Underserved has reached Episode 100! We celebrate this special landmark with a very special show. We bring back three previous guests (Mike Breault from #007, Eli Goldberg from #069, and Steve Kaufer from #013) and add one new one (Rachael Rosen) to form a panel of distinguished experts. We discuss with our panel how artificial intelligence is going to change the software development game forever.   ChatGPT: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt CoPilot: https://github.com/features/copilot Prompt Perfect: https://promptperfect.jina.ai/ The Tyrell Corporation: https://www.speculativeidentities.com/research/tyrell-corp

Underserved has reached Episode 100! We celebrate this special landmark with a very special show. We bring back three previous guests (Mike Breault from #007, Eli Goldberg from #069, and Steve Kaufer from #013) and add one new one (Rachael Rosen) to form a panel of distinguished experts. We discuss with our panel how artificial intelligence is going to change the software development game forever.   ChatGPT: <a href="https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt</a> CoPilot: <a href="https://github.com/features/copilot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/features/copilot</a> Prompt Perfect: <a href="https://promptperfect.jina.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://promptperfect.jina.ai/</a> The Tyrell Corporation: <a href="https://www.speculativeidentities.com/research/tyrell-corp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.speculativeidentities.com/research/tyrell-corp</a>

Ep. 100, AI Invasion

Our 99th episode features Tim Sebel from Bullhorn. Tim was able to leverage his AP classes from high school into an unusually wide amount of choices in college. Or rather, not having to choose between three different majors and completing them all! Tim moved on to startups doing semantic search, helping small cable companies, and assisting folks with dementia before moving on to a large time-tracking company. The latter led him to Bullhorn, where he has helped transform their toolset into a one-stop-shop for running a staffing company.   Tim on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timsebel/ Emory University: https://www.emory.edu/home/index.html SimpleC: https://www.simplec.com/ Bullhorn: https://www.bullhorn.com/

Our 99th episode features Tim Sebel from Bullhorn. Tim was able to leverage his AP classes from high school into an unusually wide amount of choices in college. Or rather, not having to choose between three different majors and completing them all! Tim moved on to startups doing semantic search, helping small cable companies, and assisting folks with dementia before moving on to a large time-tracking company. The latter led him to Bullhorn, where he has helped transform their toolset into a one-stop-shop for running a staffing company.   Tim on LinkedIN: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/timsebel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/timsebel/</a> Emory University: <a href="https://www.emory.edu/home/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.emory.edu/home/index.html</a> SimpleC: <a href="https://www.simplec.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.simplec.com/</a> Bullhorn: <a href="https://www.bullhorn.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bullhorn.com/</a>

Ep. 099, Triple Major

Episode #098 of Underserved features Gu Xie live from Texas. We start with his unlikely story of growing up as a Chinese immigrant in Belize, moving to the US, and learning some tough lessons in and out of the classroom at the University of Georgia. Also discussed: leaning into data analytics, superior toolsets driving more mental strain to understand them, and why 10 years in data feels like 3 lifetimes.   Show Notes Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guxie/ https://www.group1001.com/ https://neptune.ai/blog/modern-data-stack https://a16z.com/2020/10/15/emerging-architectures-for-modern-data-infrastructure/

Episode #098 of Underserved features Gu Xie live from Texas. We start with his unlikely story of growing up as a Chinese immigrant in Belize, moving to the US, and learning some tough lessons in and out of the classroom at the University of Georgia. Also discussed: leaning into data analytics, superior toolsets driving more mental strain to understand them, and why 10 years in data feels like 3 lifetimes.   Show Notes Links: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/guxie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/guxie/</a> <a href="https://www.group1001.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.group1001.com/</a> <a href="https://neptune.ai/blog/modern-data-stack" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://neptune.ai/blog/modern-data-stack</a> <a href="https://a16z.com/2020/10/15/emerging-architectures-for-modern-data-infrastructure/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://a16z.com/2020/10/15/emerging-architectures-for-modern-data-infrastructure/</a>

Ep. 098, Running the Shop

Komal Maliekal is our featured guest for Episode #097 of Underserved. Komal channeled her mother's fighting spirit to succeed in a difficult engineering school, job market, and technology landscape in her native India. We talk about the culture shift moving to the United States, what to do when your test devices get stolen, and giving back to women in the tech industry.    Komal's LinkedIn Profile : https://www.linkedin.com/in/komal-maliekal-4553b38/ Article on Devices : https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/building-cloud-based-medical-device-platform-komal-maliekal/ Info on anitab.org : https://ghc.anitab.org/ Athenahealth : https://www.athenahealth.com/ Dr AIT college : https://drait.edu.in/

Komal Maliekal is our featured guest for Episode #097 of Underserved. Komal channeled her mother's fighting spirit to succeed in a difficult engineering school, job market, and technology landscape in her native India. We talk about the culture shift moving to the United States, what to do when your test devices get stolen, and giving back to women in the tech industry.    Komal's LinkedIn Profile : <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.linkedin.com/in/komal-maliekal-4553b38/__;!!E3l7wfIP!nMZkFsOAbMgO36swrVB8GCn6nVD1-gzn4dIbfrinp8xvuiHqQKjt3MiBG8gIeckn5kAROp8BkYetVjmL$" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/komal-maliekal-4553b38/</a> Article on Devices : <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.linkedin.com/pulse/building-cloud-based-medical-device-platform-komal-maliekal/__;!!E3l7wfIP!nMZkFsOAbMgO36swrVB8GCn6nVD1-gzn4dIbfrinp8xvuiHqQKjt3MiBG8gIeckn5kAROp8BkXLYyORf$" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/building-cloud-based-medical-device-platform-komal-maliekal/</a> Info on <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/anitab.org__;!!E3l7wfIP!nMZkFsOAbMgO36swrVB8GCn6nVD1-gzn4dIbfrinp8xvuiHqQKjt3MiBG8gIeckn5kAROp8BkSgDRiw3$" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">anitab.org</a> : <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ghc.anitab.org/__;!!E3l7wfIP!nMZkFsOAbMgO36swrVB8GCn6nVD1-gzn4dIbfrinp8xvuiHqQKjt3MiBG8gIeckn5kAROp8BkY25C1Td$" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ghc.anitab.org/</a> Athenahealth : <a href="https://www.athenahealth.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.athenahealth.com/</a> Dr AIT college : <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/drait.edu.in/__;!!E3l7wfIP!nMZkFsOAbMgO36swrVB8GCn6nVD1-gzn4dIbfrinp8xvuiHqQKjt3MiBG8gIeckn5kAROp8BkbCwmscr$" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://drait.edu.in/</a>

Ep. 097, Fighting Spirit

In Episode #096 of Underserved, our guest is Chris Boutiette. Chris had to ask his high school to add computer courses, only to find them unexpectedly challenging. This didn't deter him from pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or working his way through college running a tech support firm. We talk about working your way up the organization from QA, wrangling rampant robots, and clearing your head from the saddle of a motorcycle.   Chris' LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-boutiette-aa3b1239/ Symbotic https://www.symbotic.com/ BMW Motorcycles https://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/en/home.html#/filter-all Shell Tech Works https://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/entrepreneurs-and-start-ups/shell-techworks.html

In Episode #096 of Underserved, our guest is Chris Boutiette. Chris had to ask his high school to add computer courses, only to find them unexpectedly challenging. This didn't deter him from pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or working his way through college running a tech support firm. We talk about working your way up the organization from QA, wrangling rampant robots, and clearing your head from the saddle of a motorcycle.   Chris' LinkedIn profile <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-boutiette-aa3b1239/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-boutiette-aa3b1239/</a> Symbotic <a href="https://www.symbotic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.symbotic.com/</a> BMW Motorcycles <a href="https://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/en/home.html#/filter-all" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/en/home.html#/filter-all</a> Shell Tech Works <a href="https://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/entrepreneurs-and-start-ups/shell-techworks.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/entrepreneurs-and-start-ups/shell-techworks.html</a>

