spend too much time preparing and learning, you'll realize how much you don't know, and it can be crippling. In Courtland's interviews with indie hackers, the most common advice people have is to go for it! Be okay with experiencing failures and starting over.</p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/how-courtland-allen-found-freedom-with-content-consistency-and-community/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"How Courtland Allen Found Freedom with Content, Consistency, and Community" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.indiehackers.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indie Hackers</a></li><li><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hacker News</a></li><li><a href="https://nomadlist.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nomad List</a></li><li><a href="https://stratechery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">stratechery</a></li><li><a href="https://owngoals.stream/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Own goals</a></li><li><a href="https://www.discourse.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Discourse</a></li></ul><h3>Courtland Allen</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/csallen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtlandallen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

How Courtland Allen Grew Indie Hackers with Content, Consistency, and Community

Rosie Sherry is both an unschooling parent and the founder of the Ministry Of Testing. There's a disproportionate number of bootstrappers who homeschool their kids, and maybe it's for the same reason why they built something themself instead of fitting into the mold, they think they can do it better. Ministry of Testing is a company Rosie founded, officially as an online community in 2007, but then formally as a business in 2011. It's a community of software testers who geek out on testing, host conferences, have online talks, host trainings, and participate in an online community.You can't fake a community like that. You can growth hack numbers, members, et cetera. But, you can't fake community. A strong community has to have people who care, that's what it generally comes down to. The people who lead it have to care, show that they care, and care about the industry as a whole.Transcript"Real Community Can't Be Faked With Rosie Sherry" TranscriptResourcesMinistry Of TestingIndie HackersRosie SherryTwitterWebsiteJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Rosie Sherry is both an unschooling parent and the founder of the Ministry Of Testing. There's a disproportionate number of bootstrappers who homeschool their kids, and maybe it's for the same reason why they built something themself instead of fitting into the mold, they think they can do it better. </p><p>Ministry of Testing is a company Rosie founded, officially as an online community in 2007, but then formally as a business in 2011. It's a community of software testers who geek out on testing, host conferences, have online talks, host trainings, and participate in an online community.</p><p>You can't fake a community like that. You can growth hack numbers, members, et cetera. But, you can't fake community. A strong community has to have people who care, that's what it generally comes down to. The people who lead it have to care, show that they care, and care about the industry as a whole.</p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/real-community-cant-be-faked-with-rosie-sherry/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Real Community Can't Be Faked With Rosie Sherry" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ministry Of Testing</a></li><li><a href="https://www.indiehackers.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indie Hackers</a></li></ul><h3>Rosie Sherry</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/rosiesherry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://rosie.land/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Real Community Can't Be Faked With Rosie Sherry

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Josh Doody

Josh Doody, the author of Fearless Salary Negotiation, joins us today to discuss:What you need to look out for to stay ahead in the industryHow to find leverage despite the information asymmetry between the employer and the job candidateWhy questions on what your current salary is or what you'd like it to be boxes you out of opportunitiesThe best way to put in the work towards a promotion.Tradeoffs of working for a startup versus a big tech companyEquity in the salary negotiation, and how it weighs in.Transcript"Negotiating Your Salary and Advancing Your Career with Josh Doody" TranscriptResources:Fearless Salary Negotiation CoachingFearless Salary Negotiation BookThe Dreaded Salary QuestionSoftware Developers: How to get a RaiseSalary Negotiation GuideSalary Negotiation for Software Developers egghead TalkJosh Doody:TwitterLinkedInWebsiteJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Josh Doody, the author of Fearless Salary Negotiation, joins us today to discuss:</p><ul><li>What you need to look out for to stay ahead in the industry</li><li>How to find leverage despite the information asymmetry between the employer and the job candidate</li><li>Why questions on what your current salary is or what you'd like it to be boxes you out of opportunities</li><li>The best way to put in the work towards a promotion.</li><li>Tradeoffs of working for a startup versus a big tech company</li><li>Equity in the salary negotiation, and how it weighs in.</li></ul><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/4bc93915/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Negotiating Your Salary and Advancing Your Career with Josh Doody" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://fearlesssalarynegotiation.com/coach/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fearless Salary Negotiation Coaching</a></li><li><a href="https://fearlesssalarynegotiation.com/get-started/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fearless Salary Negotiation Book</a></li><li><a href="https://fearlesssalarynegotiation.com/the-dreaded-salary-question/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Dreaded Salary Question</a></li><li><a href="https://fearlesssalarynegotiation.com/software-developers-how-to-get-a-raise/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Developers: How to get a Raise</a></li><li><a href="https://fearlesssalarynegotiation.com/salary-negotiation-guide/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Salary Negotiation Guide</a></li><li><a>Salary Negotiation for Software Developers egghead Talk</a></li></ul><h3>Josh Doody:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/JoshDoody" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshdoody/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="https://www.joshdoody.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Negotiating Your Salary and Advancing Your Career with Josh Doody

Iheanyi Ekechukwu

Today Joel catches up with Iheanyi Ekechukwu. Iheanyi is a Product Engineer currently working at DigitalOcean. He previously worked at IBM on Watson. They also talk about Iheanyi's education, stack, and side projectsIheanyi started out majoring in Computer Engineering, but switched to Computer Science after he figured out hardware just wasn't for him. He now lives and works in Brooklyn and spends most of his time coding (though he always brings his design skills to the table).Iheanyi's design comes from a dual degree program at Notre Dame, the college where he graduated. He noticed a lot of subpar interfaces coming from pure programmers, and he was frustrated with that, so he took his school's opportunity to learn design and apply it to his work. Even if he isn't a designer, he uses his skills daily to communicate with designers and make whatever he works on that much better.Iheanyi started using Ember back during college. He was frustrated by his school's class search interface, and he set out to improve it. Ember and Rails were like a match made in heaven for him, Ember having been authored by ex-Rails core team member, Yehuda Katz.Joel discusses with Iheanyi what he's currently using in his work. They get into GO, and how Iheanyi has enjoyed working with a statically typed language when doing back-end work. Not having to worry about full test coverage when refactoring has been great!Lastly, they talk about the various side projects Iheanyi has going. Such as Interface Lovers, a blog where top designers are interviewed and share their work music playlists. Also, Seeker, a job-board app that allows you to connect your strip account to it and have companies submit jobs.Transcript"Iheanyi Ekechukwu on education, programming, and managing side projects" TranscriptResourcesseekerInterface LoversCreative BlackChef WatsonIheanyi EkechukwuWebsitePodcastTwitterGithubegghead.ioJoel Hooks:TwitterWebsite

<p>Today Joel catches up with Iheanyi Ekechukwu. Iheanyi is a Product Engineer currently working at DigitalOcean. He previously worked at IBM on Watson. They also talk about Iheanyi's education, stack, and side projects</p><p>Iheanyi started out majoring in Computer Engineering, but switched to Computer Science after he figured out hardware just wasn't for him. He now lives and works in Brooklyn and spends most of his time coding (though he always brings his design skills to the table).</p><p>Iheanyi's design comes from a dual degree program at Notre Dame, the college where he graduated. He noticed a lot of subpar interfaces coming from pure programmers, and he was frustrated with that, so he took his school's opportunity to learn design and apply it to his work. Even if he isn't a designer, he uses his skills daily to communicate with designers and make whatever he works on that much better.</p><p>Iheanyi started using Ember back during college. He was frustrated by his school's class search interface, and he set out to improve it. Ember and Rails were like a match made in heaven for him, Ember having been authored by ex-Rails core team member, Yehuda Katz.</p><p>Joel discusses with Iheanyi what he's currently using in his work. They get into GO, and how Iheanyi has enjoyed working with a statically typed language when doing back-end work. Not having to worry about full test coverage when refactoring has been great!</p><p>Lastly, they talk about the various side projects Iheanyi has going. Such as Interface Lovers, a blog where top designers are interviewed and share their work music playlists. Also, Seeker, a job-board app that allows you to connect your strip account to it and have companies submit jobs.</p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/47aebd17/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Iheanyi Ekechukwu on education, programming, and managing side projects" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources</h3><ul><li><a href="https://seeker.company" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">seeker</a></li><li><a href="https://interfacelovers.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Interface Lovers</a></li><li><a href="http://creative.black/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Black</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ibmchefwatson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chef Watson</a></li></ul><h3>Iheanyi Ekechukwu</h3><ul><li><a href="https://iheanyi.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li><li><a href="http://www.twoblacknerds.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/kwuchu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/iheanyi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li><li><a href="https://egghead.io/instructors/iheanyi-ekechukwu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">egghead.io</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Iheanyi Ekechukwu on education, programming, and managing side projects

