The Virtual Coffee Podcast

Join Bekah, Dan, and Special Guest Nick Taylor for a live-streamed episode of the Season Seven Finale!

Watch the video replay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wj-zlORvm8

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Virtual Coffee:

• Virtual Coffee: virtualcoffee.io
• Podcast Contact: [email protected]
• Bekah: dev.to/bekahhw, Twitter:https://twitter.com/bekahhw, Instagram:bekahhw
• Dan: dtott.com, Twitter:@danieltott

This week Bekah and Dan sat down with Ramón Huidobro, a developer advocate and DevEd enthusiast, and chatted about the process of learning and growing and how asking questions and knowing what questions to ask is an important part of the tech experience.

Check out Ramón's article about reaching out for help!

About Ramón

Ramón Huidobro is a developer advocate and DevEd enthusiast. He thrives on lifting others up in their tech careers and loves a good CSS challenge. Always excited to talk about teaching tech, especialmente en Español, oder auf Deutsch.

• ramonh.dev
• @hola-soy-milk on GitHub
• @hola_soy_milk on Twitter
• @hola_soy_milk on Mastadon

Sponsor Virtual Coffee!

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Please visit our sponsorship page on GitHub for more information - you can evensponsor an episode of the podcast!

Virtual Coffee:

• Virtual Coffee: virtualcoffee.io
• Podcast Contact: [email protected]
• Bekah: dev.to/bekahhw, Twitter:https://twitter.com/bekahhw, Instagram:bekahhw
• Dan: dtott.com, Twitter:@danieltott

This week Bekah and Dan sat down with Dominic Duffin, a Full-Stack Developer, Co-founder of ArtTechChat Twitter chat, Salon Host at The Interintellect, and Open Source contributor, and chatted about the the value gained in creating a learning environment wherever you go and the importance of participating in community experiences.

Links:

• Pass the Pen: https://codepen.io/collection/nZrZLy
• https://twitter.com/arttechchat

About Dominic:

Full Stack Developer, community builder, remote worker and aspiring polymath. Passionate about open source everything, decentralization, peer-to-peer tech and cryptocurrency. Also to be found playing board games, studying paper maps and riding public transport.

• dominicduffin.uk
• @dominicduffin1 on GitHub
• @DominicDuffin1 on Twitter
• @dominicduffin1 on Mastadon
• @dominic-duffin on LinkedIn
• @dominic on Polywork

Sponsor Virtual Coffee!

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Please visit our sponsorship page on GitHub for more information - you can evensponsor an episode of the podcast!

Virtual Coffee:

• Virtual Coffee: virtualcoffee.io
• Podcast Contact: [email protected]
• Bekah: dev.to/bekahhw, Twitter:https://twitter.com/bekahhw, Instagram:bekahhw
• Dan: dtott.com, Twitter:@danieltott

This week Bekah and Dan sat down with Arthur Doler, a Software Engineer and Community and Culture Steward, and chatted about the human side of tech, the importance of recognizing our emotions, communication styles, and the dynamics of the environments we're working in.

Links:

• Daniel Pink's Drive
• Arthur's talk: You're Not Just Tired: The Psychology of Burnout
• Aikido
• Pro Disc Golfers

About Arthur

Arthur (or Art, take your pick) has been a software engineer for 19 years and has worked on things as exciting as analysis software for casinos and things as boring as banking websites. He is an advocate for talking openly about mental health and psychology in the technical world, and he spends a lot of time thinking about how we program andwhy we program, and about the tools, structures, cultures, and mental processes that help and hinder us from our ultimate goal of writing amazing things. His hair is brown and his thorax is a shiny blue color.

• arthurdoler.com
• @doleraj on GitHub
• @arthurdoler on Twitter
• @arthurdoler on Mastodon
• @arthurdoler on LinkedIn

Sponsor Virtual Coffee!

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Please visit our sponsorship page on GitHub for more information - you can evensponsor an episode of the podcast!

