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	Podcast:		Developer On Fire
	Episode:		Episode 124 \| James Ladd - Frank Rocks!
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:55:34
	Publish Date:		2016-04-24 19:00:00
	Description:		Guest: James Ladd @jamesladd James Ladd talks with Dave Rael about freedom and purpose, exciting and challenging problem, and the joys of being a programmer and more James Ladd a software developer with over 26 years of experience. He’s currently doing Ruby development using Agile practices. He wrote Redline Smalltalk http://redline.st. Chapters: 0:59 - Dave introduces the show and James Ladd 2:13 - Redline Smalltalk and intent 2:59 - James's current focus: MyWave 4:12 - The desire of developers: creative and technical freedom; the constraints of business that limit that freedom 6:02 - James's focus on architecture and business, absence of hands-on-keyboard coding, and rewards of his situation 8:32 - The nature of MyWave, the problem it solves, the benefits, and the technical and other challenges associated with it 13:50 - The teams working on MyWave 17:10 - Developer value and team culture 21:31 - How James got started in software, career progression, and current role as culmination of all of it 25:41 - James's satisfaction with his role with MyWave and purpose, freedom, and control 28:04 - Assessing fads 31:52 - James's story of failure - impossible situations, inability to communicate the impossibility of what was desired (despite clearly communicating it) 37:18 - Being committed by someone not committing themselves and making a best effort 42:12 - James's success story - the reward of MyWave - business, technical, scope of the problem; fulfillment 45:22 - How James stays current with what he needs to know 47:20 - James's book recommendations 49:53 - The things about which James likes to geek out 53:27 - Keeping up with James Resources: James's (aging) Blog MyWave Redline Smalltalk Star Trek Gadgets that Have Come to Fruition Jeff Bezos and the "2 Pizza Rule" Geraldine McBride Uncle Bob Martin on Developer On Fire The Little LISPer: Trade Edition - Daniel P. Friedman The Little Schemer - 4th Edition - Daniel P. Friedman James's book recommendation: A Quick Trip to Objectland: Object-Oriented Programming With Smalltalk/V Anything By Uncle Bob Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time - Susan Scott James's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Understand requirements Consider the wider impact Understand that there are concerns and constraints of the business beyond your immediate vision
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