Monica Powell

Monica Powell didn't have the most straightforward path to her first job as a developer. She took a couple of years of graphic design in college, took a computer science class, joined a student-led web development agency, and then joined a tech startup where she did email marketing and development. At that point, Monica knew that she wanted to be a developer, but she knew too much to attend a boot camp and not enough to get a job. So, she took classes, landed an internship, and then eventually got hired as a web developer. Meetups were an important part of Monica's development. When she was in college, she'd attend meet up events to get an opportunity to get off campus and see how people are using technology. She gravitates to women in tech events since she's always found those events to be safe places for her to learn new technologies and meet other people. As of November 2018, Monica is now organizing a meetup called "React Ladies" in NYC!Contributing to open-source was also important for Monica. Open-source de-mystifies the software that you use. You can look through the source-code of any package that you're using in your project. There's also plenty of opportunities to contribute, and it doesn't have to be code, many projects need contributions to their documentation as well.Transcript"Personal Growth From Open-Source And Meetups With Monica Powell" TranscriptResourcesaprilzero.comReact Ladies MeetupCode NewbieReact Conf 2019ToastmastersWrite/Speak/CodeGlobal Diversity CFP DayMonica PowellTwitterGithubDev.toWebsiteMediumLinkedInJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Monica Powell didn't have the most straightforward path to her first job as a developer. She took a couple of years of graphic design in college, took a computer science class, joined a student-led web development agency, and then joined a tech startup where she did email marketing and development. At that point, Monica knew that she wanted to be a developer, but she knew too much to attend a boot camp and not enough to get a job. So, she took classes, landed an internship, and then eventually got hired as a web developer. </p><p>Meetups were an important part of Monica's development. When she was in college, she'd attend meet up events to get an opportunity to get off campus and see how people are using technology. She gravitates to women in tech events since she's always found those events to be safe places for her to learn new technologies and meet other people. As of November 2018, Monica is now organizing a meetup called "React Ladies" in NYC!</p><p>Contributing to open-source was also important for Monica. Open-source de-mystifies the software that you use. You can look through the source-code of any package that you're using in your project. There's also plenty of opportunities to contribute, and it doesn't have to be code, many projects need contributions to their documentation as well.</p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/personal-growth-from-open-source-and-meetups-with-monica-powell/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Personal Growth From Open-Source And Meetups With Monica Powell" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources</h3><ul><li><a href="http://aprilzero.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aprilzero.com</a></li><li><a href="https://www.reactladies.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">React Ladies Meetup</a></li><li><a href="https://www.codenewbie.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Code Newbie</a></li><li><a href="https://conf.reactjs.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">React Conf 2019</a></li><li><a href="https://www.toastmasters.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toastmasters</a></li><li><a href="https://www.writespeakcode.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Write/Speak/Code</a></li><li><a href="https://www.globaldiversitycfpday.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Global Diversity CFP Day</a></li></ul><h3>Monica Powell</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/waterproofheart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/m0nica" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li><li><a href="https://dev.to/m0nica" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dev.to</a></li><li><a href="https://www.aboutmonica.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/@monica_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Medium</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicampowell/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Personal Growth From Open-Source And Meetups With Monica Powell

Hiro Nishimura

Hiro started coding HTML and CSS back in middle school so she could make internet friends and talk about anime. She never thought of coding as anything more than a hobby, and she stopped when she began college. She got her master's in special education, but due to a traumatic injury, she had to make a career pivot. She got a job as a helpdesk engineer and eventually worked her to a sysadmin position at a startup. Hiro quit the comfortable sysadmin job. She asked herself if ten years from now, if she'd be proud that she stuck with the company for another six months. The answer was no. Hiro quit her job to focus full-time on teaching technology. It was a huge leap, and yet again, she was in unfamiliar territory, but she's been able to find success. Hiro has released four intro-level AWS courses for non-engineers on LinkedIn, writes independent articles, and gets paid to write blog posts for small business owners. You don't have to be a specialist to find success. Yes, the world needs people who can go all-in on something and produce fantastic work, but it also needs people who can bridge the gaps and solve problems with the breadth of their experiences. Transcript"Making A Fufilling Career Out Of Multiple Interests With Hiro Nishimura" TranscriptResourcesAWS NewbiesStripe AtlasHiro NishimuraTwitterWebsiteLinkedInJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Hiro started coding HTML and CSS back in middle school so she could make internet friends and talk about anime. She never thought of coding as anything more than a hobby, and she stopped when she began college. She got her master's in special education, but due to a traumatic injury, she had to make a career pivot. </p><p>She got a job as a helpdesk engineer and eventually worked her to a sysadmin position at a startup. Hiro quit the comfortable sysadmin job. She asked herself if ten years from now, if she'd be proud that she stuck with the company for another six months. The answer was no. Hiro quit her job to focus full-time on teaching technology. </p><p>It was a huge leap, and yet again, she was in unfamiliar territory, but she's been able to find success. Hiro has released four intro-level AWS courses for non-engineers on LinkedIn, writes independent articles, and gets paid to write blog posts for small business owners. </p><p>You don't have to be a specialist to find success. Yes, the world needs people who can go all-in on something and produce fantastic work, but it also needs people who can bridge the gaps and solve problems with the breadth of their experiences. </p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/making-a-fulfilling-career-out-of-multiple-interests-with-hiro-nishimura/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Making A Fufilling Career Out Of Multiple Interests With Hiro Nishimura" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources</h3><p><a href="https://awsnewbies.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AWS Newbies</a><br/><a href="https://stripe.com/atlas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stripe Atlas</a></p><h3>Hiro Nishimura</h3><p><a href="https://twitter.com/nishimurahiroko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a><br/><a href="https://blog.24villages.com/hireme/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a><br/><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hirokonishimura/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></p><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><p><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a><br/><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></p>