Virtual Coffee:

• Virtual Coffee: virtualcoffee.io
• Podcast Contact: [email protected]
• Bekah: dev.to/bekahhw, Twitter:https://twitter.com/bekahhw, Instagram:bekahhw
• Dan: dtott.com, Twitter:@danieltott

This week Bekah and Dan sat down with Rebecca Key, a PhD in Organic Chemistry and now Software Engineer, and chatted about her career journey, Ham radios, being left-handed, taking notes, and the importance of consistency.

About Rebecca

Rebecca Key is a Software Engineer based out of Atlanta, GA. She is a first-generation college graduate that went on to obtain a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Georgia Tech. After many years in research (roles ranging from Laboratory Technician to Research Director), she made a career change into the tech field, where she currently works as an Independent Front-End Engineer. When not coding, she enjoys mountain biking, running, weightlifting, crocheting, and knitting!

• rebeccakeyphd.com
• @rek990 on GitHub
• @rebeccakeyphd on Twitter
• @rebecca-key on LinkedIn

Links:

• Brassica oleracea (the plant Dan was talking about)
• SOTA-AT: An interactive map that displays and provides information for peaks along the GA section of the Appalachian Trail that count toward activations for “Summits on the Air”, a ham radio contest.
• Row Counter: A tool to help fiber artists (crocheters, knitters, rug makers, basket weavers, etc.) keep track of the row they are on with a given project.Live Demo of the Progress Toward my Row Counter App
• Rebecca's RF Quests: Blog andYouTube Channel
• Parks on the Air (POTA)
• Summits on the Air (SOTA)
• SOTA Mountain goat award
• Emacs Org Mode

Left-handed Deep Dive

• Your Left-Handed Brain
• Left-handed DNA found - and it changes brain structure
• The inheritance of left-handedness

Sponsor Virtual Coffee!

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Virtual Coffee:

• Virtual Coffee: virtualcoffee.io
• Podcast Contact: [email protected]
• Bekah: dev.to/bekahhw, Twitter:https://twitter.com/bekahhw, Instagram:bekahhw
• Dan: dtott.com, Twitter:@danieltott

This week Bekah and Dan sat down with Aishwarya, front-end developer from India, about her first open source contributions and how her perspective on open source changed after her fourth (of ten!) Pull Request during Hacktoberfest.

• One word to describe you - Dedicated
• One word to describe your developer journey - Evolving
• Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
• Open-Source YouTube Videos:
  • How to Find Beginner-Friendly Open Source Projects
  • 4 Beginner Friendly Open Source Projects to Contribute before 2023
  • 5 Beginner friendly Open Source Organisations to start your Open source journey

About Aishwarya

Aishwarya Mali is a front-end developer (React+XState+Redux) based in Pune, India. She loves to read!

• @aishwarya-mali on GitHub
• @aishwaryamali24 on Twitter
• @aishwaryamali24 on LinkedIn

Sponsor Virtual Coffee!

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Please visit our sponsorship page on GitHub for more information - you can evensponsor an episode of the podcast!

Virtual Coffee:

• Virtual Coffee: virtualcoffee.io
• Podcast Contact: [email protected]
• Bekah: dev.to/bekahhw, Twitter:https://twitter.com/bekahhw, Instagram:bekahhw
• Dan: dtott.com, Twitter:@danieltott

This week Bekah and Dan sat down with Kai Katschthaler, a technical writer and content creator, about their creation process, finding learning approaches that work for them, and mentoring others.

Links:

• Kai's appearance on the Coming Out Pod
• Kinesthetic Learning
• Freecodecamp
• Codecademy
• Flatironschool
• Exercism

Kai Katschthaler

Kai is a tech content specialist and mental health advocate. They run Taboola Rasa, a mental health awareness project that seeks to erase the stigma connected to mental health.

• linktr.ee/thegrumpyenby
• @thegrumpyenby on GitHub
• @thegrumpyenby on Twitter
• @kaikatschthaler on LinkedIn

Sponsor Virtual Coffee!

Your support is incredibly valuable to us. Direct financial support will help us to continue serving the Virtual Coffee community.

