Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://rachelree.se/">Rachel Reese</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/rachelreese">@rachelreese</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Rachel Reese talks with Dave Rael about the ups and downs of career, parenthood, and community involvement and growth as a software professional and as a person </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Rachel Reese is a long-time software engineer and math geek who can often be found talking to random strangers about the joys of functional programming and F#. She currently works for Jet.com in NYC. She has helped run the Nashville F# User group, @NashFSharp, and the Burlington, VT functional programming user group, @VTFun. She’s also an ASPInsider, an F# MVP, a Xamarin MVP, a community enthusiast, one of the founding @lambdaladies, and a Rachii. You can find her on twitter, @rachelreese, or on her blog: rachelree.se.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Rachel Reese</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Microsoft and Xamarin and F#</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rachel's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Rachel up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Rachel got started in software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rachel's story of failure - forgetting about integrity</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rachel's community involvement</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rachel's genesis in public technical speaking</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rachel success story - breaking though in speaking at big international conferences</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Rachel stays current with what she needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rachel's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Rachel most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rachel's greatest sources of pain</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which Rachel likes to geek out apart from software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rachel's prediction for the future of software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Rachel's top 3 (sorta) tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Rachel</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://jet.com/" target="_blank">jet.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://rachelree.se/" target="_blank">Rachel's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://tech.jet.com/" target="_blank">Jet Tech Blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.lambdaladies.com/" target="_blank">Lambda Ladies</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/vtfun" target="_blank">VT Functional UG</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.meetup.com/nashfsharp/" target="_blank">Nashville F# Group</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201183994/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">A Book on C: Programming in C - Al Kelley, Ira Pohl</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-94-hadi-hariri-leading-by-example" target="_blank">Hadi Hariri on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://calnewport.com/blog/2013/04/03/you-can-be-busy-or-remarkable-but-not-both/" target="_blank">You Can Be Busy or Remarkable — But Not Both</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Rachel's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1617290653/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Functional Programming in Scala - Paul Chiusano, Rúnar Bjarnason</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Rachel's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Make sure you schedule some downtime (to take care of yourself)</li> <li>Make sure you schedule some downtime (so inspiration can strike while your subconscious works)</li> <li>Make sure you schedule some downtime (so you can have the space to be remarkable)</li> </ol> </div> </div>
