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Ben Gohlke, Brian Gates
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Ben Gohlke and Brian Gates discuss how to get started and get ahead in the ever changing industry of software development. Current senior developers in their respective fields and former bootcamp instructors, Brian and Ben help to decipher the myriad options available to new engineers just starting out and how to navigate the educational and institutional challenges of the tech industry.

  1. 03/30/2020

    36: Bama's On It!

    On the latest episode, Podcast Brian interviews his former student Testing Brian on his career, from starting out in the kitchens of Alabama to going back to school in his late 30's, to becoming a successful QA engineer. The guys chat about testing and its importance to the modern software ecosystem, and the challenges involved with learning how to break things in a structured manner. NOTE: This episode was recorded at the end of February. The live company event mentioned in this episode was cancelled and the hosts are WFH full time now. Fortunately the podcast was always remotely recorded, so no interruption to our schedule! Please stay safe and hopefully this podcast gives you something fun to listen to while you're staying inside. Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast (https://www.twitter.com/mvcpodcast). Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:47 - Bama's backstory 00:06:11 - Back to school later in life 00:08:45 - Swamp coolers to dev jobs 00:16:38 - How to write your own job description 00:24:49 - What is QA? 00:30:31 - What is automated testing? 00:41:17 - Bama's latest challenge 00:52:18 - Don't be the deer? 00:58:26 - Outro

    1 hr

  2. 03/18/2020

    35: The Old Man and the SQL

    Ben's dad Joe just had to make it a three-peat. He's back again with updates on what it's like to look for a new job at 60, how to deal with recruiters, how to promote yourself online, and most importantly, whether the advice we gave him was actually any good! Advice and experience is shared that's applicable for professionals at any point in their career. Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast (https://www.twitter.com/mvcpodcast). Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:42 - Job search update 00:10:54 - 20th vs. 21st Century job searching 00:23:45 - Getting practice at finding a job 00:38:59 - Emotional journeys 00:41:32 - We actually give good advice? 00:55:08 - Outro

    56 min

  3. 03/02/2020

    34: Almost Software

    The guys continue their tour of software and software-adjacent roles within an organization. Today's show is all about the roles that are integral to the success of a software product, but aren't directly involved with producing code. Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast (https://www.twitter.com/mvcpodcast). Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:37 - UI/UX Designer 00:16:34 - Testing/QA 00:28:00 - DBA 00:42:22 - Dev Ops 00:49:08 - Product Owner 00:59:23 - Project Manager 01:07:00 - Outro

    1h 8m

  4. 02/17/2020

    33: The NFL or the A-Team

    The guys continue their discussion from last time on how to decide what kind of developer to become. They talk team size preferences, whether you like to be on the frontier or work with established best practices, and finish up with the importance of UI/UX to a project and how you might decide if that's a possible path for juniors. Stay tune for the next episode where they will get into all the other jobs that surround the core development team. Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast (https://www.twitter.com/mvcpodcast). Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:21 - Big team or small team? 00:14:22 - Best practices vs. wild west frontier 00:24:52 - UI/UX and its importance to a product 00:36:04 - Outro

    37 min

  5. 02/04/2020

    32: The iPhone is a Submarine

    Ben and Brian explore the different kinds of developer you can become and how you might go about picking a platform/language to learn. There was so much to talk about, we needed to cover this in two episodes, so stay tuned for more next time. Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast (https://www.twitter.com/mvcpodcast). Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Where do you start? 03:24 - What do you like? 12:50 - Front end vs. back end 21:28 - Are you a math person? 42:46 - Outro

    44 min

  6. 01/13/2020

    31: A Textbook Case of Developer

    Ben and Brian sit down with Brandi Bailey, a lifelong learner and a current iOS student at Lambda School. Brandi recounts her earliest memories of exploring the world of programming all the way to her current struggles and triumphs of learning iOS programming as a second career. She has lots of great advice to impart to others who may be on the same journey or about to start down the path of learning to code. Big thanks to @blubrandi (https://www.twitter.com/blubrandi) for coming on the show and sharing her story! Sorry for missing our previous episode date. Ben was under the weather, but we're back on track. Talk to you again you in two weeks! Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast (https://www.twitter.com/mvcpodcast). Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:31 - Brandi gets the programming bug 00:04:41 - Brandi's professional journey 00:10:58 - Developer training and the Ivory Tower 00:23:32 - Imposter Syndrome: for junior and senior devs alike 00:42:27 - Brandi paints her perfect picture of life post-Lambda School 00:51:29 - Outro Links Lambda School (https://lambdaschool.com) Apple IIc (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIc) Try Guys play chess with a chess master: 4 on 1! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG6TPTBBz7g)

    52 min

  7. 12/24/2019

    30: A Festivus for the Restivus

    Happy Festivus everyone! On this last episode of the year, Ben and Brian tell you about all the tech things that have annoyed them so far in 2019, as well as their biggest tech accomplishments and a vision for a possible future in 2020. A departure from out usual style, but we wanted to bring you something hopefully a little more fun for the end of the year. We hope you all enjoy the holidays and remind you to take the opportunity to step away from the computer and any tech learning you might be doing to enjoy a breather. Breaks often produce an even better understanding of the learning material when you return. See you next decade! Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast (https://www.twitter.com/mvcpodcast). Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:25 - Inscrutable error messages 00:05:22 - Computer problems are the worst 00:08:12 - So this is a grievance 00:12:38 - Tech hiring: why is it so bad? 00:19:15 - What happened Apple? 00:22:10 - Mega Corps: where good products go to die 00:26:21 - Huge mega corps: do we need them? 00:28:33 - Surveillance capitalism 00:35:48 - Accomplishments for the year 00:39:41 - A vision of a possible future 00:44:17 - Outro Links Parse bought by Facebook (https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/25/facebook-parse/) Ring doorbell susceptible to hacks (https://www.cnet.com/news/rings-smart-doorbell-can-leave-your-house-vulnerable-to-hacks/) Ring allows very permissive access to data from law enforcement (https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/08/06/ring-doorbell-video-is-supplied-to-police-without-homeowners-permission) Functional Typescript in React (https://www.pluralsight.com/guides/typescript-building-react-components) Lambda School's iOS Program (https://lambdaschool.com/courses/ios-development) iOS Orlando Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/iOS-Orlando/) We stream the meetup live on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/ferrousguy) Apple's SwiftUI tutorials (https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/SwiftUI) Combine Framework (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/combine)

    46 min

  8. 12/11/2019

    29: Don't Join the Nerd Wars

    Ben and Brian discuss the age-old and never ending debate on code structure and organization. They help disambiguate requirements from conventions and some stuff that's just one person's opinion. Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast (https://www.twitter.com/mvcpodcast). Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:36 - Code syntax 04:17 - Code formatting 11:59 - Coding with your team, not against it 28:45 - Coding to conventions 41:01 - Personal preferences 59:38 - Outro Links Wikipedia article on indentation styles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentation_style) Airbnb JS style guide (https://github.com/airbnb/javascript) Ray Wenderlich's Swift style guide (https://github.com/raywenderlich/swift-style-guide) Google's Swift style guide (https://google.github.io/swift/)

    1h 1m
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Ben Gohlke and Brian Gates discuss how to get started and get ahead in the ever changing industry of software development. Current senior developers in their respective fields and former bootcamp instructors, Brian and Ben help to decipher the myriad options available to new engineers just starting out and how to navigate the educational and institutional challenges of the tech industry.

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  • Creator
    Ben Gohlke, Brian Gates
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2020
  • Episodes
    36
  • Rating
    Clean
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