Garret Hamann is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Google working on Google Play. He has worked for several large corporations for extended periods of time. He worked for Nokia for ten years. He shares his experience working for large corporations.

You can find Garret on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamanng

What You Will Learn:

• What great developers do at large corporations
• The difference between a manager and a coach
• When a junior developer is ready to become a senior developer

Colleen Reidelbach is CRO at Acklen Avenue. She is the host of the podcast Build Better Tech, a podcast on how the nation’s leading companies use tech as a business strategy to win. She gives her advice on the best ways to work with clients as a great developer and communicator.

You can listen to her podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/build-better-tech-how-the-nations-leading-companies/id1486402397

What You Will Learn:

• The conversations that great developers need to have
• How to talk with clients in an effective way
• How to work with non-technical clients

Jeremy DeYoung has been building software applications for about the last 20 years. He also has worked with many startups. He is a self-defined coder but not a developer and goes through the distinction. He shares how he got into programming without going to college. He talks about the dangers of creating code just to impress your boss as opposed to creating good code that works well.

What You Will Learn:

• How to be a great Senior Developer
• The benefits of the 18-month rule
• Pair Programming
• The rule of 7 backups

Fernando Isias is an IOS Developer at Google for the past six years. He sits down with Byron to talk about the evolution of machine learning and how QA could be improved by developers. He shares what he thinks makes a great developer at both start ups and big companies. You can follow Fernando on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fernandoescher?lang=en

What You Will Learn:

• How BlockChain is opening people’s minds
• The future of machine learning
• Where QA fits
• Working at a startup vs. working for a big company

Rene Rosa from X-Team joins the show today. He wanted to enter the field of electrical engineering but not enough people had signed up for the classes. So out of necessity, he switched to studying programming. He gives his tips on how geeks can be less geeky and how shyness can hurt your career. Learn more about X-Team here: https://x-team.com/

What You Will Learn:

• The new faces of programming
• The biggest thing that will hold you back
• The value of working with intention
• Why you need to balance your career and personal life

Derek Greer is a software developer specializing in C Sharp for about 15 years. He started studying computer science in school not knowing much about it. He served as a mentor to Byron and talks about why sharing your knowledge is important.

What You Will Learn:

• New implementations of code that are changing the game
• Test-driven development v. Behavior-driven development
• Is test-drive development appropriate for every project?
• What component-level tests are and how they are useful

The Technical Product Manager from Minno, Andres Flores is here today. He talks about what managers really do even when it seems like they’re just in meetings. He started coding in college, which lead to interning for Hero Unit under Byron, where he had to learn a brand new language. Byron tells the story of why he threw Andres through the wringer during his internship.

What You Will Learn:

• What happens when you switch into management
• How to quickly learn a new language
• Why you need to come out of your comfort zone
• Why great developers take notes

From Dallas, Texas Tim Corey, a developer, Microsft MVP, and the host of his YouTube Channel I am Tim Corey, joins Byron today. He got started in programming when his grandfather gave him a computer that was going to be thrown out. He talks about learning how to code from a book when he was a kid. Tim shares his story of when he almost quit coding and what brought him back. You can listen to his podcast “Dev Questions” or watch his YouTube Channel I Am Tim Corey.

https://www.youtube.com/user/IAmTimCorey

What You Will Learn:

• The importance of owning up to your problems.
• What makes a great senior developer
• The steps of the learning cycle
• Why hello world is more important than you think