MJS 074: Scott Wyatt

Panel: Charles Max Wood   Guest: Scott Wyatt   This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Scott Wyatt. Scott is a VC partner and is the CTO at Cali Style Technologies, works with startups, and was the CTO of the Dollar Beard Club. He first got into programming because his dad was a computer programmer and he really got hooked from a young age writing games and playing on the computer. They talk about the benefit of not living in the hustle and bustle of California and the Silicon Valley, how he got into JavaScript, what was it about JavaScript that hooked him, and more!   In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 282Scott introWorks remotely from IndianaThe pros to not living in Silicon ValleyHow did you first get into programming?Father was a computer programmerStrong arts backgroundStarted coding really youngHow did you get into JavaScript?Started out with ActionScriptJavaScript to jQueryThe cool part of having a diverse background as a programmerWhat was it that got you into JavaScript?Back-end JavaScriptNode.jsJavaScript is very versatileHow did you get into doing something like Trails.js?Sails.jsFabrix and TypeScript What have you done in JS that you are most proud of?Partitioned appsContributing to freedom of informationWhat are you working on now?And much, much more!   Links:  JavaScript Jabber Episode 282Cali Style TechnologiesDollar Beard ClubJavaScriptjQueryNode.jsTrails.jsSails.jsFabrixTypeScript@ScottBWyattScott’s GitHub   Sponsors:  Loot CrateFreshBooks   Picks Charles  Get a Coder Job CourseGolf ClashGolfingPlanning in sanity timeSuggest a [email protected]    Scott Gun.jsBitcoin