Software Developers Journey

Kemdi started by telling us his first experience with Salesforce and how he then realized that he could solve problems this way. Fast forward a few years, he had then leveraged the power of existing tools to uplift voters in Nigeria and was hooked on entrepreneurship. We then talked about how he then built Versus, his current company, to pioneer sentiment analysis in Africa. We finally talked about his skills and what made him particularly fit for this very job.

Kemdi Ebi is the Cofounder and CEO of Versus a company solving the problem of lack of quality-data on African-consumers within the continent. Kemdi has a Marketing background with over a decade experience in Consulting, Software Sales and Product Development.

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/kemstradamus
• https://websummit.com
• https://twitter.com/enter5ive
• https://www.instagram.com/enter5ive
• https://versus.africa
• http://www.voteorquench.org
• https://www.twitter.com/#ifnaijavotes

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Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.

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Kai started by describing his first steps into HTML, manually scratching his own itch. He then described his troubled studies and how he ended up in an apprenticeship position. We then spoke about the beauty of the Ruby language, about intuition and aesthetics. We discussed testing, TDD and the art of producing simple code. We finally jumped forward to the no-code movement and the future of our industry.

Kai König has had several roles in tech including, Product Owner, Team Manager, Systems- and Software Developer. His passion is in building teams, companies, strategies, and systems in general. He currently focuses on Business Development, building and growing an Integration Platform as a Service for the company "Bitspark". When not working on client projects, Kai enjoys fixing migration code in the Open Source Framework Django or improving the documentation for the Google Python SDKs.

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/kai_richard
• https://bitspark.de/#private-beta
• https://www.netestate.de/en/software-development/boil
• https://www.netestate.de/Download/BOIL/README.English
• Peter Kruse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIMcAQRCuR4&list=PL24CF5346613925C0
• https://darklang.com

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• Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.

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Katrina first told us about her rocky start that had nothing to do with science or programming. She described the detours she took and how she finally woke up earning a living as a programmer some day. She explained how her first job in a fashion startup was a forming experience and how she picked her next job afterwards. We touched on her debut in public speaking and how it started an avalanche that led her -through hard work- to working for Github nowadays.

Katrina is an ecosystem engineer at GitHub. She accidentally became a developer while pursuing a degree in molecular biology. When programming, her focus is on automation, workflow optimization, and refactoring. She works primarily in Go and Ruby, contributes to several open source projects, and is the creator of exercism.io, a platform for code practice and programming mentorship.

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/kytrinyx
• http://exercism.io
• https://exercism.io/blog
• https://events.codemotion.com/conferences/berlin/2019/
• Book: "99 Bottles of OOP", book that Katrina co-authored with Sandi Metz https://www.sandimetz.com/99bottles
• Book: "Good Strategy / Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters" by Richard Rumelt: https://amzn.to/2NoqY5o

Credits

• Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.

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Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.

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Irwin first spoke about his studies and how he volunteered to write code everyday. He went over the ups and downs and told us how he joined Teleios. We discussed his bumpy start. He spoke about how he learned from his own failures, how this became part of the company culture and a praised example for newcomers. We discussed his move toward Engineering Management and mentorship. And we finally spoke about learning and passion for your work.

Irwin has been a professional software developer for more than 16 years. He’s currently the Chief Software Engineer at Teleios Systems in Trinidad & Tobago. Irwin is also a member of the Global Communications and Technology Team of Congress WBN, where he provides insights in software architecture and development support on a diverse set of human-development initiatives. Irwin and his wife have two beautiful daughters who teach him every day that the journey is best, when it is shared! And that's why I am very pleased to welcome you to share your story on the DevJourney podcast!

Here are the links of the show:

• https://twitter.com/iStarr
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/devcarib
• https://www.teleios-systems.com
• https://www.teleioscodejam.com
• https://hacktt.gov.tt
• https://martinfowler.com/articles/refactoring-2nd-ed.html
• Podcasts
  • Hanselminutes: https://hanselminutes.com
  • Radiolab: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/452538884/radiolab?t=1570527786604
  • This American Life: https://www.thisamericanlife.org
  • Freakonomics: http://freakonomics.com
  • .NET Rocks: https://www.dotnetrocks.com
  • Software Engineering Radio: https://www.se-radio.net

Credits

• Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Your host

Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.

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Jeeva took us full circle. She started telling us about her first interest in computer science -because it sounded easy- and then really falling in love with it. She told us about the harsh reality of her life in Sri Lanka, and having to take on a completely different career. We spoke about her moving to the USA, how she felt about this dream-land and how she was welcomed there. We continued talking about her masters degree, her first jobs in the USA, and how she stumbled upon extreme programming. We finally fast forwarded to her current company and how all the skills she gathered during her whole life seems to be culminating there.

Jeeva began her career in advertising in Sri Lanka. After she completed her masters degree in information systems, her journey immersed her in agile software methodologies, as a programmer, where she became responsible for teams, products and software delivery. This year she launched her own company -Serendip- which provides a community platform for companies to connect with technologists.

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/jeevsOnline
• https://goserendip.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeeva-nadarajah
• Ayn Rand Books https://amzn.to/2OxHS1B

Credits

• Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Your host

Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.

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Aisha first walked us through the Musical-Conference she is putting up. Then we scrolled back to the place software entered her life. We then talked about her volunteering at the Cristo Rey High school and then in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. We discussed how this formed her teaching skills as well as letting her dig deeper into software development. We talked about her bootcamp and how teaching came full circle into her life. We discussed pairing and exploring and finished on a high note, talking about the art of transferring knowledge effectively.

