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Episode 113 | Jeffrey Richter - Software Business Family

Jeffrey Richter talks with Dave Rael about priorities, fulfillment, family devotion to software and business, a remarkable career, and impact

Jeffrey Richter is a co-founder of Wintellect and the author of several best-selling .NET Framework and Win32 programming books including CLR via C#, 4th Edition, Windows via C/C++, 5th Edition, Programming Server-Side Applications for Microsoft Windows 2000, and Windows 95: A Developer’s Guide. Jeffrey has also been a contributing editor to MSDN Magazine where he authored many feature articles and columns. Jeff has consulted with Microsoft's .NET Framework and Windows teams for many years. Jeffrey holds both helicopter and airplane pilot licenses and is a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. He also enjoys playing drums and keyboards. He attends concerts regularly to indulge his passion for jazz bands. He also loves to travel and explore new places. Jeffrey can usually be found tinkering with some new technology living his life on the bleeding edge. His lot in life is to always want to purchase something that should be shipping any day now. Jeff lives in Kirkland, WA.

Jeffrey's book recommendation:
Jeffrey's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
  1. Do what you love
  2. Notice things that can make life better
  3. Take the initiative to execute on making life better

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