Lee Trout is a Full Stack Engineer who works with start-ups, small businesses, and large companies specializing in DevOps / front and backend development. In this episode he takes us through his journey from being obsessed with firefighting and 3d design in highschool, to finally finding his place in his present day job. 

00:00 Introduction

05:50 What are you doing today? 

08:22 What is your favorite tooling for routine and structure?

10:01 What is your first memory of a computer? 

18:40 Growing up with tech and mining

21:30 Interests going into high school

26:03 Being interested in Computer Animation/Graphics

30:49 Finding 3D Studio 

36:00 Obsession with the fire department

41:50 The plan after high school

46:20 Jobs after University

1:00:25 The first start-up 

1:07:20 Working at Mailchimp

1:12:38 Moving to North Carolina

1:19:00 Applying at HashiCorp

1:23:45 Getting to the present day

1:31:28 Contact Info

Connect with Lee: 

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecodewritesme

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leetrout/

Mentioned in today’s episode:

GitHub: https://github.com/features/issues

Linear.app:https://linear.app

Hookdeck: https://hookdeck.com

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