31 episodes

Hello world! It’s Mike Traverso with the Friends that Code podcast where I get a chance to showcase some amazing people I know that just happen to write code for a living.

Whether they started off intending to code or just happened into it, we get to hear about the types of people you'll meet, things you'll get to do, jobs you'll have along the way, and advice from some awesome coders along the way!

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Hello world! It’s Mike Traverso with the Friends that Code podcast where I get a chance to showcase some amazing people I know that just happen to write code for a living.

Whether they started off intending to code or just happened into it, we get to hear about the types of people you'll meet, things you'll get to do, jobs you'll have along the way, and advice from some awesome coders along the way!

    30 - Creating VR games by learning from step 1 with Noble Ackerson

    30 - Creating VR games by learning from step 1 with Noble Ackerson

    Former Google Developer Expert, Senior Product Manager, Product Strategist, Certified Design Sprint Master, Certified in SAFe 5, VR & AR developer, Holder of numerous Udacity Nano Degrees, Renaissance man, incredibly talented and yes… yes you did once see him in that Chevy commercial. 

    Ladies and Gentlemen, todays guest is Noble Ackerson!






    Twitter: https://twitter.com/nobleackerson

    Blog: https://nobles.page

    YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCOYYYV-skMFu-GGsFiFy_hg

    Background on Yaa Asantewaa and the Golden Stool: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rzRooY04SHM

    REFACTR.TECH Conference: https://refactr.tech

    Abstractions Conference: abstractions.io

    Black Code Collective: blackcodecollective.com

    XRSI (X Reality Safety Initiative): xrsi.org

    • 1 hr
    29 - Empower your team with shared design language with Sarrah Vesselov

    29 - Empower your team with shared design language with Sarrah Vesselov

    Designer, Manager, Community organizer, Conference Speaker, Mentor, Author and Board Game Cafe Proprietor. Today's guest is Sarrah Vesselov!

    Please check out Your Turn Cafe and give them a like or a share on social media.

    Your Turn Cafe - your-turn-cafe.com or twitter.com/yourturncafe 
    twitter.com/SVesselov
    Thundernerds.io
    "Building Design Systems: Unify User experiences through a shared design language" - amzn.to/2ZN8e40

    Talks:
    The Design Of DevOps: youtube.com/watch?v=06MHBa4nGok
    How to style in React and not lose friends: youtube.com/watch?v=V-flI7ui52M 

    An interview with Sarrah Vesselov: youtube.com/watch?v=jbbH58ICs5o

    Groups:
    Women Who Code Tampa: womenwhocode.com/tampa

    • 57 min
    28 - How to be an awesome game developer, author, editor, speaker, etc. with Tammy Coron

    28 - How to be an awesome game developer, author, editor, speaker, etc. with Tammy Coron

    Developer, Instructor, Conference Organizer, Conference Speaker, Podcaster, Senior Technical Editor and Author… Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Tammy Coron!



    Tammy's website: TammyCoron.com

    Twitter: twitter.com/paradox927

    Tammy's Book, "Apple Game Frameworks & Technologies": https://pragprog.com/titles/tcswift/apple-game-frameworks-and-technologies/

    Adventure Game Kit: https://justwritecode.net/adventuregamekit-spritekit.html

    JustWriteCode.net

    RayWenderlich.com

    • 1 hr 4 min
    27 - How to learn by teaching with Nate Ebel

    27 - How to learn by teaching with Nate Ebel

    Developer, Instructor, Teacher, Author, Conference Speaker, Google Developer Expert, YouTuber, Podcaster and man with a voice totally suited for crime solving serial podcasts… Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Nate Eble.





    Oh btw, in the podcast I say OpenCV is Open Computer View. It's actually Open Source Computer Vision. Apologies for the mix-up folks! It was an off day for me.





    Goobar - goobar.io

    Goobar on YouTube - youtube.com/goobar

    Goobar Podcast - goobar.buzzsprout.com

    OpenCV - opencv.org

    360AnDev Conference: 360andev.com

    Mastering Kotlin - amzn.to/35nF0vu 

    Kotlin First – Taking Full Advantage of Kotlin For Android Development - 360andev.com/session-recordings/?vimeography_gallery=3&vimeography_video=444346415

    • 1 hr 12 min
    26 - Imposter Syndrome: You Do Belong Here & other affirmations and ways to beat imposter syndrome

    26 - Imposter Syndrome: You Do Belong Here & other affirmations and ways to beat imposter syndrome

    Mentioned papers:

    Nitya Narasimhan: I'm a lifelong lifelong beginner, are you?: dev.to/nitya/i-m-a-lifelong-beginner-are-you-2ac6



    Mentioned episodes:

    Nitya Narasimhan: Episode 7

    Graeme Devine: Episode 25



    Resources for help:

    Suicide Prevention Lifeline
    https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org
    Call 1-800-273-8255   24/7

    Crisis Text Line
    https://www.crisistextline.org/
    Text HELLO to 741741   24/7

    Veterans Crisis Line
    https://www.veteranscrisisline.net
    1-800-273-8255

    • 28 min
    25 - It's GRAEME DEVINE! with Graeme Devine

    25 - It's GRAEME DEVINE! with Graeme Devine

    Video game lover, developer, designer, producer, Godfather of games on CD-Roms, and man partly responsible for a Christmas shortage of gold Zelda cartridges. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is Graeme Devine!

    Twitter: twitter.com/zaphodgjd

    Full Deck Solitaire: fulldecksolitaire.com

    GRL games: grlgames.net

    Quarantine Studios: qxrstudios.com

    Quarantine Studios on Twitter: twitter.com/qxrstudios

    Into The Future: A World Without Edges with Graeme Devine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVFkPEqQX-0

    • 54 min

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