E038 - Mentorship and the Four First-Principles of Software Engineering with Angular

Panelists Jennifer Wadella, Aaron Frost, and Brian Love sit down with Lukas Ruebbelke, a Google Developer Expert in Angular, author, speaker, and mentor, to learn about a mentorship model that Lukas has developed for providing individuals with the opportunity to change their lives through programming. Lukas has displayed his love for the community through deep personal investments using his mentorship model. Starting with his first-principles and cross-pollination approach to software development, Lukas teaches with passion and heart.

Throughout the history of software engineering, the tools, languages, and frameworks have changed drastically. However, what has not changed, as proposed by Lukas, is that programming can be distilled to four first-principles: nouns, verbs, iterators, and conditionals. Taking this one step further, Lukas teaches about what he refers to as the "axis of evil", which is when it is too painful to write tests for your code. The panelists and Lukas talk about what it means to write good code, and how this varies based on the context of good code.

To wrap things up, Lukas and the panelists talk about investing in ourselves and the people with whom we interact, in our organizations and the community. It's important that we take the long game to software engineering and prioritize our own mental health and our relationships.

Show Links:
https://osmihelp.org/resources
https://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Game-Simon-Sinek/

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