Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jamesladdcode.com/">James Ladd</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/jamesladd">@jamesladd</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> James Ladd talks with Dave Rael about freedom and purpose, exciting and challenging problem, and the joys of being a programmer and more </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>James Ladd a software developer with over 26 years of experience. He’s currently doing Ruby development using Agile practices. He wrote Redline Smalltalk http://redline.st.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and James Ladd</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Redline Smalltalk and intent</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - James's current focus: MyWave</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The desire of developers: creative and technical freedom; the constraints of business that limit that freedom</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - James's focus on architecture and business, absence of hands-on-keyboard coding, and rewards of his situation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The nature of MyWave, the problem it solves, the benefits, and the technical and other challenges associated with it</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The teams working on MyWave</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Developer value and team culture</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How James got started in software, career progression, and current role as culmination of all of it</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - James's satisfaction with his role with MyWave and purpose, freedom, and control</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Assessing fads</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - James's story of failure - impossible situations, inability to communicate the impossibility of what was desired (despite clearly communicating it)</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Being committed by someone not committing themselves and making a best effort</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - James's success story - the reward of MyWave - business, technical, scope of the problem; fulfillment</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How James stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - James's book recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which James likes to geek out</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with James</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.jamesladdcode.com/" target="_blank">James's (aging) Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://mywave.me/" target="_blank">MyWave</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.redline.st/" target="_blank">Redline Smalltalk</a></li> <li><a href="http://mashable.com/2011/09/08/star-trek-gadgets/" target="_blank">Star Trek Gadgets that Have Come to Fruition</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.bufferapp.com/small-teams-why-startups-often-win-against-google-and-facebook-the-science-behind-why-smaller-teams-get-more-done" target="_blank">Jeff Bezos and the "2 Pizza Rule"</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/geraldineglobal" target="_blank">Geraldine McBride</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-114-robert-martin-master-craftsman" target="_blank">Uncle Bob Martin on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262560380/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Little LISPer: Trade Edition - Daniel P. Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262560992/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Little Schemer - 4th Edition - Daniel P. Friedman</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>James's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0130125504/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">A Quick Trip to Objectland: Object-Oriented Programming With Smalltalk/V</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Robert-C.-Martin/e/B000APG87E/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Anything By Uncle Bob</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0425193373/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time - Susan Scott</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>James's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Understand requirements</li> <li>Consider the wider impact</li> <li>Understand that there are concerns and constraints of the business beyond your immediate vision</li> </ol> </div> </div>
