SHOW SUMMARY:
You know them… those friends and family who wonder how anyone can possibly enjoy software development. It’s hard to believe now, but Houssein Djirdeh, author and Senior Software Engineer at Google, once had similar feelings about programming. In fact, he hated it. So how did find his passion? And how about you? How can you reignite your passion if you’ve grown tired of heavy deadlines, endless meetings, & untimely bugs? In this episode, Houssein shares his tips and advice for getting past the frustrations and on to the fun!

LINKS:
https://twitter.com/hdjirdeh
https://houssein.me/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/housseindjirdeh/


CONNECT WITH US:
Houssein Djirdeh @hdjirdeh
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

How do you rise the ranks to go from data entry to becoming a director of Engineering for the world’s largest source code host with more than 200 million repositories? Liz Saling, Director of Engineering at GitHub, joins us to share her journey of quickly moving into leadership positions, securing jobs at powerhouse companies, the inside scoop about life at GitHub, and finding true fulfillment in both life and career. She’s happily living her ultimate dev life (complete with ample use of emojis) and shares some simple yet effective tips for how YOU can too!

LINKS:
https://twitter.com/LizSaling
https://www.lizsaling.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizsaling/
https://socialimpact.github.com/
https://lizsaling.medium.com/


CONNECT WITH US:
Liz Saling @lizsaling
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

“Information occultation…?” If you’ve never heard of it, neither had we. But chances are, you’re actually quite familiar with when things become more complicated than is necessary. Whether writing hard-to-follow code, making UI that’s overly difficult to understand, or taking part in the “Rockstar Developer” mentality, it’s not uncommon for developers to know these kinds of work practices all too well. But, using the advice & wisdom of Nx DevTools & Nx Cloud Core Team Member, Jo Hanna Pearce, we can work to keep things clean, simple, & understandable from both a code and human perspective. And probably for Kelpies too!

LINKS:
https://twitter.com/jhannapearce
https://jopearce.co.uk/
https://www.slideshare.net/JoPearce5/a-is-for-angular

CONNECT WITH US:
Jo Hanna Pearce @JHannaPearce
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

How do you go from software development to becoming a sought after edutainer, speaker, and the “King of Testing”? Well, sit down, grab a drink, and get comfy as we go live from ng-conf 2022 for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into how Shai Reznik from HiRez.io achieved all these accomplishments and more. Shai opens up with some intimate stories (and a bit of Israeli rap) about his developer journey and how, not unlike everyone else, he’s had to face barriers like imposter syndrome, perfectionism, panic attacks, and yes, even bugs!

LINKS:
https://www.hirez.io/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufHfs67xtXg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCPa_Rws_iA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp8OTXf4BAc

CONNECT WITH US:
Shai Reznik @hirez_io
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

Have you ever considered having a side gig as a programmer? Well, have all your questions answered about the hows and whys of moonlighting and starting your own side hustles from YouTuber, author, and all around content creator Joshua Morony as he joins this episode of the Dev.Life Podcast. Josh shares his experiences and shares his tips and suggestions for getting started, time management, staying motivated, client interactions, and some stuff about Einstein. What better way to learn than from a pro!

LINKS:
https://twitter.com/joshuamorony
https://www.youtube.com/c/JoshuaMorony/playlists
https://eliteionic.com/
Joshua’s Top Dev Content Recommendations:
Chau Tran - https://twitter.com/Nartc1410
Victor Savkin - https://twitter.com/victorsavkin
https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Angular-Victor-Savkin/dp/1788293762
https://vsavkin.com/managing-state-in-angular-2-applications-caf78d123d02
Brandon Roberts - https://twitter.com/brandontroberts
Enea Jahollari - https://twitter.com/Enea_Jahollari

CONNECT WITH US:
Joshua Morony @JoshuaMorony
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

In this episode of the Dev.Life we invited Katerina Skroumpelou back on the show to discuss a recent blog article she published about dealing with mental health and depression as a developer or tech professional. Katerina shares her experiences for how she’s coped with these challenges in her own life and how she’s been able to push through it all to make a successful career filled with many great accomplishments.

