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What is the big deal with Net Neutrality?  Why are so many people talking about this lately?  The DevCoaches get into this very important and timely topic in this episode. This is a vital topic for anyone involved in technology from the developer to the standard use

What is the difference between a Junior, Mid-level, and Senior developer?  How do you navigate your career to move through these levels?  The Dev Coaches sit down and discuss this topic on episode 17.

Why do developers have such a hard time making decisions?  What is this thing called analysis paralysis?  The Dev Coaches tackle these topics in episode 16.

In this episode, Dave, Sarah, & Victor are joined by Austyn Hill, Alan Galloway, Pat Toner, Morgan Willis and Matt LoPiccolo.  With some of the awesome women in tech right here in the studio tonight, we decided to tackle the question of what it takes to be a women in a male dominated profession and how that is changing. Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Sarah’s Women in Talk presentation: – http://www.slideshare.net/sadukie/history-of-women-in-tech-43388612 Gifts for girls STEM-related: – http://www.jewelbots.com/ – http://www.goldieblox.com/ Some WiT Groups: – https://www.girldevelopit.com/ – https://www.womenwhocode.com/ – http://www.herideasinmotion.com/ – http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org – https://women.acm.org/ – https://www.ncwit.org/ – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/programs/digigirlz Tech & Kids: – http://twenty.techcorps.org/ Cartoon: – https://xkcd.com/385/ General Maker Sites – AdaFruit http://www.adafruit.com/ https://learn.adafruit.com/category/wearables https://www.youtube.com/user/adafruit MAKE http://makezine.com/ http://makezine.com/tag/wearables/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEEF560C574189DCA SparkFun https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials https://www.y

Dave, Sarah, and Victor are joined by Pat Toner and Matt LoPiccolo to discuss future trends in technology.  It’s an interesting conversation ranging from Augmented Reality and Amazon’s new automated shopping experience, to Voice Command, Mobile Apps, automation and the inevitable rise of SkyNet! Please Note the audio quality of this recording is not as good as normal as we had equipment failure and had to settle for recording from a backup device.

Are you interested in becoming a Software Developer but don’t know where to start?  Dave, Sarah, Victor and Matt discuss the mindset needed to be a developer along with some resources to get you started. Resources mentioned in this episode: Hour of Code – https://code.org/ Pluralsight – https://www.pluralsight.com/ Code School – https://www.codeschool.com/ Lynda – https://www.lynda.com/ Hello World (unfortunately out of print now) – https://www.manning.com/books/hello-world Manning Publications – https://www.manning.com/ BridgeTroll (RailsBridge and other events) – https://www.bridgetroll.org/   Stay tuned after the episode for outtakes from the opening of episode six.

Dave, Pat and Victor are joined by Kieth Manecke, Tommy Adeoye, Elijah King, Sophia Arnold, David Kolesar, Corey Whaley and Topher Benjamin. These seven apprentices started with The Software Guild in our August 2016 cohort and were kind enough to sit down with us and discuss their experiences on graduation day.

Dave, Sarah, Victor, Pat and Morgan complete the live panel discussion with their apprentices at The Software Guild in Akron. In this portion of the conversation, we talked about the different positions that our bootcamp apprentices might consider when entering the field. We also talked a bit more about architectural principles. If you missed the first part of this discussion, be sure to listen to episode 10.

The Dev Coaches recently sat down with their apprentices at The Software Guild in Akron, OH to discuss the role of Architects and Architecture in the industry.  This episode contains part one of this discussion.  The panel was made up of Dave Balzer, Sarah Dutkiewicz, Victor Pudelski, Pat Toner and Morgan Willis.

In this episode, the coaches are joined by Pat Toner, Randall Clapper, and Matt LoPiccolo to discuss strategies to be more productive and maintain our mental health.  The discussion ranges from common perceptions in the industry about developer productivity to Gaming.  As usual, there are plenty of humorous antics from Pat to keep the mood light.