Jamon Holmgren talks with Dave Rael about the joys of software, early exposure to business, figuring things out, open source, and the importance of context
Jamon (pronounced JAY-mun) is one of the founders and Chief Operating Officer of Infinite Red, a fully distributed app design and development agency based out of Portland, Oregon. He's been coding since he was twelve and professionally for over 14 years, working on projects across a broad range of industries. Jamon has spoken at conferences and meetups about technology topics and is also one of the hosts of "Building Infinite Red", a podcast with his cofounders that explains the philosophy and challenges of running a digital agency. Jamon lives in Vancouver, Washington, with his wife and four kids, and enjoys family, church, basketball, weightlifting, PC gaming, and contributing to open source software.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Jamon Holmgren
- - Jamon's early exposure to running a business and the distinction between working on the business vs working in the business
- - Jamon's business history and the history of Infinite Red
- - Jamon's daily activities - business work and opportunities to write some code
- - Business and family
- - Jamon on remote teams
- - Creating a conference
- - Jamon's motivations for involvement in conferences
- - What Infinite Red does
- - Jamon on podcasting
- - How Jamon got starting in software
- - Jamon's story of failure - deficiency of setting expectations, failure to share important context
- - Jamon's book recommendation
- - Jamon's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Jamon
Resources:
- Infinite Red
- Building Infinite Red - Jamon's podcast, co-hosted with his co-founders
- Chain React - The React Native Conference
- Mike Tyson – “everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”.
- David Heinemeier Hansson on Developer On Fire
- Basecamp
- Shawni Danner
- Ryan Linton
- Darin Wilson
- Woody Zuill on Developer On Fire
- Labor Theory of Value
- Kyle Shevlin on Developer On Fire
Jamon's book recommendation:
Jamon's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Realize that value is often very disconnected from effort
- Gather as much context as possible
- Establish a feedback loop