Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 211 | Jeff Meyerson - Software and Business For Humans
Guest:
Jeff Meyerson talks with Dave Rael about podcasting, learning and listening, gratitude, and mentors
Jeff Meyerson is the host of Software Engineering Daily, a podcast about the world through the lens of software. He is also the creator of Adforprize and a musician who writes music as The Prion, which can be found on Spotify and SoundCloud.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Jeff Meyerson
- - Jeff, music, and flow states
- - Adforprize - Jeff's startup business and product and the problems with advertising he intends to address
- - Software Engineering Daily - motivations, approach, and execution for Jeff's podcast relating to software
- - Software Engineering Radio - "The crown jewell of software podcasts" - Jeff's involvement and learning from Robert Blumen and others in a long-running and respected software podcast
- - Jeff and professional poker - some lessons learned in difficult ways
- - Gratitude and productivity
- - The things that "light Jeff up"
- - How Jeff got started in software
- - Jeff's story of failure - a shortage of fulfillment and meaning in cubicle life
- - Jeff's podcasting journey - learning, growing, producing valuable content, and being rewarded
- - Jeff's success story - growing in understanding of what makes good music and how to inspire the intended emotion
- - How Jeff stays current with what he needs to know
- - Jeff's book recommendations
- - The things that have Jeff most excited
- - Jeff's causes of pain and suffering
- - Jeff's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Jeff
Resources:
- Software Engineering Daily
- Adforprize
- The Prion on Spotify
- The Prion on SoundCloud
- FL Studio
- Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley - Antonio Garcia Martinez
- Entrepreneur On Fire - John Lee Dumas
- John Lee Dumas on the Economics of Podcast Sponsorship
- Software Engineering Radio
- Robert Blumen
- Markus Voelter
- Haseeb Qureshi on Developer On Fire
- Quoracast
- RJD2
- John Mayer
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Cal Newport
- Cal Newport
- Waking Up - Sam Harris's Podcast
- Task Rabbit
Jeff's book recommendation:
Jeff's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Think long term
- Try to be more empathetic
- Listen more than you talk
