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This Developing Story

by Brian Douglas

Developing stories about how developers got into developing.

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Episodes

  1. TDS 94 - The Quick and Slow Way to DevRel

    https://twitter.com/jamesqquick

  2. TDS 93 - Embrace Being A Beginner

    https://twitter.com/FrancescoCiull4 https://www.youtube.com/c/FrancescoCiulla

  3. TDS 92 - Tech is Hiring

    https://twitter.com/Chad_R_Stewart

  4. TDS 91 - Memes and Streams

    https://twitter.com/cassidoo

  5. TDS 90 - The Path From Journalism to DevRel

    https://twitter.com/film_girl

  6. TDS 89 - Airbnb Apprentice

    https://twitter.com/teesTechJourney https://careers.airbnb.com/

  7. TDS 88 - Self Taught Technical Founder

    https://twitter.com/JasonDocton https://youarerad.org/

  8. TDS 87 - Social Worker to Software Engineer

    https://www.instagram.com/itsthatlady.dev/ https://twitter.com/itsthatladydev

  9. TDS 86 - Finding Code After 40

    https://twitter.com/LDLockhartJr vm.tiktok.com/ZMRUJXmFd/

  10. TDS 85 - Pro Skater to Programmer

    https://twitter.com/t3dotgg https://round.t3.gg/

  11. TDS 84: Getting a Job from Side Projects - Katherine Peterson

    https://twitter.com/katherinecodes https://readme.so/

  12. TDS 83 - Success as a Resilient Coder - Rizel Scarlett

    https://twitter.com/blackgirlbytes https://leonnoel.com/100devs/

  13. TDS 82 - Why Generalists Triumph in a Developer World - Shaundai Person

    https://twitter.com/shaundai https://www.tsforjs.com/ Join us live on Wednesdays https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=dmFhbmlvbnY1NTE3bHNhbmQ4dmoxOWc2MGdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ

  14. TDS 81 - From Bootcamp to DevRel - Danny Ramos

    https://www.twitch.tv/muydanny https://twitter.com/muydanny https://rubygalaxy.io/ https://newrelic.com/futurestack

  15. TDS 80 - Making Developer Content with Ali Spittel

    https://twitter.com/ASpittel https://dev.to/aspittel https://welearncode.com/ https://alispit.tel/

  16. TDS 79 - From Factory work to Developer Work - Will Johnson

    Will Johnson is a former factory worker who transitions to learning code. He now works with the egghead community putting on events. Join us in learning his story on how he made his way into tech and built a network while doing it.

  17. TDS 78 I Am Done With Doing Developer Relations

    I am noticing a trend with DevRel teams changing how they work. There are more YouTube videos and less conference. The whole game is changing and I am changing with it. I am not quitting, but I am refocusing on new areas.

  18. TDS 77 Is Clubhouse Hurting the Developer Community?

    Clubhouse feels like the shiny new gatekeeper -- intentionally excluding folks without the means or connections to get in. https://twitter.com/AmrutaRanade/status/1357331037857193987 Is this new platform an opportunity for developers to connect while the pandemic is still here or are we...

  19. TDS 76 - Early Adoption Developer

    In this episode, I'm going to focus on comparing two continuous delivery platforms. My recommendation as you find platforms to host on is to try the new ones and some side projects on there, some side projects, uh, as you build and grow them. This will support your growth as an engineer as you…

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  20. TDS 75 2021 Goals

    In this episode of This Developing Story, I focus on my goals for 2021. Watch the full video on YouTube to hear all three of my goals. Moving forward all future podcast episodes will be recorded via YouTube. Subscribe there to see me live. Twitch 🎬 https://twitch.tv/bdougieYO GitHub 💻....

  21. TDS 74 Open Sauced

    Learn more about the work behind Open Sauced and the community that been built around it on GitHub and Discord. I also started a YouTube channel to share more details about my journey. Listen to learn why and how it is going.

  22. TDS 73 Back on the Saddle

    This is a combo episode with two different recordings, one from 2019 where I thought I was going to restart this podcast and one from today where I think I did. There is a lot to cover but this will brief, and set the stage for future recordings about my developing story.

  23. TDS 72 Ben Ilegbodu

    Ben currently leads and manages Eventbrite’s Frontend Platform team. On the side, he also enjoys playing basketball, DIY, watching movies, and blogging (benmvp.com) / tweeting (@benmvp) about his experiences with new web technologies.

  24. TDS 71 Latish Sehgal

    Latish is an avid learner and productivity geek. He works as a Principal Software Engineer for a startup in Dallas, TX. He also created SqlSmash, a productivity plugin for developers.

  25. TDS 70 Ryan Florence

    Co-author React Router, Co-owner ReactJS Training. JavaScript thought-haver. Junior Developer for Life.

