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Episode 57: Who's This Guy ft. Alex Riviere

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Key Points From This Episode:

  • An introduction to Alex, the brand-new panel member.
  • Why traditional education did not suit Alex, and his introduction to programming.
  • Alex’s 15-year stint in the theater space and what led him back to development.
  • The moment that Alex started to think of himself as a developer.
  • How reframing his resume made people in the development world take notice of Alex.
  • Learnings that Alex had in his first job as purely a developer, and his first experience with Vue.
  • Alex’s childhood dreams, and what he discovered later on in life that he really wanted to do.
  • How Alex became the organizer of two Vue meetups in the space of one month.
  • Benefits of web development, compared to more traditional programming jobs.
  • A major difference between theater and other art forms and how this links to the programming world.
  • “Debugging” in the world of theater.
  • The value in reading other peoples’ code.
  • Picks of the week from the whole cast; reaction videos, video games and series included.

    • Tweetables:

    • “In a week, I'm having to cram enough information to understand how to write JavaScript to make these things. The interesting feedback I got in that interview was, ‘Well, you're doing things, but with an older style.’” — @EnjoyTheVueCast [0:17:25]
    • “Instead, I fell in love with Vue. Vue is the thing that made me stop hating JavaScript. Because of Vue, it actually made me a better developer.” — @EnjoyTheVueCast [0:20:15]
    • “I had been working for years and years trying to figure out what it was that I wanted. I really wanted to be able to help people and solve problems.” — @EnjoyTheVueCast [0:23:15]
    • “If web has proven anything, is that if this is something you want to do and you want to be in, there's room for you.” — @EnjoyTheVueCast [0:28:03]
    • “The only stupid questions are the ones that you don't ask.” — @EnjoyTheVueCast [0:28:31]

      • Resources mentioned:

      • Vuex 4.0.0 official release
      • Unrailed (Steam)
      • Jessica Kobeissi Reacts to America's Next Top Model (YouTube)
      • PowerPoint, Microsoft
      • 비밀의 숲 (Stranger), tvN (Netflix)
      • Manhunt: Unabomber, Netflix
      • My Time at Portia (game)
      • Raspberry Pi
      • Katamari Damacy
      • Magento
      • Because of You, Kelly Clarkson
      • Godot

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