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#42: ”My Calligraphy Sucks: How Failure Shapes Style in My Hobbies” with Sam Wilson of HEB Digital | Educative Sessions Feb 19, 2021

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Sam Wilson was born in a rural town in Kentucky, raised by a mom and granny who renamed him after an orphan from a TV movie of the week. The waves of just six channels survived the long journey to a remote rustic home betwixt fields of corn and tobacco. There wasn't much to do other than doodle, play with wooly worms, and pretend all branches were divining rods. With calligraphy, Sam found a style where his aspirations push against limitations.

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You can read all about Sam Wilson at iamnotsam.com

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ABOUT EDUCATIVE Educative (educative.io) provides interactive and adaptive courses for software developers. Whether it’s beginning to learn to code, grokking the next interview, or brushing up on frontend coding, data science, or cybersecurity, Educative is changing how developers continue their education. Stay relevant through our pre-configured learning environments that adapt to match a developer’s skill level. Educative provides the best author platform for instructors to create interactive and adaptive content in only a few clicks. More Videos from Educative Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/c/EducativeSessions/ Episode 42: "My Calligraphy Sucks: How Failure Shapes Style in My Hobbies" with Sam Wilson of HEB Digital | Educative Sessions

#41: ”That Time I Did a Launch Demo with Mark Wahlberg” with Patrick Perini | Educative Sessions Feb 14, 2021

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A series of well-placed half-truths and landed us in a last-minute improvised launch event for Mark Wahlberg's Wahlburgers West Hollywood location — an event filled with celebrities and destined for second-rate reality TV. Patrick Perini describes the experience in full and the lessons learned about decision-making in a crisis.

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Patrick Perini is a storyteller, technologist, and frequent entrepreneur. During this story, he was VP of Product and co-founder of Raydiant, a screen signage company trying to build a distributed TV operating system. These days, his head is down working on a number of projects to be named later. You can find him at https://pcperini.com or @pcperini on Twitter.

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ABOUT EDUCATIVE Educative (educative.io) provides interactive and adaptive courses for software developers. Whether it’s beginning to learn to code, grokking the next interview, or brushing up on frontend coding, data science, or cybersecurity, Educative is changing how developers continue their education. Stay relevant through our pre-configured learning environments that adapt to match a developer’s skill level. Educative provides the best author platform for instructors to create interactive and adaptive content in only a few clicks. More Videos from Educative Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/c/EducativeSessions/ Episode 41: "That Time I Did a Launch Demo with Mark Wahlberg" with Patrick Perini | Educative Sessions

#40: ”Why Developers Should Blog: The Importance of Side Projects” with Tapas Adhikary of Microfocus | Educative Sessions Feb 12, 2021

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From Tapas Adhikary's experience, most of the developers got the 'main job' for earning and supporting their families. They are often so involved in their work that they stop living their passion, and in turn, learning gets stagnant. To Tapas, sharing knowledge through blogging and other side projects is an integral part of the personal development process.

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Tapas Adhikary is a technology blogger and public speaker. His interests lie in web application development, sharing knowledge about it and, mentoring software developers. He has 16+ years of experience in software development and building productive teams. He regularly contributes to his blog blog.greenroots.info and dev.to. Tapas is a passionate mentor who shares software engineering, career & web app development tips on Twitter and 1-1.

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ABOUT EDUCATIVE Educative (educative.io) provides interactive and adaptive courses for software developers. Whether it’s beginning to learn to code, grokking the next interview, or brushing up on frontend coding, data science, or cybersecurity, Educative is changing how developers continue their education. Stay relevant through our pre-configured learning environments that adapt to match a developer’s skill level. Educative provides the best author platform for instructors to create interactive and adaptive content in only a few clicks. More Videos from Educative Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/c/EducativeSessions/ Episode 40: "Why Developers Should Blog: The Importance of Side Projects" with Tapas Adhikary of Microfocus | Educative Sessions

#39: ”How Bartering In Morocco Helped Me Find My Passion for Coding” with Kelly Revenaugh of Galvanize | Educative Sessions Feb 12, 2021

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After suffering from burnout and struggling to learn to code for years, Kelly Revenaugh spent a gap year traveling through Europe and North Africa. While in Morocco, she bartered with a Moroccan Surf Camp to provide web development services in exchange for surf lessons. That project led Kelly to realize that her passion lies in the communication that exists between humans and code.