Ep. 096, Super Stoked To Be Here

Kim Sinclair joins me in our studio for Episode #095 of Underserved. Kim spent college in Friartown, leading the pep band on the road for fun and adventure supporting Providence College sports. After stints working for the Department of Revenue and consulting, Kim found herself moving into the healthcare payer and provider space at Boston Medical Center's health plan. By asking many questions she learned the many intricacies of the insurance side, which helped implement the Massachusetts Healthcare reform project “Romneycare” (the state predecessor to federal "Obamacare"). We talk about not wanting to be a CIO and then becoming one, being forced to make layoffs as your first foray into management, and some unusual requests serviced during COVID.   LINKS     linkedin.com/in/kim-sinclair Doberman Rescue Unlimited - Doberman Dog Rescue of New England - Doberman Rescue Unltd (dru.org) Heartworm Basics - American Heartworm Society Providence College https://www.providence.edu/ 

Kim Sinclair joins me in our studio for Episode #095 of Underserved. Kim spent college in Friartown, leading the pep band on the road for fun and adventure supporting Providence College sports. After stints working for the Department of Revenue and consulting, Kim found herself moving into the healthcare payer and provider space at Boston Medical Center's health plan. By asking many questions she learned the many intricacies of the insurance side, which helped implement the Massachusetts Healthcare reform project “Romneycare” (the state predecessor to federal "Obamacare"). We talk about not wanting to be a CIO and then becoming one, being forced to make layoffs as your first foray into management, and some unusual requests serviced during COVID.   LINKS   <ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-sinclair" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/kim-sinclair</a></li> <li>Doberman Rescue Unlimited - <a href="https://www.dru.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Doberman Dog Rescue of New England - Doberman Rescue Unltd (dru.org)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.heartwormsociety.org/pet-owner-resources/heartworm-basics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heartworm Basics - American Heartworm Society</a></li> <li>Providence College <a href="https://www.providence.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.providence.edu/</a></li> </ul>

Ep. 095, Leader of the Band

Taco Bell CTO Steve Plank is my guest for Episode #094 of Underserved. Steve rose quickly through the ranks in heavily regulated industries helping to manage document compliance. It took 4 trips to Taco Bell's headquarters to switch industries and get a job offer. Since then Steve has spearheaded Taco Bell's digital transformation, resulting in billions of e-commerce revenue and tighter relationships with their ravenous customer base.  Also covered are the Temple/UMass basketball rivalry in the 1990s, if/when to get your MBA, and moving from buy to build.     LinkedIn: Steve Plank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/plankstephen/ Gary Charbonneau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gacharbonneau/ Sue Jean Lin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suejeanlin/ Dirty Money (Season 1: Episode Drug Short) https://www.netflix.com/title/80118100 Taco Bell: https://www.tacobell.com/ The Taco Bell Foundation: https://www.tacobellfoundation.org/ 

Taco Bell CTO Steve Plank is my guest for Episode #094 of Underserved. Steve rose quickly through the ranks in heavily regulated industries helping to manage document compliance. It took 4 trips to Taco Bell's headquarters to switch industries and get a job offer. Since then Steve has spearheaded Taco Bell's digital transformation, resulting in billions of e-commerce revenue and tighter relationships with their ravenous customer base.  Also covered are the Temple/UMass basketball rivalry in the 1990s, if/when to get your MBA, and moving from buy to build.   <ul> <li>LinkedIn: Steve Plank: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/plankstephen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/plankstephen/</a></li> <li>Gary Charbonneau: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gacharbonneau/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gacharbonneau/</a></li> <li>Sue Jean Lin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/suejeanlin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/suejeanlin/</a></li> <li>Dirty Money (Season 1: Episode Drug Short) <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80118100" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.netflix.com/title/80118100</a></li> <li>Taco Bell: <a href="https://www.tacobell.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tacobell.com/</a></li> <li>The Taco Bell Foundation: <a href="https://www.tacobellfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tacobellfoundation.org/</a></li> </ul>

Ep. 094, Keep Living Más

Susan Kelly is our guest for Underserved episode #093. Susan fell in love with computers early on, being curious about technology and loving the time/aggravation saver of spell check. She leaned into product management early in her career, in telecom, education technology, and call center software. We also talk about how companies struggle to allow employees to grieve a loss, watching a technology sea change wipe out your project, and going to bat for your direct reports.   Susan on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-kelly-mba/ Faire https://www.faire.com/ The Beetle Cat, a New England classic https://beetlecat.com/ The Ideal 18 sailboat https://shumwaymarine.com/ideal18/ The Soggy Dollar, home of the Painkiller https://www.soggydollar.com/

Susan Kelly is our guest for Underserved episode #093. Susan fell in love with computers early on, being curious about technology and loving the time/aggravation saver of spell check. She leaned into product management early in her career, in telecom, education technology, and call center software. We also talk about how companies struggle to allow employees to grieve a loss, watching a technology sea change wipe out your project, and going to bat for your direct reports.   Susan on LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-kelly-mba/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-kelly-mba/</a> Faire <a href="https://www.faire.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.faire.com/</a> The Beetle Cat, a New England classic <a href="https://beetlecat.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://beetlecat.com/</a> The Ideal 18 sailboat <a href="https://shumwaymarine.com/ideal18/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shumwaymarine.com/ideal18/</a> The Soggy Dollar, home of the Painkiller <a href="https://www.soggydollar.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.soggydollar.com/</a>

Ep. 093, Ruining the Curve

Yan Robert joins us as our guest for Episode #092 of Underserved. Yan grew up in Quebec like JP Beaudry, one of our previous guests, and even attended the same university in this small world. Yan was ahead of his time with an Internet directory he founded in the late 1990s. We talk about his ongoing work with SAP and the new chapter in his career surrounding it.   Yan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanrobert/ SAPTopia website : www.sap-topia.com SAPTopia LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/saptopia-consulting-llc

Yan Robert joins us as our guest for Episode #092 of Underserved. Yan grew up in Quebec like JP Beaudry, one of our previous guests, and even attended the same university in this small world. Yan was ahead of his time with an Internet directory he founded in the late 1990s. We talk about his ongoing work with SAP and the new chapter in his career surrounding it.   Yan on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanrobert/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanrobert/</a> SAPTopia website : <a href="http://www.sap-topia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sap-topia.com</a> SAPTopia LinkedIn : <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/saptopia-consulting-llc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/saptopia-consulting-llc</a>

Ep. 092, Mindfully Hyperactive

Episode #091 features Sesh Tirumala, CIO of PagerDuty. Sesh is a podcast veteran, and shares with us his experiences implementing systems in 120-degree heat, being a technologist in Appalachia,  and managing incremental IT costs. Sesh has felt the pain of having to justify IT's existence, proving it is a revenue generator and not just a cost center. We also talk about implementing charitable giving in small companies vs. large companies.   Sesh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sesh-tirumala-449a93/ PagerDuty: https://www.pagerduty.com/ Sesh on CIO Classified Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/make-big-data-work-for-your-business-with-michael/id1528611923?i=1000558165883 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seshtirumala/

Episode #091 features Sesh Tirumala, CIO of PagerDuty. Sesh is a podcast veteran, and shares with us his experiences implementing systems in 120-degree heat, being a technologist in Appalachia,  and managing incremental IT costs. Sesh has felt the pain of having to justify IT's existence, proving it is a revenue generator and not just a cost center. We also talk about implementing charitable giving in small companies vs. large companies.   Sesh on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sesh-tirumala-449a93/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/sesh-tirumala-449a93/</a> PagerDuty: <a href="https://www.pagerduty.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pagerduty.com/</a> Sesh on CIO Classified Podcast: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/make-big-data-work-for-your-business-with-michael/id1528611923?i=1000558165883" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/make-big-data-work-for-your-business-with-michael/id1528611923?i=1000558165883</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seshtirumala/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/seshtirumala/</a>

Ep. 091, Chief Integration Officer

Underserved is the podcast for the rest of the technology industry. No startup or gadget worship, just real stories, lessons, and interesting topics from real people in the technology industry. Special emphasis on software development culture and history.

Great industry stories and insight! Looking forward to hearing more guests!

Great Listen!

Novel idea...look forward to future episodes!