Making A Fulfilling Career Out Of Multiple Interests With Hiro Nishimura

Marcy Sutton

Marcy Sutton is the Head of Learning at GatsbyJS, but what does that mean? One of Gatsby's core focuses is the community, and a part of that is making the experience with Gatsby as friendly as possible. A large part of making Gatsby friendly is having excellent documentation, so that learning and debugging experiences would be smooth. So the learning experience is smooth but what is Gatsby's potential on the web? Marcy talks about how Gatsby has the potential to make a huge impact. Currently WordPress is powering about a third of the web, that's huge, but it has its issues. WordPress is centered around the authoring experience but the front-end experience is not good. Gatsby is looking more towards the future, it doesn't use a database, it can build out static HTML, it's accessible, and it's also democratizing the experience with a themes ecosystem. This brings up the point that JavaScript is eating the web and it's making it more difficult for folks who've had a different intro to webdev. This is a real challenge and people are having their careers impacted, what can we do to reconcile this? The decisions made by tech teams aren't considering this when the pick the technologies that they use, they're picking tech that's going to deliver a high preformance application, where does HTML and CSS fit into this? Marcy discusses how we can bridge the gap and find ways to include people with different skill sets. Marcy also discusses the inclusive community that she has helped build, NW Tech Women, a small group out of Bellingham WA that hosts social events, but also volunteers and pairs with non-profits to make a community impact. Transcript"Heading Gatsby's Learning Experience and Bridging Gaps - with Marcy Sutton" TranscriptResources:NW Tech Women TwitterBlack Girls CodeGatsbyJSMarcy Sutton:TwitterWebsiteGitHubJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Marcy Sutton is the Head of Learning at GatsbyJS, but what does that mean? One of Gatsby's core focuses is the community, and a part of that is making the experience with Gatsby as friendly as possible. A large part of making Gatsby friendly is having excellent documentation, so that learning and debugging experiences would be smooth. </p><p>So the learning experience is smooth but what is Gatsby's potential on the web? Marcy talks about how Gatsby has the potential to make a huge impact. Currently WordPress is powering about a third of the web, that's huge, but it has its issues. WordPress is centered around the authoring experience but the front-end experience is not good. Gatsby is looking more towards the future, it doesn't use a database, it can build out static HTML, it's accessible, and it's also democratizing the experience with a themes ecosystem. </p><p>This brings up the point that JavaScript is eating the web and it's making it more difficult for folks who've had a different intro to webdev. This is a real challenge and people are having their careers impacted, what can we do to reconcile this? The decisions made by tech teams aren't considering this when the pick the technologies that they use, they're picking tech that's going to deliver a high preformance application, where does HTML and CSS fit into this? Marcy discusses how we can bridge the gap and find ways to include people with different skill sets. </p><p>Marcy also discusses the inclusive community that she has helped build, NW Tech Women, a small group out of Bellingham WA that hosts social events, but also volunteers and pairs with non-profits to make a community impact. </p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/7c3086d2/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Heading Gatsby's Learning Experience and Bridging Gaps - with Marcy Sutton" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/NWTechWomen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NW Tech Women Twitter</a></li><li><a href="http://www.blackgirlscode.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Black Girls Code</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gatsbyjs.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GatsbyJS</a></li></ul><h3>Marcy Sutton:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/marcysutton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://marcysutton.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/marcysutton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Heading Gatsby's Learning Experience and Bridging Gaps with Marcy Sutton

Brian Vaughn

We are joined by Brian Vaughn. Brian is on Facebook's Core React Team. He also contributes to a lot of open source products in the javascript space.While Brian went to college to study Graphic Design, he ended up transitioning into programming. During college, he did a lot of graphic design consulting work, as a way to pay his way through school. Eventually, he agreed to create a website for a client and found that programming was a much better fit.Brian built react-virtualized during his time he spent at Treasure Data. The company is really into open source, and many of his team members had projects out there. When they were writing the console, they used Facebook's fixed data table.However, it did not have the features that they wanted. So Brian volunteered and built what would be the first version of react-virtualized.The exposure he got from sharing react-virtualized with the community is what landed him the job on the React Core Team. A developer's success tends to come from sharing the cool thing they built. Share your work everyone!Brian talks about React's goals with 17. Dan Abramov and Dominique have been working on creating an optimizing compiler for react components. The idea is that the compiler can read your components and optimize them. You will be able to keep writing React components in ways that make sense to you, and it will compile them and optimize at runtime. The team is also working on making functional components more powerful, so you do not have to reach out to class methods. It will be interesting to see what will shake out of their work when using async and the compiler.Transcript"Brian Vaughn, React Core Team" TranscriptResources:react-virtualizedPrepackBrian Vaughn:WebsiteTwitterGithubJohn LindquistTwitteregghead.ioGithubWebsite

<p>We are joined by Brian Vaughn. Brian is on Facebook's Core React Team. He also contributes to a lot of open source products in the javascript space.</p><p>While Brian went to college to study Graphic Design, he ended up transitioning into programming. During college, he did a lot of graphic design consulting work, as a way to pay his way through school. Eventually, he agreed to create a website for a client and found that programming was a much better fit.</p><p>Brian built react-virtualized during his time he spent at Treasure Data. The company is really into open source, and many of his team members had projects out there. When they were writing the console, they used Facebook's fixed data table.<br/>However, it did not have the features that they wanted. So Brian volunteered and built what would be the first version of react-virtualized.</p><p>The exposure he got from sharing react-virtualized with the community is what landed him the job on the React Core Team. A developer's success tends to come from sharing the cool thing they built. Share your work everyone!</p><p>Brian talks about React's goals with 17. Dan Abramov and Dominique have been working on creating an optimizing compiler for react components. The idea is that the compiler can read your components and optimize them. You will be able to keep writing React components in ways that make sense to you, and it will compile them and optimize at runtime. The team is also working on making functional components more powerful, so you do not have to reach out to class methods. It will be interesting to see what will shake out of their work when using async and the compiler.</p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/3f6b7ef0/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Brian Vaughn, React Core Team" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://github.com/bvaughn/react-virtualized" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">react-virtualized</a></li><li><a href="https://prepack.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prepack</a></li></ul><h3>Brian Vaughn:</h3><ul><li><a href="http://www.briandavidvaughn.com/#/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/brian_d_vaughn?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/bvaughn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li></ul><h3>John Lindquist</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/johnlindquist?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://egghead.io/instructors/john-lindquist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">egghead.io</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/johnlindquist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li><li><a href="https://johnlindquist.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Brian Vaughn, React Core Team

Khalal Walker

Khalal's first language was Java, he learned his it in school. He didn't like coding in school because all they did was learn algorithms and data structures. How many people have completely turned away from this amazing career where you get to build cool things like dad jokes in text messages simply because classes get structured around data structures, algorithms, and Java?New coders should take a step back before jumping straight to a Bootcamp. Take time to learn on your own to make sure this is what you want to do or what you want to invest in. You'll still be doing a lot of self-lead learning anyway when attending a Bootcamp.Try to find people who went to the Bootcamp. Don't look on websites like Course Report where almost every Bootcamp is five stars. Get on LinkedIn and find developers who graduated the Bootcamp and talk to them, you'll get honest insights.ISAs are the only option for most people to attend Bootcamps. You have to be coming from a place of privilege to pay the 18-20 thousand dollars upfront. So instead they'll take 20% of your income for two years. You get a job for $100,000, and now, you have an $18,000 Bootcamp that just went up to $50,000. You got $50,000 worth of debt in 13 weeks. That's what people may get after a year or two of college, or three or four depending on where you go.Transcript"Get Comfortable Learning On Your Own With Khalal Walker" TranscriptQuotesJoel:"what sort of habits have you developed or you think are important if you want to break into this field, and do it and kind of in a sustainable way?"Khalal:"You literally just can't give up or quit. And that sounds like the most cliche thing ever. But it's literally so important, because you're going to hit walls. You're going to struggle. I think, the biggest thing with being a developer is just banging your head against your keyboard for eight hours of the day. And the last hour, you just see the light and you just keep finding different ways until something works."Khalal:"So, I take that with learning how to code. In the beginning, you're going to mess up on syntax. You're going to forget a semi-colon. You're going to miss a quote. And some of these things may really, really bother you. But if you keep at it, these things will become second nature. And then, you'll have new struggles. Because when you have new successes, you move on to new problems."Khalal:"And so, as long as you know that in this industry, it's always... Things are going to get easier, but you're always going to be learning something new. You're always going to be learning. You're always going to be growing and you just have to have the willingness to take on that challenge every single day."Khalal WalkerTwitterWebsiteGithubJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Khalal's first language was Java, he learned his it in school. He didn't like coding in school because all they did was learn algorithms and data structures. How many people have completely turned away from this amazing career where you get to build cool things like dad jokes in text messages simply because classes get structured around data structures, algorithms, and Java?</p><p>New coders should take a step back before jumping straight to a Bootcamp. Take time to learn on your own to make sure this is what you want to do or what you want to invest in. You'll still be doing a lot of self-lead learning anyway when attending a Bootcamp.</p><p>Try to find people who went to the Bootcamp. Don't look on websites like Course Report where almost every Bootcamp is five stars. Get on LinkedIn and find developers who graduated the Bootcamp and talk to them, you'll get honest insights.</p><p>ISAs are the only option for most people to attend Bootcamps. You have to be coming from a place of privilege to pay the 18-20 thousand dollars upfront. So instead they'll take 20% of your income for two years. You get a job for $100,000, and now, you have an $18,000 Bootcamp that just went up to $50,000. You got $50,000 worth of debt in 13 weeks. That's what people may get after a year or two of college, or three or four depending on where you go.</p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/get-comfortable-learning-on-your-own-with-khalal-walker/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Get Comfortable Learning On Your Own With Khalal Walker" Transcript</a></p><h3>Quotes</h3><p><strong>Joel:</strong></p><blockquote><p>"what sort of habits have you developed or you think are important if you want to break into this field, and do it and kind of in a sustainable way?"</p></blockquote><p><strong>Khalal:</strong></p><blockquote><p>"You literally just can't give up or quit. And that sounds like the most cliche thing ever. But it's literally so important, because you're going to hit walls. You're going to struggle. I think, the biggest thing with being a developer is just banging your head against your keyboard for eight hours of the day. And the last hour, you just see the light and you just keep finding different ways until something works."</p></blockquote><p><strong>Khalal:</strong></p><blockquote><p>"So, I take that with learning how to code. In the beginning, you're going to mess up on syntax. You're going to forget a semi-colon. You're going to miss a quote. And some of these things may really, really bother you. But if you keep at it, these things will become second nature. And then, you'll have new struggles. Because when you have new successes, you move on to new problems."</p></blockquote><p><strong>Khalal:</strong></p><blockquote><p>"And so, as long as you know that in this industry, it's always... Things are going to get easier, but you're always going to be learning something new. You're always going to be learning. You're always going to be growing and you just have to have the willingness to take on that challenge every single day."</p></blockquote><h3>Khalal Walker</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/khalalw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.khalal.dev/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/khalalw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Get Comfortable Learning On Your Own With Khalal Walker