LINKS:
https://pakotinia.medium.com/tainted-moments-or-hello-vecna-my-old-friend-cc5336d274d2
https://twitter.com/psybercity
https://988lifeline.org/


CONNECT WITH US:
Katerina Skroumpelou @psybercity
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

In this episode of the Dev.Life, we have an open conversation with Shaundai Person about her non-traditional path from having a successful career in sales to becoming a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, a sought out conference speaker, a meetup organizer, and a dynamic course creator as well.

Shaundai talks about not only the barriers and challenges she faced as she changed careers, but also the ups and downs she’s encountered and deals with now that she’s in the field. To wrap things up, Shaundai shares thoughts and ideas on how diversity of backgrounds can add to the power behind your team and also how developers at any stage in their career can work through feelings of wanting to give up to finding happiness and success instead.

LINKS:
https://twitter.com/shaundai
https://www.reactrobins.com/
https://egghead.io/q/resources-by-shaundai-person
https://www.tsforjs.com/

CONNECT WITH US:
Shaundai Person @Shaundai
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

Welcome to Season 3 of what is now the Dev.Life Podcast!

In this, the first episode of the season, we’re joined by none other than Michael Chan, an instructor and coach on lunch.dev and host of the React Podcast. He braves the wild seas of polarization of technologies and explores the benefits to be had in uniting the Dev Communities around things that make sense for everyone.

LINKS:
https://reactpodcast.simplecast.com/
https://www.lunch.dev/
https://twitter.com/chantastic

CONNECT WITH US:
Michaen Chan @chantastic
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

In this episode we reintroduce ourselves this time as the Co-Hosts of the Dev.Life Podcast. For most of you this will simply be an intro to Season 3 of the Angular Experience Podcast. We discuss our plans and goals for this season and why we changed our name. In short it’s because our content is for all developers regardless of framework or language.

Links:
https:devlife.show
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

In this episode, we bring author & Principal Fellow Doguhan Uluca back on the show for a great discussion about finding your particular career path as a software engineer or programmer. Doguhan starts by sharing some of his career decisions and how he’s moved up into his particular roles and then we start digging into what career paths you might follow & how to go about getting a promotion. We even take on the question of whether or not title even matters in development as some would suggest it does not. By the end, you’ll be more informed on how to take your career to the next level and see that there really aren’t speed limits when you’re motivated to succeed!


LINKS:
https://twitter.com/duluca
https://expertlysimple.io/angular-for-enterprise-2nd-edition/
https://techtalkdc.com/
Elastic leadership - https://www.elasticleadership.com/


CONNECT WITH US:
Doguhan Uluca @duluca
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

For his work on State Adapt we have Michael Pearson on the show today. We want to learn more about innovating & creating, but especially why and how you can “just try things” even when imposter syndrome gets the better of you.

LINKS:
https://twitter.com/mfpears
https://state-adapt.github.io/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-pearson-75513485/
https://youtu.be/-4cwkHNguXE

CONNECT WITH US:
Michael Chan @mfpears
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

In this episode we talk with Alfredo Perez, a rising star in the community who shares his developer journey from his roots in Mexico to becoming a Staff UI Engineer, a trusted coach and mentor, and becoming an accepted speaker at ng-conf. Alfredo shares some inspiring insights on topics like how to lower the barriers into tech for those from other countries & how companies and teams can work to improve the developer experience for entry level and more-seasoned developers alike. This episode is packed with great insights, advice, and, who knows, you might even encounter a hobbit or two along the way!

LINKS:
https://twitter.com/alfrodo_perez
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfredo-perez
https://www.alfredo-perez.dev/

CONNECT WITH US:

Alfredo Perez @alfrodo_perez
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

In this episode we are joined by David Khourshid the Founder of Stately.ai to learn about the current and future states of developing modern software. When we step back, what future are we building towards and how can we build smarter?

