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Posted on Lessons Learned From Consulting

Getting Started – Preparing for Consulting

This season is focusing on lessons learned from a consulting career.  A lot of the content can be found in the Develpreneur book.  However, we will go a little deeper into getting that side hustle going.  This episode kicks off the season by looking at some things to do in preparing for consulting or at least taking control of your career. Preparing for Consulting or Your Career It turns out that a lot of the work you need to do for a side hustle is just as crucial for your career.  The key steps are things that will help you create a productive workspace and then avoiding a search for common tools (pens, pencils, charger cables, etc.).  These are things... Read more

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Season 7 and Beyond: Advancing Your Career

This is a perfect time for us to look ahead at season seven and beyond.  We will continue providing content for advancing your career starting with a deep dive into the book.  Each chapter will get a few episodes and will be expanded upon with those.  This season will be a cross between an audio version of the book (abridged of course) and an addendum to it. More To Come For Advancing Your Career As we look ahead to the blog posts, podcast episodes, and presentations for this year we will stay focused on how to become a better developer.  We will be cutting back on the weekly blog posts in the first quarter.  Thus, there will be roughly two... Read more

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The Mentor and Mastermind Group – Bringing Accountability to Your Goals

We have run a weekly gathering for the last few years that is called our mentor and mastermind group.  This is a resource we rarely push.  However, it is an invaluable tool for anyone that wants a little help or a nudge to keep them moving forward in their career.  If nothing else, this is a great way to hear about the experiences of others in the industry. Changes to the Mentor Program The big non-change going into 2019 is that we will keep the program free.  Donations are always welcome, but there is no cost to attend.  We even have some swag for those that make a couple of meetings.  Each session will also continue to be recorded, and... Read more

New Year Planning
Posted on Become a Better Developer

Develpreneur – A Better Philosophy

It never hurts to start the year with a review of why we are here.  As the years go by, we get deeper into the details of becoming a better developer.  This better philosophy is the core of our content and the drive to keep moving forward every day.  Although we have touched on these topics and suggestions before, this presentation gathers our thoughts and guiding principles in one place. Not Perfect, Just a Better Philosophy The bottom line of all of these suggestions and observations is that we will never be perfect.  There is way too much to know in the world of IT for any one person to master the content.  That leaves us to throw out perfection and... Read more

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The Source Code Of Happiness – A Develpreneur Book

This episode covers the new book “The Source Code Of Happiness” that is our first Develpreneur published work.  It contains a lot of ideas that we have discussed in blog posts over the years.  On the other hand, it ties things together and has a few new stories and suggestions as well. The Source Code of Happiness Of course, the book implies that reading it will help you find happiness.  I will add a spoiler because you already know this.  The way to true contentment and happiness is to find a job you love that will always keep you challenged.  Guess what?  A technology career can be a perfect fit.  That is not the case for everyone.  However, those that... Read more

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Posted on Patterns of Software Design

Software Design – The Observer Pattern and Series Wrap-Up

We wrap up the season with the observer pattern and a review of what we have learned.  This pattern is one that you probably have already encountered.  Instead of an observer, you probably have heard it called a listener. The Observer Pattern Defined As always, we will start with the “Gang of Four” intent to set the stage for our discussion. “Define a one-to-many dependency between objects so that when one object changes state, all its dependents are notified and updated automatically.” Thus, the observer pattern is precisely what the name implies.  You assign an object to an observer, and when something changes in the observed object, the observer is notified.  The key to this is that it is a one-to-many... Read more