Software Developers Journey

Claude placed the start of his journey in the early days of the internet, learning HTML for the sake of Beanie Babies. He then described how this triggered his curiosity and ignited a never-ending passion. We talked about his first job and how his coworkers helped him navigate his unknown unknowns. How communities and relationships helped him evolve and grow. We then jumped into management and how he first dipped his toes into it for the wrong reasons, became a leader, and finally got the position. We discussed the challenges that transitioning to another company as a leader brought. And we finally talked about embracing failure and realizing that the organization has your back.Here are the links from the showhttps://twitter.com/claudejonesiiihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/claudejones/http://elevate.foundationhttp://thepracticalleadershipguy.com/http://sandiegotechhub.comhttps://astrothemonster.com/CreditsCover Legends by HoliznaCC0 is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal License.Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon; more about him at timbourguignon.fr.Gift the podcast a rating on one of the significant platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribePodMatchPodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For Interviews Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show

Limor placed the start of her journey in her early childhood, doing a lot of maths and playing with computers. As a brilliant student during high school, she could enroll in enrichment classes and dip her does into computer science, which took us to do her military service in the IDF's Intelligence Corps Technological Unit 81. We talked about her experience as a QA engineer there and how she discovered this field first-hand. We then discussed how she returned to university to study computer science and cognitive sciences. We discussed her first job, how she found it, and how she became an Android engineer. We discussed moving toward management, and finally, we talked about communities & mentorship and how it took her to Wilco, the company she worked for when we recorded the show.Here are the links from the showhttps://twitter.com/mc_limorhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/limor-mekaitenhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/shem-magnezihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaradfelikBaot (the largest female engineering community in Israel): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1433362546987936Managers 4 Managers Facebook group (Hebrew): https://www.facebook.com/groups/655366658218985Plato HQ - mentoring for engineering managers: https://www.platohq.comCreditsCover Legends by HoliznaCC0 is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal License.Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon; more about him at timbourguignon.fr.Gift the podcast a rating on one of the significant platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribePodMatchPodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For Interviews Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show

Brandon placed the start of his journey with his grandmother in computer expos in the 90s. But before coming to programming, his tale took a long detour, made of a search for purpose, social recognition, and his identity. We spoke of a pattern interrupt in the form of a year teaching English at the other end of the planet and how Brandon finally came to enroll in a Bootcamp. We finished this great discussion on learning, teaching, and communities.Here are the links from the showhttps://www.twitter.com/campbellkearns_https://quarterlylearnings.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/campbellkearnsCreditsCover Legends by HoliznaCC0 is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal License.Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon; more about him at timbourguignon.fr.Gift the podcast a rating on one of the significant platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribePodMatchPodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For Interviews Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show

Bekah started with a poignant story of how the birth of her 4th child was a traumatic event that threw her into depression, PTSD, and questioning her place in the world. We then talked about her discovery of the FreeCodeCamp, and how she ended up saying, "I'm done" with her first career. We then discussed the role of communities in finding her first job and how COVID led to the creation of Virtual Coffee. We spoke extensively about Virtual Coffee and what makes it the inclusive place many developers cherish.Here are the links from the showhttps://www.twitter.com/BekahHWhttps://virtualcoffee.io/https://bekahhw.github.io/ML with Python Learning Group https://github.com/orgs/deepgram/discussions/74Find the video for this -> Bekah's Keynote at That-Conference https://that.us/activities/BojrAo0dd8x62Arj8s6U"Dan" that Bekah mentioned a few times https://twitter.com/danieltottCertified Fresh Events https://cfe.dev/CreditsCover Legends by HoliznaCC0 is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal License.Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon; more about him at timbourguignon.fr.Gift the podcast a rating on one of the significant platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribePodMatchPodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For Interviews Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show

Matthew placed the start of his journey as a kid, introduced to the world of Nerds by his brother-in-law. Fast forward a few years, Matt spent the better time of his homeschooling on IRC, building stuff. But when the time came to go to college, he avoided anything tech related. He described a few pivotal points that led him to finally embrace software development and have the blast of his life. We talked about his first jobs and how he entered the world of Video and never left. We finished talking about Mux, the company he co-created, and his aspirations for the future. Here are the links from the showhttps://www.twitter.com/matt_mcclureCreditsCover Legends by HoliznaCC0 is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal License.Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon; more about him at timbourguignon.fr.Gift the podcast a rating on one of the significant platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribePodMatchPodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For Interviews Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Inspiring Tech Leaders - The Technology PodcastInterviews with Tech Leaders and insights on the latest emerging technology trends.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show

