Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 002 | Kijana Woodard: Focus on the Business
Guest:
Kijana Woodard talks with Dave Rael about delivering value and shares insightful experiences about technology and user focus.
Kijana Woodard is a highly experienced software developer based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Over a period of 18 years, Kijana has developed a wealth of applications, using an array of technologies including C#, ASP.NET MVC, Javascript, HTML/CSS, NServiceBus, RavenDB, SQL Server, PostgreSQL and Redis.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Kijana Woodard
- - Kijana's definition of value
- - The things that "light Kijana up"
- - The new Microsoft
- - Stories of failure and taking away lessons, growing as a result of adversity
- - Understanding the needs of the business and users and aligning approach with desired result
- - Kijana's greatest success stories
- - How Kijana decides what projects to tackle
- - How Kijana stays current with what he needs to know
- - Kijana's book recommendations
- - Kijana's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Kijana
Kijana's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
1. Never be afraid to question
2. Finish what you start
3. Forget about technology and concentrate on the business and the user scenarios
