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Episode 147 | Reid Evans - Functionally Engaged

Reid Evans talks with Dave Rael about balancing family and work, finding joy in functional programming, recognizing function in object-oriented approaches, and delivering on the right problem

Reid Evans is a functional programming advocate, founder of FunctionalKnox, and enjoys presenting at conferences across the US on functional topics. He has been in the IT industry since 2003 in roles from software support through lead development, project management, systems analysis, and executive level management in a variety of languages, paradigms, and development platforms. He is a father to two beautiful children and husband to a wonderful wife. Currently he is a Senior Developer at The Tombras Group in Knoxville, TN.

Reid's book recommendation:
Reid's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
  1. Make sure you know what you're delivering and for whom
  2. Focus the problem at hand
  3. If you are not a situation where you can deliver, find another one where you can

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