Spencer Schneidenbach talks with Dave Rael about getting involved, happy circumstances, the joy of speaking, and delivering value
Spencer Schneidenbach is a web developer, Microsoft MVP, speaker, consultant, and blogger from St. Louis Missouri, focusing on JavaScript, C#, AngularJS, and ASP.NET. He currently works as the Platform Architect at Ryvit/Gadellnet, leading the technical decisions on the Ryvit integration platform as well as mentoring other developers. While not working, he enjoys spending time with his two kids and wife.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Spencer Schneidenbach
- - How Spencer got started with being a speaker
- - How Spencer became a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
- - How and why Spencer got started in blogging
- - Spencer's transition to more engagement and advice to developers who'd like to get involved
- - Spencer's family
- - How Spencer got started in software
- - The things that "light Spencer up"
- - Excitement vs fatigue
- - Spencer's story of failure - trying to fake knowing something he didn't know
- - Spencer's success story - fixing a broken user experience and making quick headway into being a recognized speaker
- - Good things happen in smaller markets, too
- - Spencer's book recommendation
- - Spencer's travel and conferences and impending international conference speaking
- - The things that have Spencer most excited
- - Ryvit
- - Spencer's causes of pain and suffering
- - The things about which Spencer likes to geek out
- - Spencer's top 3 tips for delivering more value
Resources:
- Spencer's Blog
- Dev Up Conference
- Jeff Strauss
- Scott Spradlin
- Spencer's First Blog Post
- Catching flies with chopsticks
- Chris Wallace
- Jeremy Clark on Developer On Fire about Becoming a Social Developer
- Jeremy Clark's talk on "Becoming a Social Developer"
- Jon Mills on Developer On Fire
- Cory House on Developer On Fire
- Yarn Package Manager
- Nate Taylor on Imposter Syndrome
- Scott Hanselman on Developer On Fire
- Laurence Bradford on Developer On Fire
- The Kansas City Developer Conference
- Lee Brandt on Developer On Fire
- John De Goes on Developer On Fire
- The Tim Ferriss Show
- David Neal on Developer On Fire
- Show and Tell: How Everybody Can Make Extraordinary Presentations - Dan Roam
- IFTTT
Spencer's book recommendation:
Spencer's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Focus on problem solving, not necessarily on technology
- Manage expectations