Legendary designer Marc Hemeon joins us and offers a very honest and personal look into his experience of attempting to balance startups and family. Marc has been in the startup/tech game since the 90's including stints at YouTube, Google's self driving car project, and most recently founding Design Inc. As a father of 3 and having a marriage of 17 years, he's seen the ups and downs and offers some very very practical advice. It was refreshing to hear him speak so bluntly on the work that … [Read more...]
Stoicism, Screen Time, and Reward Cycles with David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) [Podcast]
David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) joins the podcast. For many people, DHH needs no introduction...but just in case, here is a little background on how David keeps himself busy (apart from fatherhood): Invented Ruby on Rails (which powers Twitter, Groupon, AirBnB, and Basecamp among others). Founder and CTO at Basecamp LeMans driver David on Twitter As expected, David brings his energy and passion to the conversation … [Read more...]
From Therapist to Software Developer – Dave Hoover [Podcast]
Dave Hoover of DevBootCamp joins us to talk about his journey from being a professional family therapist to becoming a software developer and eventually teaching software development. He shares insights on working for a smaller company, work travel and trying to budget unplugged time devoted to family. Notable Links Dave’s book Starter Leauge DevBootCamp Sharith Bishay of DevBootCamp Jeff Casimir of Turing.io (Jeff's interview on the podcast) Dave’s Last Word of … [Read more...]
Life reboot with Aaron McHugh of Work, Life, Play [Podcast]
Aaron runs a blog/podcast called Work Life Play, having spent a career in sales and marketing he talks about his 22 years of marriage and the keys to success. On a recent business trip to Spain he spent time with the family of a co-worker and got a fresh dose of perspective on how he was living his life. Having spent a season “living on fumes” he returned from the trip and immediately began a life reboot. He shares the story of this and his philosophy on life and weaving work together with life … [Read more...]
Teaching Software Development and High Expectations – Jeff Casimir [Podcast]
Jeff Casimir had aspirations of getting a Computer Science degree and working for a few years and retiring by 30 (based on sound logic in the height of the dot com boom). His world got changed quite a bit after going through school and being pulled toward Teach For America. He has since followed a career in teaching, currently runs Turing School of Software in Denver Colorado. He has little patience for lazy students and that is an attitude he also has with his children. We talk about tech … [Read more...]