WebJoy

Hussien Khayoon joins the show to talk about his origin story, from accidentally becoming a software engineer, to getting an internship at IBM before working in the start-up world for awhile before joining Shopify last year.

We discuss getting into tech, and mentorship programs he’s been involved with.

Discussed Links

• Hussien’s Twitter: @hussien_coding

Zack Jackson joins the show to talk about his origin story, from not doing well in high school, to teaching himself programming and becoming a core contributor to one of the most essential front-end development tools available: Webpack, as well as being a co-creator of Webpack Module Federation.

We discuss the benefits of being involved in really technical work in open source, and the benefits it has on your day job. His passion for working on distributed architectures and how he accidentally built a self-healing server using Module Federation. We also discuss state management using Recoil and how that helps decouple your application logic from the state.

Discussed Links

• Webpack
• GitHub repos: Module Federation
• Module Federation Website
• Recoil State management library
• Zack's Twitter: @ScriptedAlchemy

Lauren Chilcote joins the show to talk about her origin story: from going to school for fashion design to learning design and front-end development to becoming passionate about design culture.

We discuss the challenges of moving across the country during a pandemic, the benefits and challenges of design culture and being in a profession in which everyone has thoughts and ideas on your work, especially in today's often fully remote environment. As well as listening to audiobook while supporting local bookstores with Libro.fm!

Discussed Links

• Lauren's thoughts on Design Culture
• Libro.fm Audiobooks
• CoHo Fellowships (OnDeck mentioned in the episode by Lauren is now known as CoHo)
• Lauren's Website
• Lauren's Twitter: @LaurenChilcote

Zach Leatherman joins the show to talk about his origin story: from learning programming in the early days of the web to being paid to build open-source software, it's been a wild ride!

We discuss the power of having your own website versus just relying on social media and algorithms, as well as the best way to get started building a website if you're new to it.

Discussed Links

• Eleventy
• Netlify
• IndieWeb
• Zach's Website
• Zach's Twitter: @ZachLeat

Taylor Desseyn joins the show to talk about his origin story, how he started as a musician where he made it to Nashville, and was on tour when something happened to make him give up on all of that. Starting from the start, Taylor utilized the power of networking to build an amazing career helping connect people with jobs.

We discuss the power of networking and how his dad used it to find a job after being out of the job market for years. How Taylor started content creation and how it's a superpower for introverts like us. Most importantly we discuss what ONE STEP you can do if you haven't really started networking yet.

Discussed Links:

• Taylor's Free Resource Page
• Guidance Counselor 2.0 Podcast
• Taylor's Twitter: @tdesseyn
• Taylor's Website

Kyle Shevlin joins the show to talk about his origin story from studying psychology and being a pastor, to working with jQuery and eventually getting cozy working on internet front-end tooling.

We discuss the differences between being a product engineer and being an internal tools-based engineer, before diving into more philosophical conversations about how everything can be improved.

Discussed Links:

• Kyle’s Twitter: @kyleshevlin
• Kyle’s Website

Kat joins the show to talk about her origin story from dropping out of medical school to learning programming while live streaming!

We discuss the hard decisions and inspirations along the way, and we talk about her joy for healthy living, the #FitDevs community, and how it all came together.

Discussed Links:

• #FitDevs
• Eddie’s Water Photo
• Kat's FitDevs links
• Kat's Twitter: @katalyst_katt

Joe Natoli joins the show to talk about his origin story, how he started in design before the internet was a thing. How he jumped into designing for the internet early on and ultimately realized real fulfillment comes from helping people learn.

We discuss his passion for helping people learn, how the rules and processes in tech companies can stand in the way of achieving what they want, and about being the Tony Robbins of UX!

Discussed Links:

• GiveGoodUX.com
• UX 365 Academy
• Joe's Twitter: @JoeNatoli

Mirza joins the show to talk about their origin story, how they started by translating poems, which led into working as a full-time translator. Eventually, they stumbled into product management while at university for their master's degree. Now they manage people who work on Product Strategy.

We discuss how they view product management and product strategy, using Miro versus FigJam, and about their experience being gay in the tech industry and more recently coming out as non-binary.

Discussed Links:

• Miro
• FigJam
• 2Hearts
• Mirza on ADP List
• Looking for Co-Organizers for a Queer Product Meetup
• Mirza's Twitter: @MirzaWriting

Layla joins the show to talk about her origin story, how she started horse-riding as a young girl, eventually doing it professionally before shifting to being a pilates instructor turned software engineer.

We discuss the state of .NET in the world of programming, her 3D worlds she uses for Twitch streaming, and her exploration and joy in game development in Unity. We chat about the differences between web development and game development, and have a couple side-trails into hiding coats in cupboards and not falling off of horses. Finally we talk about the impact that she's having with the Women of .NET community.

Discussed Links:

• Blazor Web Framework
• An example of Layla's 3D studios
• Unity
• Women of .Net Website
• Women of .Net Twitter
• Layla's Twitter: @LaylaCodesit
• Layla's Website