EPISODE · Mar 26, 2019 · 43 MIN
#44 Jeremy Likness became a developer through the backdoor and loved it
from Software Developers Journey · host Timothée Bourguignon, Jeremy Likness
Jeremy Likness is a Cloud Developer Advocate for Azure at Microsoft. Jeremy has spent two decades building enterprise software with a focus on line of business web applications. He is the author of several highly acclaimed technical books including Designing Silverlight Business Applications and Programming the Windows Runtime by Example. He has given hundreds of technical presentations during his career as a professional developer. In his free time Jeremy likes to run, hike, and maintain a 100% plant-based diet.Jeremy first explained how he felt in love with computers at the age of 7... and ended up droping out of college and abandoning the idea of a career in software. He told us about the detours he took and how he got back in IT through the back door. We touched on his learning patterns and how he got into public speaking and conferences. We devised on how each step of his career prepared him for his current job as a developer advocate. Finally, we spoke about hiring and mentoring younger developers.Here are the links of the show:@jeremylikness on Twitter: http://twitter.com/@jeremyliknessBlog: https://blog.jeremylikness.comUpcoming talks: https://blog.jeremylikness.com/upcoming-talks-eaf27ff8a3a7CreditsMusic Aye by Yung Kartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.Your hostSoftware Developer‘s Journey is hosted and produced by Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, a crazy frenchman living in Germany who dedicated his life to helping others learn & grow. More about him at timbourguignon.fr.Want to be next?Do you know anyone who should be on the podcast? Do you want to be next? Drop me a line: [email protected] or via Twitter @timothep.Gift the podcast a ratingPlease do me and your fellow listeners a favor by spreading the good word about this podcast. And please leave a rating (excellent of course) on the major podcasting platforms, this is the best way to increase the visibility of the podcast:Apple PodcastsStitcherGoogle PlayThanks!Support the show
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Jeremy Likness is a Cloud Developer Advocate for Azure at Microsoft. Jeremy has spent two decades building enterprise software with a focus on line of business web applications. He is the author of several highly acclaimed technical books including Designing Silverlight Business Applications and Programming the Windows Runtime by Example. He has given hundreds of technical presentations during his career as a professional developer. In his free time Jeremy likes to run, hike, and maintain a 1...
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#44 Jeremy Likness became a developer through the backdoor and loved it
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