Meshi placed the start her journey after high school when she did her mandatory military service in unit 8200 of the Israeli Defense Forces. She described how she learned cyber systems and cyber-analysis, became an officer and learned leadership early on. We then discussed how she wanted to explore, become a programmer and enroll in a part-time CS curriculum. We discussed becoming a team lead and what she took from the army. We talked about bringing the different aspects of her career together in her new role at Jit and how everything clicked in place. And finally, we discussed how mandatory military service brings young people to early adulthood, which is very beneficial in the professional world.Here are the links from the showhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/meshi-yona-735826112/https://jit.ioCreditsCover Legends by HoliznaCC0 is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal License.Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.Gift the podcast a rating on one of the significant platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribePodMatchPodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For Interviews Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show

Nikhil placed the start of his journey in high school, where a teacher managed to light the programming flame in his heart. A few years later, Nikhil graduated with a CS degree and joined a startup. He learned the value of thinking about the problem, embracing the whole system, and not just the solution. This set him up to create his own company. We talked about why the first one failed and then about AppSmith. We finally talked about how he leads the company in embracing the problem by dog-feeding their product and being in constant dialog with the users.Here are the links from the showhttps://www.twitter.com/NikilNandagopalhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhil-nandagopal-05534241/https://www.appsmith.com/https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmithhttps://discord.com/invite/rBTTVJpnikhil@appsmith.comCreditsCover Legends by HoliznaCC0 is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal License.Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.Gift the podcast a rating on one of the significant platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribePodMatchPodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For Interviews Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show

Dean placed the start of his journey in 6th grade, reading science fiction and dreaming of building robots. From there on, in the late 70s, the virus never left him. The rest of the interview was a history lesson about software engineering. Dean spoke of the first company he created in high school and funded by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. He talked about his time working for Xerox Parc and then on project Xanadu, e.g., Hypertext. Beyond this history of the Silicon Valley, we spoke about "old" scientific papers and how they apply today. About workflows, language design, smart contracts, Blockchains, web3, etc., and how they all have the same elementary building blocks, sync/async & blocking/non-blocking. What a ride!Here are the links from the showhttps://www.twitter.com/DeanTribblehttps://www.twitter.com/agorichttps://www.linkedin.com/in/deantribble/https://agoric.com/blog/https://github.com/agorichttps://github.com/endojsCreditsCover Legends by HoliznaCC0 is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal License.Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.Gift the podcast a rating on one of the significant platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribePodMatchPodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For Interviews Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show

Danny placed the start of his journey in high school when his astronomy class closed, and he had to take computer science instead. We then talked about the German concept of Berufsakademie and how he alternated between internships at Alcatel and a technical university for the next four years. We followed his journey from C++ to Java and Kotlin, creating drivers, discovering Blackberry development, and finally, Android. We talked about interviewing, having an impact, and interviewing again for the company that rejected you before. And we finished by talking about communities.Here are the links from the showhttps://www.twitter.com/PreusslerBerlinhttps://dpreussler.medium.com/https://developers.google.com/community/experts/directory/profile/profile-danny-preusslerCreditsCover Legends by HoliznaCC0 is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal License.Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.Gift the podcast a rating on one of the significant platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribePodMatchPodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For Interviews Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show

Chris placed the start of his journey during his first career as an HR professional. We first talked about how blogging put software development on his radar and how "interesting" HR experiences slowly but indeed pushed him to transition toward web development. We explored how he gamed the recruiter systems, applied, and failed his first job interviews. We brushed over communities and how he found his first job. We talked about ADHD and how he transformed his side activities into his full-time business.Here are the links from the showhttps://gomakethings.com/dev-journey/CreditsCover Legends by HoliznaCC0 is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal License.Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.Gift the podcast a rating on one of the significant platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribePodMatchPodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For Interviews Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show