Laila placed the start of her journey in the hands of her older brothers, who showed a deep interest in seeing her grow and discover her full potential. One of them gave her her first computer and unknowingly set her on the path she is on today. We then talked about how she wanted to become a teacher but went for computer science instead. We discussed communities and public speaking. Laila shared tragic family stories, which led us to speak about mindfulness, bringing your entire self, and the entanglement of life and work. And we finished by talking about being a sponge. Along the way, she shared one piece of advice after the other, so be sure to listen in closely!

Here are the links from the show

 * https://www.twitter.com/noctovis
 * https://www.linkedin.com/in/lailabougria/
 * https://github.com/lailabougria/talks

Credits

 * Cover Legends [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/gamer-beats/legends/] by HoliznaCC0 [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/] is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal License [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/].
 * Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr [http://timbourguignon.fr/].
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#237 Laila Bougria is learning, growing and having fun

Hannah placed the start of her journey when her mum brought back a Dell PC from the US. She brushed over her studies and realized that computer science was what she should pursue. We explored how she self-taught and went into mobile development. We talked about how she got involved in communities and got into the GDE Program. We discussed engineering management and her approach to mentorship.

Here are the links from the show

 * https://www.twitter.com/hannah_omu

Credits

 * Cover Legends [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/gamer-beats/legends/] by HoliznaCC0 [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/] is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal License [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/].
 * Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr [http://timbourguignon.fr/].
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#236 Hannah Olukoye is a GDE and an Engineering manager

Jean-Philippe pinpointed the start of his journey at age 11 when his mother placed the family computer in his bedroom. JP talked about his childhood, discovering coding, and the internet, being an excellent student, promising greatness, and dropping out. He spoke of being unable to find a tech job and working as a truck driver. He then explained how he started doing phone support and grew to become the leader of a few hundred employees while following his passion: learning. He explained how "being packaged out" came as a wake-up call. He described the last segment of his life in engineering leadership and how he found purpose in building systems of humans.

Here are the links from the show

 * https://www.linkedin.com/in/jphilippeleblanc/

Credits


 * Cover Legends [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/gamer-beats/legends/] by HoliznaCC0 [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/] is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal License [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/].
 * Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr [http://timbourguignon.fr/].
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#235 Jean-Philippe LeBlanc from truck driver to engineering organisations builder

Dustin placed the start of his journey somewhere between the age of 7 and 18... or 16... with a C64 or a TRS-80. Fast forward a few years, he spoke of enrolling in a computer engineering curriculum to play on hardware and software. We then talked about the first company Dustin worked for. We spoke about the multiple roles he took during his 12 years tenure and how he slowly realized that if his money bucket was full, his freedom and happiness buckets were empty. We discussed transitioning to freelancing, interviewing, finding gigs, and at some point, becoming an employer and creating your own company.

Here are the links from the show:

 * https://www.twitter.com/dustindevries

Credits

 * Cover Legends [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/gamer-beats/legends/] by HoliznaCC0 [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/] is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal License [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/].
 * Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr [http://timbourguignon.fr/].
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#234 Dustin DeVries aligning career and life phases

Oshri placed the start of his journey at the age of 13 when he got his first computer and started being an online vigilante. Fast forward a few years, he was out of high school, searching for a job as a developer during the dot-com boom. We talked about his first job, the company he created, and crashed. We spoke of returning to being an employee and playing the title rat race until he became a full-time fractional CTO. We discussed what it is and how Oshri lives it daily, and he never had that much fun.

Here are the links from the show:

 * https://twitter.com/cohenoshrimtl
 * https://www.linkedin.com/in/oshricohen
 * https://oshricohen.me

Credits

 * Cover Heliotrope [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Aeronaut/Heliotrope_1250] by Blue Dot Sessions [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions#contact-artist] is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/].
 * Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr [http://timbourguignon.fr/].
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#233 Oshri Cohen self taught fractional CTO

Kevin started his story in the 80 & the 90s but quickly said, "Coding found me more than I found it." We then discussed his (very early) Bootcamp and how he went from one job to the next, slowly feeling less incompetent. We talked about ADHD, networking, people & organizational problems, and environment variables. We then dug our heels into eXtreme Programming and the Spine model: Needs, Values, Principles, Practices, and Tools, and how it helps us create better teams and organizations. 

