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- 36: Bama's On It!
On the latest episode, Podcast Brian interviews his former student Testing Brian on his career, from starting out in the kitchens of Alabama to going back to school in his late 30's, to becoming a successful QA engineer. The guys chat about testing and its importance to the modern software ecosystem, and the challenges involved with learning how to break things in a structured manner.
NOTE: This episode was recorded at the end of February. The live company event mentioned in this episode was cancelled and the hosts are WFH full time now. Fortunately the podcast was always remotely recorded, so no interruption to our schedule!
Please stay safe and hopefully this podcast gives you something fun to listen to while you're staying inside.
Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast.
Chapters- 00:00:00 - Intro
- 00:00:47 - Bama's backstory
- 00:06:11 - Back to school later in life
- 00:08:45 - Swamp coolers to dev jobs
- 00:16:38 - How to write your own job description
- 00:24:49 - What is QA?
- 00:30:31 - What is automated testing?
- 00:41:17 - Bama's latest challenge
- 00:52:18 - Don't be the deer?
- 00:58:26 - Outro
1 hr - 35: The Old Man and the SQL
Ben's dad Joe just had to make it a three-peat. He's back again with updates on what it's like to look for a new job at 60, how to deal with recruiters, how to promote yourself online, and most importantly, whether the advice we gave him was actually any good! Advice and experience is shared that's applicable for professionals at any point in their career.
Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast.
Chapters- 00:00:00 - Intro
- 00:00:42 - Job search update
- 00:10:54 - 20th vs. 21st Century job searching
- 00:23:45 - Getting practice at finding a job
- 00:38:59 - Emotional journeys
- 00:41:32 - We actually give good advice?
- 00:55:08 - Outro
57 min - 34: Almost Software
The guys continue their tour of software and software-adjacent roles within an organization. Today's show is all about the roles that are integral to the success of a software product, but aren't directly involved with producing code.
Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast.
Chapters- 00:00:00 - Intro
- 00:01:37 - UI/UX Designer
- 00:16:34 - Testing/QA
- 00:28:00 - DBA
- 00:42:22 - Dev Ops
- 00:49:08 - Product Owner
- 00:59:23 - Project Manager
- 01:07:00 - Outro
1 hr 8 min - 33: The NFL or the A-Team
The guys continue their discussion from last time on how to decide what kind of developer to become. They talk team size preferences, whether you like to be on the frontier or work with established best practices, and finish up with the importance of UI/UX to a project and how you might decide if that's a possible path for juniors. Stay tune for the next episode where they will get into all the other jobs that surround the core development team.
Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast.
Chapters- 00:00:00 - Intro
- 00:00:21 - Big team or small team?
- 00:14:22 - Best practices vs. wild west frontier
- 00:24:52 - UI/UX and its importance to a product
- 00:36:04 - Outro
37 min - 32: The iPhone is a Submarine
Ben and Brian explore the different kinds of developer you can become and how you might go about picking a platform/language to learn. There was so much to talk about, we needed to cover this in two episodes, so stay tuned for more next time.
Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast.
Chapters- 00:00 - Intro
- 00:25 - Where do you start?
- 03:24 - What do you like?
- 12:50 - Front end vs. back end
- 21:28 - Are you a math person?
- 42:46 - Outro
44 min - 31: A Textbook Case of Developer
Ben and Brian sit down with Brandi Bailey, a lifelong learner and a current iOS student at Lambda School. Brandi recounts her earliest memories of exploring the world of programming all the way to her current struggles and triumphs of learning iOS programming as a second career. She has lots of great advice to impart to others who may be on the same journey or about to start down the path of learning to code.
Big thanks to @blubrandi for coming on the show and sharing her story!
Sorry for missing our previous episode date. Ben was under the weather, but we're back on track. Talk to you again you in two weeks!
Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast.
