Gary Stonerock II talks with Dave Rael about passionate dedication, options, teaching, and improving organizations
Gary is a passionate software architect who strives to make business analysis the focus throughout the software development process. Some of his interests include distributed systems, Service-Oriented Architecture, Domain-Driven Design, good wine, great cigars, and debates on the current "best practices". Gary has worked in industries such as pharmaceuticals, e-commerce, banking, and industrial automation. He is currently the Lead Systems Architect at Almac Clinical Technologies where he is responsible for their clinical trial and supply management software solutions.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Gary Stonerock II
- - Teaching, software, persuasion, and the architect role
- - "Best practices"
- - Gary's definition of value
- - Providing Options
- - The things that "light Gary up"
- - Gary's teaching background
- - Are software architects still relevant?
- - How Gary got started in software
- - Family life and Gary's tendency to dive deep and go all the way
- - Gary's story of failure - highly visible faults and lack of proper environment separation
- - Gary's story of success - Experience culminating in expertise, business feedback on advantage gained from Gary's influence
- - How Gary stays current with what he needs to know
- - Gary's book recommendation
- - The nature of negotiation
- - The things that have Gary most excited
- - The things about which Gary likes to geek out apart from software
- - Gary's prediction for the future of software
- - Gary's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Gary
Resources:
- Gary's Blog
- Gary's Recent Presentation at NSBCon 2015 - Dallas
- Udi Dahan's Advanced Distributed Systems Design Training
- Udi Dahan on Developer On Fire
- Michael Feathers on Developer On Fire
- Symbiosis - A Provocation About Organizations
- Symbiosis - Implications
- John Sonmez on Software Architects
- Aslak Hellesøy on Developer On Fire
- Ari Meisel on Developer On Fire
- Uncle Bob Martin on Developers, Age, and Experience
- Uncle Bob Martin on Developers, Age, and Experience
- Uncle Bob on Volkswagen and Regulation
- Uncle Bob on healthcare.gov and Regulation
- Uncle Bob on Wendy Closson's Podcast Relating to Ethics and Regulation
- Stockholm Syndrome
Gary's book recommendation:
Gary's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Focus on the problem
- Be open-minded
- Educate others