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Episode #56: Evan Light

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In this episode, Evan Light, a freelance software developer and mentor, talks about working with an apprentice, remote mentoring, and the power of reflection and education through suffering.

Show Notes:

Evan Light (twitter / blog / Ruby DCamp / Triple Dog Dare)

 00:52 – Evan Light Introduction

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  • Freelance Software Developer
  • Developer Mentor

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    01:03 – History with remote work

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    • Wifeâ€s health
    • Frustration Driven Development: Evanâ€s WindyCityRails Talk 2012
    • Former government contractor

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      02:36 – Adjusting to working from home

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      • Allowed him to focus more
      • Easy at first, but harder the longer he has been doing it
      • Needy cats

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        06:28 – Day to day work process

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        • Maintain 2 clients at a time
        • Remote pairing

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          07:32 – Pairing with clients
          08:20 – Working with an apprentice

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          • Working in person
          • Pairing locally

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            10:07 – Remote mentoring

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            • Startups whose code is a mess
            • People who want to learn techniques or learn from a problem

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              12:40 – Pomodoroing
              13:54 – Working with larger distributed teams

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              • The people who perform well arenâ€t the people you expect to perform well and vice versa
              • Work ethic tends to be different in the office than for people who work at home

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                17:09 – Regular Agile Retrospectives

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                • Defining iteration length
                • Describing what things went well and what made people happy and what didnâ€t work well and made people unhappy

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                  20:54 – Reflection

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                  • Education through suffering
                  • Frustration Driven Development
                  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective people by Stephen R. Covey

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                    28:00 – Do what you love and share it with other people and it pays you back

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                    • The Passionate Programmer by Chad Fowler
                    • Linchpin by Seth Godin
                    • RubyFreelancers Podcast

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