Ali Spittel

Today we are joined by Ali Spittel, a Software Engineer and Developer Advocate at dev.to, who speaks with us about:The skills she gained from a developer teaching jobHow she kept up on her coding skills without writting production code by doing daily code challengesWhy she began to blog and how she made a habit out of itBlogging on a platform vs having your own websiteUsing visual feedback to teach beginners to codeInvolving herself in the local developer communityTranscript"Developing Yourself While Teaching Others - with Ali Spittel" TranscriptResources:dev.toAli Spittel:TwitterAli on dev.toalispit.telJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Today we are joined by Ali Spittel, a Software Engineer and Developer Advocate at <a href="http://dev.to" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dev.to</a>, who speaks with us about:</p><ul><li>The skills she gained from a developer teaching job</li><li>How she kept up on her coding skills without writting production code by doing daily code challenges</li><li>Why she began to blog and how she made a habit out of it</li><li>Blogging on a platform vs having your own website</li><li>Using visual feedback to teach beginners to code</li><li>Involving herself in the local developer community</li></ul><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/2ed84114/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Developing Yourself While Teaching Others - with Ali Spittel" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://dev.to" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dev.to</a></li></ul><h3>Ali Spittel:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/aspittel?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://dev.to/aspittel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ali on dev.to</a></li><li><a href="https://www.alispit.tel/#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">alispit.tel</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Developing Yourself While Teaching Others with Ali Spittel

Lynne Tye

On this episode, I get the chance to speak with Lynne Tye, the creator of Key Values, a place for Software Developers to find a company that fits their values beyond just what tech stack they use or salary they provide.Lynn has had a diverse career and only started coding in 2015. Once she cut her teeth freelancing, she realized it was hard to find the right company to work with. When job listings and recruiters proved unhelpful, the idea for Key Values was born.Tune in to hear us talk about finding the right company culture, work/life balance and why it doesn't mean the same thing to everyone, and the value of hands-on involvement.Transcript"Lynne Tye, founder of keyvalues.com" TranscriptTopics:Weighing the importance of your timeWhat does work/life balance mean to youWhat it takes to launch your projectWhy loving what you do is so importantTaking investment moneyAmbition and expectations with yourselfLynne’s previous career path vs. her current oneFiguring out what works for you in your educationStarting a business when you just started to programResources:Key ValuesIndie HackersApprenticeship PatternsHackers and PaintersfreeCodeCampNathan Barry - Authority30x500Lynne TyePersonal TwitterKey Values TwitterJoel Hooks:TwitterWebsite

<p>On this episode, I get the chance to speak with Lynne Tye, the creator of Key Values, a place for Software Developers to find a company that fits their values beyond just what tech stack they use or salary they provide.</p><p>Lynn has had a diverse career and only started coding in 2015. Once she cut her teeth freelancing, she realized it was hard to find the right company to work with. When job listings and recruiters proved unhelpful, the idea for Key Values was born.</p><p>Tune in to hear us talk about finding the right company culture, work/life balance and why it doesn't mean the same thing to everyone, and the value of hands-on involvement.</p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/a8c84eea/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Lynne Tye, founder of keyvalues.com" Transcript</a></p><h3>Topics:</h3><ul><li>Weighing the importance of your time</li><li>What does work/life balance mean to you</li><li>What it takes to launch your project</li><li>Why loving what you do is so important</li><li>Taking investment money</li><li>Ambition and expectations with yourself</li><li>Lynne’s previous career path vs. her current one</li><li>Figuring out what works for you in your education</li><li>Starting a business when you just started to program</li></ul><h3>Resources:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.keyvalues.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Key Values</a></li><li><a href="https://www.indiehackers.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indie Hackers</a></li><li><a href="http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596518387.do" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apprenticeship Patterns</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Painters-Big-Ideas-Computer-ebook/dp/B0026OR2NQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hackers and Painters</a></li><li><a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">freeCodeCamp</a></li><li><a href="http://nathanbarry.com/authority/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nathan Barry - Authority</a></li><li><a href="https://30x500.com/academy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">30x500</a></li></ul><h3>Lynne Tye</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/lynnetye" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personal Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/keyvaluesio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Key Values Twitter</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Lynne Tye, founder of keyvalues.com

Jason Lengstorf

What do we do when all of our needs are met when we are making seventy-five thousand plus a year, working for a company with some prestige, have a home, and don't have to worry about food. Jason Lengstorf wrestled with this after the company he was contracting with didn't have anything for him to do, but kept him around. New goals have to be set, and growth still has to happen.Jason discovered that what he wanted was to help other people grow in their personal and professional lives. To help other people you have to have a set of skills beyond your technical skills, typically these skills would be called "soft skills," but they are often just as important as technical skills, Jason prefers to call these skills "meta" or "catalytic" skills. These are the skills used in planning, bringing people together, decision making, all of these being essential in our careers.You don't just use these kinds of skills in a software project; they are also the tools that are used to build communities of people. Jason explains how the trick to bringing a group of people together with something is to make everyone feel invested in what they are a part of, and like they belong.Transcript"Figuring Out What's Next after Your Needs are Met - with Jason Lengstorf" TranscriptResources:GatsbyJSJason LengstorfTwitterlengstorf.comGithubJoel Hooks:TwitterWebsite