LINKS:
https://twitter.com/DavidKPiano
https://davidk.dev/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkpiano/
https://stately.ai/
https://frontendmasters.com/teachers/david-khourshid/
https://css-tricks.com/author/davidkpiano/

CONNECT WITH US:
David Khourshid @DavidKPiano
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

SHOW SUMMARY:
From economic strains and inflation to natural disasters, wars, and political unrest, managing your career in today’s uncertain environment requires new levels of patience, planning, & flexibility. Where do you even start given all that has and is going on around us? While total control and predictability are an illusion, we sat down with Nrwl co-founder Jeff Cross to talk about ways in which software engineers can plan, prepare, & position themselves for success today and in the future.

LINKS:
https://twitter.com/jeffbcross
https://nrwl.io/
https://nx.dev/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffbcross/

CONNECT WITH US:
Jeff Cross @jeffbcross
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

SHOW SUMMARY:
In this episode Brooke, Erik, & guest panelist Jason Warner go boldly into the uncharted territories of our first ever Ask Me Anything episode! We take on listener-submitted questions on topics ranging from working remotely and the dynamics of working on an agile team, to dealing with being fired and revitalizing your motivation at work.

LINKS:
https://www.twitch.tv/xocomil
https://xocomil.medium.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-warner-24b548/
https://twitter.com/xocomil_1

CONNECT WITH US:
Jason Warner @xocomil_1
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

SHOW SUMMARY:
In this episode, we go to the land down to talk to our favorite Kiwi developer, Craig Shearer. Craig shares his experiences working as an independent contractor starting from how he got into programming and what led to his decision to go solo. If you’ve ever wondered if working as a contractor is right for you, Craig has all the answers for you like finding these opportunities, comparing salary differences and similarities, insurance and benefits, managing time, and much much more!

LINKS:
https://twitter.com/OneOldKiwiDev
https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-shearer/?originalSubdomain=nz

CONNECT WITH US:
Craig Shearer @OneOldKiwiDev
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

SHOW SUMMARY:
In this episode we’re thrilled to get to know Colum Ferry, a Senior Software Engineer working at Nrwl remotely from his home in Derry, Ireland. As someone who has successfully worked across distant time zones we’re hoping he can help us solve some obstacles.

LINKS:
https://twitter.com/FerryColum
https://columferry.co.uk/
https://colum-ferry.medium.com/

CONNECT WITH US:
Colum Ferry @FerryColum
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

SHOW SUMMARY:
In this episode of NgXP, we ask how you can build a customer-focused mindset as a software engineer. And who better to help us with this discussion than Carl Bergenhem, the Principal Product Manager for KendoUI! Carl has spent his career becoming an expert in helping individuals, teams, and entire organizations go from being ‘feature factories’ to empathetic developers of top-notch, customer-focused products. He gives great advice for how to implement these practices into your teams and shares how you’ll find greater job satisfaction than ever before.

LINKS:
https://twitter.com/carlbergenhem
https://www.telerik.com/kendo-ui

CONNECT WITH US:
Carl Bergenhem @carlbergenhem
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack

SHOW SUMMARY:

In this episode we are exploring the origin and journey of an incredible member of the Angular community, Doguhan Uluca. He’s a Technical Fellow at a company called Excella in Washington DC. He’s also notably from Turkey. We’ll explore his story and his journey into tech.

LINKS:
https://duluca.github.io/
https://twitter.com/duluca
https://expertlysimple.io/angular-for-enterprise-2nd-edition/
https://techtalkdc.com/

CONNECT WITH US:

Doguhan Uluca @duluca
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @Erikslack

SHOW SUMMARY:
More and more, we’ve had some really difficult and devastating events take place all over the world. How can we as programmers and software engineers push back against these kinds of things and bring more goodness into our communities and the world around us? To help us answer these kinds of questions, we brought Jordan Powell from Cypress.io onto the show to talk about the hows and whys of getting involved in non-profits. Jordan shares his expertise from starting his own non-profit, Dream On: Global, and how, like him, you can contribute to such positive efforts and as a result, adding even more fulfillment to life.

LINKS:
https://dreamon.world/
https://twitter.com/jordanpowell88
https://www.cypress.io/

CONNECT WITH US:
Jordan Powell @JordanPowell88
Brooke Avery @JediBravery
Erik Slack @erik_slack