Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 396 | Daniel Lemay - Fast Start
Guest:
Daniel Lemay talks with Dave Rael about his new career, learning to write software, helping and being helped, speaking at conferences and meetups, psychology, and empathy
Daniel is a front-end developer who is passionate about building performant and accessible web apps. He loves following the latest cutting edge technologies and has given several presentations on GraphQL and React. After 10 years as a Facilities Manager in the Educational sector, Daniel was dissatisfied and determined to change course. He learned to code around work and family commitments before being employed by Phase2 Technology. He is passionate about helping others break into the field and helps organize a meetup focused on that goal. When not writing code, Daniel enjoys the beautiful nature scenes of the Pacific Northwest and playing board games with his family.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Daniel Lemay
- - Daniel's prior life in facilities management
- - Daniel's path to web development
- - Cracking into the profession and the accessibility of being a speaker
- - Psychology, empathy, the value of psychology in software and life, and Daniel's psychology background
- - Daniel's thoughts on the meaning and value of empathy
- - Public speaking
- - Daniel's story of failure - trying to update many dependencies all at once and rushing through an effort
- - The forgiving nature of audiences
- - Daniel's book recommendations
- - Volunteering with the meetup group that was helpful to Daniel in his learning journey
- - Daniel's surprises in getting into a software development career
- - Daniel's interest in languages
- - Daniel's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Daniel
Resources:
- Phase 2 Technology
- Workflow
- IFTTT
- Zapier
- Free Code Camp
- Quincy Larson on Developer On Fire
- Free Code Camp Forum
- Free Code Camp Portland
- Portland ReactJS
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change - Stephen R. Covey
- GraphiQL
- Kyle Simpson on Developer On Fire
- ReasonML
- Jordan Walke
- ReasonReact
- Pablo Rivera on Developer On Fire
Daniel's book recommendation:
Daniel's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Practice empathy
- Practice active listening and monotasking
- Always be learning
