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	Podcast:		Developer On Fire
	Episode:		Episode 028 \| Shawn Rakowski - My Life for the Code
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:51:05
	Publish Date:		2015-08-30 19:00:00
	Description:		Guest: Shawn Rakowski @shwany Shawn Rakowski talks with Dave Rael about finding inspiration, creating content, and being lit up for software and human interaction Shawn Rakowski is a father, husband, software developer, wantrepreneur, and the host of the My Life For The Code podcast where he interviews passionate software developers with the hopes of inspiring others. Since graduating with degrees in Computer Science and Philosophy in 2009, Shawn has been employed as software engineer and recruiter for an electronic components distributor in rural Minnesota. In addition to his professional work, Shawn also enjoys coding for fun by participating in game jams and hacking away on side projects. He blogs occasionally at mylifeforthecode.com and aspires to one day start a business of his own. Chapters: 0:28 - Dave introduces the show and Shawn Rakowski 2:05 - Philosophy and Computer Science 5:04 - Shawn's definition of value 7:26 - The things that "light Shawn up" 9:39 - How Shawn got started writing software 16:21 - Shawn's story of failure, comfort as the enemy of growth 21:33 - Shawn's greatest success story, being inspired - producing content and self-care 23:52 - How Shawn stays current with what he needs to know 28:44 - Shawn's book recommendation 33:41 - The things that have Shawn most excited about his present and future 35:23 - The greatest sources of pain in Shawn's life and work, corporate politics and deciding on specialty 38:36 - Shawn's prediction for the future of software 40:18 - The things about which Shawn likes to geek out apart from software 45:39 - Shawn's top 3 tips for delivering more value 49:36 - Keeping up with Shawn 50:33 - Farewell Resources: My Life for the Code - Shawn's Blog and Podcast Site Subscribe to the My Life for the Code Podcast TI-83 Programmable Graphing Calculator John III Sobieski The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Hanselminutes Podcast Electron - Cross Platform Apps with Web Technologies - from GitHub Matt Johson on Hanselminutes about DateTime and NodaTime Dave on the My Life for the Code Podcast Dave's Blog Post on ToDo Lists and the Email Inbox Scott Adams on the Hanselminutes Podcast Shawn's Blog Post on Micro-Quotas Game Jams You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises - Mark Lauren Side Hustle Nation Ray Cronise The 4-Hour Body - Tim Ferriss - Features a chapter by Ray Cronise on Cold Thermogenesis Shawn's book recommendations: Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction - Steve McConnell How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life - Scott Adams Shawn's Top 3 Tips for Delivering More Value: Focus on the people to whom you are providing value Exercise Take cold showers
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