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Underserved

How many people started their data science career at 16 years old? Then took a sabbatical to play with famous jazz musicians? And subsequently bootstrapped the US presence for a Norwegian data science firm? I know one! His name is Russ Wilcox. On this week's Underserved Russel explains how a Tesla sees the world (and how it can be fooled), how to teach an old AI new tricks, and we discuss the ethical implications of artificial intelligence. If you ever wondered how machine learning worked, or if the rise of SKYNET is imminent, this is the podcast for you.    Russel's company, Sannsyn US Sannsyn.com/us Gradient Descent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradient_descent  Convolutional neural networks:  https://papers.nips.cc/paper/4824-imagenet-classification-with-deep-convolutional-neural-networks  Anders Hanssen: https://www.mn.uio.no/math/personer/vit/anderch/  Tensorflow: https://www.tensorflow.org/ Keras: https://keras.io/  Pytorch: https://pytorch.org/  Comparison of TF, Keras, PT:  https://dzone.com/articles/tensorflow-vs-pytorch-vs-keras-for-nlp  Anthony Fung: https://www.anthonyfungmusic.com/  George Garzone: http://www.georgegarzone.com/  The Russ Wilcox Jazz Group : https://www.facebook.com/rwilcoxjazz/ 

How many people started their data science career at 16 years old? Then took a sabbatical to play with famous jazz musicians? And subsequently bootstrapped the US presence for a Norwegian data science firm? I know one! His name is Russ Wilcox. On this week's Underserved Russel explains how a Tesla sees the world (and how it can be fooled), how to teach an old AI new tricks, and we discuss the ethical implications of artificial intelligence. If you ever wondered how machine learning worked, or if the rise of SKYNET is imminent, this is the podcast for you.   <ul> <li>Russel's company, Sannsyn US <a href="Sannsyn.com/us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sannsyn.com/us</a></li> <li>Gradient Descent: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradient_descent" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradient_descent</a> </li> <li>Convolutional neural networks: <a href="https://papers.nips.cc/paper/4824-imagenet-classification-with-deep-convolutional-neural-networks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://papers.nips.cc/paper/4824-imagenet-classification-with-deep-convolutional-neural-networks</a> </li> <li>Anders Hanssen: <a href="https://www.mn.uio.no/math/personer/vit/anderch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mn.uio.no/math/personer/vit/anderch/</a> </li> <li>Tensorflow: <a href="https://www.tensorflow.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tensorflow.org/</a></li> <li>Keras: <a href="https://keras.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://keras.io/</a> </li> <li>Pytorch: <a href="https://pytorch.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pytorch.org/</a> </li> <li>Comparison of TF, Keras, PT: <a href="https://dzone.com/articles/tensorflow-vs-pytorch-vs-keras-for-nlp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://dzone.com/articles/tensorflow-vs-pytorch-vs-keras-for-nlp</a> </li> <li>Anthony Fung: <a href="https://www.anthonyfungmusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.anthonyfungmusic.com/</a> </li> <li>George Garzone: <a href="http://www.georgegarzone.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.georgegarzone.com/</a> </li> <li>The Russ Wilcox Jazz Group : <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rwilcoxjazz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/rwilcoxjazz/</a></li> </ul>

Ep. 012, Rise of the machines

I have known Mark Carbrey for over 20 years, from my first job in the software development industry. One fateful day I asked to audit a class he was teaching and our paths have been intertwined ever since. We have worked together, helped one another with projects, and both learned a lot along the way. Mark has worked leading software development teams and organizations up to the CTO/CIO level, has helped companies improve quality, figuring out how to pass audits, and facilitate acquisitions. Topics include "What is it like having hundreds of people trying to sell to you?" and "Why are security audits becoming harder and more commonplace?"     ISO 27001: Information Security Management  https://www.iso.org/isoiec-27001-information-security.html  Cyber Hygiene:   https://digitalguardian.com/blog/what-cyber-hygiene-definition-cyber-hygiene-benefits-best-practices-and-more  Yes, it's all about the PowerPoint:   https://business.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-learn-powerpoint--cms-29884  Mark on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-carbrey-6a7672/  Tasty Bytes BBQ:  http://tastybytesbbq.com 

I have known Mark Carbrey for over 20 years, from my first job in the software development industry. One fateful day I asked to audit a class he was teaching and our paths have been intertwined ever since. We have worked together, helped one another with projects, and both learned a lot along the way. Mark has worked leading software development teams and organizations up to the CTO/CIO level, has helped companies improve quality, figuring out how to pass audits, and facilitate acquisitions. Topics include "What is it like having hundreds of people trying to sell to you?" and "Why are security audits becoming harder and more commonplace?"   <ul> <li> ISO 27001: Information Security Management  <a href="https://www.iso.org/isoiec-27001-information-security.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.iso.org/isoiec-27001-information-security.html</a></li> <li> Cyber Hygiene:  <a href="https://digitalguardian.com/blog/what-cyber-hygiene-definition-cyber-hygiene-benefits-best-practices-and-more" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://digitalguardian.com/blog/what-cyber-hygiene-definition-cyber-hygiene-benefits-best-practices-and-more</a></li> <li> Yes, it's all about the PowerPoint:  <a href="https://business.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-learn-powerpoint--cms-29884" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://business.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-learn-powerpoint--cms-29884</a></li> <li> Mark on LinkedIn:  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-carbrey-6a7672/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-carbrey-6a7672/</a></li> <li> Tasty Bytes BBQ:  <a href="http://tastybytesbbq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tastybytesbbq.com</a></li> </ul>

Ep. 009, The higher you are on the pyramid...

Mike Postle

FLASH

Special News Episode - There is a scandal in the Twitch Streaming/Poker world this week. Our guest to help us break down and analyze the news is Mike Breault. You might remember Mike from Episode 007 of Underserved.  We go into deep technical detail on the live-streaming poker cheating scandal at the Stones Gambling Hall involving a man named Mike Postle.  We talk about how the story broke, the Internet sleuthing that followed, and how programming and various technologies may be involved.     2+2 poker forum https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/mike-postle-cheating-allegations-faq-first-post-1753388/ bb/100 vs VPIP graph https://i.gyazo.com/9640d7665da6f5fbc37ad6c935334fbb.png Hendon Mob website https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&amp;n=47805 Phone leaves the rail and Postle becomes a superuser https://youtu.be/qAw9HiSpG9w?t=7249 What is a superuser http://pokerterms.com/superuser.html Poker streams on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU2mtbH_7p0a4EyavEKMHTA/videos Pokernews.com interview - Andrew Milner of PokerGFX https://cutt.ly/beiWeIP Session History  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MCfupw2gOZSDj_qvfL0ndIUsyE_Nx7YLNTKVoQUR_VE/edit#gid=2044248290 Telling the player his cards didn't register https://youtu.be/M6yLN32LpGQ?t=169  

Special News Episode - There is a scandal in the Twitch Streaming/Poker world this week. Our guest to help us break down and analyze the news is Mike Breault. You might remember Mike from Episode 007 of Underserved.  We go into deep technical detail on the live-streaming poker cheating scandal at the Stones Gambling Hall involving a man named Mike Postle.  We talk about how the story broke, the Internet sleuthing that followed, and how programming and various technologies may be involved.    <ul> <li>2+2 poker forum <a href="https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/mike-postle-cheating-allegations-faq-first-post-1753388/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/mike-postle-cheating-allegations-faq-first-post-1753388/</a></li> <li>bb/100 vs VPIP graph <a href="https://i.gyazo.com/9640d7665da6f5fbc37ad6c935334fbb.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://i.gyazo.com/9640d7665da6f5fbc37ad6c935334fbb.png</a></li> <li>Hendon Mob website <a href="https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&amp;n=47805" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&amp;n=47805</a></li> <li>Phone leaves the rail and Postle becomes a superuser <a href="https://youtu.be/qAw9HiSpG9w?t=7249" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/qAw9HiSpG9w?t=7249</a></li> <li>What is a superuser <a href="http://pokerterms.com/superuser.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://pokerterms.com/superuser.html</a></li> <li>Poker streams on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU2mtbH_7p0a4EyavEKMHTA/videos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU2mtbH_7p0a4EyavEKMHTA/videos</a></li> <li><a href="http://pokernews.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pokernews.com</a> interview - Andrew Milner of PokerGFX <a href="https://cutt.ly/beiWeIP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://cutt.ly/beiWeIP</a></li> <li>Session History </li> <li><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MCfupw2gOZSDj_qvfL0ndIUsyE_Nx7YLNTKVoQUR_VE/edit#gid=2044248290" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MCfupw2gOZSDj_qvfL0ndIUsyE_Nx7YLNTKVoQUR_VE/edit#gid=2044248290</a></li> <li>Telling the player his cards didn't register <a href="https://youtu.be/M6yLN32LpGQ?t=169" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/M6yLN32LpGQ?t=169</a> </li> </ul>

