Jeremy Fairbank talks with Dave Rael about conference speaking, writing a book, consulting, and people skills
Jeremy Fairbank is the author of Programming Elm published by the Pragmatic Programmers. He hails from Maui, Hawaii, and works for Test Double as a remote software engineer and consultant, helping improve how the world builds software. He has many years of experience in front-end development and full-stack development, working heavily with JavaScript, Elm, Ruby, and Elixir. He is an avid conference speaker and teacher, presenting on web development and functional programming topics at conferences such as Fluent Conf, Rails Conf, and Elm Conf.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Jeremy Fairbank
- - Jeremy on developing people skills
- - The human nature of all problems
- - Jeremy, the conference speaker
- - Jeremy's experience with becoming an author and the reasons to speak at conferences
- - Jeremy on teaching
- - Jeremy's thoughts on the meaning of value
- - Jeremy's story of failure - spending money without adequate preparation to maximize return on investment
- - Jeremy's success story - writing the Programming Elm book
- - Jeremy's book recommendation
- - The things that have Jeremy most excited
- - Jeremy's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Jeremy
Resources:
- Programming Elm: Build Safe, Sane, and Maintainable Front-End Applications - Jeremy Fairbank
- Jeremy's YouTube Channel with Conference Talk Videos
- Test Double
- Justin Searls on Developer On Fire
- Ted Neward on Developer On Fire
- RxJS
- Doc Norton on Developer On Fire - Builders and Problem Solvers
- Shawn Wildermuth on Developer On Fire
- Jerry Weinberg on Developer On Fire
Jeremy's book recommendation:
Jeremy's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Speak at conferences and meetups
- Have open and honest communication
- Know when to say "no"