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	Podcast:		Developer On Fire
	Episode:		Episode 061 \| Josh Varty - Coming Alive
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:35:49
	Publish Date:		2015-11-17 18:00:00
	Description:		Guest: Josh Varty @ThisIsJoshVarty Josh Varty talks with Dave Rael about solving problems, dynamic analysis, content diversity, creation, and business Josh Varty is the CEO and co-founder of Code Connect, an Ontario-based developer tools startup whose primary focus is on Alive, a plugin for Visual Studio that shows developers exactly what their code is doing as they write it. Josh is a Microsoft MVP and loves to blog and speak about the Roslyn compiler platform. Chapters: 0:27 - Dave introduces the show and Josh Varty 2:08 - Josh shares the intent of Alive and introduces it 3:41 - Alive and Unit Testing and Especially with Test-Driven Development 4:28 - The origin and history of Aliive 5:24 - Developers as users and how they differ from other users 6:52 - Josh's definition of value 8:15 - The things that "light Josh up" 9:41 - How Josh got started in software 10:41 - Age diversity in software and the value of multiple generations 12:03 - Josh's story of failure - startup woes 15:00 - Head down and head up - taking shots to try to make an impact 17:18 - Josh's greatest success - blogging and gaining recognition for sharing learning and knowledge 20:02 - The .NET Roslyn compiler platform 22:00 - How Josh stays current with what he needs to know 23:33 - The social nature of programmers with other programmers 24:05 - The things that have Josh most excited - Dynamic Analysis 26:21 - The greatest sources of pain in Josh's life and work 27:34 - The vulnerability of creation 28:28 - The things about which Josh likes to geek out apart from software 29:12 - Business and Software 30:37 - Josh's book recommendation 32:17 - Josh's prediction for the future of software 33:40 - Josh's top 3 tips for delivering more value 34:52 - Keeping up with Josh Resources: Josh's Blog Visual Studio Alive Code Connect - Josh's Business Bret Victor Light Table Smart Internet-Connected Bathroom Scale and Body Analyzer Halo Y Combinator Richard Campbell on Developer On Fire Udi Dahan on Developer On Fire Ward Cunningham on Developer On Fire .NET Compiler Platform ("Roslyn") Joel Spolsky - Things You Should Never Do David Heinemeier Hansson on Developer On Fire Josh's book recommendation: Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World - Gary Vaynerchuk Josh's top 3 tips for deliering more value: Don't sell yourself short in content creation - your perspective and knowledge is valuable Be consistent Be self-aware and self-critical and always strive to improve
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