Bob Moesta a father of four and married for 26 years and thought leader in the Jobs To Be Done framework., joins the podcast. Some might call him and OG, and someone that has definielty been around the block. I mean 4 kids and 26 years of marriage, he can teach us a thing or two. The interesting angle he comes at the topic with is from a product development stand point. He has developed thousands of products and brings that journey to how we approach parenting. Struggling moments is a big theme … [Read more...]
Teaching Software Development and High Expectations – Jeff Casimir [Podcast]
Jeff Casimir had aspirations of getting a Computer Science degree and working for a few years and retiring by 30 (based on sound logic in the height of the dot com boom). His world got changed quite a bit after going through school and being pulled toward Teach For America. He has since followed a career in teaching, currently runs Turing School of Software in Denver Colorado. He has little patience for lazy students and that is an attitude he also has with his children. We talk about tech … [Read more...]
Full Time RV Family That Ditched Suburbia – Michael Boyink [Podcast]
Michael found himself being laid off in the wake of 9/11 and started his own business and started to homeschool his children. He then began to realize that his house was the biggest thing that was holding his family back. That was when they bought an RV and went for a 1 year trip that turned into a 5 year journey (so far…) He shares a unique look into what it is like to be part of the community of families living full time on the road from an RV. His desire is to build communities of families … [Read more...]
Teaching Curiosity & Lifetime Learning – Allan Branch [Podcast]
Kicking off the first episode of the podcast I talk with my friend Allan Branch about his experiences raising his two children while running a software company in Florida. We cover topics of homeschooling, not keeping up with the Joneses, and his desires to travel the world on a boat with his family while teaching his kids how to be curious. Allan has a unique perspective on how curiosity is the key to education and lifetime learning. He weaves that into everything that he does with his … [Read more...]