Software Developers Journey

Tanja's story started in a computer science family in the 70s, where Tanja fell in love with computers. She spoke about programming in high school, coming out of college during the DotCom bubble, and learning best practices of software engineering she had never learned during her early self-studies. We then spoke about the role communities, and lunch&learn activities played in her career. She described how penetration testing and security slowly made their way into her life. Tanja explained how she discovered the OWASP community and embraced public speaking. And finally, we spoke about creating We Hack Purple, the effects of learning cybersecurity when you are a developer, and much more.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/shehackspurple/
• https://shehackspurple.ca/
• https://newsletter.shehackspurple.ca
• https://wehackpurple.com
• https://aliceandboblearn.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-janca/
• https://zerodayreapers.bandcamp.com/track/heartbleed
• https://www.facebook.com/tanya.janca/ 

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• Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.
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Stephanie's story is one of creativity. She told us how she got into Flash animations and ActionScript in high school. We then talked about WordPress and how she slowly but surely drifted toward web development while freelancing on the side. We discussed open source, pushing projects out of communities, giving back, creating courses, and giving talks. Finally, Stephanie encouraged us to find what sharing medium works for us!

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/5t3ph
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/stepheckles/
• https://thinkdobecreate.com/
• https://wordwrap.dev/
• https://ModernCSS.dev
• https://StyleStage.dev
• https://SmolCSS.dev
• https://11ty.Rocks
• Badger Badger Badger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGlyFc79BUE
• https://twitter.com/tackjhompson
• https://devroulette.live/
• https://learnfromsteph.dev/

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• Cover Heliotrope 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's story started and ended with observing and understanding why the world works as it does. She first told us about her biology studies, then crime & forensic sciences, and biotech. She then spoke about discovering coding. She explained how she got hooked, helped by mentors, and pushed by destiny to embrace it. We spoke about moving to SanFrancisco and the Bootcamp she went through. And finally, we talked about how she found a job at Postman and has been happy (ever after) for the past three years there.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/etTinchen
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinahastenrath/
• https://personalapiretake.herokuapp.com/
• https://www.christinahastenrath.com/

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• Cover Heliotrope 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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Paul started talking about gaming, creating websites as a kid, and following his dream of becoming a pilot in the RAF. He told us how he transitioned back into the industry and taught himself a new trade: web development. We talked about agencies and product shops. We spoke about learning, knowing it all, and maturing in an industry. We finally spoke about communities and how Paul became an instructor.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/ThePaulMcBride
• https://paulmcbride.com/
• https://egghead.io/q/resources-by-paul-mcbride
• https://play.runescape.com/
• https://twitter.com/kentcdodds
• https://devjourney.info/Guests/76-WesBos
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO1cgjhGzsSYb1rsB4bFe4Q

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• Cover Heliotrope 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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Shruti's story started with a push from her dad. Little did she know it would trigger such a career. She told us about her studies, moving to Canada and then to the Silicon Valley. We talked about entrepreneurship, WordPress, QA automation, React, getting (and losing) a job, accessibility, communities, and the joy of giving talks!

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/shrutikapoor08
• https://shrutikapoor.dev/
• https://tinyletter.com/shrutikapoor

Credits

• Cover Heliotrope 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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Geepaw (Michael Hill) story started like no other, with the tale of his firing. He told us how he began as a computer salesman and got interested in programming and the Forth programming language. We briefly discussed being independent before talking more and more about the state of our industry. We spoke about joy being mandatory for the team's success. We discussed methods and how they won't solve a thing if joy isn't present, not even Extreme Programming. We finally talked about motivators, Geepaw adding "Rythm" and "Safety" to the well-known "Autonomy, Master and Purpose" of Daniel pink.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/GeePawHill
• https://www.geepawhill.org

Credits

• Cover Heliotrope 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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Michael's story started in a time of crisis, in 2008, when he realized that being a mediocre accountant wouldn't cut it. So he embraced web development by picking hourly gigs on CraigsList. Michael told us the story of a coach she worked for and who changed his life. From then on, we went deep into emotions' social and empirical science. We talked about feedback and being ready to listen.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/chantastic
• https://chantastic.org/
• https://discord.com/invite/lunchdev
• https://chan.dev/
• https://reactpodcast.com/
• https://www.youtube.com/c/chantastic/

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• Cover Heliotrope 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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Wynn took us on a story made of APIs, wrappers, and interfaces. He first told us about his law studies and how HTML and building websites slowly made their way into his life. We talked about classic ASP and working in a team. We spoke about creating your company and wearing many hats. And we spoke about how API design and wrapping APIs took Wynn to Github and further.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/pengwynn
• https://wynnnetherland.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/netherland
• https://wynnnetherland.com/journal/what-makes-a-good-api-wrapper/
• https://github.com/octokit

Credits

• Cover Heliotrope 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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Erin took us from tweaking her page on MySpace to her master's in journalism. She then spoke about her jobs and how she was not challenged/stimulated. She told us how the idea of going through a Bootcamp emerged, how she found the right Bootcamp for her and bit the bullet. We talked about her first job, her first mentor, pair programming, and moving on. We talked about having a hard time finding a new job, finding a bad fit, and finally landing at the right place after being laid off. We spoke about communities and speaking at conferences, and finally, of remote work; before, it was cool.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/erinfoox

Credits

• Cover Heliotrope 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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Christos took us on an extended origin story made of movie inspiration, dreams, traveling, and a lot of learning. He told us how following the idea of becoming a hacker took him from not having any knowledge of computers to graduating with a master's degree in networking in a foreign country (and being able to touch-type). He then brushed over job-hopping, working on old systems, painful rewrites, consulting, communities, and finally being hunted down by Microsoft and moving to the USA.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/ChristosMatskas
• https://linktr.ee/cmatskas

Credits

• Cover Heliotrope 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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