Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 046 | Pam Selle - Living Life
Pam Selle talks with Dave Rael about teaching and learning, having the right priorities, living life, and getting stuff done
Pam Selle is a software engineer, published author, and public speaker. She’s co-author of Choosing a JavaScript Framework, and writes often on her blog, The Webivore. Pam has spoken at events ranging from local user groups to regional and national conferences on JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, Sass. She is also passionate about teaching and learning, and has taught students JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Python, Ruby, and more as an instructor for GirlDevelopIT and other organizations.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Pam Selle
- - Valuing doing things the smart way over the harder way
- - Pam's definition of value
- - Quotable quote - "The problem with the golden rule is some of us beat ourselves up too much."
- - The things that "light Pam up"
- - The long tail
- - How Pam got started creating software
- - Pam's story of failure, overlooking details in work over a holiday causing significant impact
- - Pam on emotional intelligence and positive/negative emotional attractors
- - Pam's greatest success story, delivering and improving process in a tight timeframe
- - How Pam stays current with what she needs to know
- - Pam's book recommendation
- - The things that have Pam most excited about her present and future
- - The greatest sources of pain in Pam's life and work
- - Pam's prediction for the future of software
- - Pam's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - The amazing Linda Rising
- - Keeping up with Pam
- - Farewell
Resources:
- The Webivore - Pam's Blog
- Turing-Incomplete - Pam's Podcast
- Pam's Books
- Girl Develop It
- Go the F*** Home - Pam's Talk on Getting it Done and Living Life
- Pam and the Rest of Turing-Incomplete on the Changelog
- Recurse Center - Pam calls it "Montessori School for Programmers"
- Code Montage - Vanessa Hurst
- Code.org intro video including Vanessa Hurst and Drew Houson (DropBox creator) - "It's the closest thing we have to a super power."
- Long tail
- Turing-Incomplete Origin Stories
- Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone - Mark Goulston M.D.
- Linda Rising on Developer On Fire
- Rethinking Work - Article about work and motivation in New York Times
Pam's book recommendation:
Pam's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
1. Cultivate your sense of empathy
2. Listen to people who don't look like you
3. Always be learning
