Episode 11: From Gas Station Attendant to Java Developer ...

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This time out we are blessed by the presence of Joël Perras, PHP developer extraordinaire and Fictive Kin brosef of Ed. We explore Joël’s rags-to-riches story: a young academic schlepping coffee and 44oz soft drinks at a gas station, where he’s discovered by a grizzled dev team manager in need of Java skills. From there it’s been a whirlwind of web sites, programming languages, and more ops than you can shake a stick at. Actually I was sleepy and wasn’t really listening for the first half-hour. I bet it’s good though. Feel free to hit us up on Twitter at @dev_hell or harass Ed and Chris directly. Download now (MP3, 42.9MB, 1:31) Links Joël on Twitter Vim Adventures MATLAB Flask Photos from OINK-PUG Meetup on April 19, 2012 VirtualBox Vagrant Engine Yard blog post on Vagrant Puppet Sublime Text 2 CakePHP Lithium

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