Sending Your Kids Off To College | Jeff Fritz (Dad of 2, Microsoft)

Jeff Fritz is principal program manager at Microsoft where he leads production for one oftheir largest developer events. He’s also active in the developer community as a live-coding Twitch streamer, Youtuber, and podcast host. He’s a lifelong developer who got his start working on the family’s Commodore 64. In addition to his work as program manager and developer he’s a husband and the father of two daughters. We discussed:

* Making the most of your time with your kids when they’re young

* Preparing your kids and yourself for the big changes that come with high school and college

* What it’s like when your kids leave the house for the first time

* The modern day college admissions process

* Helping your kids establish good decision-making frameworks from a young age

* Supporting your kids extracurricular activities unconditionally

* Creating trust through consistent support

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Where to find Jeff Fritz

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreytfritz/

* Twitch: https://twitch.tv/csharpfritz

* Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfvJirlbRTN-bU9sMWMb_ZQ

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In this episode, we cover:

[1:49] Welcome

[2:34] Professional background

[6:18] Live streaming

[7:55] AI tooling in his work

[12:33] Childhood

[15:20] “Seasonal” empty-nester

[17:47] Daughters thoughts on dad being on Twitch

[21:18] Empty-nester deep dive

[25:39] Advice for parents approaching empty nesting

[29:40] College admissions process

[34:43] Align with college-age kids/family

[39:53] Kids making adult decisions

[42:23] Kid’s interest in tech

[45:12] Kids wanting to be in tech

[50:21] Follow Jeff

[51:28] Lightning round

[1:01:20] Thank you

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Show references:

Jeff’s Website: https://jeffreyfritz.com/

Source Code on Github: https://github.com/csharpfritz

Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/

Commodore 64: https://www.commodore.ca/commodore-products/commodore-64-the-best-selling-computer-in-history/

Copilot: https://copilot.microsoft.com/chats/X7EeM9ig1Wv9k9ayG9KZM

Visual Studio: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/

Penn State: https://www.psu.edu/

Eagles: https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/

TwitchCon: https://www.twitchcon.com/

LSU: https://www.lsu.edu/

Kansas State: https://www.k-state.edu/

West Virginia University: https://www.wvu.edu/

Yale: https://www.yale.edu/

Harvard: https://www.harvard.edu/

UCLA: https://www.ucla.edu/

USC: https://usc.edu/

University of Miami: https://welcome.miami.edu/

Thanksgiving Macy’s Day Parade: https://www.macys.com/s/parade/

Fortnite: https://www.fortnite.com/?lang=en-US

Rocky: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075148/

Princess Diaries: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247638/

University of Michigan: https://umich.edu/

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