Jessica Kerr talks with Dave Rael about a fitting with team and understanding domains, the power of speaking and sharing, and the importance of authenticity in and to yourself
Jessica Kerr is incredibly excited to be a software developer. She does some blogging and some tweeting, software development at Stripe, which is amazing, and some podcasting as a panelist on Ruby Rogues, and some meetup-ing, and some teaching programming to her sister, and some speaking.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Jessica Kerr
- - Jessica's path in software and getting started
- - Jessica's definition of value - big and small dents and supporting others
- - Jessica's experiences with podcast on Ruby Rogues
- - The things about technology that "light Jessica up"
- - Software development as producing a play and as a living, growing being
- - Jessica's story of failure - inability to communicate with a team with bio-engineers
- - The happy ending to the story of the team where integration was a challenge
- - Jessica's greatest success - public speaking and a natural talent for making a contribution
- - How Jessica stays current with what he needs to know
- - Jessica's book recommendation
- - Software construction as species evolution
- - The things about which Jessica is most excited - Stripe
- - The greatest sources of pain in Jessica's life and work
- - Jessica's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Jessica
- - Farewell
Resources:
- Jessica's site and blog
- Ruby Rogues
- Charles Max Wood (Chuck) on Developer On Fire
- Woody Zuill on Developer On Fire
Jessica's book recommendations:
- Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology - Valentino Braitenberg
- The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time - Jonathan Weiner
Jessica's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Learn out loud and leave a trail
- Look stupid and be awkward
- Get involved in mentoring and appreciate how much you really do know