The daunting idea of starting a podcast

In this episode, we introduce ourselves, talk a bit about our background and why we wanted to start a podcast. Following that we discuss our general opinions of development agencies and what it's like to be a developer in 2020.

Episode 1

Intro

00:00:00 - Introductions
00:01:00 - What alcoholic beverage we're drinking today
00:03:35 - Our background, how we met
00:07:10 - Scott's first developer job and application process
00:11:00 - Ian's first developer job, working with Scott
00:13:00 - Ian going freelance and moving to Australia
00:15:30 - Ian returning back to Newcastle, rejoining the same company to work with Scott again.
00:16:30 - Why we wanted to start this podcast
00:23:00 - Discussing our drinks

Part 1: What is life like in a development agency?

00:25:30 - What is an agency
00:29:05 - Alternatives to agencies
00:30:05 - Working with product companies as an agency
00:32:50 - Pros and cons of development agencies for the customer
00:44:45 - Difficult clients to avoid
00:46:35 - The difficulties of getting customers to pay for maintenance
00:48:40 - Advantage of choosing an agency as a customer
00:50:00 - Pros and cons of development agencies for the developer
00:53:50 - Agencies vs Freelance
00:58:10 - Will the agency business model last?
01:07:00 - What is management like in an agency?

Part 2: Future plans and pet projects

01:18:30 - A review of our drinks
01:20:23 - Scott's plans for the next couple of weeks (React, Laravel APIs, pet projects)
01:20:40 - Ian's plans for the next couple of weeks (React, Serverless, API gateway)
01:23:30 - Work-life balance, podcasts, how to find inspiration and staying motivated
01:31:30 - Signing off

Recommendations and links

- https://syntax.fm
- https://darknetdiaries.com
- https://reactjs.org
- https://firebase.google.com
- https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway
- https://laravel.com
- https://serverless.com
- https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/