Software Developers Journey

Madison took us from her dropping college and learning about development to the BookClub she is running. We talked about learning on your own, figuring things out, applying, and getting job interviews. We talked about internships and free mentoring. We talked about making plans and revising them. Finally, we talked about her podcast, as well as the CodeBookClub itself.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/Madisonkanna
• https://www.madisonkanna.com
• https://www.madisonkanna.com/codebookclub 
• The New Way to Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5qUR3tpEdA

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• Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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April took us on a rollercoaster. We talked about how she learned Python in the open, made videos about her learning, and landed a children's book deal. April told us about transitioning to the AR/VR space and how she landed at Microsoft, first as a Program Manager, and then (finally) in advocacy, with an explosive start happening in an MIT Hackathon! From her project management studies and realization, she learned to code to find a job to her first internship.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/vogueandcode
• https://www.vogueandcode.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilspeight
• https://devpost.com/software/spell-bound
• Byte Size Python https://amzn.to/3hy9AZr

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• Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Adrian took us back to his first line of code on a ZX-Spectrum. We then brushed over his computer science studies and landed at IBM. We talked about how he discovered Java and AspectJ. We discussed how it led him to speak at conferences and stumble upon Spring. We then talked about his role moving out of IBM into SpringSource, then VMWare, and Pivotal. Finally, Adrian dropped a learning-related gem to close the show! We finished by talking about his transition to investment as a technical person and his role at Accel.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/adriancolyer
• The morning paper: https://blog.acolyer.org
• [email protected]

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• Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Aviv took us back to his childhood, discovering PCs and learning how to code on his own. We then talked about his time in the army, applying for and then working in Unit-8200. We talked about purpose and how it was to do meaningful work. We then talked about his time at IBM and how disappointing it was. Aviv then told us about his growth from a first engineer to leader inside a startup and how it encouraged him to go freelance. We finally discussed how he realized that he could play a role in advising and coaching executives.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/avivby
• https://avivbenyosef.com/tech-executive-operating-system

Credits

• Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Zac took us from his discovery of development in high school, through his CS degree, to his work as a freelancer. We discussed freedom, the skills required to lead your own business, missing your estimates, etc. Zac then took us through his first interviews and office jobs, all the way to discovering developer advocacy and his current work at Huawei.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/devwithzachary
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-mg-powell/
• https://linktr.ee/devwithzachary
• https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/doc/overview/AppGallery-connect

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• Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Sebastien took us back to his discovery of the C64 in the 80s and his passion for DJing on public radio. We then talked about his studies in Computer Sciences and how he landed in the software industry. We spoke about consulting, customer centricity, and learning. Seb spoke about how Java entered his life, leading him to become a renowned expert in Luxemburg and eventually working for Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and IBM. We finally spoke about giving training, being a pre-sales engineer/solution architect, and how this led him to join Amazon AWS and eventually earn Developer Advocate.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/sebsto
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastienstormacq/
• https://www.stormacq.com
• https://www.stormacq.com/podcasts/index.html

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• Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Christina took us back to her early childhood when her parents tried to encourage embrace computer science. She told us about her deceptions failing to enter a med-school and had to introspect. She explained how she took a job, rediscovered programming, and rejected it again; going for animation instead. We spoke about Lord of the Ring and animating movies before coming to the point where Christina (finally) embraced software development. We talked about the front-end Bootcamp she did, the various interviews, and how she finally landed at Google. And we finished on a tech parenting note!

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/americanwombat
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinahsuholland
• https://firebase.google.com/docs/web/learn-more#modular-version

Credits

• Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Rotem took us on a wild ride, which started in a leadership position in Unit 8200 of the Israel Defense Force. After five years, she loved her impact, but she felt that software engineering was where she wanted to go next. But instead of entering a leadership position right away, she thought she needed to start "from the bottom" by learning how to code. She told us about her studies and how she was having an impact through her social work. We talked about her first job at Wix and then how she gradually moved toward leadership roles. We talked about interviewing and what she still has on her bucket list. And of course about her work at Frontegg.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://twitter.com/RotemZifroni
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/rotem-zifroni-0b175b165/
• https://frontegg.com/

Credits

• Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Susan took us from her maths studies to discovering C++ and deciding on following a career in computer science. We talked about her discovery of verification and functional programming and how it became her main interest. We spoke about distributed systems and how you can view organization structures through their lens as well.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/SusanPotter
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanpotter
• https://www.susanpotter.net
• Practical TLA+ https://amzn.to/3fmXKQX
• https://hillelwayne.com
• https://medium.com/background-thread/the-future-of-programming-is-dependent-types-programming-word-of-the-day-fcd5f2634878
• Edwin Brady - Idris: Programming with Dependent Types https://vimeo.com/83665028

Credits

• Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Steve took us back to primary school, where he discovered computers in form of a BBC Micro. We brushed over his early days, and how he slowly made his way toward computers with the help of certifications. Steve explained how software development was a side activity for a very long time. We then discussed interviewing and the important help of his wife to help him to take a leap of faith (twice). We talked about getting started giving talks and being involved with communities and how this influenced his future career. And we finally explored how he ended up at Elastic.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/stevejgordon
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-net
• https://www.stevejgordon.co.uk
• https://app.pluralsight.com/profile/author/steve-gordon
• https://www.youtube.com/codewithsteve
• http://www.htbox.org

Credits

• Cover Campfire Rounds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
• Gift the podcast a rating on one of the major platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribe
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