<p>What do we do when all of our needs are met when we are making seventy-five thousand plus a year, working for a company with some prestige, have a home, and don't have to worry about food. Jason Lengstorf wrestled with this after the company he was contracting with didn't have anything for him to do, but kept him around. New goals have to be set, and growth still has to happen.</p><p>Jason discovered that what he wanted was to help other people grow in their personal and professional lives. To help other people you have to have a set of skills beyond your technical skills, typically these skills would be called "soft skills," but they are often just as important as technical skills, Jason prefers to call these skills "meta" or "catalytic" skills. These are the skills used in planning, bringing people together, decision making, all of these being essential in our careers.</p><p>You don't just use these kinds of skills in a software project; they are also the tools that are used to build communities of people. Jason explains how the trick to bringing a group of people together with something is to make everyone feel invested in what they are a part of, and like they belong.</p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/figuring-out-what-s-next-after-your-nee/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Figuring Out What's Next after Your Needs are Met - with Jason Lengstorf" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.gatsbyjs.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GatsbyJS</a></li></ul><h3>Jason Lengstorf</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jlengstorf?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://lengstorf.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lengstorf.com</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/jlengstorf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Figuring Out What's Next after Your Needs are Met with Jason Lengstorf

Maggie Appleton

There's a kind of "black box" mystery that surrounds illustrators and programmers, to someone who isn't one their skills seem like a form of magic, but to someone who is these skills are just the tools that they've been learning to use through time and hard work. Maggie is the course logo illustrator at egghead.io, and she has the challenge of turning the concepts being taught in the course into something more visually concrete. The challenge isn't necessarily the drawing, but the research that is needed to understand a topic to the point of being able to create an accurate metaphor that people who don't know what is being taught can grasp. Maggie discusses her process in research and creative thinking to get to that point.The beginner's mindset is critical to Maggie for creating these illustrations. When someone becomes an expert in something, they tend to overlook things that have become muscle memory to them that make beginners struggle. You don't have to be an expert to teach something to someone! The problems that you ran into when learning a topic and the things that helped you wrap your head around it are still fresh in your mind and can be extremely valuable for other beginners and even those with experience. Maggie started a site called illustrated.dev to bring visual learning perspective of web development and internet concepts. There is a lot of content out there that teaches with language, but for many people, that style of learning makes it difficult for things to click. Never be afraid to teach things that are already being taught, often it is the way that you teach that matters most. Transcript"Turning Technical Concepts into Approachable Illustrated Metaphors - with Maggie Appleton" TranscriptResources:SchoolismNew Masters AcademyIllustrated.devDesign SynecticsArt SyneticsAddiction by DesignMaggie Appleton:Twittermaggieappleton.comJoel Hooks:TwitterWebsite

<p>There's a kind of "black box" mystery that surrounds illustrators and programmers, to someone who isn't one their skills seem like a form of magic, but to someone who is these skills are just the tools that they've been learning to use through time and hard work. </p><p>Maggie is the course logo illustrator at <a href="http://egghead.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">egghead.io</a>, and she has the challenge of turning the concepts being taught in the course into something more visually concrete. The challenge isn't necessarily the drawing, but the research that is needed to understand a topic to the point of being able to create an accurate metaphor that people who don't know what is being taught can grasp. Maggie discusses her process in research and creative thinking to get to that point.</p><p>The beginner's mindset is critical to Maggie for creating these illustrations. When someone becomes an expert in something, they tend to overlook things that have become muscle memory to them that make beginners struggle. You don't have to be an expert to teach something to someone! The problems that you ran into when learning a topic and the things that helped you wrap your head around it are still fresh in your mind and can be extremely valuable for other beginners and even those with experience. </p><p>Maggie started a site called illustrated.dev to bring visual learning perspective of web development and internet concepts. There is a lot of content out there that teaches with language, but for many people, that style of learning makes it difficult for things to click. Never be afraid to teach things that are already being taught, often it is the way that you teach that matters most. </p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/e855d7bc/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Turning Technical Concepts into Approachable Illustrated Metaphors - with Maggie Appleton" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.schoolism.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Schoolism</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nma.art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Masters Academy</a></li><li><a href="https://illustrated.dev/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Illustrated.dev</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Design-Synectics-Stimulating-Creativity/dp/0871921987" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Design Synectics</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Art-Synectics-Stimulating-Creativity/dp/0871921510/ref=pd_sim_14_1/147-9062490-5704104?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=0871921510&amp;pd_rd_r=5593d07f-6d37-11e9-9f57-c98fbdd56605&amp;pd_rd_w=bz0Nf&amp;pd_rd_wg=BdRmc&amp;pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&amp;pf_rd_r=Y8M5NA27Z5PJKT9EE9F2&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=Y8M5NA27Z5PJKT9EE9F2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art Synetics</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Addiction-Design-Machine-Gambling-Vegas/dp/0691160880" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Addiction by Design</a></li></ul><h3>Maggie Appleton:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/Mappletons?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="http://maggieappleton.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">maggieappleton.com</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Turning Technical Concepts into Approachable Illustrated Metaphors with Maggie Appleton

Justin Samuels

How many of us still almost exclusively use console.log() when trying to debug something? It's okay, plenty of us do it that way, but you could be saving yourself a lot of pain and suffering by using the debugger and stepping through the execution. There are several advantages to using a debugger, you get a tighter feedback loop, a lot more information, and it allows you to go into places you wouldn't have even thought about. Now debugging can take you far, but there are times when we need another human to help us. Asking questions is anxiety-inducing, "what if this is something I should already know?" "am I being annoying?" "am I interrupting them from doing something important?" The key is to remember that there is no such thing as a dumb question, but there are questions that haven't been thoroughly vetted. Stack overflow has an excellent wiki on asking good questions. Learn how to form good questions, and everything will end up being okay! Justin is doing good work in bringing awareness to Atlanta's rich culture and advocating for people who are under-represented in technology. Be sure to check out the Render(ATL) conference upcoming in May 2020. Transcript "Learn To Debug Properly And Ask Better Questions With Justin Samuels" Transcript Quotes  "It's a good combo though. Computers, business, and teaching people, and passing on information. I think it's a trifecta, right? It's a killer combo."   "But I loved React, because I already knew JavaScript. So it was like, 'Hey, here's some tools that you could just wrap around your JavaScript and you could make things better.'"   "I feel like when you use the debugger, that invokes a curiosity. It allows you to go into places that you wouldn't have even thought about. It also gives you a sneak peek of what's going on underneath the hood."   "So you'll always have three lanes, I call it. You either know what you do know, or you know what you don't know, or you don't know what you don't know. And I'm like, 'Okay, I could get past the first two.' But the last category of you don't really know what you don't know is scary all the time."   "You have to learn how to formulate a question that engineers are going to be able to be like, 'Oh, here's your problem.'"  Resources  The Power of Habit Atomic Habits Render(ATL) Stack Overflow: How do I ask a good question?  Justin Samuels  Twitter Dev.to LinkedIn Stack Overflow  Joel Hooks  Twitter Website

<p>How many of us still almost exclusively use <code>console.log()</code> when trying to debug something? It's okay, plenty of us do it that way, but you could be saving yourself a lot of pain and suffering by using the debugger and stepping through the execution.</p> <p>There are several advantages to using a debugger, you get a tighter feedback loop, a lot more information, and it allows you to go into places you wouldn't have even thought about.</p> <p>Now debugging can take you far, but there are times when we need another human to help us. Asking questions is anxiety-inducing, "what if this is something I should already know?" "am I being annoying?" "am I interrupting them from doing something important?"</p> <p>The key is to remember that there is no such thing as a dumb question, but there are questions that haven't been thoroughly vetted. Stack overflow has an <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">excellent wiki</a> on asking good questions. Learn how to form good questions, and everything will end up being okay!</p> <p>Justin is doing good work in bringing awareness to Atlanta's rich culture and advocating for people who are under-represented in technology. Be sure to check out the <a href="https://www.renderatl.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Render(ATL)</a> conference upcoming in May 2020.</p> <h3>Transcript</h3> <p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/learn-to-debug-properly-and-ask-better-questions-with-justin-samuels/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Learn To Debug Properly And Ask Better Questions With Justin Samuels" Transcript</a></p> <h3>Quotes</h3> <blockquote> <p>"It's a good combo though. Computers, business, and teaching people, and passing on information. I think it's a trifecta, right? It's a killer combo."</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>"But I loved React, because I already knew JavaScript. So it was like, 'Hey, here's some tools that you could just wrap around your JavaScript and you could make things better.'"</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>"I feel like when you use the debugger, that invokes a curiosity. It allows you to go into places that you wouldn't have even thought about. It also gives you a sneak peek of what's going on underneath the hood."</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>"So you'll always have three lanes, I call it. You either know what you do know, or you know what you don't know, or you don't know what you don't know. And I'm like, 'Okay, I could get past the first two.' But the last category of you don't really know what you don't know is scary all the time."</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>"You have to learn how to formulate a question that engineers are going to be able to be like, 'Oh, here's your problem.'"</p> </blockquote> <h3>Resources</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Power-Habit-What-Life-Business/dp/081298160X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Power of Habit</a></li> <li><a href="https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Atomic Habits</a></li> <li><a href="https://t.co/KJGSTBeqVM?amp=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Render(ATL)</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stack Overflow: How do I ask a good question?</a></li> </ul> <h3>Justin Samuels</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/ThugDebugger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://dev.to/thugdebugger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dev.to</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinsamuels/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/4110635/justin-e-samuels" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stack Overflow</a></li> </ul> <h3>Joel Hooks</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Learn To Debug Properly And Ask Better Questions With Justin Samuels

