My JavaScript Story

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Host: Charles Max Wood Joined by Special Guest: Jeffrey Meyerson Episode Summary Jeffrey Meyerson, founder of FindCollabs and host at Software Engineering Daily joins Charles Max Wood for a discussion about latest trends in developer world, ways of monetizing podcasts and finding ads for podcasts.Jeffrey shares how he started hosts podcasts and how he became a developer. Jeffrey's journey as a developer started out with his interest through music and poker. They compare advertising through sponsoring a booth in a conference versus advertising through a podcast. Tune in for a fun chat that covers everything from Keto dieting to software buzz words. Links

• Jeffrey's LinkedIn
• https://www.secretsofsongwriting.com/
• https://www.hooktheory.com/
• FindCollabs
• Software Media with Charles Max Wood

Picks Charles Max Wood

• #75Hard

Jeffrey Meyerson

• Owning a Rice Cooker

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Host: Charles Max Wood Joined by Special Guest: Aaron Frost Episode Summary Aaron Frost joins Charles to talk about what Observables are and why developers should learn about them and use them in their code. He explains the difference between Observables, Promises and Callbacks with an example. Aaron then invites all listeners to attend the upcoming RxJS Live Conference and introduces the impressive speaker line-up. The conference will take place on September 5-6 in Las Vegas and tickets are still available. Aaron also offers a $100 discount to all listeners with the code "chuckforlife". For any questions you can DM Aaron on his Twitter account. Links

• RxJS Live Conference
• RxJS Conference Tickets
• Aaron's Twitter

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Host: Charles Max Wood Episode Summary Charles talks about his journey as a podcaster and his mission with Devchat.tv. Devchat.tv  is designed to home podcasts that speak to all developer communities. Charles also plans Devchat.tv to host shows for technologies that are on the verge of a breakthrough and will be a lot more widely available in the near future such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). There are new shows being added continuously to reach out to new communities, some examples of which are: a Data Science show, a DevOps show and an Open Source show. As a kid, Charles would record his own shows on a tape recorder. He was always interested in technology. While studying Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University, he worked in the University's Operations Center. Upon graduation, he started working for Mozy where he was introduced to podcasts. Listen to the show to find out the rest of Charles' story, some of the lessons and tips he learned throughout his journey and the evolution of the shows on Devchat.tv. If there isn't a show for your community and you would like there one to be, reach out to Charles. Also if there was a podcast about a programming related subject that ended abruptly and you would like it to continue, reach out to Charles. Devchat.tv would like to host these podcasts. Links

• Charles' Twitter
• EverywhereJS JavaScript Community
• EverywhereRB Ruby and Rails Community
• Find Your Dream Job As A Developer
• Devchat.tv on Facebook
• Devchat.tv

Picks

• EverywhereJS JavaScript Community
• EverywhereRB Ruby and Rails Community
• Netlify
• Eleventy
• https://github.com/cmaxw/devchat-eleventy

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Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Jeremy Fairbank Episode Summary Jeremy is a Software Developer at Test Double and the author of Programming Elm book. Even though Jeremy majored in Chemistry in college, he was always interested in programming since middle school. After he graduated from college he went to work as a web developer at Plastic Industries and relied on blog posts and other online resources to teach himself how to code. Gradually as the company’s needs changed, Jeremy transitioned into an application developer. He taught himself JavaScript using the book Professional JavaScript for Web Developers . He then attented a Coursera classto learn on principles of functional programming and gained experience with many front end frameworks and libraries, including Elm, React, Redux, Backbone.js, and Marionette.js. Jeremy is based out of Hawaii and when he isn't coding, he spends his time playing his guitar and hiking and going to the beach with his family. Links

• JSJ 325: Practical functional programming in JavaScript and languages like Elm with Jeremy Fairbank
• Jeremy’s GitHub
• Jeremy's LinkedIn
• Jeremy’s Blog
• Professional JavaScript for Web Developers by Nicholas C. Zakas
• Professional JavaScript for Web Developers by Matt Frisbie
• https://knockoutjs.com/
• https://marionettejs.com/
• https://www.coursera.org/
• https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages
• elm-lang.org
• https://www.facebook.com/javascriptjabber
• https://twitter.com/JSJabber
• https://www.facebook.com/DevChattv

Picks Jeremy Fairbank:

• Programming Elm
• The Umbrella Academy
• Beyond Burger

Charles Max Wood:

• Orphan Black
• https://devchat.tv/
• https://www.netlify.com/
• https://www.11ty.io/
• https://github.com/cmaxw/devchat-eleventy
• JavaScript Jabber - Devchat.tv

