This Developing Story: Recent Episodes
Brian Douglas
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Will Johnson is a former factory worker who transitions to learning code. He now works with the egghead community putting on events. Join us in learning his story on how he made his way into tech and built a network while doing it.
I am noticing a trend with DevRel teams changing how they work. There are more YouTube videos and less conference. The whole game is changing and I am changing with it. I am not quitting, but I am refocusing on new areas.
Clubhouse feels like the shiny new gatekeeper -- intentionally excluding folks without the means or connections to get in.
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Is this new platform an opportunity for developers to connect while the pandemic is still here or are we perpetuating the gatekeeping that prevents access for underprivileged developers?
Learn more about the work behind Open Sauced and the community that been built around it on GitHub and Discord. I also started a YouTube channel to share more details about my journey. Listen to learn why and how it is going.
This is a combo episode with two different recordings, one from 2019 where I thought I was going to restart this podcast and one from today where I think I did.
There is a lot to cover but this will brief, and set the stage for future recordings about my developing story.
Ben currently leads and manages Eventbrite’s Frontend Platform team. On the side, he also enjoys playing basketball, DIY, watching movies, and blogging (benmvp.com) / tweeting (@benmvp) about his experiences with new web technologies.
Latish is an avid learner and productivity geek. He works as a Principal Software Engineer for a startup in Dallas, TX. He also created SqlSmash, a productivity plugin for developers.
Co-author React Router, Co-owner ReactJS Training. JavaScript thought-haver. Junior Developer for Life.
Tony is a developer living in Ybor City, Fl. He's passionate about remote work, pair programming and fostering community.
Founder and CEO of Cocoa Academy. Sr. iOS developer, Author (soon to be) and entrepreneur.
Started a new podcast called JAMstack Radio, a new podcast that discusses the JAMstack, a new way to build fast and secure apps or websites. JAMstack Radio is hosted by Brian Douglas, Developer & Advocate at Netlify. In this first episode, Brian is joined by Aaron Autrand, and Christian Schlensker to discuss the JAMstack and some of it’s best applications.
An accomplished military officer, entrepreneur, and self-taught developer, David is the Founder & Executive Director of Operation Code, a coding 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps military, veterans and their families learn to code.
Corey started programming at the age of 8 on a x80286 with BASIC, then working on LMS' for the ARMY/NAVY, and then landing on growing a company that builds software for companies of all shapes and sizes.
Kaanon is a software engineer, husband, and father in the Bay Area. He focuses on web technologies and delivering meaningful user interfaces.
Saron is the founder of CodeNewbie the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. She's also a speaker, and host of the CodeNewbie Podcast.
The host of Productivity in Tech and passionate code slinger, Jay Miller, share's his story how he got his love for coding and how he shares it with the community.
Sergio is an application developer out of Orlando, FL who is passionate about learning and sharing knowledge. When he is not typing code at Code School, you may find him speaking at different events about topics he's learned recently.
Orlando programmer James Michiemo share his story of how he got into developing and what he is doing now.
Former figure skater and current JavaScript programmer Aimee Knight comes on to share her developing story.
Mormon, Husband, Father, Speaker, Trainer, Open Sourcerer, and Google Developer Expert (GDE) who uses and talks about JavaScript, NodeJS, ReactJS at PayPal, Egghead, and on JavaScriptAir and React30
Matt Biilmann is the founder of Netlify. Before that he started Webpop and BitBalloon, and worked as the CTO of Domestika.
I talk with 3 members of the Bloc Engineering team about code, Jason Norris, Megan Marquardt, and Joe Lipper.
Phil Spitler is a self-taught programming problem solver who believes code maintainability is the most important technical factor in a project's long-term success. He enjoys helping others learn to code, electronic music production and sound design.
Phil will be giving a talk at Ruby RemoteConf in June, so check it out.
In this episode I sit down with ruby developer and mentor, Bobbilee Hartman to chat about her passion to teach others, as well her experiences working a developer.
Update: Rails Camp is coming August 26-29th
Kelly Mason is a Bloc employee who just completed her Bloc course. In this episode we talk about her experience learning how to code at a company that teaches people how to code.
Azer is the original creator of the small library left-pad as well as a talented photographer and blogger.
In this episode I find out how Azer got into programming and what he enjoys doing when he is not.
Bloc recently announced their partnership with Amazon and I have the individual who organized the efforts. In this podcast we chat about Mark's interest in the Amazon Echo and how he got into programming.
In this episode I talk with Tine Lee from MotherCoders, a tech orientation program that provides on-site childcare for mothers who want to learn basic coding, gain a deeper understanding of the technology landscape, and network with peers and industry professionals.