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Kelly Revenaugh serve as Galvanize’s Evangelist (aka 'brand ambassador') and help to form and promote new relationships with learning communities, technology companies, and people in order to facilitate integration between various members in tech and Galvanize.
Kelly manages Galvanize's tech Slack group. To join: https://www.galvanize.com/join-our-tech-slack-community

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ABOUT EDUCATIVE Educative (educative.io) provides interactive and adaptive courses for software developers. Whether it’s beginning to learn to code, grokking the next interview, or brushing up on frontend coding, data science, or cybersecurity, Educative is changing how developers continue their education. Stay relevant through our pre-configured learning environments that adapt to match a developer’s skill level. Educative provides the best author platform for instructors to create interactive and adaptive content in only a few clicks. More Videos from Educative Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/c/EducativeSessions/ Episode 39: "How Bartering In Morocco Helped Me Find My Passion for Coding" with Kelly Revenaugh of Galvanize | Educative Sessions

#38: ”Fighting Impostor Syndrome as a Technical Co-Founder” with Carter Lathrop of Paperstreet | Educative Sessions Feb 07, 2021

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Carter Lathrop left a terrific position at Salesforce to start his own company. He became a phenomenal engineer and technical lead in his day job, but he had constant doubts about whether he could build a product from scratch, let alone something that users would love. Carter's 3-year journey from then to now will shed some light on what that path looks like for a nervous engineer that wonders about taking the leap into building something from nothing.

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Carter Lathrop is the CTO and Co-Founder of Paperstreet (paperstreet.vc), an investor updates and portfolio management platform for startups and investors. He was thrown into the startup world in 2018 and has since dabbled in almost every position a company might have. He's most passionate about fostering innovation and bringing out the best in people.

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ABOUT EDUCATIVE Educative (educative.io) provides interactive and adaptive courses for software developers. Whether it’s beginning to learn to code, grokking the next interview, or brushing up on frontend coding, data science, or cybersecurity, Educative is changing how developers continue their education. Stay relevant through our pre-configured learning environments that adapt to match a developer’s skill level. Educative provides the best author platform for instructors to create interactive and adaptive content in only a few clicks. More Videos from Educative Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/c/EducativeSessions/ Episode 38: "Fighting Impostor Syndrome as a Technical Co-Founder" with Carter Lathrop of Paperstreet | Educative Sessions

#37: ”From Job-Seeking to Coaching Job Seekers” with Jolie Brown of Placement | Educative Sessions Feb 04, 2021

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Early in her career, Jolie Brown listened to her parents, who were all about racking up degrees. After earning a degree in psychology and an MBA, she worked in marketing and owned her own business for 17 years. After successfully exiting, Jolie took a pause to truly ask myself: what do I actually want to do in life? This question led her to take the leap into life and career coaching with people in the tech world, and she is loving it.

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Jolie Brown is a Career Coach currently with Placement (placement.com), which takes the vague unwieldy process of job seeking and streamline it efficiently and ultimately for each individual success. She works with a multitude of individuals to help them land a career. Placement gives her the space to coach individuals and support them every step of the way. They use content, workshops, job seeking software, and the human touch of working with a talent agent.

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ABOUT EDUCATIVE Educative (educative.io) provides interactive and adaptive courses for software developers. Whether it’s beginning to learn to code, grokking the next interview, or brushing up on frontend coding, data science, or cybersecurity, Educative is changing how developers continue their education. Stay relevant through our pre-configured learning environments that adapt to match a developer’s skill level. Educative provides the best author platform for instructors to create interactive and adaptive content in only a few clicks. More Videos from Educative Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/c/EducativeSessions/ Episode 37: "From Job-Seeking to Coaching Job Seekers" with Jolie Brown of Placement | Educative Sessions

#36: ”From Ballet to Data Science” with Catherine Rekhert of DataBoom | Educative Sessions Jan 29, 2021

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One life changing event helped a girl from Kazakhstan discover that she might be great at data analytics. Despite her past background in Choreography and Economics, she took a chance and ended up working for Microsoft ! Now she is a founder of a company and a data science community, and she recently came back to the U.S. to make a lot of noise.

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Catherine Rekhert is the CEO and Founder of DataBoom https://databoom.kz. She is also the founder of Kazakhstan Business Intelligence Community.