Henry Zhu

Henry Zhu is currently a steward for Babel, and today he'll be discussing the management and lifestyle side of working on an open source project full-time.The financial side to open source is interesting. Henry talks about where he gets his money and how he can be financially independent while still working on open source full time. Most of the money comes from donations through Open Collective and Patreon. A lot of the donations come from users, but corporations do donate as well. Henry also discusses the stability of it, and how the NPR model of asking for donations can lead to uncertainty about the next month.Henry says he's enjoying the management and marketing side of being a steward about as much as he enjoys coding. It's a side that people don't often think about with open source. This side of it includes a lot of marketing and interacting with the greater community, as well as the other maintainers and contributors to babel.How does Henry handle all this responsibility when there is no one above him telling him when to take a break, or when to go on vacation? Henry and Joel talk about having a positive "selfishness", and taking care of yourself so that the project can prosper. If you want to be doing it for years you have to make sure that you don't burn out.Transcript"Henry Zhu, Maintainer of Babel" TranscriptResources:BabelThe Power of HabitYou Are What You LoveTiny HabitsKai DavisHenry Zhu:TwitterWebsiteGithubPatreonOpen CollectiveJoel Hooks:TwitterWebsite

<p>Henry Zhu is currently a steward for Babel, and today he'll be discussing the management and lifestyle side of working on an open source project full-time.</p><p>The financial side to open source is interesting. Henry talks about where he gets his money and how he can be financially independent while still working on open source full time. Most of the money comes from donations through Open Collective and Patreon. A lot of the donations come from users, but corporations do donate as well. Henry also discusses the stability of it, and how the NPR model of asking for donations can lead to uncertainty about the next month.</p><p>Henry says he's enjoying the management and marketing side of being a steward about as much as he enjoys coding. It's a side that people don't often think about with open source. This side of it includes a lot of marketing and interacting with the greater community, as well as the other maintainers and contributors to babel.</p><p>How does Henry handle all this responsibility when there is no one above him telling him when to take a break, or when to go on vacation? Henry and Joel talk about having a positive "selfishness", and taking care of yourself so that the project can prosper. If you want to be doing it for years you have to make sure that you don't burn out.</p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/henry-zhu/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Henry Zhu, Maintainer of Babel" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://babeljs.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Babel</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Power-Habit-What-Life-Business/dp/081298160X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Power of Habit</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-What-Love-Spiritual/dp/158743380X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You Are What You Love</a></li><li><a href="https://www.tinyhabits.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tiny Habits</a></li><li><a href="https://kaidavis.com/articles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kai Davis</a></li></ul><h3>Henry Zhu:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/left_pad?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.henryzoo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/hzoo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/henryzhu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a></li><li><a href="https://opencollective.com/babel#" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Open Collective</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Henry Zhu, Maintainer of Babel

Tracy Lee

Making technical decisions for your business when you don't have experience as a developer is difficult. It's scary to make decisions that you don't know the consequences of.Tracy got into development when at one point she had the freetime to take an HTML, CSS, JavaScript course online. Becoming a developer taught Tracy the importance of grouping her meetings so she could have uninterrupted blocks of time to get work done. Before, she didn't realize the impact that breaking people's flow had.A lot of people are trying to become developers. One of the more common routes now is attending a bootcamp. But be careful, not all bootcamps are equal. Graduates from some bootcamps struggle a lot harder in the hiring process than others. Make sure that you do your research and talk to people who graduated from the program.Transcript"Out With The 10x Developer And In With The 10x Mentor With Tracy Lee" TranscriptQuotes"I feel like if you're not technical, it's almost like you're scared to make the decision"". . . I group together all my meetings, because I used to be like, 'Oh, co-founder, you're not in a meeting. Oh, he's probably bored. Oh, he's not involved.' Like, my god, I was just killing his productivity the entire time.""You should be really promoting the idea of a 10x mentor. So, helping everybody within an organization, within a development organization, should be helping facilitate each other to be successful.""But unless you keep doing the same thing, the thing over and over and over again, and getting really good at it, then you're never going to actually grow"". . . do your research and find people that have gone to the bootcamp, and ask them directly what their experience was"ResourcesThinking in Systems: A PrimerThe Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy AnswersTracy LeeTwitterGithubWebsiteJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Making technical decisions for your business when you don't have experience as a developer is difficult. It's scary to make decisions that you don't know the consequences of.</p><p>Tracy got into development when at one point she had the freetime to take an HTML, CSS, JavaScript course online. Becoming a developer taught Tracy the importance of grouping her meetings so she could have uninterrupted blocks of time to get work done. Before, she didn't realize the impact that breaking people's flow had.</p><p>A lot of people are trying to become developers. One of the more common routes now is attending a bootcamp. But be careful, not all bootcamps are equal. Graduates from some bootcamps struggle a lot harder in the hiring process than others. Make sure that you do your research and talk to people who graduated from the program.</p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/out-with-the-10x-developer-and-in-with-the-10x-mentor-with-tracy-lee/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Out With The 10x Developer And In With The 10x Mentor With Tracy Lee" Transcript</a></p><h3>Quotes</h3><blockquote><p>"I feel like if you're not technical, it's almost like you're scared to make the decision"</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>". . . I group together all my meetings, because I used to be like, 'Oh, co-founder, you're not in a meeting. Oh, he's probably bored. Oh, he's not involved.' Like, my god, I was just killing his productivity the entire time."</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>"You should be really promoting the idea of a 10x mentor. So, helping everybody within an organization, within a development organization, should be helping facilitate each other to be successful."</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>"But unless you keep doing the same thing, the thing over and over and over again, and getting really good at it, then you're never going to actually grow"</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>". . . do your research and find people that have gone to the bootcamp, and ask them directly what their experience was"</p></blockquote><h3>Resources</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows-ebook/dp/B005VSRFEA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thinking in Systems: A Primer</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building-ebook/dp/B00DQ845EA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers</a></li></ul><h3>Tracy Lee</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/ladyleet?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/ladyleet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li><li><a href="https://www.thisdot.co/labs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Out With The 10x Developer And In With The 10x Mentor With Tracy Lee

