Jeff Fritz is principal program manager at Microsoft where he leads production for one oftheir largest developer events. He’s also active in the developer community as a live-coding Twitch streamer, Youtuber, and podcast host. He’s a lifelong developer who got his start working on the family’s Commodore 64. In addition to his work as program manager and developer he’s a husband and the father of two daughters. We discussed:

* Making the most of your time with your kids when they’re young

* Preparing your kids and yourself for the big changes that come with high school and college

* What it’s like when your kids leave the house for the first time

* The modern day college admissions process

* Helping your kids establish good decision-making frameworks from a young age

* Supporting your kids extracurricular activities unconditionally

* Creating trust through consistent support

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Where to find Jeff Fritz

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreytfritz/

* Twitch: https://twitch.tv/csharpfritz

* Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfvJirlbRTN-bU9sMWMb_ZQ

Where to find Adam Fishman

* FishmanAF Newsletter: www.FishmanAFNewsletter.com

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjfishman/

* Instagram: https://ww.instagram.com/startupdadpod/

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In this episode, we cover:

[1:49] Welcome

[2:34] Professional background

[6:18] Live streaming

[7:55] AI tooling in his work

[12:33] Childhood

[15:20] “Seasonal” empty-nester

[17:47] Daughters thoughts on dad being on Twitch

[21:18] Empty-nester deep dive

[25:39] Advice for parents approaching empty nesting

[29:40] College admissions process

[34:43] Align with college-age kids/family

[39:53] Kids making adult decisions

[42:23] Kid’s interest in tech

[45:12] Kids wanting to be in tech

[50:21] Follow Jeff

[51:28] Lightning round

[1:01:20] Thank you

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Show references:

Jeff’s Website: https://jeffreyfritz.com/

Source Code on Github: https://github.com/csharpfritz

Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/

Commodore 64: https://www.commodore.ca/commodore-products/commodore-64-the-best-selling-computer-in-history/

Copilot: https://copilot.microsoft.com/chats/X7EeM9ig1Wv9k9ayG9KZM

Visual Studio: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/

Penn State: https://www.psu.edu/

Eagles: https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/

TwitchCon: https://www.twitchcon.com/

LSU: https://www.lsu.edu/

Kansas State: https://www.k-state.edu/

West Virginia University: https://www.wvu.edu/

Yale: https://www.yale.edu/

Harvard: https://www.harvard.edu/

UCLA: https://www.ucla.edu/

USC: https://usc.edu/

University of Miami: https://welcome.miami.edu/

Thanksgiving Macy’s Day Parade: https://www.macys.com/s/parade/

Fortnite: https://www.fortnite.com/?lang=en-US

Rocky: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075148/

Princess Diaries: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247638/

University of Michigan: https://umich.edu/

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