Episode 018 | Phil Haack - Dealing with People, Especially with Like Interests

Phil Haack talks with Dave Rael about his focus on people, open source software, and delivering value to users

Phil Haack works at GitHub working to make it better for .NET and Windows developers everywhere. Prior to GitHub, Phil was a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft responsible for shipping ASP.NET MVC, NuGet, among other projects. He was involved in shipping these projects under open source licenses. Phil is a co-author of the popular Professional ASP.NET MVC series and regularly speaks at conferences around the world. He's also made several appearances on technology podcasts such as .NET Rocks, Hanselminutes, Herding Code, and The Official jQuery Podcast.

• 0:27 - Dave introduces the show and Phil Haack
• 1:54 - Serving users who are developers
• 3:28 - GitHub's focus on developers
• 5:11 - Open source at Microsoft and Phil's involvement
• 10:03 - Phil's definition of value
• 15:36 - The things that "light Phil up"
• 16:43 - GitHub's commitment and activity toward helping people get up to speed on technology
• 19:21 - How Phil got started with software
• 21:29 - Phil's story of failure, inadequate testing
• 24:03 - Valuing Test-Driven Development and applying where appropriate
• 26:15 - Phil's greatest success story, delivering a package manager for .NET
• 31:06 - Phil's experience with Git and at GitHub as a Windows user
• 35:29 - How Phil stays current with what he needs to know
• 36:54 - Phil's book recommendations
• 38:03 - The things that have Phil most excited about his present and future
• 42:13 - The things about which Phil like to geek out apart from software
• 43:11 - Phil's top 3 tips for delivering more value
• 45:47 - Keeping up with Phil
• 46:09 - Farewell

Resources:
GitHub
ASP.NET MVC
NuGet
GitHub for Windows
.NET open source
GitHub is a Proud ConnectHome Partner
Chocolatey
Boxstarter
git for Windows
posh-git
posh-hg
Show, don't tell

Phil's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
1. Focus on users
2. Do your research
3. Genuinely care about what you are providing

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