Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 156 | David Neal - Bacon Driven Drawing
Guest:
David Neal talks with Dave Rael about passionate interests, speaking at conferences, the appeal of drawing, and career path joys and woes
David is a family man, geek, musician, motorcyclist, speaker, and software developer living in Georgia, USA. He's currently a Developer Advocate for LeanKit. He's a Microsoft MVP, and runs on a high-octane mixture of caffeine and bacon.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and David Neal
- - How David got started in software
- - David and drawing and the emphasis of drawings in presentations
- - The things that "ligth David up"
- - David's story of failure - "promoted beyond my ability" - in management without embracing management
- - David's current role at LeanKit
- - David and humans - being an introvert and the genesis of David Neal, conference speaker
- - Comparing conference and user group speaking to performing live music
- - David's love of music
- - David's success story - software remaining useful over a long time and with meaningful impact
- - How David stays current with what he needs to know
- - David's book recommendations
- - "There are three inevitable things in life: death, taxes, and PowerPoint"
- - The things that have David most excited
- - David's sources of pain and suffering
- - David's prediction for the future of software
- - David's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with David
- - Finding out more about LeanKit
Resources:
- David's Blog
- LeanKit
- Dan Roam: "Show and Tell" | Talks at Google
- Kestrel Blackmore on Developer On Fire
- Jamie Romanowski on Developer On Fire
- Richard Campbel on Developer On Fire
- Alan Stevens
- Farewell to the devLink Technical Conference
- Cory House on Developer On Fire
- Cory House on Developer On Fire Again
- Ted Neward on Developer On Fire
- Cory House on Pluralsight
- Safari Books Online
- Electron
- Atom
- CAP Theorem
David's book recommendation:
David's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Have a genuine respect for people
- Have daily habits
- Work hard consistently over time and you can become an "overnight success"
