Dave Hoover of DevBootCamp joins us to talk about his journey from being a professional family therapist to becoming a software developer and eventually teaching software development. He shares insights on working for a smaller company, work travel and trying to budget unplugged time devoted to family. Notable Links Dave’s book Starter Leauge DevBootCamp Sharith Bishay of DevBootCamp Jeff Casimir of Turing.io (Jeff's interview on the podcast) Dave’s Last Word of … [Read more...]
Life reboot with Aaron McHugh of Work, Life, Play [Podcast]
Aaron runs a blog/podcast called Work Life Play, having spent a career in sales and marketing he talks about his 22 years of marriage and the keys to success. On a recent business trip to Spain he spent time with the family of a co-worker and got a fresh dose of perspective on how he was living his life. Having spent a season “living on fumes” he returned from the trip and immediately began a life reboot. He shares the story of this and his philosophy on life and weaving work together with life … [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...]