Clarice Bouwer talks with Dave Rael about collboration, empathy, fear, and being an impostor
Clarice Bouwer makes software for people. Living outside her comfort zone keeps her challenged and continuously learning. She enjoys solving problems and bridging communication between business and technology.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Clarice Bouwer
- - Self-doubt and leaving comfort behind
- - Dealing with the fear of putting ourselves in the conversation
- - Motivation for getting out of your comfort zone
- - Clarice's story of failure - toiling in solitude and missing out on learning to collaborate
- - Clarice on Mentoring
- - How Clarice got started in software
- - The things that "light Clarice up"
- - Clarice's Blog and motivations for getting started
- - Clarice's success story - creating content for a site with a great audience
- - How Clarice stays current with what she needs to know
- - Clarice's book recommendation
- - The things about which Clarice likes to geek out
- - Punching fear in the face
- - Clarice's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Clarice
Resources:
- Clarice's Blog
- Clarice's Post on A List Apart - Finding Opportunities in the Mistakes We Make
- Clarice's Blog Post on Impostor Syndrome
- Pavneet Singh Saund
- Pavneet Singh Saund on Developer On Fire
- The Developer On Fire Facebook Community
- John Sonmez's Create a Blog to Boost Your Career Course
- John Sonmez's Create a Blog to Boost Your Career Workbook
- Dave's Blog Posts on Simple Programmer
- Chad Fowler on Developer On Fire
- Tess Gerritsen
- Douglas Adams
- The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
- Pavneet Singh Saund on Ebracing Your Inner Impostor
Clarice's book recommendation:
Clarice's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Reflect, inspect, and adapt
- Be empathetic
- Perfection is an illusion