Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 110 | Rachel Reese - Community, Motherhood, and Functional
Guest:
Rachel Reese talks with Dave Rael about the ups and downs of career, parenthood, and community involvement and growth as a software professional and as a person
Rachel Reese is a long-time software engineer and math geek who can often be found talking to random strangers about the joys of functional programming and F#. She currently works for Jet.com in NYC. She has helped run the Nashville F# User group, @NashFSharp, and the Burlington, VT functional programming user group, @VTFun. She’s also an ASPInsider, an F# MVP, a Xamarin MVP, a community enthusiast, one of the founding @lambdaladies, and a Rachii. You can find her on twitter, @rachelreese, or on her blog: rachelree.se.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Rachel Reese
- - Microsoft and Xamarin and F#
- - Rachel's definition of value
- - The things that "light Rachel up"
- - How Rachel got started in software
- - Rachel's story of failure - forgetting about integrity
- - Rachel's community involvement
- - Rachel's genesis in public technical speaking
- - Rachel success story - breaking though in speaking at big international conferences
- - How Rachel stays current with what she needs to know
- - Rachel's book recommendation
- - The things that have Rachel most excited
- - Rachel's greatest sources of pain
- - The things about which Rachel likes to geek out apart from software
- - Rachel's prediction for the future of software
- - Rachel's top 3 (sorta) tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Rachel
Resources:
Rachel's book recommendation:
Rachel's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Make sure you schedule some downtime (to take care of yourself)
- Make sure you schedule some downtime (so inspiration can strike while your subconscious works)
- Make sure you schedule some downtime (so you can have the space to be remarkable)
