Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 126 | Jason Lowenthal - Learning, Principles, and Fun
Guest:
Jason Lowenthal talks with Dave Rael about building architecture and software architecture, broad interests, and making sure to have fun
Jason Lowenthal is an Architectural Software Engineer based in Springfield, MO. A graduate from Drury University, his past work includes stints with Bass Pro Shops, O’Reilly Automotive Inc. and Paperwise. When not contributing his time and talents to his employer, Skyfactor, Jason spends his free time raising his 3 girls, and learning about new technology. You can link up with him on Twitter, too: @lowenthal_jason
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Jason Lowenthal
- - Jason's definition of value
- - The things that "light Jason up"
- - Jason and (building) architecture and his artistic side
- - How Jason got started in software
- - Jason on user experience and user interface design
- - Jason's story of failure - missing edge cases and failing to solve the exact problem that was intended
- - Jason's success story - delivering enormous monetary business value
- - How Jason stays current with what he needs to know
- - Jason's book recommendations
- - The things that have Jason most excited
- - Jason's source of pain and suffering
- - The things about which Jason likes to geek out apart from software
- - Jason's prediction for the future of software
- - Jason's thoughts on architecture and architects
- - Jason's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Jason
Resources:
- Jason's Blog
- Jason's Blog Posts on Simple Programmer
- Google Analytics
- New Relic
- Deviant Art
- Jason on Deviant Art
- John Sonmez on Twitter
- Cory House on Twitter
- John Sonmez on Developer On Fire
- Cory House on Developer On Fire
- Thoughtworks
- Thoughtworks Technology Radar
- IFTTT
- Redshift
- Melatonin
- Star Wars Expanded Universe
- Biological Computing
Jason's book recommendation:
Jason's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Learn all the time
- Have faith - have and be explicit about your guiding princliples
- Have fun
