Jonathan Cutrell talks with Dave Rael about big ideas in software, agency work, creating content, podcasting, and delivering on commitments
Jonathan Cutrell is the Director of Tech and developer at WhiteBoard, the host of the Developer Tea podcast, and a writer, teacher, and speaker.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Jonathan Cutrell
- - Jonathan's motivations and history for becoming a podcaster and creating Developer Tea
- - Jonathan's definition of value
- - The things that "light Jonathan up"
- - How Jonathan got started in software
- - Developers and Designers
- - Jonathan's story of failure - getting fired by a client and sharing the experience, accepting failure and adapting
- - Jonathan's greatest success - academic excellence, creating Developer Tea and adhering to his commitment
- - The relationship between academic success and learning
- - How Jonathan stays current with what he needs to know
- - The importance of developing craft, going deep with your tools, and the dangers of changing too much
- - Understanding relationships among the technologies you know
- - Jonathan's book recommendation
- - The things that have Jonathan most excited
- - Jonathan's greatest sources of pain
- - Things things about which Jonathan geeks out apart from software
- - Jonathan's predictions for the future of software
- - Jonathan's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Jonathan
Resources:
- Jonathan's website
- Developer Tea - Jonathan's Podcast
- The Spec Network
- Whiteboard
- Star Wars - The Force Awakens
- Jar Jar Binks - More Important Than You Think
- 1903 - The First Flight - Wilbur and Orville Wright
- Apollo 11 - Manned Lunar Mission
- Ward Cunningham on Developer On Fire
- ENIAC
- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
- Alan Cooper on Developer On Fire
- 425 Talks for Designers
- The Infinite Toolset, Craftsmanship, and Developer Sanity
- The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
- Dave Thomas on Developer On Fire
- Dave Thomas on Ruby Rogues
- Dave Thomas on Ruby Rogues
- Programming Elixir - Dave Thomas
- Facebook Graph Search
- Nest Thermostat
- Quip
Jonathan's book recommendation:
Jonathan's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Never separate yourself from the importance of relationships - "Relationships are the fundamental reason why computing matters in the first place"
- Think first about what is ideal (seek identification of the best solution, not the best possible solution) - break limitations
- Remember that technology and ideas are expendable