EP 334 · 53 min · 30 April 2018
Kyle Shevlin - True Self
Kyle Shevlin talks with Dave Rael about integrity, careers, lessons from philosophy, software engineering, and telling stories
Kyle is a Senior Software Engineer at Formidable Labs, a conference speaker, an egghead.io instructor, a Twitch streamer, and host of the Second Career Devs podcast.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Kyle Shevlin
- - Broad interests and seasons of life
- - Kyle's athleticism and interest in sports
- - Kyle, the former pastor - philosophy, theology, social interest, and integrity
- - Kyle's views on principle and compromise
- - The accessibility of software development and the draw of it to many types of people
- - Kyle's move into learning to create software
- - The distinction between software development and software engineering
- - Kyle, the podcaster
- - School, education, and studying philosophy
- - Kyle's story of failure - falling short of a professional golfing career
- - Listening and asking the right questions - philosophy and empathy for the software developer
- - Kyle's book recommendation
- - Kyle's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Kyle
Resources:
- Kyle on Twitch
- Second Career Devs
- Kyle on Medium
- Kyle on egghead.io
- Kyle on Spotify
- The Tim Ferriss Show
- The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich - Timothy Ferriss
- Christian Agnosticism
- Christian Humanism
- Codecademy
- Jeff Atwood on Developer On Fire
- The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development (Pragmatic Life) - Chad Fowler
- Chad Fowler on Developer On Fire
- Ted Neward on Developer On Fire Talking Philosophy
- Andrew Cook on Developer On Fire
Kyle's book recommendation:
Kyle's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Invest in people
- Invest in your own health
- Learn to recognize those areas where you bring value that are not in the job description