EPS NEWS FLASH - Twitch Stream Poker Cheating Scandal - Mike Postle

In Episode 003, Glyn Morgan (Practice Director, AgileNX) talks about modern software development processes. Specifically, what's it like to implement Agile across several companies, where do many organizations stumble, and what are his tips for success? Glyn also talks about early computers in the UK, his unusual status as a Mac user with an Android phone, and immigrating to the US.    Glyn on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/glynm/     Jira Kanban view  https://www.atlassian.com/agile/kanban/boards    AgileNX  https://agilenx.io/ and  https://www.facebook.com/pg/SyrinxConsulting/posts/    Making QA a part of your agile process  http://www.wirfs-brock.com/PDFs/QA2AQ.pdf

In Episode 003, Glyn Morgan (Practice Director, AgileNX) talks about modern software development processes. Specifically, what's it like to implement Agile across several companies, where do many organizations stumble, and what are his tips for success? Glyn also talks about early computers in the UK, his unusual status as a Mac user with an Android phone, and immigrating to the US.    Glyn on LinkedIn:  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/glynm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/glynm/</a>     Jira Kanban view  <a href="https://www.atlassian.com/agile/kanban/boards" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.atlassian.com/agile/kanban/boards</a>    AgileNX  <a href="https://agilenx.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://agilenx.io/</a> and  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/SyrinxConsulting/posts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pg/SyrinxConsulting/posts/</a>    Making QA a part of your agile process  <a href="http://www.wirfs-brock.com/PDFs/QA2AQ.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wirfs-brock.com/PDFs/QA2AQ.pdf</a>

Ep. 003 of Underserved, How Agile are you?

Robert "Swifty" Swift (LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-swift-2094774/ ) A.K.A "Nixon" has been a fixture of the Boston geek community for decades. An engineer turned recruiter by day, in his free time Robert has been to most cons, gaming gatherings, LARPs, and D&amp;D sessions in the 617. Robert serves up his top phone, Skype, and in-person interview tips and then shares his off-the-clock experiences, providing an exclusive look into the social underbelly of the Boston tech scene.     Arisia: Boston’s Oldest Sci-fi Convention https://arisia.org/ The Ig-Nobel Prizes, Presented by real scientists who run a hobby Magazine the AoIR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annals_of_Improbable_Research The Convention Competition to Arisia.org is of course Boskone! https://www.boskone.org/ The Insanely Popular D&amp;D Weekly Live Show “Critical Role” https://critrole.com/ The Matt Mercer effect https://www.geeknative.com/68009/what-is-the-matt-mercer-effect/ The New Popularity of D&amp;D https://tinyurl.com/y2vl5kp9 Paizo’s game “Pathfinder” created the first Competitor to D&amp;D ever, https://paizo.com/pathfinder Types of LARPs https://thelarplife.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/types-of-larps/ Local US “Best” LARP manufacturer https://www.b3is.com/ and his LARP Store near Worcester MA https://larpbox.com/ The SCA https://sca.org/ Gaming Stores in Boston that Swifty goes to:  http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/https://www.battlegroundgames.com/ And the Adventure Pub, Boardgame café in Arlington, MA https://theadventurepub.com/ 

Robert "Swifty" Swift (LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-swift-2094774/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-swift-2094774/</a> ) A.K.A "Nixon" has been a fixture of the Boston geek community for decades. An engineer turned recruiter by day, in his free time Robert has been to most cons, gaming gatherings, LARPs, and D&amp;D sessions in the 617. Robert serves up his top phone, Skype, and in-person interview tips and then shares his off-the-clock experiences, providing an exclusive look into the social underbelly of the Boston tech scene.    <ul> <li>Arisia: Boston’s Oldest Sci-fi Convention <a href="https://arisia.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://arisia.org/</a></li> <li>The Ig-Nobel Prizes, Presented by real scientists who run a hobby Magazine the AoIR <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annals_of_Improbable_Research" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annals_of_Improbable_Research</a></li> <li>The Convention Competition to <a href="http://arisia.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arisia.org</a> is of course Boskone! <a href="https://www.boskone.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.boskone.org/</a></li> <li>The Insanely Popular D&amp;D Weekly Live Show “Critical Role” <a href="https://critrole.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://critrole.com/</a></li> <li>The Matt Mercer effect <a href="https://www.geeknative.com/68009/what-is-the-matt-mercer-effect/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.geeknative.com/68009/what-is-the-matt-mercer-effect/</a></li> <li>The New Popularity of D&amp;D <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y2vl5kp9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/y2vl5kp9</a></li> <li>Paizo’s game “Pathfinder” created the first Competitor to D&amp;D ever, <a href="https://paizo.com/pathfinder" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://paizo.com/pathfinder</a></li> <li>Types of LARPs <a href="https://thelarplife.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/types-of-larps/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thelarplife.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/types-of-larps/</a></li> <li>Local US “Best” LARP manufacturer <a href="https://www.b3is.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.b3is.com/</a></li> <li>and his LARP Store near Worcester MA <a href="https://larpbox.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://larpbox.com/</a></li> <li>The SCA <a href="https://sca.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sca.org/</a></li> <li>Gaming Stores in Boston that Swifty goes to:  <a href="http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/</a><a href="https://www.battlegroundgames.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.battlegroundgames.com/</a></li> <li>And the Adventure Pub, Boardgame café in Arlington, MA <a href="https://theadventurepub.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://theadventurepub.com/</a></li> </ul>

Ep. 008 of Underserved, The geek shall inherit the earth

This week I talk to my wife Tricia and daughter Caroline to get two different perspectives on kids using social media. If you are a parent and don't know what a Finsta is, or what TikTok/VSCO are, or how monitoring SnapChat / social media works, this is the podcast for you! Social media with kids is a catch 22 - if they are not on it they miss out on a lot of their peer socialization, if they are on it there are at least as many risks and downsides as upsides. We talk about the platforms, usage, abuse, and how to try to get a handle on it as parents (including tools to do so).   OurPact - the tool we use ($8/month) for controlling access to apps and screen time. There's a locator app too but Google Maps with location sharing is pretty much the same IMO. https://ourpact.com/    Bark - for monitoring social media, we have not tried it but have heard about it ($9/month). One caveat - SnapChat private messages and private stories are not monitored. The only way to get at those is with jailbreaking or rooting your kids devices, as far as I can tell.  https://www.bark.us/    What is a Finsta (Fake-Instagram)  https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/finsta/   What is a VSCO girl?  https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=VSCO%20GIRL    What is TikTok?  https://www.tiktok.com/en/    How can kids secretly screenshot SnapChat?   https://www.spyzie.com/snapchat/how-to-secretly-screenshot-snapchat.html

This week I talk to my wife Tricia and daughter Caroline to get two different perspectives on kids using social media. If you are a parent and don't know what a Finsta is, or what TikTok/VSCO are, or how monitoring SnapChat / social media works, this is the podcast for you! Social media with kids is a catch 22 - if they are not on it they miss out on a lot of their peer socialization, if they are on it there are at least as many risks and downsides as upsides. We talk about the platforms, usage, abuse, and how to try to get a handle on it as parents (including tools to do so).   OurPact - the tool we use ($8/month) for controlling access to apps and screen time. There's a locator app too but Google Maps with location sharing is pretty much the same IMO. <a href="https://ourpact.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ourpact.com/</a>    Bark - for monitoring social media, we have not tried it but have heard about it ($9/month). One caveat - SnapChat private messages and private stories are not monitored. The only way to get at those is with jailbreaking or rooting your kids devices, as far as I can tell.  <a href="https://www.bark.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bark.us/</a>    What is a Finsta (Fake-Instagram)  <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/finsta/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/finsta/</a>   What is a VSCO girl?  <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=VSCO%20GIRL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=VSCO%20GIRL</a>    What is TikTok?  <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/en/</a>    How can kids secretly screenshot SnapChat?  <a href="https://www.spyzie.com/snapchat/how-to-secretly-screenshot-snapchat.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.spyzie.com/snapchat/how-to-secretly-screenshot-snapchat.html</a>

Episode 006, What about the children?