Here are the links from the show:

 * https://www.twitter.com/KevinTrethewey
 * https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevint
 * https://kevintrethewey.com/hypotheses
 * https://explore.ai [https://explore.ai/]
 * https://spinemodel.info [https://spinemodel.info/]
 * Talk: "When creating software, what really matters?" @DevConf Johannesburg 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjLMtFE6MEE
 * Book: XP Explained by Kent Beck https://amzn.to/3OYyZta

Credits

 * Cover Heliotrope [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Aeronaut/Heliotrope_1250] by Blue Dot Sessions [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions#contact-artist] is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/].
 * Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr [http://timbourguignon.fr/].
 * Gift the podcast a rating on one of the significant platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribe [https://devjourney.info/subscribe.html]

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What the smartest minds in engineering are thinking about, working on and investing in.


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#232 Kevin Trethewey on his extreme programming journey

Amy took us on a wild ride, made of embracing crazy adventures by fear of failure. We talked about her time as a hippie in a commune, her time in academia, and during her Ph.D., we spoke about transferring skills from one career to the next. We discussed slowly coming to software engineering and how she approached this next transition. And finally, we talked about her positioning as a highly skilled professional yet junior software engineer. 

Here are the links from the show:

 * https://www.twitter.com/BattleAxAmy

Credits

 * Cover Heliotrope [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Aeronaut/Heliotrope_1250] by Blue Dot Sessions [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions#contact-artist] is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/].
 * Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr [http://timbourguignon.fr/].
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#231 Amy Wallhermfechtel went from hippie, teacher and historian to software engineer

Melanie's love for web development started in 1997 (not with Dreamweaver) and followed her to 2022, where she is pushing the state of Accessibility. We brushed over her childhood, spoke about her time as an Intelligence Analyst in the Navy, and saw how she slowly but surely built her skills. We talked about disabilities, reframing Accessibility for UX, we discussed improving the web, and how every one of us developers has a role to play.

Here are the links from the show:

 * https://www.twitter.com/a11yMel
 * https://github.com/melsumner
 * https://a11y-intro.com/
 * https://a11y-automation.dev/
 * https://pleasefunda11y.com/

Credits

 * Cover Heliotrope [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Aeronaut/Heliotrope_1250] by Blue Dot Sessions [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions#contact-artist] is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/].
 * Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr [http://timbourguignon.fr/].
 * Gift the podcast a rating on one of the significant platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribe [https://devjourney.info/subscribe.html]

Dev Interrupted [http://LinearB.io]
What the smartest minds in engineering are thinking about, working on and investing in.


Listen on: Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1537003676]   Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7icMkauSvLflWCpQrfafIv]

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#230 Melanie Sumner from psychology and the Navy to webdev and accessibility

Bill placed the start of their journey at three different places. In their childhood, thanks to a geeky dad. Then right after college when they started working as a web developer. And finally, in 2020, when they embraced the fractional CTO idea. We dug into the fractional CTO business idea, the heuristics helping them decide to take on a project, and how to make it successful with different clients. 
 
Here are the links from the show:

 * https://www.linkedin.com/in/billboulden
 * https://www.twitter.com/downupright
 * https://www.billboulden.com
 * https://www.helloaudio.fm

Credits

 * Cover Heliotrope [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Aeronaut/Heliotrope_1250] by Blue Dot Sessions [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions#contact-artist] is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/].
 * Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr [http://timbourguignon.fr/].
 * Gift the podcast a rating on one of the significant platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribe [https://devjourney.info/subscribe.html]

Dev Interrupted [http://LinearB.io]
What the smartest minds in engineering are thinking about, working on and investing in.


Listen on: Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1537003676]   Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7icMkauSvLflWCpQrfafIv]

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#229 Bill Boulden from ideas to product as a fractional CTO

Dev Interrupted [http://LinearB.io]
What the smartest minds in engineering are thinking about, working on and investing in.


Listen on: Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1537003676]   Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7icMkauSvLflWCpQrfafIv]

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#228 Jennifer Wong was not impressed by the civil engineering pace

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