Angie Jones

Today Angie Jones, a master inventor and automated testing engineer, speaks with us about what a master inventor is and what it took to receive that title, what testing automation is, having parallel between testers and developers, what developers can be doing to build more testable apps, and finally how modern web development has complicated automated testing.Angie talks about some common problems when it comes to testing. The test team is often separate from the developer team, and it leads to communication problems. Testers should be working in parallel with the dev team to ensure that from the get-go they are writing a testable app!Another common problem is that 100% test coverage gets pushed. However, that's the wrong idea. Automated testing is expensive to implement, so Angie talks about how she figures out what'll give the most "bang for your buck" when deciding what tests get automated.Apps aren't as simple as they used to be, and thicker client-side UIs have made it much harder to implement automated tests. Automated Engineer is a fully fledged development position requiring skill across platforms, which is why Angie says that developers shouldn't be leading automated testing. There is a lot that automated testers have to do and separate skills that they need to develop. There's only so much a person can keep up on at once.Transcript"Incorporating Testers with Every Development Phase with Angie Jones" TranscriptResources:Level up: playing the automation gameBartle taxonomy of player typesWhy Developers Should Not Lead Your Automation EffortsWhich Tests Should We AutomateAngie Jones:TwitterGithubWebsiteYouTubeJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>Today Angie Jones, a master inventor and automated testing engineer, speaks with us about what a master inventor is and what it took to receive that title, what testing automation is, having parallel between testers and developers, what developers can be doing to build more testable apps, and finally how modern web development has complicated automated testing.</p><p>Angie talks about some common problems when it comes to testing. The test team is often separate from the developer team, and it leads to communication problems. Testers should be working in parallel with the dev team to ensure that from the get-go they are writing a testable app!</p><p>Another common problem is that 100% test coverage gets pushed. However, that's the wrong idea. Automated testing is expensive to implement, so Angie talks about how she figures out what'll give the most "bang for your buck" when deciding what tests get automated.</p><p>Apps aren't as simple as they used to be, and thicker client-side UIs have made it much harder to implement automated tests. Automated Engineer is a fully fledged development position requiring skill across platforms, which is why Angie says that developers shouldn't be leading automated testing. There is a lot that automated testers have to do and separate skills that they need to develop. There's only so much a person can keep up on at once.</p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/9109e509/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Incorporating Testers with Every Development Phase with Angie Jones" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYrC3lLlwTM&amp;t=0s&amp;list=PLH36PGKycBeLQk4KAshSjYOSlOqHlvs9u&amp;index=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level up: playing the automation game</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartle_taxonomy_of_player_types" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bartle taxonomy of player types</a></li><li><a href="http://angiejones.tech/why-developers-should-not-lead-your-automation-efforts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why Developers Should Not Lead Your Automation Efforts</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL-_pnICmGY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Which Tests Should We Automate</a></li></ul><h3>Angie Jones:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/techgirl1908" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/angiejones" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li><li><a href="http://angiejones.tech/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH36PGKycBeLQk4KAshSjYOSlOqHlvs9u" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Incorporating Testers with Every Development Phase with Angie Jones

Nick DeJesus

T7 Chicken was where it all began with Nick's journey into development. Nick had no development experience. Still, he wasn't satisfied with the websites and apps available for Tekken framerate data, so he took it upon himself to learn Android development to create his mobile app. Nick had the support of the Tekken community and received programming help from people online. Projects like these are so crucial for rapidly growing as a developer, and you won't get the same experience at work. It's making something you need for your community. It's also a place where you are free to experiment with new technologies. Most of us wouldn't be where we are today in our careers without the help of the online programming community. Nick gives back through his work as a mentor at the Resilient Coders bootcamp. Resilient Coders is different from most bootcamps. They pay their students to learn to code! They are a non-profit and rely on donations from generous individuals and companies to operate. Paying their students allows them to be truly inclusive by providing an opportunity for people who don't have the privilege of being able to survive without some form of income. Transcript"Why do you do it? With Nick DeJesus" TranscriptResourcesResilient CodersT7 Chicken TwitteriOS: T7 ChickenAndroid: T7 ChickenApprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software CraftsmanNick DeJesusTwitterWebsiteJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>T7 Chicken was where it all began with Nick's journey into development. Nick had no development experience. Still, he wasn't satisfied with the websites and apps available for Tekken framerate data, so he took it upon himself to learn Android development to create his mobile app. </p><p>Nick had the support of the Tekken community and received programming help from people online. Projects like these are so crucial for rapidly growing as a developer, and you won't get the same experience at work. It's making something you need for your community. It's also a place where you are free to experiment with new technologies. </p><p>Most of us wouldn't be where we are today in our careers without the help of the online programming community. Nick gives back through his work as a mentor at the Resilient Coders bootcamp. </p><p>Resilient Coders is different from most bootcamps. They pay their students to learn to code! They are a non-profit and rely on donations from generous individuals and companies to operate. Paying their students allows them to be truly inclusive by providing an opportunity for people who don't have the privilege of being able to survive without some form of income. </p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/why-do-you-do-it-with-nick-dejesus/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Why do you do it? With Nick DeJesus" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.resilientcoders.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Resilient Coders</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/t7chicken" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">T7 Chicken Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/t7-chicken-plus/id1443049601" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iOS: T7 Chicken</a></li><li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.t7chickenplus&amp;hl=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Android: T7 Chicken</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Apprenticeship-Patterns-Guidance-Aspiring-Craftsman/dp/0596518382/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=apprenticeship+patterns&amp;qid=1576015744&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman</a></li></ul><h3>Nick DeJesus</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/Dayhaysoos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nickdejes.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Turn a side project into a career with Nick DeJesus

Stacey Mulcahy

JavaScript fatigue is a topic that has been trending for a while now. It's easy to get overwhelmed with the constant influx of new technology, but it's also thrilling to learn the latest cool new thing! Stacey Mulcahy discusses how she embraces this deluge of technology by being a generalist, allowing her to make connections with more people than she would have if she specialized in one thing.Stacy is a Maker, a kind of tech-based DIYer and inventor. Creativity is, of course, important for the DIY hacker, but it's essential for everyone else too. Creativity is creative problem solving, and it's something that you can train. If you aren't "working your creativity muscle," your creative skills are going to degrade. Try to push the envelope and find outlets where you can apply your creative skills!Like a lot of people in the tech world, Joel has a box of Arduino stuff that is gathering dust somewhere. How do you get past that initial "hello world" LED blink project? Stacey recommends to immerse yourself, see what other makers are doing and find inspiration from them. Try to find something that you enjoy and find fun and see if you can do it with an Arduino. Lastly, Stacey tells us her story of what caused her to begin teaching children technology, and how she got to where she is now. It's rewarding to celebrate people's successes and provide them with a space where they can fail safely. If there isn't a community meetup for something you enjoy in your area you have the complete ability to start one yourself and be the organizer. There are multiple platforms that help organize events. The key for your community to grow is to be consistent with it. Transcript"Being Curious and Facilitating the Success of Others - with Stacey Mulcahy" TranscriptStacy Mulcahy:Twitterthebitchwhocodes.comJoel HooksTwitterWebsite

<p>JavaScript fatigue is a topic that has been trending for a while now. It's easy to get overwhelmed with the constant influx of new technology, but it's also thrilling to learn the latest cool new thing! Stacey Mulcahy discusses how she embraces this deluge of technology by being a generalist, allowing her to make connections with more people than she would have if she specialized in one thing.</p><p>Stacy is a Maker, a kind of tech-based DIYer and inventor. Creativity is, of course, important for the DIY hacker, but it's essential for everyone else too. Creativity is creative problem solving, and it's something that you can train. If you aren't "working your creativity muscle," your creative skills are going to degrade. Try to push the envelope and find outlets where you can apply your creative skills!</p><p>Like a lot of people in the tech world, Joel has a box of Arduino stuff that is gathering dust somewhere. How do you get past that initial "hello world" LED blink project? Stacey recommends to immerse yourself, see what other makers are doing and find inspiration from them. Try to find something that you enjoy and find fun and see if you can do it with an Arduino. </p><p>Lastly, Stacey tells us her story of what caused her to begin teaching children technology, and how she got to where she is now. It's rewarding to celebrate people's successes and provide them with a space where they can fail safely. If there isn't a community meetup for something you enjoy in your area you have the complete ability to start one yourself and be the organizer. There are multiple platforms that help organize events. The key for your community to grow is to be consistent with it. </p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/49266475/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Being Curious and Facilitating the Success of Others - with Stacey Mulcahy" Transcript</a></p><h3>Stacy Mulcahy:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/bitchwhocodes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="http://thebitchwhocodes.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thebitchwhocodes.com</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Being Curious and Facilitating the Success of Others with Stacey Mulcahy

