Episode #56: Evan Light

In this episode, Evan Light, a freelance software developer and mentor, talks about working with an apprentice, remote mentoring, and the power of reflection and education through suffering. Show Notes: Evan Light (twitter / blog / Ruby DCamp / Triple Dog Dare)  00:52 – Evan Light Introduction [unordered_list style=”bullet”] Freelance Software Developer Developer Mentor [/unordered_list] 01:03 – History with remote work [unordered_list style=”bullet”] Wifeâ€s health Frustration Driven Development: Evanâ€s WindyCityRails Talk 2012 Former government contractor [/unordered_list] 02:36 – Adjusting to working from home [unordered_list style=”bullet”] Allowed him to focus more Easy at first, but harder the longer he has been doing it Needy cats [/unordered_list] 06:28 – Day to day work process [unordered_list style=”bullet”] Maintain 2 clients at a time Remote pairing [/unordered_list] 07:32 – Pairing with clients 08:20 – Working with an apprentice [unordered_list style=”bullet”] Working in person Pairing locally [/unordered_list] 10:07 – Remote mentoring [unordered_list style=”bullet”] Startups whose code is a mess People who want to learn techniques or learn from a problem [/unordered_list] 12:40 – Pomodoroing 13:54 – Working with larger distributed teams [unordered_list style=”bullet”] The people who perform well arenâ€t the people you expect to perform well and vice versa Work ethic tends to be different in the office than for people who work at home [/unordered_list] 17:09 – Regular Agile Retrospectives [unordered_list style=”bullet”] Defining iteration length Describing what things went well and what made people happy and what didnâ€t work well and made people unhappy [/unordered_list] 20:54 – Reflection [unordered_list style=”bullet”] Education through suffering Frustration Driven Development The 7 Habits of Highly Effective people by Stephen R. Covey [/unordered_list] 28:00 – Do what you love and share it with other people and it pays you back [unordered_list style=”bullet”] The Passionate Programmer by Chad Fowler Linchpin by Seth Godin RubyFreelancers Podcast [/unordered_list]