Kirsten Greed talks with Dave Rael about punching fear in the face, incremental improvement, family, business, and having a story to share
Kirsten Greed writes software to solve problems in small business. Her business, JobTalk, tackles just about anything to do with Product Specifications, Inventory Management and Workflow. Especially with regard to made to order manufacturing. She is a big fan of Dev Express XAF Platform with Entity Framework She lives in Melbourne Australia with husband, 2 adult sons, dog, cat and body corporate neighbors.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Kirsten Greed
- - The things that have Kirsten most excited
- - Punch Fear in the Face
- - Dev eXpressApp Framework
- - Kirsten's circuitous journey, ultimately landing on software and business
- - The roller coaster of writing software
- - Getting involved in software and the value of creating custom software for a business
- - The things that "light Kirsten up"
- - Kirsten's story of failure - inability to connect with a team and a technical problem with a simple but elusive cause and solution
- - Kirsten's success story - recognizing useful features and navigation and making usable software without lockin
- - Having a story to share and sharing it intelligently
- - How Kirsten stays current with what she needs to know
- - Kirsten's book recommendations
- - Mastermind groups, accountability, and collaboration to move forward
- - Kirsten's sources of pain and suffering
- - The things about which Kirsten likes to geek out
- - Kirsten's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Kirsten
Resources:
- JobTalk - Kirsten's Business and Website
- Brené Brown: Why Your Critics Aren't The Ones Who Count
- Pavneet Singh Saund on Developer On Fire
- Punch Fear In The Face
- The Developer On Fire Community on FaceBook
- Dev eXpressApp Framework
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values - Robert M. Pirsig
- The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master - Andrew Hunt
- Saito Sensei Aikido
- Andy Hunt on Developer On Fire
- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke
- Bryan Cantrill on Developer On Fire
- Zach Lieberman on Developer On Fire
- In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind - Eric R. Kandel
- The Pensieve in the Harry Potter Saga
- Scott Allen on Developer On Fire
- Becoming Successful and Finding Your Own Strengths – Interview With Scott Allen - Lars Klint
- Pamela Gay on Developer On Fire
- The Executive Connection
- Auditory Processing
- The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century - Steven Pinker
- James Sturtevant on Developer On Fire
- I’m a very slow thinker - Derek Sivers
- Sandi Metz on Developer On Fire
- Edge
- Jonathan Haidt on Edge
- Steven Pinker on Edge
- Job Stories
- Alan Cooper on Developer On Fire
Kirsten's book recommendation:
Kirsten's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Have backup
- Use Job Stories to get clarity on what is needed
- Always maintain clarity about who owns what and who does what