Software Developers Journey

Patrick first told us the rollercoaster-story of his studies, and how he fought against coding for almost 10 years. He then took us on his agency ride, mastering  PHP on the job, and learning how to conduct interviews and lead teams. We finally touched on his recent depression/burnout and the creation of his new business.

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/patsleb
• https://woogostores.com

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• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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We talked about how computers increased Ines's creativity as a teen. We talked about Ines's disappointment at German university studies. We discussed the steps she took away from computer sciences, and how she ended up combining two of her passions: developing software and linguistics into one new field: computer linguistics. We finished by talking about having developers as customers and dog-feeding your own products.

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/_inesmontani
• https://explosion.ai
• https://spacy.io
• https://prodi.gy
• https://ines.io
• https://ines.io/blog/how-i-started-coding

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• Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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We talked about helping, being helped, asking for help, and having people you can rely on. We talked about research and startups. We discussed networks, mentorship, and team-leading. We finally touched on leadership, tech, and coding.

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/012345
• https://github.com/012345
• https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/contactus.html
• https://medium.com/@NataliMorad/how-to-be-an-adult-kegans-theory-of-adult-development-d63f4311b553

Books

• https://amzn.to/3jBpOQB
• https://amzn.to/3nkrX5z
• https://amzn.to/34qMInw

Credits

• Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Sumana first told us about her parents and how they influenced her life in many ways. We discussed computer science and social sciences, luck, and how Sumana discovered the world of Open-Source. We talked about her studies and first steps into partaking in the OSS projects. Sumana finally told us the very unique and fascinating story of how her consulting business came to be.

Here are the links of the show:

Links about Sumana herself:

• https://mastodon.social/@brainwane
• https://www.twitter.com/brainwane
• http://www.panix.com/~sumanah/pix/my-name.webm
• http://brainwane.net
• https://changeset.nyc
• https://www.harihareswara.net/talks.html
• Sumana's Keynote "Be bold", what I learned from my parents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OczqFEcUTA#t=6m1s
  Keynote Transcript "Learn Tech Management in 45 Min" https://bit.ly/36d7jxZ
  Open Source Bridge 2012 Keynote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OczqFEcUTA#t=6m1s, Transcript: https://bit.ly/3jnRW9C

Pip

• Beta System: https://bit.ly/3n25Ikw
• UX Studies for Pip: http://bit.ly/pip-ux-recruitment-sign-up

Other links in order of appearance:

• Darius Kazemi, Tiny Subversions at XOXO in "How I Won the Lottery": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_F9jxsfGCw
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Schoen
• http://www.open-advice.org
• https://www.recurse.com/

SF from L. Richardson

• https://colet.space
• https://www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2020/07/27/cover-reveal-situation-normal-by-leonard-richardson
• http://constellation.crummy.com/

Credits

• Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Gini told us about how their discovery of webpages and flash animations lead to them creating their first games. We then discussed why they didn't follow the development route right away. We talked about interviewing in pyjamas and working at PockitDoc. We talked about following your dreams and the definition of fun. We discussed small and big projects. Gini told us about GameJam contests and how they try new mechanisms. We finished by talking about mindfulness and being a nerd!

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/GiniTheCat
• https://waywardai.com
• https://itch.io/jams
• Yuki Okamura-Wong https://twitter.com/Chuudles

Credits

• Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Erik took us through his first steps with 5" floppy disks and code lines. We talked about the usefulness of CS degrees, his first jobs, side projects, and open-source libraries. We connected the dots between them all, all the way to the forms libraries he is now most well known for.

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/erikras
• https://github.com/erikras

Erik's Projects

• Redux Form – https://redux-form.com
• Final Form – https://final-form.org
• Form Nerd – https://formnerd.co/devjourney

Erik's Podcasts

• Happy Hour Podcast – https://happyhour.fm
• Seek Justice Podcast – https://seekjustice.fm (another one I didn't mention)

Other Links

• Open Source Sustainability blog post - https://dev.to/erikras/open-source-sustainability-3pjf
• https://iaeste.org

Credits

• Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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We talked about his first steps with computers and his first hackathon in high-school. We talked about his internship at @Google, his job at @twitter, and going back to @google afterward. We discussed management, working for a startup, and moving laterally inside a company to maximize fun and learning.

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/roopakv
• https://roopakv.com
• https://www.bolt.com/careers
• https://docs.swissknife.dev/docs
• https://charity.wtf/2017/05/11/the-engineer-manager-pendulum

Credits

• Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Scott took us from his music background, all the way to his video-course business, leaving little details aside. We spoke about his learning phases. We discussed the importance of focus. Scott told us the birth story of his youtube channel. We finally touched on partnership and mastermind groups.

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/stolinski
• https://www.scotttolinski.com
• https://syntax.fm
• https://www.youtube.com/user/LevelUpTuts/featured
• https://discord.com/invite/57Chdqt
• Scott doing the breakdance "spinning" he talked about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcoj4Zfj6_k&feature=youtu.be&t=1m34s

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• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Aimee first told us about her past as a figure skater. She then explained how her marrying into the military forced us to change careers and learn how to code. She described how she became a successful developer and how she eased into DevOps and architecture. We finally talked about her work as an architect and her coming close to a burnout.

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/aimee_knight
• http://www.aimeemarieknight.com
• https://devchat.tv/podcasts/js-jabber
• So good they can't ignore you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwOdU02SE0w
• The architect elevator: https://martinfowler.com/articles/architect-elevator.html

Credits

• Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Jamon first told us about his first experience with the C64 command prompt, and then with a 286, and finally a 486 computer. He told us how a math teacher had an impromptu but forming role in his life. We then talked about learning to create websites and create a business. We talked about coding alone, and learning to accept other ideas. Jamon finally told us the story of his new business, how networking played a BIG role into it, and how it was meant to be.

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/jamonholmgren
• React Conference https://cr.infinite.red
• Slack Community http://community.infinite.red
• Jamon's talk at Inspect 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgkKd3nbyk0

Other sites and projects

• https://speaking.io
• https://github.com/infinitered/ProMotion
• https://github.com/infinitered/reactotron
• https://github.com/infinitered/ignite

Credits

• Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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