Will Gant talks with Dave Rael about being a seasoned software professional, the value of mentors, proteges, and peers, podcasting, being a leader
Will Gant is a full-stack C#, Javascript, and Delphi developer living in Nashville, TN working for Transformations LLC, as a contractor under Gant Software Systems, and as a partner in an agricultural trading platform called Agulus. He's used .NET since the first public beta and has recently started doing some lower-level work in Delphi, as well as kicking the tires on Dotnet Core. In addition, he's an avid weightlifter, wine-maker, occasional hunter, and terrible with both 9 irons and soldering irons.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Will Gant
- - Freedom and security
- - The Complete Developer podcast
- - Will's thoughts and experiences with mentoring newer developers
- - Will's story of failure - losing a job because of an act of conscience, enabling failure by putting something in place that was later misused, suffering hacking
- - Will's success story - software that survived an enormous disaster, becoming a creator of audio content
- - How Will stays current with what he needs to know
- - Will's book recommendations
- - The value of mastermind groups
- - The things that have Will most excited
- - Will's sources of pain and suffering
- - Will's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Will
Resources:
- Complete Developer Podcast
- BJ Burns
- Will and BJ on .NET Rocks!
- Joe Audette
- MojoPortal
- David Neal on Developer On Fire
- John Sonmez on Developer On Fire
- Pinal Dave on Developer On Fire
- Pinal Dave's site - Sql Authority
- How To Market Yourself as a Software Developer - Recommended Course from John Sonmez
- Lost (TV series)
- Ted Neward on Developer On Fire
- "You aren't gonna need it"
- Resume Driven Development
- Microconf
- John Baluka on Developer On Fire
- "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." -Jim Rohn
- MastermindJam
- Ken Wallace
- Google Forms
- Zapier
- Uncle Bob Martin on Developer On Fire
Will's book recommendation:
- DotCom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online - Russell Brunson
- Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides
- Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) - Steve Krug
Will's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Figure out what you're supposed to do and don't do anything that doesn't provide value
- Always work on your skills
- Think about your integration points