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ABOUT EDUCATIVE Educative (educative.io) provides interactive and adaptive courses for software developers. Whether it’s beginning to learn to code, grokking the next interview, or brushing up on frontend coding, data science, or cybersecurity, Educative is changing how developers continue their education. Stay relevant through our pre-configured learning environments that adapt to match a developer’s skill level. Educative provides the best author platform for instructors to create interactive and adaptive content in only a few clicks. More Videos from Educative Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/c/EducativeSessions/ Episode 36: "From Ballet to Data Science" with Catherine Rekhert of DataBoom | Educative Sessions

#35: ”... But Does it Work?” Putting Value Over Design with Lillian Taylor of N3 | Educative Sessions Jan 29, 2021

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Back in the 1990s, Lillian Taylor saved CitiCorp over $2M a year by teaching herself how to code and building an application which, she admits, was pretty ugly. That didn't matter to the CEO. In this talk, we'll explore the importance of business impact, coding elegance, and talking to stakeholders before writing that first line of code.

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Lillian Taylor (@LillianSaysSo) has had an exciting and extensive career in financial services and the tech space, both as an analyst and complex tech sales. With experience in every aspect of the tech channel, a couple rounds of entrepreneurship and customers in almost every vertical and functional space, Lillian has purview into common organizational challenges. Mom of three and 3 time IBM champion, Lillian resides in the Seattle area with her partner and her big slobbery dog, Auggie. Don't forget to subscribe to Educative Sessions on YouTube! ►► https://bit.ly/39sIrUN ABOUT EDUCATIVE Educative (educative.io) provides interactive and adaptive courses for software developers. Whether it’s beginning to learn to code, grokking the next interview, or brushing up on frontend coding, data science, or cybersecurity, Educative is changing how developers continue their education. Stay relevant through our pre-configured learning environments that adapt to match a developer’s skill level. Educative provides the best author platform for instructors to create interactive and adaptive content in only a few clicks. More Videos from Educative Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/c/EducativeSessions/ Episode 35: "... But Does it Work?" Putting Value Over Design with Lillian Taylor of N3 | Educative Sessions

#34: ”Staying Fit in the Developer World” with John Lyon-Smith of Amazon | Educative Sessions Jan 24, 2021

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As a software developer manager, John Lyon-Smith wants to share an important concern with his team and the developer community at large: are you exercising enough? Passionate about fitness himself, John believes that developer work often leads to bad habits down the line, and even just a simple daily walk will do wonders for one's physical and mental health. This session explores John's own personal fitness hacks and his suggestions for adopting a health-first mindset.

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ABOUT OUR GUEST John Lyon-Smith (@jlyonsmith) is an adventurer who's hobbies include rock climbing, scuba diving, skiing and pushing life to the limit. He is has over three decades of experience in the software industry and has worked on every conceivable type of software. From databases to compilers, games to website, micro-services to mobile apps. Aside from working at Microsoft and Amazon, he has worked at over a dozen start-ups of all shapes and sizes, both early and late stage, with and without VC funding. Don't forget to subscribe to Educative Sessions on YouTube! ►► https://bit.ly/39sIrUN ABOUT EDUCATIVE Educative (educative.io) provides interactive and adaptive courses for software developers. Whether it’s beginning to learn to code, grokking the next interview, or brushing up on frontend coding, data science, or cybersecurity, Educative is changing how developers continue their education. Stay relevant through our pre-configured learning environments that adapt to match a developer’s skill level. Educative provides the best author platform for instructors to create interactive and adaptive content in only a few clicks. More Videos from Educative Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/c/EducativeSessions/ Episode 34: "Staying Fit in the Developer World" with John Lyon-Smith of Amazon | Educative Sessions

#33: ”Going Silent (and Being OK with it)” with Cameron Buckingham of Deloitte | Educative Sessions Jan 24, 2021

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It's been more than two years since Cam put any effort into personal branding, conference-attending, public speaking, or community engagement. He went silent: a a conscientious effort of avoiding the noise. This highly personal talk for both host and guest reviews the lessons learned and even offers a critique on life as a developer.

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Cameron Buckingham (@cpbuckingham) is a Senior Developer with Deloitte. As of the recording of this talk, he is based in Austin and pursuing an MBA at Texas State University. A veteran of the US Air Force, he is obsessed with hanging out with his lovely wife, two kids, and husky, paddling down the Guadalupe River, and listening to litRPG on Audible.

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Educative (educative.io) provides interactive and adaptive courses for software developers. Whether it’s beginning to learn to code, grokking the next interview, or brushing up on frontend coding, data science, or cybersecurity, Educative is changing how developers continue their education. Stay relevant through our pre-configured learning environments that adapt to match a developer’s skill level. Educative provides the best author platform for instructors to create interactive and adaptive content in only a few clicks.

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