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How did We Even Arrive Here?

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We were asked in one of our recent reviews in Apple Podcasts if we would share our career paths and how we got started and how we arrived where we are today. We took some of that info, threw it at Microsoft’s CoPilot / DALL E 3 and that’s the artwork for this episode – you may be a little surprised at how the 3 of us got started as software developers. We also have some fun things to share about recent purchases, tweaks, mistakes made and some information about the CrowdStrike outage that recently occurred.

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Gartner Top Strategic Technology Trends 2024

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This episode we are talking about the future of tech with the Gartner Top Strategic Technology Trends 2024. Also, Allen is looking into the crystal ball, Joe is getting lo, and Outlaw is getting into curling.

The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode224.

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Job Hopping and Favorite Dev Books

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We talk about career management and interview tips, pushing data contracts “left”, and our favorite dev books while Outlaw is [redacted], Joe’s trying to figure out how to hire junior devs, and Allen’s trying to screw some nails in.

The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode199.

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Stack Overflow 2022 Survey Says …

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Once again, Stack Overflow takes the pulse of the developer community where we have all collectively decided to switch to Clojure, while Michael is changing things up, Joe is a future predicting trailblazer, and Allen is “up in the books”.

The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode189.

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Software Reliability Engineering – Hope is not a strategy

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It’s finally time to learn what Site Reliability Engineering is all about, while Jer can’t speak nor type, Merkle got one (!!!), and Mr. Wunderwood is wrong.

The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode181.

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The Great Resignation

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We’re living through the tail end, maybe?, of the Great Resignation, so we dig into how that might impact software engineering careers while Allen is very somber, Joe’s years are … different, and Michael pronounces each hump.

The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode180.

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2021 State of the Developer Ecosystem

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We dive into JetBrains’ findings after they recently released their State of the Developer Ecosystem for 2021 while Michael has the open down pat, Joe wants the old open back, and Allen stopped using the command line.

The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode164. Stop by, check it out, and join the conversation.

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Making Money with Code

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We talk about the various ways we can get paid with code while Michael failed the Costco test, Allen doesn’t understand multiple choice questions, and Joe has a familiar pen name.

This episode’s show notes can be found at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode158, where you can join the conversation, for those reading this via their podcast player.

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Survey Says … 2020 Stack Overflow Developer Survey

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We review the Stack Overflow Developer Survey in the same year it was created for the first time ever, while Joe has surprising news about the Hanson Brothers, Allen doesn’t have a thought process, and Michael’s callback is ruined.

If you’re reading these show notes via your podcast player, you can find this episode’s full show notes and join the conversation at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode135.

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The Best Dev Audiobooks 🔊

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I’m a big fan of audio learning, and of course there are tons of great, free, dev podcasts but did you know that there are quite a few great audiobooks for devs as well?

I’ve been a subscriber to Audible.com (and yes, these are affiliate links below) for a long time, but they have only recently started adding the types of programming books that I liked to read. I’ve kept track of the Audiobooks that I’ve picked up that intersect with books you frequently see on “best of ” lists. I’m proud to say I’m 6.5/7 through the list already and I’ve got the next one already on deck!

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