Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 012 | Jeremy Clark - Understanding Users and Making Developers Better
Guest:
Jeremy Clark talks with Dave Rael about understanding users, providing value and reaping the rewards, and making developers better
Jeremy Clark makes developers better. By drawing on over 15 years of experience in application development, he helps developers take a step up in their skillset with a focus on making complex topics approachable regardless of skill level. He is a Microsoft MVP for Visual C#, and he has authored seven courses for Pluralsight, including "C# Interfaces", a course aimed at giving developers a clear understanding of abstraction. Jeremy lives in Southern California with 2 cats and a banjo.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Jeremy Clark
- - Jeremy's definition of value
- - Jeremy's story of failure, lessons in the importance of communicating with actual users
- - Heavy-handed, obstructionist managers justifying their own existence
- - Jeremy's greatest success story, improving lives by observing business process and improving it with automation
- - How Jeremy arrived at his career path - from reservation taker to automator to professional developer to educator
- - Jeremy's success with Pluralsight
- - Why Jeremy loves speaking in front of audiences
- - How Jeremy stays current with what he needs to know
- - Jeremy's book recommendation
- - The things that have Jeremy most excited about his present and future
- - Jeremy's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Jeremy
- - Farewell
Jeremy's book recommendation:
1. Understand your users
2. Keep learning
3. Get involved in developer communities
