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	Podcast:		Developer On Fire
	Episode:		Episode 320 \| Scott Drake - Future Proof
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:51:22
	Publish Date:		2018-03-11 19:00:00
	Description:		Guest: Scott Drake @tscottdrake Scott Drake talks with Dave Rael about building, learning, education, and becoming a genius maker rather than an genius Scott Drake is the Vice President of Technology for medical education company ScholarRx in his hometown of Louisville, KY. His career in software includes stops at Microsoft in Redmond, Wash., at startups in Silicon Valley, and for seven years managed his own software development company. He is the author of "The Programmer Hiring Playbook: A Crash Course in Interviewing and Hiring for Your Real-World Needs," and he is also the founder and curator of LearnLeadership.org, a free, community-produced site designed to help developers create leadership development plans and discover high-yield learning resources. Chapters: 2:19 - Dave introduces the show and Scott Drake 3:46 - Similarities in building software and building businesses 7:05 - The importance of quick feedback 8:08 - How Scott got started in software 11:36 - Positioning yourself 12:47 - Schooling and education 16:12 - Future-proofing your career by taking a broader view 20:11 - Scott's advice for developers to have a broader and more useful, future-proof view 22:11 - Scott's story of failure - Missing the mindshift needed in going from individual contributor to leader, including lessons about that mindshift and the levels of leadership 28:58 - Scott's success story - delivering on a solution with a smaller team, smaller budget, and shorter timeframe on which bigger teams with more time and bigger price tags failed 32:19 - Scott's current team and building great teams 40:38 - Scott's book recommendations 44:04 - The best ways to learn while avoiding catastrophe 46:24 - Scott's top 3 tips for delivering more value 50:12 - Keeping up with Scott Resources: LearnLeadership.org The Programmer Hiring Playbook: A Crash Course in Interviewing and Hiring for Your Real-World Needs - Scott Drake Articles by Scott Philip Morgan on Developer On Fire "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Grant Allen (apparently not Mark Twain) Scott's Twitter Response to Dave's Question about Long-Term Focus Fred George on Developer On Fire 8 Factors That Reveal if a Programmer Will Fit Your Team and Organization - Scott Drake Scott's book recommendation: Multipliers, Revised and Updated: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter - Liz Wiseman The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded - Michael D. Watkins Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Daniel H. Pink Scott's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Diversify your interests Cut your own path Be picky
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