Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 249 | Douglas Hirsh - Democratization of the Art
Guest:
Douglas Hirsh talks with Dave Rael about software careers, learning and teaching, business, and the accessibility of software development
Douglas has 16 years of professional back-end and front-end software development experience. Currently, Douglas works as an instructor at The Iron Yard where he helps aspiring developers move into the field of software development. He has worked for companies ranging in size from startups to Fortune 50s. In his spare time, Douglas spends time with his family and continues to learn new things.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Douglas Hirsh
- - Douglas, the teacher and learner, and timeframe dependent approaches to learning
- - Douglas's career change into teaching from software development and history in software
- - The historical context of Douglas's early career and working for experience as a young professional
- - Using different languages and approaches
- - Douglas's motivation for shifting into teaching
- - The things that "light Douglas up"
- - Douglas's mastermind group via Entreprogrammers
- - Douglas's story of failure - running a business as merely a technician
- - The benefits of the mastermind group
- - How Douglas stays current with what he needs to know
- - Douglas's book recommendation
- - The things that have Douglas most excited
- - Douglas's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Douglas
Resources:
- Douglas's Blog
- Douglas on LinkedIn
- The Iron Yard
- Mads Torgersen on Developer On Fire
- Jon Skeet on Developer On Fire
- Entreprogrammers
- John Sonmez on Developer On Fire
- Charles Max Wood on Developer On Fire
- Josh Earl on Developer On Fire
- Derick Bailey on Developer On Fire
- Aaron Olson on Developer On Fire
- The Entreprogrammers Thunder Team mastermind meeting where Douglas announces his career shift
- Node Weekly
- JavaScript Weekly
- Azure Cognitive Services
- IBM Machine Learning Services
Douglas's book recommendation:
Douglas's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Understand the business you are working for and just get something done
- Make it work and then make it better
- Get some breaks and get some sleep
