Aja Hammerly talks with Dave Rael about having a sense of humor, working for Google, mental health, productive environments, and taking care of yourself
Aja lives in Seattle where she is a Developer Advocate at Google and a member of the Seattle Ruby Brigade. Her favorite languages are Ruby and Prolog. She also loves working with large piles of data. In her free time she enjoys skiing, cooking, knitting, and long coding sessions on the beach.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Aja Hammerly
- - Working for Google
- - Aja and blogging
- - "You are not your code"
- - Aja's perspective on diversity in tech
- - Mental health
- - Burnout
- - Advice for dealing with situations not ideal for whole human prosperity and finding delight
- - Aja's experience in QA
- - How Aja got started in software
- - Aja's story of failure - corrupting a production database
- - Aja's success story - identifying a major integration problem and convincing teams of its reality and urgency and ultimately shipping
- - How Aja stays current with what she needs to know
- - Aja's book recommendation
- - Aja's top 3 tips doe delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Aja
Resources:
- Aja's Blog
- Kelsey Hightower on Developer On Fire
- You Are Not Your Code - Aja Hammerly
- The Nagging Question (Diversity In Tech) - Aja Hammerly
- Boundaries - Aja Hammerly
- Ed Finkler on Developer On Fire
- Janet Gregory on Developer On Fire
- ubyConf 2016 - Datacenter Fires and Other "Minor" Disasters by Aja Hammerly
- Exercism - Level Up Your Programming Skills
- Michael Feathers on Developer On Fire
Aja's book recommendation:
Aja's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Be predictable and consistent
- Cultivate relationships with everyone
- Have a sense of humor