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The Developer Diaries

The Developer Diaries

Hosted by ShreyTheCray

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Episodes

11

Latest episode

Jan 2024

Language

EN

About the show

Welcome to The Developer Diaries, where we will meet software engineers, and learn about their journeys into the industry, challenges they faced along the way, and life lessons that they have learned and wish to offer us. Let's consider our own challenges, and how we might reframe or rethink our decisions based on what we learn.

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January 11, 202429 min

Ep 13: Crashing Events, Taking Advantage, and Breaking the Rules

Vi Tran (Senior Product Manager at Splunk) shares her secrets to making big moves in tech. We'll learn how you can conquer tech in a non-software eng role, how to find strengths in your transferrable skills to find a place in the industry, and accelerate your growth by taking risks.

July 19, 202323 min

Ep 10: The T-Shaped Developer

John Kilmister (Principal Software Architect and Microsoft MVP) explains what a T-shaped developer is and steps we can take to actively become more well-rounded programmers.

June 14, 202322 min

Ep 9: The Developer. The Manager. The Architect.

John Kilmister (Principal Software Architect and Microsoft MVP) shares his journey and how he started off as a developer, became a manager, and is now a software architect.

June 7, 20236 min

[Bonus] Ep 8: How The Developer Learns

Josh's shares his favorite resources on learning for developers.

June 7, 202321 min

Ep 7: The Developer’s Job Beyond the Code

Let’s talk about the developer’s job beyond the code. What does it mean to build internal full-stack culture, how do you set up yourself and your team up for success, and are you responsible for building your company or team’s culture? We’ll also discuss topics like volunteering outside of work, open source side projects, and dealing with bad management.Meet Josh: https://twitter.com/JoshuaKGoldberg

May 31, 202330 min

Ep 6: The Builder. The Creator. The Developer.

Let’s follow Josh's journey from being a builder to a creator to a developer. Starting with his childhood love for Legos, we explore how his passion for building evolved into a knack for design and how his early experiences with robotics and programming shaped his career path. We’ll also discuss his transition into the industry, from navigating college challenges to landing his first internship. We’ll dig into his viral success with his Super Mario Bros remake and hear his reflections on the importance of exploring interests and nurturing creativity. Don't miss this captivating episode of The Developer Diaries!

May 26, 202320 min

Ep 5 The Socially Awkward Developer

Social anxiety sucks, but it’s a common issue that many developers face. In this episode, Josh (Open Source Maintainer, Speaker, and Microsoft MVP) opens up about his journey with social awkwardness, as well as actionable strategies you can use to start overcoming it yourself.

May 17, 20235 min

[Bonus] Creativity in Tech

I lied, this is our final [bonus] segment with Craig (Staff Developer Educator @ Twilio) and we dig into one of my favorite topics - the value of creativity in tech!

May 17, 202324 min

Ep 3 The Developer Who Dropped Out

This is our final segment with Craig (Staff Developer Educator @ Twilio) where he discusses his experience with dropping out of college and how that impacted his career.

May 3, 202317 min

Ep 2 Winging It!

Craig (Staff Developer Educator @ Twilio) talks a little more about the value being able to just “wing it” sometimes (all the time).#coding #learning #education #developer

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