Arvind Singh https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaroh/  is a software developer that specializes in security and identity management. He has been a proponent of open source software for over two decades, particularly BSD derivatives of Unix. We talk about how open source is the unsung hero of the Internet, the proliferation of open source licensing models, coming up from the west coast of India to the East coast of the US, and where the best Indian food in Boston is (hint: JP). We also talk restoring bicycles and bike trails in the Boston area.      A practical guide to open source license compliance   https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-guide.html  Binary GPL checker tool  https://lwn.net/Articles/386280/  Code together live in VS  https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/11/15/live-share  Indian food: 1st place for Arvind is Bukhara  https://www.bukharabistro.com/ Indian food: Close second is Mela https://melainboston.com/  The Minuteman Bikeway http://minutemanbikeway.org/  Mass State biking advocacy https://www.massbike.org/  BONUS: Sarson Ka Saag recipe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZoqWWtagHY  

Arvind Singh <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaroh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaroh/</a>  is a software developer that specializes in security and identity management. He has been a proponent of open source software for over two decades, particularly BSD derivatives of Unix. We talk about how open source is the unsung hero of the Internet, the proliferation of open source licensing models, coming up from the west coast of India to the East coast of the US, and where the best Indian food in Boston is (hint: JP). We also talk restoring bicycles and bike trails in the Boston area.    <ul> <li>A practical guide to open source license compliance  <a href="https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-guide.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-guide.html</a> </li> <li>Binary GPL checker tool  <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/386280/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lwn.net/Articles/386280/</a> </li> <li>Code together live in VS  <a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/11/15/live-share" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/11/15/live-share</a> </li> <li>Indian food: 1st place for Arvind is Bukhara  <a href="https://www.bukharabistro.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bukharabistro.com/</a></li> <li>Indian food: Close second is Mela <a href="https://melainboston.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://melainboston.com/</a> </li> <li>The Minuteman Bikeway <a href="http://minutemanbikeway.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://minutemanbikeway.org/</a> </li> <li>Mass State biking advocacy <a href="https://www.massbike.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.massbike.org/</a> </li> <li>BONUS: Sarson Ka Saag recipe <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZoqWWtagHY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZoqWWtagHY</a> </li> </ul>

Ep. 011, Addicted to learning

It's almost time for the business world to hibernate for a couple of weeks, and Underserved is shipping some yuletide bits to enjoy during the break! We have taken some cuts we did not have room for in our regular episodes and packaged them here. This bonus episode is the end of Season One of Underserved. Season two is coming in early 2020, see you then! Show notes:  Buoyancy - Forbes article  https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/12/19/10-good-reasons-to-change-jobs-every-3-5-years/#4d8f9cf2777b Why do Hackathons?  https://www.thetechedvocate.org/benefits-participating-hackathon/ Benefits of GITHUB https://apiumhub.com/tech-blog-barcelona/using-github/ When to get an endorsement/reference  https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-ask-someone-to-be-a-reference Advice about counter-offers: https://thehiredguns.com/should-you-accept-a-counteroffer/  

It's almost time for the business world to hibernate for a couple of weeks, and Underserved is shipping some yuletide bits to enjoy during the break! We have taken some cuts we did not have room for in our regular episodes and packaged them here. This bonus episode is the end of Season One of Underserved. Season two is coming in early 2020, see you then! Show notes: <ul> <li>Buoyancy - Forbes article <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/12/19/10-good-reasons-to-change-jobs-every-3-5-years/#4d8f9cf2777b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/12/19/10-good-reasons-to-change-jobs-every-3-5-years/#4d8f9cf2777b</a></li> <li>Why do Hackathons? <a href="https://www.thetechedvocate.org/benefits-participating-hackathon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.thetechedvocate.org/benefits-participating-hackathon/</a></li> <li>Benefits of GITHUB <a href="https://apiumhub.com/tech-blog-barcelona/using-github/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apiumhub.com/tech-blog-barcelona/using-github/</a></li> <li>When to get an endorsement/reference <a href="https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-ask-someone-to-be-a-reference" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-ask-someone-to-be-a-reference</a></li> <li>Advice about counter-offers: <a href="https://thehiredguns.com/should-you-accept-a-counteroffer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thehiredguns.com/should-you-accept-a-counteroffer/</a> </li> </ul>

Underserved 2019 Holiday Bonus Episode

Brian Adams got into QA by way of customer service, and has developed his testing skills, user empathy, and teamwork to become a top professional. We talk about best practices for performing quality assurance, QA in an agile lifecycle, and making the most out of distributed teams. Brian is also a veteran of multiple marathons (the running kind) so we talk about his rituals and routines.    The combined BA/QA role:  https://www.emids.com/defining-the-baqa-role/  Microsoft OneDrive is taking over DropBox and GDrive:  https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/  Learning from your coworkers:  https://idealistcareers.org/learn-from-coworkers/  MapMyRun:  https://www.mapmyrun.com/ Bowling in Tewksbury:  https://wamesitlanes.com/  

Brian Adams got into QA by way of customer service, and has developed his testing skills, user empathy, and teamwork to become a top professional. We talk about best practices for performing quality assurance, QA in an agile lifecycle, and making the most out of distributed teams. Brian is also a veteran of multiple marathons (the running kind) so we talk about his rituals and routines.   <ul> <li>The combined BA/QA role:  <a href="https://www.emids.com/defining-the-baqa-role/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.emids.com/defining-the-baqa-role/</a> </li> <li>Microsoft OneDrive is taking over DropBox and GDrive:  <a href="https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/</a> </li> <li>Learning from your coworkers:  <a href="https://idealistcareers.org/learn-from-coworkers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://idealistcareers.org/learn-from-coworkers/</a> </li> <li>MapMyRun:  <a href="https://www.mapmyrun.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mapmyrun.com/</a></li> <li>Bowling in Tewksbury:  <a href="https://wamesitlanes.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wamesitlanes.com/</a> </li> </ul>

Ep. 010, QA is a marathon, not a sprint

Jarrod Taylor is a self-taught software developer. He lives in Florida and works with modern JavaScript frameworks and languages like Ruby, He started out learning programming to help move along an internal project and things catapulted from there. Hear how Jarrod came into the industry the "no CS degree" route and what he's interested in today. Jarrod spends a lot of time at Disney and shares some of his favorite spots. Jarrod on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarrod-taylor-53900768/     Coding Current favorite editor - Panic Coda 2  https://panic.com/coda/ Spiffy new 5K displays -  https://www.amazon.com/LG-Ultrafine-Monitor-5120-Resolution/  Using Sidecar as second display for Mac -   https://www.macstories.net/stories/sidecar-in-ios-13-and-macos-catalina-working-seamlessly-between-an-ipad-and-mac/  Using Elixir on the Erlang vm  https://elixir-lang.org/  The Nerves Framwork  https://nerves-project.org/    The movie pi:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/    Disney Insider tips  The new Star Wars park at Disney -   https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/hollywood-studios/star-wars-galaxys-edge/  Chef Art Smith's Homecomin' restaurant -  http://www.homecominkitchen.com/   Trader Sam's Grog Grotto Tiki Bar at The Polynesian -   https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/polynesian-resort/trader-sams-grog-grotto/     One of the few appreciating cars you'll ever see - The Ford GT 40 from 2004-2005 on Ebay -  https://www.ebay.com/b/Ford-Ford-GT/116478/bn_7115875849 Ford vs. Ferrari  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1950186/  The Porsche 917   https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a10209689/porsche-917-steve-mcqueen-le-mans-movie-car-for-sale/

