Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 401 | Isaac Levin - Accountable, Present, and Aware
Guest:
Isaac Levin talks with Dave Rael about family, remote work, Microsoft, priorities, and perspectives
Isaac Levin is an Application Development Manager in Microsoft Premier Services. He has over 10 years of experience working as a developer for the web, mostly in the Microsoft Ecosystem. When he isn't helping customers get the most of Microsoft Products, he contributes to Microsoft Documentation in the .NET and ASP.NET space as well as other open-source projects, and occasionally blogs about things that interest him. He likes to wind down from work with his wife Ariana and his 2 sons Isaac and Avery.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Isaac Levin
- - Isaac on working for Microsoft
- - Remote work
- - How Isaac got started in software
- - Isaac's education and why it was a better fit for a software engineering career than computer science
- - Isaac and his path with languages
- - Isaac's story of failure - taking a job for the money and being let go because of a mistake
- - Isaac's book recommendation
- - The things that have Isaac most excited
- - Isaac's causes of pain and suffering and open-mindedness
- - The things about which Isaac likes to geek out
- - Phone addiction
- - Isaac's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Isaac
Resources:
- Bill Wagner
- Julie Lerman
- Ada
- ASP Classic
- Object Design: Roles, Responsibilities, and Collaborations by Rebecca Wirfs-Brock (2002-11-18) - Rebecca Wirfs-Brock;Alan McKean
- Rebecca Wirfs-Brock on Developer On Fire
- Brian Pontarelli on Developer On Fire
- Plex
- Microsoft Teams
- Is Daddy on a call? A BusyLight Presence indicator for Lync for my Home Office - Scott Hanselman on Rigging up an in-home status indicator
- Scott Hanselman on Developer On Fire
Isaac's book recommendation:
Isaac's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Be accountable
- Be present
- Be aware
