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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