Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="https://medium.com/@quincylarson">Quincy Larson</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/ossia">@ossia</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Quincy Larson talks with Dave Rael about listening to users, family, building a community, the importance of teaching, and fulfillment </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Quincy Larson is a teacher at Free Code Camp, an open source community where you learn to code and practice by building projects for nonprofits.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Quincy Larson</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Quincy as teacher vs founder, leader, etc. - teacher as exalted term</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The origins of Free Code Camp and the choice of JavaScript</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Free Code Camp for experienced software developers</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Quincy's experience and motivation in learning to code</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Quincy's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Quincy up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Quincy's story of failure - misunderstanding of the user</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Applying the lessons of the failure of Course Forward to Free Code Camp and practicing "Camp-Driven Development"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Qunicy's family life and the integration of Free Code and life itself</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Qunicy's success story - contentment</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Has Quincy "made it"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Quincy stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Quincy's Book Recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Quincy most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Quincy's prediction for the future of software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Quincy's top 3 tips for delivering value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Quincy</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.freecodecamp.com/" target="_blank">Free Code Camp</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.freecodecamp.com/" target="_blank">The Free Code Camp Medium Publication</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@quincylarson" target="_blank">Medium Posts Written by Quincy</a></li> <li><a href="http://craigconnects.org/" target="_blank">Craig Newmark</a></li> <li><a href="https://autohotkey.com/" target="_blank">AutoHotkey</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry" target="_blank">Gene Roddenberry</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminator" target="_blank">The Terminator</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000" target="_blank">HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_(Star_Trek)" target="_blank">Lieutenant Commander Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-119-pinal-dave-serving-a-benevolent-master" target="_blank">Pinal Dave on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_series_(Asimov)" target="_blank">Isaac Asimov's Robot Series</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics" target="_blank">The Three Laws of Robotics in Isaac Asimov's Robot Series</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/reidhoffman" target="_blank">Reid Hoffman</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cooper.com/journal/2003/08/the_origin_of_personas" target="_blank">Alan Cooper on Personas</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0672326140/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity - Alan Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-038-alan-cooper-sustainable-innovation" target="_blank">Alan Cooper on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/youre-embarrassed-youve-launched-too-late-dante-michael-panella" target="_blank">"If you're not embarrassed.. you've launched too late." - Reid Hoffman</a></li> <li><a href="http://genius.com/Kurt-vonnegut-joe-heller-annotated" target="_blank">Joseph Heller on Having Enough (turns out is was Kurt Vonnegut that relayed the story)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1451626657/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition - Joseph Heller</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/developer-on-fire-096-chad-fowler-being-deliberate" target="_blank">Chad Fowler on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.codinghorror.com/the-principle-of-least-power/#%20" target="_blank">Atwood's Law</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.codinghorror.com/" target="_blank">Jeff Atwood</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.discourse.org/" target="_blank">Discourse</a></li> <li><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/consumer-surplus" target="_blank">Consumer Surplus</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Quincy's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1936891026/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles - Steven Pressfield</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Quincy's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Think first of delivering value and only later on capturing it</li> <li>Don't use blackhat user experience</li> <li>Think about capturing value after (and only after) delivering</li> </ol> </div> </div>
