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Code[ish] takes a closer look at the stories, tools, and people that make Heroku and our global developer community so exciting. Join your hosts Julián Duque and Jon Dodson as they speak with expert guests from the Heroku team, exploring a range of topics such as deeply technical insights, the life of a developer, tools and tips for getting the most out of Heroku, real life success stories from our users, and more.

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    Why Writing Matters for Engineers

    In this episode, Ian, Laura, and Wesley talk about the importance of communication skills, specifically writing, for people in technical roles. Ian calls writing the single most important meta skill you can have. And the good news is that you can get better at it, with deliberate practice! Ian and Wesley both come from engineering backgrounds but have moved into more writing-intensive roles as their careers have progressed. Laura is an instructional designer with experience across many industries. They all agree that writing plays several different important roles for people, whether it's to educate, persuade, or even mark a decision. So if writing is such a critical part of what you're doing from an engineering perspective, how can you get better at it? Laura offers a handful of practices, including providing context, supplying the appropriate level of detail for the audience, using stories or analogies, incorporating repetition, and finding a good editor (even if it's yourself coming back to a piece with fresh eyes). The guests close the episode by sharing some of their favorite resources for improving communication skills, which are listed below. Links from this episode “Programming as Theory Building" by Peter Naur Example of an RFC process Illusion of Explanatory Depth The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker Write and Organize for Deeper Learning by Patti Shank Tech Writing course from Google

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    Open Source with Jim Jagielski

    This episode is hosted by Alyssa Arvin, Senior Program Manager for Open Source at Salesforce, with guest Jim Jagielski, the newest member of Salesforce’s Open Source Program Office (OSPO). They talk about Jim’s early explorations into open source software during his time as an actual rocket scientist at NASA and his role in the formation of the Apache Software Foundation. Next, they discuss getting started in open source, specifically, how to find the right open source community for you to start contributing to. They suggest looking for a code of conduct that the project members take seriously to make sure you’re joining a community that is welcoming and takes diversity and inclusion seriously. Who’s part of an open source community? Well, that would be more than just the contributors--it’s also the project’s end users, even companies who consume it. Those companies have a responsibility to support the projects they use, to contribute back and provide feedback to keep making it better. As an individual contributor (IC), contributing to open source can be part of your growth plan! Leveraging open source contributions to grow your skill helps you become a better employee. Jim encourages companies to adopt as frictionless a process as possible for employees contributing to open source. Salesforce sees open source as a strategic advantage for the company. It’s a way of driving culture, of ensuring that teams collaborate and communicate and, in the process of doing that, drive innovation to benefit not only the individuals who contribute but the company as well. How important is open source to your corporate culture? That will drive how you go about building an Open Source Program Office (OSPO). It really is, at the end of the day, a cultural shift. Finally, Jim shares concrete tips for getting started with your first open source project. He suggests “lurking” in the community and checking their bug tracker for issues marked as “good for newbies.” Most projects have a handful of people who are signed up to be mentors and can help you out. And, look for something like a contributing.md file that makes it clear how you can get involved and what the future will hold for you as you get more involved. Alyssa closes with the comment that she’s excited to work with and learn from Jim, and we are too! Expect to hear more from him on future podcast episodes. Links from this episode Open Source at Salesforce Apache Software Foundation Open Source Initiative People Powered by Jono Bacon TODO Group InnerSource Commons The Apache Way

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Code[ish] takes a closer look at the stories, tools, and people that make Heroku and our global developer community so exciting. Join your hosts Julián Duque and Jon Dodson as they speak with expert guests from the Heroku team, exploring a range of topics such as deeply technical insights, the life of a developer, tools and tips for getting the most out of Heroku, real life success stories from our users, and more.

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