Maggie works in the Open Source Programs office at Microsoft, where she helps people navigate Microsoft’s Open source ecosystem both by writing code to better automate open source processes, and by advocating Open Source Software within and outside the organization. In the past she has been a SQL Server DBA, a full stack .NET developer, and a project manager. In her non-Microsoft open source life, she is a maintainer of Moment.js, and a regular conference speaker advocating for open source involvement and better handling of date and time in programming. When she is not coding, Maggie enjoys spending time with her four-year-old son, drinking too much coffee, and showing and breeding Australian Shepherds.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Maggie Pint
- - Maggie's interest in dates and times
- - Maggie and moment.js - including a story of engaging, how she got involved with the project, and questioning the value of a feature
- - Maggie's attitude toward commitment
- - Becoming an open source maintainer
- - Getting a job at Microsoft
- - The open source office at Microsoft office
- - Motivations for involvement in open source
- - Advice for getting involved in open source software
- - Challenges of being a woman in open source software
- - Maggie's story of failure - approaching a team with hostile judgement - a shortage of understanding
- - Maggie's success story - taking action to do what she wanted, great and supportive management and team, and delivering on something new
- - How Maggie stays current with what she needs to know
- - Maggie's book recommendation
- - The things that have Maggie most excited
- - Maggie's causes of pain and suffering
- - The things about which Maggie likes to geek about
- - Maggie's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Maggie
Resources:
- Maggie's Blog
- moment.js
- Matt Johnson on Developer On Fire
- Jeremy Clark on Developer On Fire
- Scott Nimrod on Developer On Fire
- Hamlet ( Folger Library Shakespeare) - William Shakespeare
- Sandi Metz on Developer On Fire
- Paul Czywczynski
- Doc Norton on Developer On Fire
- Scott Hanselman on Developer On Fire
- Uncle Bob Martin on Developer On Fire
- Node.js Is Bad Ass Rock Star Tech
Maggie's book recommendation:
Maggie's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Have time for entry-level developers
- Read open source code
- Try to meet people where they are