Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 181 | Tatu Tamminen - Making A Mark
Guest:
Tatu Tamminen talks with Dave Rael about working intelligently, getting large benefits from small changes, sharing what you have to offer, and the life of a freelancer
Tatu Tamminen is an independent software developer based in Finland. Nearly ten years he was not a developer on fire, but developer on ice; doing interesting work, but not sharing any of his learnings. Things changed when he started freelancing, blogging and weekly email list. He is an advocate of a four-day work week, remote work, automation, and delegation. When Tatu is not working, he spends time with his wife and Hungarian Vizsla Fanni. He is also an avid practitioner of martial arts and very much into road cycling.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Tatu Tamminen
- - Tatu's motivation for starting an email list
- - The appeal of the email list
- - Freelancing and moving from Developer On Ice -> Developer On Fire
- - The 4-Day Workweek and leveraging automation and delegation
- - The origins and goals of Tatu's 4-Day workweek
- - The things that "light Tatu up"
- - How Tatu got started in software
- - Game Programming
- - Tatu's story of failure - a communication gap with the right people, leading to a chasm in the organization
- - Tatu's success story - getting audience engagement
- - How Tatu stays current with what he needs to know
- - Tatu's book recommendations
- - The things that have Tatu most excited
- - The things about which Tatu like to geek out
- - Tatu's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Tatu
Resources:
- Tatu's webiste
- Tatu's Blog
- Join Tatu's Email List
- Drip
- Hacker News
- James Edward Gray II on Developer On Fire
- The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich - Timothy Ferriss
- The Pareto Principle
- Upwork
- Amiga 500
- Ari Meisel on Developer On Fire
- Commodre 128
- Kyle Simpson on Developer On Fire
Tatu's book recommendation:
Tatu's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Stay fit and take care of yourself
- Forget learning more programming stuff a little bit and learn something from another field or domain
- Learn some fundamentals and apply want you know from elsewhere to something new
