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	Podcast:		Developer On Fire
	Episode:		Episode 149 \| Nick Gauthier - Evidence-Based Features
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:53:53
	Publish Date:		2016-07-20 19:00:00
	Description:		Guest: Nick Gauthier @ngauthier Nick Gauthier talks with Dave Rael about determining why you're doing something, focusing on users and customers, and getting joy from what you build Nick Gauthier is a web developer who started in Rails, dabbled in JavaScript, loves databases, and recently started working in Go. His experience is mostly in consulting, freelancing, and training, but he's worked at a couple of startups and started a few companies of his own, too. Outside of software Nick enjoys the company of cats, coffee, and competitive video games. Chapters: 4:48 - Nick's focus in studying computer science and the joy of games 8:03 - Nick's definition of value 10:39 - The things that "light Nick up" 13:51 - How Nick got started in software 17:50 - Building computers 19:58 - Nick's story of failure - finding himself in a position that was not a good fit - blaming self 25:48 - Lessons and advice on determining if a position is a good fit 28:30 - Nick's success story - using customer-focused acceptance tests to guide and inform a migration to a better architecture 33:38 - How Nick stays current with what he needs to know 36:33 - Advice on how to approach selling new approaches 39:16 - Nick's book recommendation 45:02 - The things that have Nick most excited 47:40 - Nick's sources of pain and suffering 49:48 - Nick's top 3 tips for delivering more value 52:45 - Keeping up with Nick Resources: Nick's Blog The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) - Frederick P. Brooks Jr. The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist - Frederick P. Brooks Jr. The Three Great Virtues of a Programmer F*** You, I Quit — Hiring Is Broken iring is Broken… And It Isn’t Worth Fixing Derek Sivers - No more yes. It's either HELL YEAH! or no. Matt Wynne on Developer on Fire Aslak Hellesøy on Developer on Fire Nick's book recommendation: The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - Eliyahu M. Goldratt The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win - Gene Kim Nick's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Make sure you have evidence that what you're delivering actually matters to your customer Get the timing and messaging and communication right Make sure you're managing yourself
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