  26. TDS 69 Tony Winn

    Tony is a developer living in Ybor City, Fl. He's passionate about remote work, pair programming and fostering community.

  27. TDS 68 Craig Clayton

    Founder and CEO of Cocoa Academy. Sr. iOS developer, Author (soon to be) and entrepreneur.

  28. TDS 67 JAMstack Radio

    Started a new podcast called JAMstack Radio, a new podcast that discusses the JAMstack, a new way to build fast and secure apps or websites. JAMstack Radio is hosted by Brian Douglas, Developer & Advocate at Netlify. In this first episode, Brian is joined by Aaron Autrand, and Christian…

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  29. TDS 66 David Molina from Operation Code

    An accomplished military officer, entrepreneur, and self-taught developer, David is the Founder & Executive Director of Operation Code, a coding 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps military, veterans and their families learn to code.

  30. TDS 65 Corey Grusden

    Corey started programming at the age of 8 on a x80286 with BASIC, then working on LMS' for the ARMY/NAVY, and then landing on growing a company that builds software for companies of all shapes and sizes.

  31. TDS 64 Kaanon MacFarlane

    Kaanon is a software engineer, husband, and father in the Bay Area. He focuses on web technologies and delivering meaningful user interfaces.

  32. TDS 63 Saron Yitbarek

    Saron is the founder of CodeNewbie the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. She's also a speaker, and host of the CodeNewbie Podcast.

  33. TDS 62 Jay Miller

    The host of Productivity in Tech and passionate code slinger, Jay Miller, share's his story how he got his love for coding and how he shares it with the community.

  34. TDS 61 Sergio Cruz

    Sergio is an application developer out of Orlando, FL who is passionate about learning and sharing knowledge. When he is not typing code at Code School, you may find him speaking at different events about topics he's learned recently.

  35. TDS 60 James Michiemo

    Orlando programmer James Michiemo share his story of how he got into developing and what he is doing now.

  36. TDS 59 Lex Alexander

    Lex is a software developer and stand up comedian in LA .

  37. TDS 58 Aimee Knight

    Former figure skater and current JavaScript programmer Aimee Knight comes on to share her developing story.

  38. TDS 57 Jeff Thomas

    Jeff Thomas is a Freelance Ruby on Rails Developer helping companies make more money.

  39. TDS 56 Kent C Dodds

    Mormon, Husband, Father, Speaker, Trainer, Open Sourcerer, and Google Developer Expert (GDE) who uses and talks about JavaScript, NodeJS, ReactJS at PayPal, Egghead, and on JavaScriptAir and React30

  40. TDS 55 Another New Job

    I take 14mins and talk about how I got a new job

  41. TDS 54 Matt Biilmann from Netlify

    Matt Biilmann is the founder of Netlify. Before that he started Webpop and BitBalloon, and worked as the CTO of Domestika.

  42. TDS 53 Team Bloc and the State of Code

    I talk with 3 members of the Bloc Engineering team about code, Jason Norris, Megan Marquardt, and Joe Lipper.

  43. TDS 52 Phil Spitler

    Phil Spitler is a self-taught programming problem solver who believes code maintainability is the most important technical factor in a project's long-term success. He enjoys helping others learn to code, electronic music production and sound design. Phil will be giving a talk at Ruby RemoteConf…

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  44. TDS 51 Bobbilee Hartman

    In this episode I sit down with ruby developer and mentor, Bobbilee Hartman to chat about her passion to teach others, as well her experiences working a developer. Update: Rails Camp is coming August 26-29th

  45. TDS 50 Kelly Mason

    Kelly Mason is a Bloc employee who just completed her Bloc course. In this episode we talk about her experience learning how to code at a company that teaches people how to code.

  46. TDS 49 Azer Koculo

    Azer is the original creator of the small library left-pad as well as a talented photographer and blogger. In this episode I find out how Azer got into programming and what he enjoys doing when he is not.

  47. TDS 48 Mark Carpenter and the Alexa Project

    Bloc recently announced their partnership with Amazon and I have the individual who organized the efforts. In this podcast we chat about Mark's interest in the Amazon Echo and how he got into programming.

  48. TDS 47 Tina Lee from MotherCoders

    In this episode I talk with Tine Lee from MotherCoders, a tech orientation program that provides on-site childcare for mothers who want to learn basic coding, gain a deeper understanding of the technology landscape, and network with peers and industry professionals.

  49. TDS 46 Kevin Burke

    In this episode I sit down with Kevin Burke from Shyp and talk about his path to becoming a developer.

  50. TDS 45 Christina Foran

    Hackbright Alum and Associate Developer at Slack chats with me about her experience learning how to code.

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Developing stories about how developers got into developing.

HOSTED BY

Brian Douglas

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