The latest articles on DEV Community by Doug Jenkinson (@djenk47). https://dev.to/djenk47 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F200229%2F88a832b4-cbdd-49f0-a53b-3fbf152b0d74.png https://dev.to/djenk47 en Doug Jenkinson Wed, 22 Jul 2020 22:22:49 +0000 https://dev.to/djenk47/the-first-year-of-your-first-year-in-code-3bij https://dev.to/djenk47/the-first-year-of-your-first-year-in-code-3bij <p>Today is an auspicious occasion! It marks the first anniversary of dev.to's very own book - <a href="https://leanpub.com/firstyearincode">Your First Year in Code</a>!</p> <p>It was a year ago today that <a class="comment-mentioned-user" href="https://dev.to/ben">@ben</a> announced the creation of <a class="comment-mentioned-user" href="https://dev.to/isaacdlyman">@isaacdlyman</a> .</p> <div class="ltag__link"> <a href="/ben" class="ltag__link__link"> <div class="ltag__link__pic"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--bgwIhvJ3--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--1M1qt9Sp--/c_fill%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Ch_150%2Cq_auto%2Cw_150/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/user/profile_image/1/f451a206-11c8-4e3d-8936-143d0a7e65bb.png" alt="ben image"> </div> </a> <a href="/devteam/the-dev-community-published-a-book-your-first-year-in-code-1ejk" class="ltag__link__link"> <div class="ltag__link__content"> <h2>The DEV Community Published a Book: Your First Year in Code</h2> <h3>Ben Halpern ・ Jul 22 '19 ・ 2 min read</h3> <div class="ltag__link__taglist"> <span class="ltag__link__tag">#meta</span> <span class="ltag__link__tag">#firstyearincode</span> <span class="ltag__link__tag">#books</span> <span class="ltag__link__tag">#beginners</span> </div> </div> </a> </div> <p>And what a year it has been!</p> <p>For those of you mid-way through or finishing up your first year in code, how has it been?</p> <p>For those of you who celebrate another year, what differences about the last year have you noticed?</p> discuss watercooler firstyearincode Doug Jenkinson Mon, 20 Jul 2020 15:34:44 +0000 https://dev.to/djenk47/developer-for-20-years-ama-4agm https://dev.to/djenk47/developer-for-20-years-ama-4agm <p>My name is Doug and I've had a twenty-year software development career! I've worked in the finance, B2B consulting, e-commerce, manufacturing/distribution, and services industries. <br> I've worked in nearly all aspects of a software development lifecycle - ask me anything!</p> <p>Some background about me:</p> <ul> <li>I'm a software engineer. I've done development for handhelds, desktop, server, mobile, web, cloud, and mainframe development. Ask me anything about programming!</li> <li>I'm a leader. I've been a team lead (for a team of engineers) and a manager (over several teams of engineers). Ask me anything about hiring/firing or leadership.</li> <li>I'm an innovator. Ask me about product development and ownership.</li> <li>I've been a product owner - ask me about prioritization or feature development.</li> <li>I've been a teacher of software engineers - ask me about education, instructional design, or learning.</li> <li>I'm currently a software architect - ask me about architecture or decision-making.</li> </ul> <p>Ask me anything!</p> <p><em>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@brett_jordan">Brett Jordan</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/ask">Unsplash</a>.</em></p> ama career discuss programming