Please visit our sponsorship page on GitHub for more information - you can evensponsor an episode of the podcast!

Virtual Coffee:

• Virtual Coffee: virtualcoffee.io
• Podcast Contact: [email protected]
• Bekah: dev.to/bekahhw, Twitter:https://twitter.com/bekahhw, Instagram:bekahhw
• Dan: dtott.com, Twitter:@danieltott

This week Bekah and Dan sat down with Joe Karow, the Lead Engineer at a nonprofit, about his career change from the hospitality industry, his experience with the online bootcamp, 100devs, and about the ADHD experience.

Joe Karow

Joe is the Lead Engineer at InReach, a 501(c)3 registered non-profit building world’s first tech platform matching LGBTQ+ people facing discrimination and persecution with safe, verified resources. Formerly a Director of Finance for a large hotel chain, he made the leap in to tech in 2022. Tech was always a part of Joe's life, it just took a global pandemic for him to decide to start getting paid for it.

• joekarow.dev
• @JoeKarow on GitHub
• @JoeKarow on Twitter
• @jkarow on LinkedIn

Links

• All Hands Job Board
• 100devs
• Resilient Coders
• Leon Noel
• Cedar Point
• Busch Gardens
• Kennywood
• cssbattle.dev
• remo

Sponsor Virtual Coffee!

Your support is incredibly valuable to us. Direct financial support will help us to continue serving the Virtual Coffee community.

Please visit our sponsorship page on GitHub for more information - you can evensponsor an episode of the podcast!

Virtual Coffee:

• Virtual Coffee: virtualcoffee.io
• Podcast Contact: [email protected]
• Bekah: dev.to/bekahhw, Twitter:https://twitter.com/bekahhw, Instagram:bekahhw
• Dan: dtott.com, Twitter:@danieltott

This week Bekah and Dan sat down with Jörn Bernhardt, a 2x founder in Germany, about his career path, the challenges of being a founder, and the key traits that have led to his success.

About Jörn

Jörn started developing web-based software in the last century when he was still in school. In 2018, he founded his second company compose.us where they implement digital solutions and share their knowledge with public administrations. In his spare time Jörn organizes local meetups in Germany and creates at least one open source commit per day to push his side projects.

• compose.us
• Jörn on GitHub
• Jörn on Twitter
• Jörn on LinkedIn

Sponsor Virtual Coffee!

Your support is incredibly valuable to us. Direct financial support will help us to continue serving the Virtual Coffee community.

Please visit our sponsorship page on GitHub for more information - you can evensponsor an episode of the podcast!

Virtual Coffee:

• Virtual Coffee: virtualcoffee.io
• Podcast Contact: [email protected]
• Bekah: dev.to/bekahhw, Twitter:https://twitter.com/bekahhw, Instagram:bekahhw
• Dan: dtott.com, Twitter:@danieltott

It’s the final episode of season six of the podcast and we’re bringing it to you live with Bekah, Dan, and Kirk! We talked a lot about Hacktoberfest with many side-tracks and segues in between.

Sponsor Virtual Coffee!

Your support is incredibly valuable to us. Direct financial support will help us to continue serving the Virtual Coffee community.

Please visit our sponsorship page on GitHub for more information - you can evensponsor an episode of the podcast!

Virtual Coffee:

• Virtual Coffee: virtualcoffee.io
• Podcast Contact: [email protected]
• Bekah: dev.to/bekahhw, Twitter:https://twitter.com/bekahhw, Instagram:bekahhw
• Dan: dtott.com, Twitter:@danieltott
• Kirk: @kirkcodes

Sponsor Virtual Coffee!

Your support is incredibly valuable to us. Direct financial support will help us to continue serving the Virtual Coffee community.

Please visit our sponsorship page on GitHub for more information - you can evensponsor an episode of the podcast!

Virtual Coffee:

• Virtual Coffee: virtualcoffee.io
• Podcast Contact: [email protected]
• Bekah: dev.to/bekahhw, Twitter:https://twitter.com/bekahhw, Instagram:bekahhw
• Dan: dtott.com, Twitter:@danieltott