Episode 162: Life outside code with Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson shares his thoughts on what life is like outside of code, the relationship between a hobby and earning a living, recognizing what's important to you vs what's important to others, and how people are at different stages of their lives and careers affects what's important to them.
Recording date: Nov 18, 2021
John Papa @John_Papa
Ward Bell @WardBell
Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin
Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker
Mark Thompson @MarkTechson
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Resources:
- Crafting Bespoke PWA experiences with Angular by Mark Thompson
- ngConf
- IBM PS1
- BASIC
- The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn!
- Sarah Drasner
- Engineering Management for the Rest of Us - book by Sarah Drasner
- Flutter
- IntelliJ
Timejumps
- 00:49 Ward's bellydancing tryout
- 02:49 Guest introduction
- 04:48 What was your talk about at Ngconf?
- 07:29 The relationship between hobby and money
- 09:21 Sponsor: Ionic
- 10:06 What does life outside of code mean to you?
- 17:18 Are these seasons in our lives?
- 28:44 Sponsor: Ag Grid
- 29:51 People are different - what does life outside of code mean now?
Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.