Philip Riecks is co-author of the Leanpub book Stratospheric: From Zero to Production with Spring Boot and AWS and co-author of the Stratospheric course. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Philip about his education and professional background, going freelance, using the Pomodoro technique in his daily creative work, his book and in-progress course, and what it’s like to create content and self-publish with people you’ve never met in person.

This interview was recorded on July 28, 2022.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM207-Philip-Riecks-2022-07-28.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.