In this episode I sit down with Kevin Burke from Shyp and talk about his path to becoming a developer.
Hackbright Alum and Associate Developer at Slack chats with me about her experience learning how to code.
I interview Bloc's first engineering hire, Christian Schlensker, and get to find out about his exceptional Developing Story
I interview Kevin Colligan, a Bloc alum and creator of POTUS Palooza. Kevin is a super cool guy and a man of many talents, which we discover during the course of the interview.
This week I spend some time talking with an old coworker of mine, Robert Deluca. Robert is a Ember/JavaScript enthusiast as well as an all around awesome guy. We chat about his relocation to Austin, TX and general work/life balance.
I interview my coworker at Bloc about his developing story. Joe is a curriculum developer at Bloc and a California native. We also discuss our thoughts on living in the bay area and the life of tech employee.
I give another update on what I have done this week, some iOS, Python, and lots of Javascript
I spend some time talking about my accepted CFP to ForwardJS. I give some to talk about the Big O (Complexity and Time).
In this episode I learn from Brandon Hayes's interview outlining how he approaches cleaning up code to add in a Javascript framework.
This episode I share my experience at Github Universe and let the listeners there is slight format changes coming to the podcast.
I share my initial experiences with react-native and go on a rant about how you can get a job from a bootcamp but you still have to work for it.
I finally learn a little bit of React in preparation to my React-Native app. I also continue to use Swift in the meantime for my current app.
I share some blog postsI have been reading and writing as well as a bit of my experience converting coffeescript to ES6.
If you have a question for me, tweet #thisdevelopingstory and I will answer them live on periscope.
I am hosting a live periscope meeting on October 8th at 6pm PDT. Follow me on Twitter to get the meeting notification.
In this episode I move to swift for all my ios apps.
This is the episode where I share my AMA and some new blog post. I also pass over the torch a new Ruby Newbie.
This episode I share how I find and track my time to code inside and outside of work. I share my experience of my first earthquake.
I explain my experiences with some exceptional Hackbright alum and self reflect how I feel as a Black person in tech and share my goal of getting involved with the Hack the Hood organization.
*I also do not mention, but there is also Black Girls Code branch based in Oakland.
I share my experience from Rust Camp and begin to ramble about it for too long, so look for an in depth blog post on it soon. I also gain confidence in Objective-C and enjoy the Oakland Weather.
I share my first experiences with the Rust Language as well as do a retrospective on my last job compared to my current one with Bloc.
In this episode I share a new blog post on building an Api in Rails as well as my new love for Angular Directives.
I explain what a mid level dev is and how I plan to set myself apart
to become one. I also share some bay area insider tips. Reminder Mutualfun is available for anyone looking for extra help.
I wrap my experience at jQuerySF as well as share my thoughts on how to find a mentor to help in your code journey.
iOS learning is chugging along and has been eye opening. I also share a
pair programming project I am unveiling today, Mutualfun. If you need
help on any programming, let me know.
In this episode I prepare to attend jQuerySF as well as give some advice to an aspiring mobile developer.
I give the name and link to my new api and also begin learning ios to start building the app on iphone
I talk about my goals which is basically just GO rambling again with a sprinkle of devops
In this episode I share my experience with the bay area weather as well as provide a recommendation for some one else experience the Bay Area.
I thought I had more in me, but had to cut this episode due to an
extreme allergy attack. I am ok now, but it seems with the new city and
environment I have a bigger reaction to seasonal allergies.
In summary I am cutting back on the side projects and going full force
on my BART api.
I take some time to share my epiphany into Bay Area Hip Hop as well as more GOlang and API work.
I visit the Google SF campus for an ember.js meetup and find myself defending my reason for learning GO.
I explain my thoughts on growing as a programmer as well as share a Healthy Hacker episode about the same subject.
I attend a impromptu code workshop with Corey Haines and also check in with my goals for 2015
I attend a Rails and Ember meetup only to find out that Javascript is definitely a bit more exciting than Rails at the moment. I also share more of my experience finishing my first Ember app
In this episode I share more details of the project I am currently working on with Steamrolers and the struggles of having no internet.
In this episode I share my experience in learning Angular and my interactions with volunteers from the Reimagine Homelessness project
I am finally in California and have spent the majority of my time looking for a place to live permanently.
This is the episode where I let everyone what company I am moving out to San Francisco for. Despite some technical difficulties I was able to stick to my weekly release schedule.
I take some time to share my experiences prior to learning how to code, the story is a bit longer but covers a lot of aspects and decisions I made to eventually become a web developer.
In this episode 1 share some big news, the very news that gave me the idea of this podcast. I also share goals of learning GO and continuing to learn Ember and now even Angular.