Today our guests and host talk about what pushed them to start living healthier lifestyles and what they are doing to maintain it. Leonard was 280 pounds when he was 23 at his heaviest, Taylor was 19 and 287 pounds, and John was 320 pounds.Leonard made a change due to having health issues with his heart, he got on P90x and after a year of it moved on to much better things, this got him to a muscular 190. John began because he failed a breathing test and only had 50% lung capacity, he got it into his head that he was a healthy person now and started using the elliptical and not eating junk food. Taylor was turning 20 as a milestone and decided to make a change by kicking soda, going vegetarian, riding his bike, and walking around more. His goal was never to get a six pack but just to live a healthier life.It has been five years since Leonard's initial push to get fit. He says that the most significant thing has been finding a sustainable diet and exercise program that he can do for the rest of his life, well into his 80s. P90x is not sustainable, he followed it precisely for six months, but he was physically burning out and felt terrible.Reading a book called the Primal Blueprint changed everything for Leonard. It teaches that manipulating your body composition is all about finding that balance of macronutrients and lifting heavy things while getting plenty of rest. Since he hated gyms and alpha attitudes, Leonard purchased a barbel, a squat cage, and some weights allowing him to take his body to the next level lifting heavy things three days a week. He blew through his weight stalls, cut down to sub 10% bodyfat, and developed significant musculature! Being a remote developer was the ideal environment for achieving these things due to the flexible schedule and ease of access to his home gym.Finally, things are wrapped up with Leonard explaining how having a healthy body and exercising have given him mental health benefits. The depression and anxiety he used to struggle with have been helped by the changes he has made. Taylor leaves us with the advice to do this for yourself, not for anyone else, and to take your time and not get into a big hurry with it. It takes time.Transcript"Health and Wellness for Developers" TranscriptResources:The Primal BlueprintLeangainsThe 7 Minute WorkoutThe 4 Hour BodyTaylor Bell:TwitterGithubLeonard Souza:WebsiteTwitterGithubJohn LindquistTwitteregghead.ioGithubWebsite

<p>Today our guests and host talk about what pushed them to start living healthier lifestyles and what they are doing to maintain it. Leonard was 280 pounds when he was 23 at his heaviest, Taylor was 19 and 287 pounds, and John was 320 pounds.</p><p>Leonard made a change due to having health issues with his heart, he got on P90x and after a year of it moved on to much better things, this got him to a muscular 190. John began because he failed a breathing test and only had 50% lung capacity, he got it into his head that he was a healthy person now and started using the elliptical and not eating junk food. Taylor was turning 20 as a milestone and decided to make a change by kicking soda, going vegetarian, riding his bike, and walking around more. His goal was never to get a six pack but just to live a healthier life.</p><p>It has been five years since Leonard's initial push to get fit. He says that the most significant thing has been finding a sustainable diet and exercise program that he can do for the rest of his life, well into his 80s. P90x is not sustainable, he followed it precisely for six months, but he was physically burning out and felt terrible.</p><p>Reading a book called the Primal Blueprint changed everything for Leonard. It teaches that manipulating your body composition is all about finding that balance of macronutrients and lifting heavy things while getting plenty of rest. Since he hated gyms and alpha attitudes, Leonard purchased a barbel, a squat cage, and some weights allowing him to take his body to the next level lifting heavy things three days a week. He blew through his weight stalls, cut down to sub 10% bodyfat, and developed significant musculature! Being a remote developer was the ideal environment for achieving these things due to the flexible schedule and ease of access to his home gym.</p><p>Finally, things are wrapped up with Leonard explaining how having a healthy body and exercising have given him mental health benefits. The depression and anxiety he used to struggle with have been helped by the changes he has made. Taylor leaves us with the advice to do this for yourself, not for anyone else, and to take your time and not get into a big hurry with it. It takes time.</p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/the-health-episode/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Health and Wellness for Developers" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Primal-Blueprint-Reprogram-effortless-boundless/dp/0982207786" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Primal Blueprint</a></li><li><a href="https://leangains.com/the-leangains-guide/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leangains</a></li><li><a href="https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-minute-workout/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The 7 Minute Workout</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Body-Uncommon-Incredible-Superhuman-ebook/dp/B003EI2EH2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The 4 Hour Body</a></li></ul><h3>Taylor Bell:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/taylorbell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/tayiorbeii/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li></ul><h3>Leonard Souza:</h3><ul><li><a href="http://leonardsouza.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jslauthor?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/jslauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li></ul><h3>John Lindquist</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/johnlindquist?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://egghead.io/instructors/john-lindquist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">egghead.io</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/johnlindquist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li><li><a href="https://johnlindquist.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Health and Wellness for Developers

Eve Porcello

Today we are joined by Eve Porcello, who teaches Javascript, React, and GraphQL with Moon Highway. She is also the author of the books Learning React and Learning GraphQL.Eve explains her process in preparing her conference presentations and how she uses techniques she learned in her theatre and improv background to really bring something professional and engaging to the stage.Why is GraphQL blowing up recently? Eve says she believes it's because people realize that are a lot of clients that need data and they only need to load the smallest amount of data that's necessary.Everyone always says to have a project app to learn something new but what do you even build if you have "no good ideas"? Eve talks about what makes a good learning project. Keep the scope really small. Some variant of a to-do app is a great project.Finally, Eve talks about her work with the High Fives Foundation. High Fives works with injured extreme sports athletes to help them pay for the high health care costs of an injury.Transcript"Eve Porcello on GraphQL" TranscriptResources:Moon HighwayEve Porcello - Everything You Need to Know About GraphQL in 3 ComponentsLearning GraphQLGatsbyHigh Fives FoundationEve Porcello:GithubTwitterMediumO'ReillyJoel Hooks:TwitterWebsite

<p>Today we are joined by Eve Porcello, who teaches Javascript, React, and GraphQL with Moon Highway. She is also the author of the books Learning React and Learning GraphQL.</p><p>Eve explains her process in preparing her conference presentations and how she uses techniques she learned in her theatre and improv background to really bring something professional and engaging to the stage.</p><p>Why is GraphQL blowing up recently? Eve says she believes it's because people realize that are a lot of clients that need data and they only need to load the smallest amount of data that's necessary.</p><p>Everyone always says to have a project app to learn something new but what do you even build if you have "no good ideas"? Eve talks about what makes a good learning project. Keep the scope really small. Some variant of a to-do app is a great project.</p><p>Finally, Eve talks about her work with the High Fives Foundation. High Fives works with injured extreme sports athletes to help them pay for the high health care costs of an injury.</p><h3>Transcript</h3><p><a href="https://egghead.simplecast.com/episodes/a3df6162/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Eve Porcello on GraphQL" Transcript</a></p><h3>Resources:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.moonhighway.com/contact" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Moon Highway</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_M8v6MK0Sc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eve Porcello - Everything You Need to Know About GraphQL in 3 Components</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/_/dp/1492030716?tag=oreilly20-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learning GraphQL</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gatsbyjs.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gatsby</a></li><li><a href="https://highfivesfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">High Fives Foundation</a></li></ul><h3>Eve Porcello:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://github.com/eveporcello" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/eveporcello" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/@eveporcello" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Medium</a></li><li><a href="https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/6914" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">O'Reilly</a></li></ul><h3>Joel Hooks:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jhooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://joelhooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Eve Porcello on GraphQL

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