The Dev Amplifier Podcast Byron Sommardahl

Garret Hamann is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Google working on Google Play. He has worked for several large corporations for extended periods of time. He worked for Nokia for ten years. He shares his experience working for large corporations.

You can find Garret on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamanng

What You Will Learn:


What great developers do at large corporations
The difference between a manager and a coach
When a junior developer is ready to become a senior developer

Colleen Reidelbach is CRO at Acklen Avenue. She is the host of the podcast Build Better Tech, a podcast on how the nation’s leading companies use tech as a business strategy to win. She gives her advice on the best ways to work with clients as a great developer and communicator.

You can listen to her podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/build-better-tech-how-the-nations-leading-companies/id1486402397

What You Will Learn:


The conversations that great developers need to have
How to talk with clients in an effective way
How to work with non-technical clients

Jeremy DeYoung has been building software applications for about the last 20 years. He also has worked with many startups. He is a self-defined coder but not a developer and goes through the distinction. He shares how he got into programming without going to college. He talks about the dangers of creating code just to impress your boss as opposed to creating good code that works well.

What You Will Learn:


How to be a great Senior Developer
The benefits of the 18-month rule
Pair Programming
The rule of 7 backups

Fernando Isias is an IOS Developer at Google for the past six years. He sits down with Byron to talk about the evolution of machine learning and how QA could be improved by developers. He shares what he thinks makes a great developer at both start ups and big companies. You can follow Fernando on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fernandoescher?lang=en

What You Will Learn:


How BlockChain is opening people’s minds
The future of machine learning
Where QA fits
Working at a startup vs. working for a big company

Rene Rosa from X-Team joins the show today. He wanted to enter the field of electrical engineering but not enough people had signed up for the classes. So out of necessity, he switched to studying programming. He gives his tips on how geeks can be less geeky and how shyness can hurt your career. Learn more about X-Team here: https://x-team.com/

What You Will Learn:


The new faces of programming
The biggest thing that will hold you back
The value of working with intention
Why you need to balance your career and personal life

Derek Greer is a software developer specializing in C Sharp for about 15 years. He started studying computer science in school not knowing much about it. He served as a mentor to Byron and talks about why sharing your knowledge is important.

What You Will Learn:


New implementations of code that are changing the game
Test-driven development v. Behavior-driven development
Is test-drive development appropriate for every project?
What component-level tests are and how they are useful