Jarrod Taylor is a self-taught software developer. He lives in Florida and works with modern JavaScript frameworks and languages like Ruby, He started out learning programming to help move along an internal project and things catapulted from there. Hear how Jarrod came into the industry the "no CS degree" route and what he's interested in today. Jarrod spends a lot of time at Disney and shares some of his favorite spots. Jarrod on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarrod-taylor-53900768/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarrod-taylor-53900768/</a>     Coding Current favorite editor - Panic Coda 2  <a href="https://panic.com/coda/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://panic.com/coda/</a> Spiffy new 5K displays -  <a href="https://www.amazon.com/LG-Ultrafine-Monitor-5120-Resolution/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/LG-Ultrafine-Monitor-5120-Resolution/</a>  Using Sidecar as second display for Mac -  <a href="https://www.macstories.net/stories/sidecar-in-ios-13-and-macos-catalina-working-seamlessly-between-an-ipad-and-mac/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.macstories.net/stories/sidecar-in-ios-13-and-macos-catalina-working-seamlessly-between-an-ipad-and-mac/</a>  Using Elixir on the Erlang vm  <a href="https://elixir-lang.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://elixir-lang.org/</a>  The Nerves Framwork  <a href="https://nerves-project.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nerves-project.org/</a>    The movie pi:  <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/</a>    Disney Insider tips  The new Star Wars park at Disney -  <a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/hollywood-studios/star-wars-galaxys-edge/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/hollywood-studios/star-wars-galaxys-edge/</a>  Chef Art Smith's Homecomin' restaurant -  <a href="http://www.homecominkitchen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.homecominkitchen.com/</a>   Trader Sam's Grog Grotto Tiki Bar at The Polynesian -  <a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/polynesian-resort/trader-sams-grog-grotto/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/polynesian-resort/trader-sams-grog-grotto/</a>     One of the few appreciating cars you'll ever see - The Ford GT 40 from 2004-2005 on Ebay -  <a href="https://www.ebay.com/b/Ford-Ford-GT/116478/bn_7115875849" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.com/b/Ford-Ford-GT/116478/bn_7115875849</a> Ford vs. Ferrari  <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1950186/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1950186/</a>  The Porsche 917  <a href="https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a10209689/porsche-917-steve-mcqueen-le-mans-movie-car-for-sale/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a10209689/porsche-917-steve-mcqueen-le-mans-movie-car-for-sale/</a>

No CS degree? No problem!

We kick off Season Two with Steve Kaufer, CEO of TripAdvisor, Inc. Steve made the long trek across the highway in Needham to talk to me about what initially excited him about computers, what he learned at each stage in TripAdvisor's growth, and what he would go back and tell himself if he had a time machine. We also talk about fencing, the TripAdvisor Charitable Foundation, and the anti-bureaucracy challenge. How does your outlook on acquisitions change from being a $50M company to being a $4B company? You won't want to miss the lessons learned and how to use the "mirror test" to determine what price to charge when you have no clue how to value something. TripAdvisor Refugee relief : https://www.tripadvisor.com/vpages/refugee_relief.html  Sabre fencing in MA:  http://zetafencing.com/  Boston fencing club:  https://www.bostonfencingclub.org/  The Pan-Mass Challenge:  https://www.pmc.org/  Other ways to price services (besides the Mirror Test):  https://www.inc.com/guides/price-your-services.html

We kick off Season Two with Steve Kaufer, CEO of TripAdvisor, Inc. Steve made the long trek across the highway in Needham to talk to me about what initially excited him about computers, what he learned at each stage in TripAdvisor's growth, and what he would go back and tell himself if he had a time machine. We also talk about fencing, the TripAdvisor Charitable Foundation, and the anti-bureaucracy challenge. How does your outlook on acquisitions change from being a $50M company to being a $4B company? You won't want to miss the lessons learned and how to use the "mirror test" to determine what price to charge when you have no clue how to value something. TripAdvisor Refugee relief : <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/vpages/refugee_relief.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tripadvisor.com/vpages/refugee_relief.html</a>  Sabre fencing in MA:  <a href="http://zetafencing.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://zetafencing.com/</a>  Boston fencing club:  <a href="https://www.bostonfencingclub.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bostonfencingclub.org/</a>  The Pan-Mass Challenge:  <a href="https://www.pmc.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pmc.org/</a>  Other ways to price services (besides the Mirror Test):  <a href="https://www.inc.com/guides/price-your-services.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.inc.com/guides/price-your-services.html</a>

Ep. 013, A trip you'll want to hear about

This week's guest is Colin Reposa, VP of Resource Management from Syrinx Consulting. Colin's job is to match up technologists with the needs clients have for building teams. It sounds simple on paper but there is a lot to doing it right! Colin talks about the evolution of job boards (and why he rarely uses them nowadays), getting an employer to allow you to work remote, and how contract-to-hire has become more popular and more possible than before.    Some tools and topics Colin mentions: LinkedIn Recruiter  https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/recruiter Changes to H1B visas in 2019   https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2019/01/02/recent-changes-to-the-h1b-visa-program-and-what-is-coming-in-2019  What is an RFE?  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_For_Evidence  A still-relevant article on JS Framework longevity:   https://www.bitovi.com/blog/longevity-or-lack-thereof-in-javascript-frameworks  The brutal lifecycle of JS frameworks   https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/01/11/brutal-lifecycle-javascript-frameworks/

This week's guest is Colin Reposa, VP of Resource Management from Syrinx Consulting. Colin's job is to match up technologists with the needs clients have for building teams. It sounds simple on paper but there is a lot to doing it right! Colin talks about the evolution of job boards (and why he rarely uses them nowadays), getting an employer to allow you to work remote, and how contract-to-hire has become more popular and more possible than before.    Some tools and topics Colin mentions: LinkedIn Recruiter  <a href="https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/recruiter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/recruite</a>r Changes to H1B visas in 2019  <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2019/01/02/recent-changes-to-the-h1b-visa-program-and-what-is-coming-in-2019" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2019/01/02/recent-changes-to-the-h1b-visa-program-and-what-is-coming-in-2019</a>  What is an RFE?  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_For_Evidence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_For_Evidence</a>  A still-relevant article on JS Framework longevity:  <a href="https://www.bitovi.com/blog/longevity-or-lack-thereof-in-javascript-frameworks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.bitovi.com/blog/longevity-or-lack-thereof-in-javascript-frameworks</a>  The brutal lifecycle of JS frameworks  <a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/01/11/brutal-lifecycle-javascript-frameworks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/01/11/brutal-lifecycle-javascript-frameworks/</a>

Ep. 004 of Underserved, Drafting the varsity team

In Episode 014 I talk to Tim Callaghan, VP of Technology at Crunchtime. Tim has some great stories from a previous job where they embraced open source, extended it, and competed with it on occasion. His story about attending a presentation that (surprise!) ended up being about his benchmarking code at a worldwide MongoDB conference is a must-listen! We also talk about inspiring the next generation of coders and cloud provider merits. Tim on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcallaghan/ @tmcallaghan (twitter) acmebenchmarking.com (blog)    The mongodb presentation - slide 7 was where it all started! https://www.mongodb.com/presentations/mythbusting-understanding-how-we-measure-performance-mongodb Tim's benchmark applications @ github https://github.com/tmcallaghan/sysbench-mongodbhttps://github.com/tmcallaghan/iibench-mongodb  mongodb 3.0 bug hunt winners https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/announcing-mongodb-30-and-bug-hunt-winners mongodb 2.6 bug hunt winners https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/bug-hunt-winners-for-mongodb-26-rc0 Tokutek’s fork of Mongodb https://www.percona.com/blog/2013/06/19/announcing-tokumx-v1-0-tokumongo-you-can-have-it-all-2/ Cloud provider usability http://www.acmebenchmarking.com/2015/12/cloud-provider-usability.html 

