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	Podcast:		Developer On Fire
	Episode:		Episode 112 \| Michael Kennedy - The Geek's Geek
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:50:31
	Publish Date:		2016-03-17 19:00:00
	Description:		Guest: Michael Kennedy @mkennedy Michael Kennedy talks with Dave Rael about podcasting, teaching, learning, math, and rewards Michael Kennedy is the creator and host of the Talk Python To Me podcast and founder of Talk Python Training an online training company for Python developers. He is also an author, an instructor, and conference speaker. While working at DevelopMentor, he has taught over 100 week-long training courses to professional software development teams throughout the world. Follow him on twitter via @mkennedy. Chapters: 0:27 - Dave introduces the show and Michael Kennedy 1:55 - How Michael got into podcasting, motivations, learning Python, and the birth of Talk Python To Me 4:34 - Learning new things and growing through exposure 5:57 - Reaching out to highly respected community members 8:06 - Different types of training 10:21 - Michael's definition of value 14:27 - The things that "light Michael up" 16:37 - How Michael got started in software 18:40 - Michael's philosophy and stories of failure - inability to see the software in operation, business and marketing deficiencies 24:34 - Michael's efforts to make the podcast known and getting guests to share 26:00 - Michael's success stories - projects, commitment to expanding skills, involvement with DevelopMentor, Talk Python To Me 30:44 - How Michael stays current with what he needs to know 32:49 - Michael's book recommendation 36:57 - The things that have Michael most excited 38:16 - Michael's greatest sources of pain 40:04 - The things about which Michael likes to geek out apart from software 41:00 - Michael's prediction for the future of software 43:26 - Michael's top 3 tips for delivering more value 47:55 - Keeping up with Michael Resources: Talk Python To Me Michael's Training Python Jumpstart by Building 10 Apps [video course] on Kickstarter Steven Sinofsky Talk Python To Me - Episode 29: Python at the Large Hadron Collider and CERN Talk Python To Me - Episode #16: Python at Netflix Vaughn Vernon on Developer On Fire EyeTraking Inc. DevelopMentor Eric Lawrence on Developer On Fire Scott Hanselman on Developer On Fire Michael's Blog Michael's book recommendation: The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5 - Taylor Pearson Michael's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Say "no" more often Keep it simple Get help - have someone else do the other things so you can do the thing only you can do
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