Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Preparing for Projects & Prioritizing Security - Ryan Keelaghan
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Preparing for Projects & Prioritizing Security - Ryan Keelaghan
Ryan Keelaghan started at cbdMD.com as their "Principal Web Engineer" back in 2020. As you can imagine, 2020 brought some intense growth for his company, so his job description started bending and adjusting pretty quickly. Being the "jack of all trades" has benefits, but it can also be a bit confusing. As the lead back-end developer at his company, the successes and failures of their whole online storefront fall back on him and his front-end lead. How is he handling that reality, you might ask? Actually, he's handling it really well, and he has a lot of valuable information to share with us. Get comfortable and let's hear what he has to say!
--
MINI SHOW NOTES (full notes on SwiftOtter.com)
What really is a "Principal Web Engineer", employed directly by an Ecommerce retailer?
How do we prepare for big projects like large-scale upgrades and maintain our sanity? On a similar note, how do we communicate progress to the merchant/client and fight against hurrying/skipping ahead?
Setting a routine to keep your system up to date is important. Proactive defense against data breaches is more important than we can put into words. How can we be proactive to defend against these data breaches, and how do we communicate the need for this extra work (to the merchant) which doesn't add to the company's bottom line?
People usually start careers in web development with a real love for the creativity and uniqueness that the job presents. However, as time goes on, devs tend to get away from doing the work they actually love. This might be because the job or position they take pays better (even though it isn't as fun) or they simply get burnt out with boring and annoying tasks. Ryan makes it abundantly clear how important it is to make time for doing "what makes you happy". How do you do that? Ryan has some suggestions.
--
Do YOU have an incredible debugging story to share? Send your story to [email protected] and you might be our next podcast guest!
This podcast exists to inspire, educate and entertain ecommerce developers who are serious about improving their skills and advancing their careers!
The Art of Ecommerce Debugging is AVAILABLE NOW! Check out https://swiftotter.com/art-of-debugging#/ to order, get more info or download a robust preview. This is NOT a self-help book designed to change your title to "senior developer". Rather, it contains the information you need in order to become an excellent debugger and an invaluable developer, regardless of your job title. The book is $40 USD, shipped anywhere in the world for free. This is the next step to becoming an incredible developer and taking the next step in your career!
Get it at https://swiftotter.com/art-of-debugging#/
(Theme music courtesy of TrendingAudio)
View all episodes
By SwiftOtter, Inc.
5
22 ratings
Ryan Keelaghan started at cbdMD.com as their "Principal Web Engineer" back in 2020. As you can imagine, 2020 brought some intense growth for his company, so his job description started bending and adjusting pretty quickly. Being the "jack of all trades" has benefits, but it can also be a bit confusing. As the lead back-end developer at his company, the successes and failures of their whole online storefront fall back on him and his front-end lead. How is he handling that reality, you might ask? Actually, he's handling it really well, and he has a lot of valuable information to share with us. Get comfortable and let's hear what he has to say!
--
MINI SHOW NOTES (full notes on SwiftOtter.com)
What really is a "Principal Web Engineer", employed directly by an Ecommerce retailer?
How do we prepare for big projects like large-scale upgrades and maintain our sanity? On a similar note, how do we communicate progress to the merchant/client and fight against hurrying/skipping ahead?
Setting a routine to keep your system up to date is important. Proactive defense against data breaches is more important than we can put into words. How can we be proactive to defend against these data breaches, and how do we communicate the need for this extra work (to the merchant) which doesn't add to the company's bottom line?
People usually start careers in web development with a real love for the creativity and uniqueness that the job presents. However, as time goes on, devs tend to get away from doing the work they actually love. This might be because the job or position they take pays better (even though it isn't as fun) or they simply get burnt out with boring and annoying tasks. Ryan makes it abundantly clear how important it is to make time for doing "what makes you happy". How do you do that? Ryan has some suggestions.
--
Do YOU have an incredible debugging story to share? Send your story to [email protected] and you might be our next podcast guest!
This podcast exists to inspire, educate and entertain ecommerce developers who are serious about improving their skills and advancing their careers!
The Art of Ecommerce Debugging is AVAILABLE NOW! Check out https://swiftotter.com/art-of-debugging#/ to order, get more info or download a robust preview. This is NOT a self-help book designed to change your title to "senior developer". Rather, it contains the information you need in order to become an excellent debugger and an invaluable developer, regardless of your job title. The book is $40 USD, shipped anywhere in the world for free. This is the next step to becoming an incredible developer and taking the next step in your career!
Get it at https://swiftotter.com/art-of-debugging#/
(Theme music courtesy of TrendingAudio)