In Episode 014 I talk to Tim Callaghan, VP of Technology at Crunchtime. Tim has some great stories from a previous job where they embraced open source, extended it, and competed with it on occasion. His story about attending a presentation that (surprise!) ended up being about his benchmarking code at a worldwide MongoDB conference is a must-listen! We also talk about inspiring the next generation of coders and cloud provider merits. Tim on LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcallaghan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcallaghan/</a> @tmcallaghan (twitter) <a href="http://acmebenchmarking.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">acmebenchmarking.com</a> (blog)   <ul> <li>The mongodb presentation - slide 7 was where it all started! <a href="https://www.mongodb.com/presentations/mythbusting-understanding-how-we-measure-performance-mongodb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.</a><a href="https://www.mongodb.com/presentations/mythbusting-understanding-how-we-measure-performance-mongodb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mongodb</a><a href="https://www.mongodb.com/presentations/mythbusting-understanding-how-we-measure-performance-mongodb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">.com/presentations/mythbusting-understanding-how-we-measure-performance-</a><a href="https://www.mongodb.com/presentations/mythbusting-understanding-how-we-measure-performance-mongodb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mongodb</a></li> <li>Tim's benchmark applications @ github <a href="https://github.com/tmcallaghan/sysbench-mongodb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/tmcallaghan/sysbench-</a><a href="https://github.com/tmcallaghan/sysbench-mongodb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mongodb</a><a href="https://github.com/tmcallaghan/iibench-mongodb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/tmcallaghan/iibench-</a><a href="https://github.com/tmcallaghan/iibench-mongodb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mongodb</a> </li> <li>mongodb 3.0 bug hunt winners <a href="https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/announcing-mongodb-30-and-bug-hunt-winners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.</a><a href="https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/announcing-mongodb-30-and-bug-hunt-winners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mongodb</a><a href="https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/announcing-mongodb-30-and-bug-hunt-winners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">.com/blog/post/announcing-</a><a href="https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/announcing-mongodb-30-and-bug-hunt-winners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mongodb</a><a href="https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/announcing-mongodb-30-and-bug-hunt-winners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">-30-and-bug-hunt-winners</a></li> <li>mongodb 2.6 bug hunt winners <a href="https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/bug-hunt-winners-for-mongodb-26-rc0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.</a><a href="https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/bug-hunt-winners-for-mongodb-26-rc0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mongodb</a><a href="https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/bug-hunt-winners-for-mongodb-26-rc0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">.com/blog/post/bug-hunt-winners-for-</a><a href="https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/bug-hunt-winners-for-mongodb-26-rc0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mongodb</a><a href="https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/bug-hunt-winners-for-mongodb-26-rc0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">-26-rc0</a></li> <li>Tokutek’s fork of Mongodb <a href="https://www.percona.com/blog/2013/06/19/announcing-tokumx-v1-0-tokumongo-you-can-have-it-all-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.percona.com/blog/2013/06/19/announcing-tokumx-v1-0-tokumongo-you-can-have-it-all-2/</a></li> <li>Cloud provider usability <a href="http://www.acmebenchmarking.com/2015/12/cloud-provider-usability.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.acmebenchmarking.com/2015/12/cloud-provider-usability.html</a></li> </ul>

Ep. 014, Competing against free is really hard

Our guest in Episode 015 is John Newman, Senior Software Engineer (Java/Spring/Oracle). After growing up on a steady diet of BBSes, John went from the physical therapy program to the programming program. After his start in Ops he moved to Dev and has been coding ever since. John talks about developing for the fun of it, his early days on the dial-up bulletin board systems in Boston, and how coaching youth sports helps him with his job.  What is a BBS - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system Commodore 64 - https://www.google.com/amp/s/gizmodo.com/a-commodore-64-clone-with-a-working-retro-keyboard-will-1835836875/amp Umass Lowell CS Dept. - https://www.uml.edu/sciences/computer-science/ BU Met CS - https://bumetprograms.bu.edu/computerscience/ Spring Boot - https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot 

Our guest in Episode 015 is John Newman, Senior Software Engineer (Java/Spring/Oracle). After growing up on a steady diet of BBSes, John went from the physical therapy program to the programming program. After his start in Ops he moved to Dev and has been coding ever since. John talks about developing for the fun of it, his early days on the dial-up bulletin board systems in Boston, and how coaching youth sports helps him with his job. <ul> <li>What is a BBS - <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system</a></li> <li>Commodore 64 - <a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/gizmodo.com/a-commodore-64-clone-with-a-working-retro-keyboard-will-1835836875/amp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/amp/s/gizmodo.com/a-commodore-64-clone-with-a-working-retro-keyboard-will-1835836875/amp</a></li> <li>Umass Lowell CS Dept. - <a href="https://www.uml.edu/sciences/computer-science/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.uml.edu/sciences/computer-science/</a></li> <li>BU Met CS - <a href="https://bumetprograms.bu.edu/computerscience/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bumetprograms.bu.edu/computerscience/</a></li> <li>Spring Boot - <a href="https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot</a></li> </ul>

Ep. 015, The siren song of the modem

This week's guest is my friend of nearly 20 years, Mike Breault. Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelkbreault/ Mike and I became fast friends back at Monster.com and have worked together, traveled together, and had a lot of fun times ever since. Mike always knew he wanted to be a software developer, starting in 1976 sending emails from his kitchen with his dad. Yes, 1976. We talk about development history, current events, and a bit about sports gambling and one-day fantasy sports.     People talking into the mouse - IRL, not just Star Trek IV:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hShY6xZWVGE  "Cracking the coding interview" - the book  http://www.crackingthecodinginterview.com/  Van Eck Phreaking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Eck_phreaking  Eight Men Out - movie about The Black Sox https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095082/  "Integrity fees" for sports gambling  https://www.legalsportsreport.com/integrity-fee/  Basketball official who bet on games - Tim Donaghy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Donaghy  

This week's guest is my friend of nearly 20 years, Mike Breault. Mike on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelkbreault/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelkbreault/</a> Mike and I became fast friends back at <a href="http://monster.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Monster.com</a> and have worked together, traveled together, and had a lot of fun times ever since. Mike always knew he wanted to be a software developer, starting in 1976 sending emails from his kitchen with his dad. Yes, 1976. We talk about development history, current events, and a bit about sports gambling and one-day fantasy sports.    <ul> <li>People talking into the mouse - IRL, not just Star Trek IV:  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hShY6xZWVGE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hShY6xZWVGE</a> </li> <li>"Cracking the coding interview" - the book  <a href="http://www.crackingthecodinginterview.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.crackingthecodinginterview.com/</a> </li> <li>Van Eck Phreaking <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Eck_phreaking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Eck_phreaking</a> </li> <li>Eight Men Out - movie about The Black Sox <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095082/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095082/</a> </li> <li>"Integrity fees" for sports gambling  <a href="https://www.legalsportsreport.com/integrity-fee/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.legalsportsreport.com/integrity-fee/</a> </li> <li>Basketball official who bet on games - Tim Donaghy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Donaghy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Donaghy</a> </li> </ul>

Ep. 007 of Underserved, Destined to be a developer

Capping off Season Two, Bharathi Balasubramanyam (B, for short) tells us about finding computer science when biology class went awry, serverless frameworks, imposter syndrome, and becoming the queen of working remotely. You won't want to miss B's around-the-world experience with Remote Year, where she traveled to 23 different countries in one year all while keeping the same job!   Lifescore Labs - https://www.lifescorelabs.com/ AWS Lambda - https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/ Remote year - http://boston.cbslocal.com/video/3839298-highly-skilled-workers-travel-the-world-while-keeping-their-jobs/ The Ikikai tribe - https://remoteyear.com/itineraries/ikigai 

Capping off Season Two, Bharathi Balasubramanyam (B, for short) tells us about finding computer science when biology class went awry, serverless frameworks, imposter syndrome, and becoming the queen of working remotely. You won't want to miss B's around-the-world experience with Remote Year, where she traveled to 23 different countries in one year all while keeping the same job! <ul> <li>Lifescore Labs - <a href="https://www.lifescorelabs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.lifescorelabs.com/</a></li> <li>AWS Lambda - <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/</a></li> <li>Remote year - <a href="http://boston.cbslocal.com/video/3839298-highly-skilled-workers-travel-the-world-while-keeping-their-jobs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://boston.cbslocal.com/video/3839298-highly-skilled-workers-travel-the-world-while-keeping-their-jobs/</a></li> <li>The Ikikai tribe - <a href="https://remoteyear.com/itineraries/ikigai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://remoteyear.com/itineraries/ikigai</a></li> </ul>

