Dev.Life

Dev.Life

Embarrassingly unknown engineers, Brooke Avery and Erik Slack, blend entertainingly meaningful conversation, interesting guests, and insightful advice as they explore all aspects of the developer life.

Dev.Life Podcast Episodes (Page 2)

S2E30 | Mike Pearson on Just Trying Things and StateAdapt
For his work on State Adapt we have Michael Pearson on the show today. We want to learn more about innovating & creating, but especially why and how you can “just try things” even when imposter syndrome gets the better of you.LINKS:https://twitter.com/mfpearshttps://state-adapt.github.io/https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-pearson-75513485/https://..
1 year, 8 months ago
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S2E29 | Alfredo Perez on Mexico, Hobbits, & Career Growth
In this episode we talk with Alfredo Perez, a rising star in the community who shares his developer journey from his roots in Mexico to becoming a Staff UI Engineer, a trusted coach and mentor, and becoming an accepted speaker at ng-conf. Alfredo shares some inspiring insights on topics like how to lower the barriers into tech for those from other ..
1 year, 8 months ago
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S2E28 | David Khourshid on the Current & Future States of Development
In this episode we are joined by David Khourshid the Founder of Stately.ai to learn about the current and future states of developing modern software. When we step back, what future are we building towards and how can we build smarter?LINKS:https://twitter.com/DavidKPianohttps://davidk.dev/https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkpiano/https://stately.ai..
1 year, 8 months ago
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S2E27 | Jeff Cross on Managing Your Career in Uncertain Times
SHOW SUMMARY:From economic strains and inflation to natural disasters, wars, and political unrest, managing your career in today’s uncertain environment requires new levels of patience, planning, & flexibility. Where do you even start given all that has and is going on around us? While total control and predictability are an illusion, we sat down w..
1 year, 8 months ago
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S2E26 | Ask Me Anything with Jason Warner
SHOW SUMMARY:In this episode Brooke, Erik, & guest panelist Jason Warner go boldly into the uncharted territories of our first ever Ask Me Anything episode! We take on listener-submitted questions on topics ranging from working remotely and the dynamics of working on an agile team, to dealing with being fired and revitalizing your motivation at wor..
1 year, 8 months ago
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S2E25 | Craig Shearer on Independent Contracting
SHOW SUMMARY:In this episode, we go to the land down to talk to our favorite Kiwi developer, Craig Shearer. Craig shares his experiences working as an independent contractor starting from how he got into programming and what led to his decision to go solo. If you’ve ever wondered if working as a contractor is right for you, Craig has all the answer..
1 year, 9 months ago
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S2E24 | Colum Ferry on Solving the Timezones Problem
SHOW SUMMARY:In this episode we’re thrilled to get to know Colum Ferry, a Senior Software Engineer working at Nrwl remotely from his home in Derry, Ireland. As someone who has successfully worked across distant time zones we’re hoping he can help us solve some obstacles.LINKS:https://twitter.com/FerryColumhttps://columferry.co.uk/https://colum-fer..
1 year, 9 months ago
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S2E23 | Building A Customer-Focused Mindset with Carl Bergenhem
SHOW SUMMARY:In this episode of NgXP, we ask how you can build a customer-focused mindset as a software engineer. And who better to help us with this discussion than Carl Bergenhem, the Principal Product Manager for KendoUI! Carl has spent his career becoming an expert in helping individuals, teams, and entire organizations go from being ‘feature f..
1 year, 9 months ago
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S2E22 | Doguhan Uluca Tale: of a Turk in Tech
SHOW SUMMARY:In this episode we are exploring the origin and journey of an incredible member of the Angular community, Doguhan Uluca. He’s a Technical Fellow at a company called Excella in Washington DC. He’s also notably from Turkey. We’ll explore his story and his journey into tech.LINKS:https://duluca.github.io/https://twitter.com/dulucahttps..
1 year, 9 months ago
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S2E21 | Jordan Powell on Managing a Non-Profit
SHOW SUMMARY:More and more, we’ve had some really difficult and devastating events take place all over the world. How can we as programmers and software engineers push back against these kinds of things and bring more goodness into our communities and the world around us? To help us answer these kinds of questions, we brought Jordan Powell from Cyp..
1 year, 10 months ago
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