Chapters- 00:00:00 - Intro
- 00:00:31 - Brandi gets the programming bug
- 00:04:41 - Brandi's professional journey
- 00:10:58 - Developer training and the Ivory Tower
- 00:23:32 - Imposter Syndrome: for junior and senior devs alike
- 00:42:27 - Brandi paints her perfect picture of life post-Lambda School
- 00:51:29 - Outro
Links- Lambda School
- Apple IIc
- Try Guys play chess with a chess master: 4 on 1!
53 min - 30: A Festivus for the Restivus
Happy Festivus everyone! On this last episode of the year, Ben and Brian tell you about all the tech things that have annoyed them so far in 2019, as well as their biggest tech accomplishments and a vision for a possible future in 2020.
A departure from out usual style, but we wanted to bring you something hopefully a little more fun for the end of the year.
We hope you all enjoy the holidays and remind you to take the opportunity to step away from the computer and any tech learning you might be doing to enjoy a breather. Breaks often produce an even better understanding of the learning material when you return.
See you next decade!
Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast.
Chapters- 00:00:00 - Intro
- 00:02:25 - Inscrutable error messages
- 00:05:22 - Computer problems are the worst
- 00:08:12 - So this is a grievance
- 00:12:38 - Tech hiring: why is it so bad?
- 00:19:15 - What happened Apple?
- 00:22:10 - Mega Corps: where good products go to die
- 00:26:21 - Huge mega corps: do we need them?
- 00:28:33 - Surveillance capitalism
- 00:35:48 - Accomplishments for the year
- 00:39:41 - A vision of a possible future
- 00:44:17 - Outro
Links- Parse bought by Facebook
- Ring doorbell susceptible to hacks
- Ring allows very permissive access to data from law enforcement
- Functional Typescript in React
- Lambda School's iOS Program
- iOS Orlando Meetup
- We stream the meetup live on Twitch
- Apple's SwiftUI tutorials
- Combine Framework
46 min - 29: Don't Join the Nerd Wars
Ben and Brian discuss the age-old and never ending debate on code structure and organization. They help disambiguate requirements from conventions and some stuff that's just one person's opinion.
Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast.
Chapters- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:36 - Code syntax
- 04:17 - Code formatting
- 11:59 - Coding with your team, not against it
- 28:45 - Coding to conventions
- 41:01 - Personal preferences
- 59:38 - Outro
Links- Wikipedia article on indentation styles
- Airbnb JS style guide
- Ray Wenderlich's Swift style guide
- Google's Swift style guide
1 hr 2 min - 28: You Can't Make a Second First Impression
Ben and Brian discuss the happy news of Brian's new job and what might be the best practices for starting off a new job on the right foot. They chat about everything from making a good first impression, to relationship building with co-workers and leadership, to work in your personal life that can lead to more happiness at your job.
Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast.
Chapters- 00:00:00 - Intro
- 00:04:45 - Making a good first impression
- 00:14:29 - Managing your manager
- 00:26:37 - Building relationships in-person
- 00:35:18 - Attributes of a quality co-worker
- 00:44:58 - Happy and fulfilled person, happy employee
- 00:56:36 - Outro
59 min - 27: The Old Man and the C
Ben and Brian chat with their first returning guest of the podcast, Ben's dad Joe! He's back and he's got news (and a little wisdom) to share with everyone. Listen to find out what it's like to be on the job hunt at 60 years old and how the challenges faced in that scenario are in some ways remarkably similar to when you're just starting out in your career.
Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast.
Chapters- 00:00:00 - Intro
- 00:01:17 - Joe's career news
- 00:06:03 - 21st century job search
- 00:17:16 - Marketing yourself
- 00:27:40 - Finding a new job in your sixties
- 00:44:55 - Outro
Links- Joe's resume - check out his 30+ years of experience!
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Ben Gohlke and Brian Gates discuss how to get started and get ahead in the ever changing industry of software development. Current senior developers in their respective fields and former bootcamp…
instructors, Brian and Ben help to decipher the myriad options available to new engineers just starting out and how to navigate the educational and institutional challenges of the tech industry.