Ep. 024, The best WiFi is in the jungle

Our guest PK Shiu was building remote development teams long before it was fashionable (or the only way!) to do so. We cover the organizational and people challenges of making remote work, talk a bit about audio production, and about getting kids interested in coding using the Scratch programming language from MIT.     https://emoneyadvisor.com/ https://www.pkshiu.com/ https://scratch.mit.edu/ https://www.carylibrary.org/calendar/program-calendar  https://theperfectpack.com/author/pkshiu/ 

Our guest PK Shiu was building remote development teams long before it was fashionable (or the only way!) to do so. We cover the organizational and people challenges of making remote work, talk a bit about audio production, and about getting kids interested in coding using the Scratch programming language from MIT.   <ul> <li><a href="https://emoneyadvisor.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://emoneyadvisor.com/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pkshiu.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pkshiu.com/</a></li> <li><a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://scratch.mit.edu/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.carylibrary.org/calendar/program-calendar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.carylibrary.org/calendar/program-calendar</a> </li> <li><a href="https://theperfectpack.com/author/pkshiu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://theperfectpack.com/author/pkshiu/</a></li> </ul>

Ep. 023, Scratching the itch to code

Our guest Sara Morgan explains how a sick day led to a love of coding and how questions like, "Would you rather plan a party or take a doorknob apart?" can help point you towards a career. Sara also talks about how your network enables more industry portability than your expertise can, and how important attitude and perspective can be in shaping your future. We also talk about applying technology toward kids' sports and fishing.     The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People https://www.franklincovey.com/the-7-habits.html  (book is available on Amazon) The Speed of Trust https://www.speedoftrust.com/ (book is available on Amazon) Wisdom Quotes https://wisdomquotes.com/ The Cadillac of Fish Finders for ice fishing https://www.vexilar.com/  Youtube bass fishing videos: https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+bass+fishing+videos&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS703US703&amp;oq=youtube+bass+fishing&amp;aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l7.6841j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8  Lacrosse shooting w/Paul Rabil on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujqm0sdy93M 

Our guest Sara Morgan explains how a sick day led to a love of coding and how questions like, "Would you rather plan a party or take a doorknob apart?" can help point you towards a career. Sara also talks about how your network enables more industry portability than your expertise can, and how important attitude and perspective can be in shaping your future. We also talk about applying technology toward kids' sports and fishing.   <ul> <li>The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People <a href="https://www.franklincovey.com/the-7-habits.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.franklincovey.com/the-7-habits.html</a>  (book is available on Amazon)</li> <li>The Speed of Trust <a href="https://www.speedoftrust.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.speedoftrust.com/</a> (book is available on Amazon)</li> <li>Wisdom Quotes <a href="https://wisdomquotes.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://wisdomquotes.com/</a></li> <li>The Cadillac of Fish Finders for ice fishing <a href="https://www.vexilar.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.vexilar.com/</a> </li> <li>Youtube bass fishing videos: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+bass+fishing+videos&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS703US703&amp;oq=youtube+bass+fishing&amp;aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l7.6841j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+bass+fishing+videos&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS703US703&amp;oq=youtube+bass+fishing&amp;aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l7.6841j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8</a> </li> <li>Lacrosse shooting w/Paul Rabil on Youtube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujqm0sdy93M" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujqm0sdy93M</a></li> </ul>

Ep. 022, Catching the coding bug

Matt Hodges (fellow member of the Commodore Army) applied lots of grit and determination to graduate with a CS degree at a time when 93% were quitting the major. Like our previous guest John Newman, Matt got to view development from a lot of different angles before becoming part of the organization (QA, DBA, Ops, etc). We talk about how being thankful and humble can be a really important part of your career, and how being the Excel stat geek can endear you to your softball team.     Stonehill College: https://www.stonehill.edu/ Staples (Contract Space): https://www.staplesadvantage.com/ Curriculum Associates: https://www.curriculumassociates.com/ React Redux: https://react-redux.js.org/ React Sagas: https://redux-saga.js.org/ CreateJS: https://createjs.com/ LinkedIn Learning: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/ VueJS: https://vuejs.org/ i18n: https://www.npmjs.com/package/i18n Thanks A Thousand: https://www.amazon.com/Thanks-Thousand-Gratitude-Journey-Books/dp/1501119923 SIM Boston: https://www.simboston.org/home 

Matt Hodges (fellow member of the Commodore Army) applied lots of grit and determination to graduate with a CS degree at a time when 93% were quitting the major. Like our previous guest John Newman, Matt got to view development from a lot of different angles before becoming part of the organization (QA, DBA, Ops, etc). We talk about how being thankful and humble can be a really important part of your career, and how being the Excel stat geek can endear you to your softball team.   <ul> <li>Stonehill College: <a href="https://www.stonehill.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.stonehill.edu/</a></li> <li>Staples (Contract Space): <a href="https://www.staplesadvantage.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.staplesadvantage.com/</a></li> <li>Curriculum Associates: <a href="https://www.curriculumassociates.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.curriculumassociates.com/</a></li> <li>React Redux: <a href="https://react-redux.js.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://react-redux.js.org/</a></li> <li>React Sagas: <a href="https://redux-saga.js.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://redux-saga.js.org/</a></li> <li>CreateJS: <a href="https://createjs.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://createjs.com/</a></li> <li>LinkedIn Learning: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/learning/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/learning/</a></li> <li>VueJS: <a href="https://vuejs.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://vuejs.org/</a></li> <li>i18n: <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/i18n" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.npmjs.com/package/i18n</a></li> <li>Thanks A Thousand: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thanks-Thousand-Gratitude-Journey-Books/dp/1501119923" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Thanks-Thousand-Gratitude-Journey-Books/dp/1501119923</a></li> <li>SIM Boston: <a href="https://www.simboston.org/home" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.simboston.org/home</a></li> </ul>

Ep. 021, Ed Tech REACTions

Khan Klatt has been involved in education technology for the last 7 years, on both the for-profit and non-profit sides of the industry. Khan talks about how some things change and some stay the same between those two worlds, how he got his start in software, the front-end focus in ed tech, and how he applies "otaku" to his hobby of building light displays.    CFC’s Mission: https://www.cfchildren.org/blog/2016/04/safe-children-thriving-in-a-peaceful-world/ UIUC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCSA_HTTPd CFC https://www.cfchildren.org/ Open Educational Resources (OER) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources Bob Martin / Clean Code - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Martin NoOps/ZeroOps - https://www.cio.com/article/3407714/what-is-noops-the-quest-for-fully-automated-it-operations.html Otaku - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaku Falcon PixelController - https://www.pixelcontroller.com/store/index.php xLights Software - https://xlights.org/ 

Khan Klatt has been involved in education technology for the last 7 years, on both the for-profit and non-profit sides of the industry. Khan talks about how some things change and some stay the same between those two worlds, how he got his start in software, the front-end focus in ed tech, and how he applies "otaku" to his hobby of building light displays.   <ul> <li>CFC’s Mission: <a href="https://www.cfchildren.org/blog/2016/04/safe-children-thriving-in-a-peaceful-world/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cfchildren.org/blog/2016/04/safe-children-thriving-in-a-peaceful-world/</a></li> <li>UIUC <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCSA_HTTPd" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCSA_HTTPd</a></li> <li>CFC <a href="https://www.cfchildren.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cfchildren.org/</a></li> <li>Open Educational Resources (OER) - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources</a></li> <li>Bob Martin / Clean Code - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Martin" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Martin</a></li> <li>NoOps/ZeroOps - <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/3407714/what-is-noops-the-quest-for-fully-automated-it-operations.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cio.com/article/3407714/what-is-noops-the-quest-for-fully-automated-it-operations.html</a></li> <li>Otaku - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaku" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaku</a></li> <li>Falcon PixelController - <a href="https://www.pixelcontroller.com/store/index.php" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pixelcontroller.com/store/index.php</a></li> <li>xLights Software - <a href="https://xlights.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://xlights.org/</a></li> </ul>

Ep. 020, Social-emotional learning

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