Andy Beier talks with Dave Rael about gratitude, making useful things, mentoring, and growth
Andy Beier is a Director of Software Engineering at Domo where his main area of focus lies in connectors (3rd party integrations) and he takes special interest in API Design, OAuth, Java, web services, SaaS architecture, Big Data and data design. Andy has helped build Domo’s technology for the last seven years and has overseen the integration of hundreds of systems into the platform. He holds a bachelors degree from Arizona State University.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Andy Beier
- - Andy's experiences at Domo
- - Andy's life as a director of software engineering
- - How Andy got started in software
- - API design and why it matters so much to Andy
- - The things that "light Andy up"
- - Andy's story of failure - doing the right thing at the wrong time
- - Andy's transition from developer to manager and mentoring - helping people grow their skills
- - Andy's experiences with being mentored by others
- - Andy's success story - connecting many sources of information in useful ways, failing fast and learning, creating a new specialty
- - Using APIs to make programming more accessible
- - How Andy stays current with what he needs to know
- - Andy's book recommendations
- - The things that have Andy most excited
- - Andy's causes of pain and suffering
- - Andy, the designer
- - Andy's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Andy
Resources:
Andy's book recommendation:
Andy's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Get the data and let it drive your decisions
- Let go of arrogance
- Clear the path for those with more passion and let others lead