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	Podcast:		Developer On Fire
	Episode:		Episode 170 \| Jon Skeet - Awesome, Humble, and Human
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		01:01:36
	Publish Date:		2016-10-02 19:00:00
	Description:		Guest: Jon Skeet @jonskeet Jon Skeet talks with Dave Rael about community involvement, family and perspective, having outlandish things said about him and the joy of relationships Jon Skeet is a software engineer at Google, working in their London offices. He's best known for his contributions to Stack Overflow and his book "C# in Depth". Jon loves digging into the guts of the language specification, and has an unhealthy fixation with date/time APIs. Chapters: 1:54 - Dave introduces the show and Jon Skeet 3:30 - Jon's faith and vocation as a preacher 4:31 - Jon's reputation as "the Chuck Norris of Programming" 6:20 - Jon's introduction to Stack Overflow 8:33 - Two authors in Jon's family 12:44 - Jon the author 15:09 - Jon's love of C#, his current position and projects at Google, and setting Dave straight on the differences between C# and Java 19:07 - The reasons C# gives Jon so much joy 20:29 - Jon the language geek 25:04 - Getting involved in standards, the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional program, and Mads Torgerson 30:28 - How Jon got started in software 39:11 - Jon's story of failure - the pain of time and time zones and tests that fail for silly reasons 46:36 - Jon's success story - making date and time manageable - porting Joda-Time to .NET - starting with a direct port and improving what needed to be improved over time 52:25 - How Jon stays current with what he needs to know 54:41 - Jon's book recommendation 56:46 - Jon's top 3 tips for delivering more value 60:21 - Keeping up with Jon Resources: C# in Depth, 3rd Edition - Jon Skeet Groovy in Action - Dierk König Real-World Functional Programming: With Examples in F# and C# - Tomas Petricek Ant in Action - Steve Loughran Some of the "Chuck Norris" Jokes About Jon More of the "Chuck Norris" Jokes About Jon (with contribution from Jon himself) Jon on Stack Overflow Sara Chipps on Developer On Fire Jon's Wife: Holly Webb C# Language Specifications Jon Jagger Mads Torgersen ZX Spectrun 48k Logo Adrian Mole Matt Johnson on Egypt Daylight Time Chaos Joda-Time Noda Time Anders Hejlsberg at PDC 2010 on async in C# 5 Geek Feminism Wiki Jon's book recommendation: Everyday Sexism - Laura Bates Jon's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Be comfortable in your physical environment Be comfortable with your team Contributing to a community does not mean they own you
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