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Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Noam Rosenthal Episode Summary Noam has recently started offering his services and experiences independently after 20 hands-on years in the software industry. His most recent position was as a Software Architect working on the Wix Editor at Wix, an Israeli cloud-based web development platform. Noam was first introduced to programming at the age of seven when he started creating games in Pascal language. He then went onto learn HTML. Charles and Noam talk about how the programming community has changed over the years and how it is a lot easier to access knowledge today. On how to improve as a developer, Noam recommends not staying in the comfort zone of the job description and doing as many volunteer projects as possible. Noam is also a musician and he plays base in Lost Highways music band. When he isn't coding he is busy producing the songs for their new upcoming album with his band. Links

• Noam's LinkedIn
• Noam's Twitter
• Noam's Medium
• Rack
• Rust Language
• TensorFlow
• Shadertoy
• Lost Highways
• Ultimate Guitar Tabs
• https://www.facebook.com/javascriptjabber
• https://twitter.com/JSJabber
• https://www.facebook.com/DevChattv

Picks Noam Rosenthal:

• For developers working with JavaScript - learn another language such as Rust Language
• TensorFlow
• Shadertoy
• Learn to play an instrument
• Ultimate Guitar Tabs
• Do volunteer projects and do not stay in the comfort zone of work

Charles Max Wood:

• Cibola Burn
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work Book by John M. Gottman and Nan Silver
• OBS: Open Broadcaster Software

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Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Christian Heilmann Episode Summary Christian is a Principal Software Development Engineer at Microsoft, working out of Berlin, Germany. Links

• JavaScript Jabber 332: “You Learned JavaScript, Now What?” with Chris Heilmann
• https://christianheilmann.com/
• Christian's Twitter
• Christian's LinkedIn
• Christian's Medium
• Christian's GitHub
• https://www.facebook.com/javascriptjabber
• https://twitter.com/JSJabber
• https://www.facebook.com/DevChattv

Picks Christian Heilmann:

• https://webhint.io/
• http://csstricks.com/
• https://dev.to/
• https://codepen.io/
• Microsoft Edge Insider

Charles Max Wood:

• Privacy Badger - Google Chrome
• Emacs
• Adventures in DevOps - new podcast on https://devchat.tv/

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Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Sarah Dayan Episode Summary Sarah Dayan is a Frontend Software Engineer working for Algolia in Paris. She is also the author of Dinero.js which was the result of a production bug they discovered in JavaScript. Sarah first got introduced to computers when she was a child. She spent hours playing on her grandmother's computer with dial-up internet. At age 15, she created her first HTML website. Sarah and Charles discuss the evolution of front-end development. Listen to the show to find out more about Sarah's journey as a front-end developer and the projects she is working on now. Links

• JavaScript Jabber 351: Dinero.js with Sarah Dayan
• Sarah's Twitter
• Sarah's GitHub
• Sarah's Medium
• Dinero.js
• https://www.facebook.com/javascriptjabber
• https://twitter.com/JSJabber
• https://www.facebook.com/DevChattv

Picks Sarah Dayan:

• Zdog Library
• Dear White People TV Series
• Mass Effect Trilogy for PC

Charles Max Wood:

• Taking a roadtrip
• Hotels.com
• Velocity 2019
• Food Fight Show
• Netlify Dev

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Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Anatoliy Zaslavskiy Episode Summary Anatoliy Zaslavskiy has been interested in computers since he was 7 years old, and began his programming career in high school, doing web development in PHP for the online community for his favorite show  Avatar: The Last Airbender. Anatoliy currently works for Hover as a Frontend developer transforming home photos into 3D models to help visualize what the final project will look like. Anatoliy shares his journey as a developer with bipolar disorder and tells us how he restructured his career with his employer so he can focus on projects that he enjoys working on. This way he performs at his best and both him and Hover can benefit from his talents. Anatoliy and Charles stress the importance for companies to talk to their developers to understand their nature as both parties benefit from open and honest dialogue. Links

• JavaScript Jabber 358: Pickle.js, Tooling, and Developer Happiness with Anatoliy Zaslavskiy
• Anatoliy's Website
• Anatoliy's Facebook
• Anatoliy's LinkedIn
• https://www.facebook.com/javascriptjabber
• https://twitter.com/JSJabber
• https://www.facebook.com/DevChattv

Picks Anatoliy Zaslavskiy:

• XState - JavaScript State Machines and Statecharts
• Nozbe/WatermelonDB: High-performance reactive database
• Monorepo

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