Aisha Blake is an Application Developer at Detroit Labs currently building , a musical tech extravaganza. She co-organizes self.conference and „Detroit Speakers in Tech“. She approaches speaking and teaching as a way to give others the tools to shine as brightly as they can. In her spare time, she sings karaoke and pets dogs. Aisha is a champion of feedback, fierce accessibility advocate, and a steward of strong and joyful teams.<br/><br/><b>Here are the links of the show:</b></p><ul><li><a href='https://www.twitter.com/AishaBlake'>https://www.twitter.com/AishaBlake</a></li><li><a href='https://aisha.codes/title-of-conf'>https://aisha.codes/title-of-conf</a></li><li><a href='http://titleofconf.org/'>http://titleofconf.org</a></li><li><a href='http://grandcircus.co'>http://grandcircus.co</a></li><li><a href='http://vakila.github.io/'>Anjana Vakil</a></li><li><a href='https://www.jesuitvolunteers.org/'>Jesuit Volunteer Corps</a></li><li><a href='https://www.detroitcristorey.org/'>Detroit Cristo Rey High School</a></li></ul><p><b>Credits</b></p><ul><li>Music <a href='http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Yung_Kartz/August_2018/Aye'>Aye</a> by <a href='http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Yung_Kartz/'>Yung Kartz</a> is licensed under a <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License</a>.</li></ul><p><b>Your host</b><br/><br/>Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at <a href='http://timbourguignon.fr'>timbourguignon.fr</a>.</p><p><b>Want to be next?<br/></b><br/>Do you know anyone who should be on the podcast? Do you want to be next? Drop me a line: <a href='mailto:[email protected]'>[email protected]</a> or via Twitter <a href='https://twitter.com/timothep'>@timothep</a>.<br/><br/><b>Gift the podcast a rating</b><br/><br/>Please do me and your fellow listeners a favor by spreading the good word about this podcast. And please leave a rating (excellent of course) on the major podcasting platforms, this is the best way to increase the visibility of the podcast:</p><ul><li><a href='https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/developers-journey/id1079113167?mt=2'>Apple Podcasts</a></li><li><a href='https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/developers-journey'>Stitcher</a></li><li><a href='https://play.google.com/music/m/Idxrfw6ga4aanu574oe56fin4m4?t=Developers_Journey'>Google Play</a></li></ul><p><b>Patreon</b></p><p>Finally, if you want to help produce the podcast, support me on <a href='http://bit.ly/2yBfySB'>Patreon</a>. Every cent you pledge will help pay the hosting bills!</p><p>Thanks!</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/190346/support">Support the show</a></p>

Greg first told us about his need for creating things, building things and expressing himself through products. We then talked about his studdies and how he ended up working for Mozilla. Greg told us a lot about what he learned there, what he liked and why he decided to move on. He then told us about the consulting part of his career and how this all was the perfect build up to create his company ReadMe. We then discussed ReadMe itself, the 5 years when the company was profitable and bootstrapped and the (very) recent Series-A funding it received. We finally went full circle and finished on a note about creativity.

After launching dozens of companies and side-projects over the last 10 years, Greg realized how difficult API’s were to understand and use for most people. That’s why, as Founder of ReadMe, he is making it easy for millions of people and over 17 hundred companies, including Lyft and Trello, to build and use awesome products with API’s.

Here are the links of the show:

• Greg on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/gkoberger
• Greg's Company ReadMe https://readme.com
• Babe Ruth reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth%27s_called_shot
• API Mixtape Conference https://apimixtape.com
• Mixtape Songs: https://apimixtape.com/music
• API World Conference in San Jose https://apiworld.co
  
  

Credits

• Closing Song "GET /rich or Die Tryin’" by POST Malone and Greg Koberger
• Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.

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Kapunahele talked about her going back and forth between technical studies and non-technical activities, between dancing, grammar of the roman languages, tech support and hardware repairs. She spoke about her love for esthetics and how she enjoys mathematical mental models of the world around her. We finally spoke about her work for the Angular.JS community and how she strives to make the open source community a more including, welcoming and kind place to be.

Kapunahele is a developer and Angular.JS fan who works on the Angular docs writing guides and developing example apps. She also enjoys Native Hawaiian practices, textile arts, and marveling at little, inconspicuous plants growing in forgotten places outdoors.

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/kapunahele
• https://github.com/kapunahelewong/git-playground
• Kara Erickson https://twitter.com/karaforthewin

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Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.

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Rob first told us about his first jobs on the hardware side of IT and described how he slowly transitioned into software. Fast forward a few years, he told us about applying for a new job and discovering teamwork, tight feedback loops and direct contact with the clients. Rob then told us about moving toward front-end development and embracing HTML5. We talked about Javascript, ES6 & Typescript and finding a tool that works for you. We then talked about failures and learnings. And we finished on books recommendations and the very sound advice to not being afraid to try.

Rob Kendal is a front-end engineer working in the enterprise authentication space, building apps in React and JavaScript. He's been a developer for close to 15 years, in a range of roles across the public and private sector, from the NHS to creative agencies. He started as a full-stack C# developer and found his real passion in the front-end side of things. He works from home in sunny Yorkshire in the UK.

Here are the links of the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/kendalmintcode
• https://robkendal.co.uk
• https://dev.to/kendalmintcode
• https://mentors.codingcoach.io/?name=Rob+Kendal
• Book "Rework": https://amzn.to/2KkUMxi
• Book "Shape-Up": https://basecamp.com/shapeup
• Book Fullstack React: https://amzn.to/2yQ7TQh
• Smashing Magazine Books https://www.smashingmagazine.com/printed-books

Credits

• Music Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Your host

Software Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.

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