Episode 181 | Tatu Tamminen - Making A Mark

Guest: Tatu Tamminen @_Tx3 Tatu Tamminen talks with Dave Rael about working intelligently, getting large benefits from small changes, sharing what you have to offer, and the life of a freelancer Tatu Tamminen is an independent software developer based in Finland. Nearly ten years he was not a developer on fire, but developer on ice; doing interesting work, but not sharing any of his learnings. Things changed when he started freelancing, blogging and weekly email list. He is an advocate of a four-day work week, remote work, automation, and delegation. When Tatu is not working, he spends time with his wife and Hungarian Vizsla Fanni. He is also an avid practitioner of martial arts and very much into road cycling. Chapters: 1:57 - Dave introduces the show and Tatu Tamminen4:06 - Tatu's motivation for starting an email list11:56 - The appeal of the email list13:31 - Freelancing and moving from Developer On Ice -> Developer On Fire16:52 - The 4-Day Workweek and leveraging automation and delegation20:02 - The origins and goals of Tatu's 4-Day workweek26:46 - The things that "light Tatu up"28:01 - How Tatu got started in software31:47 - Game Programming34:17 - Tatu's story of failure - a communication gap with the right people, leading to a chasm in the organization41:14 - Tatu's success story - getting audience engagement43:07 - How Tatu stays current with what he needs to know44:34 - Tatu's book recommendations48:06 - The things that have Tatu most excited50:55 - The things about which Tatu like to geek out52:35 - Tatu's top 3 tips for delivering more value57:35 - Keeping up with Tatu Resources: Tatu's webiste Tatu's Blog Join Tatu's Email List Drip Hacker News James Edward Gray II on Developer On Fire The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich - Timothy Ferriss The Pareto Principle Upwork Amiga 500 Ari Meisel on Developer On Fire Commodre 128 Kyle Simpson on Developer On Fire Tatu's book recommendation: You Don't Know Js (6 Book Series) - Kyle Simpson JavaScript Patterns: Build Better Applications with Coding and Design Patterns - Stoyan Stefanov Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground - Kevin Poulsen Tatu's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Stay fit and take care of yourself Forget learning more programming stuff a little bit and learn something from another field or domain Learn some fundamentals and apply want you know from elsewhere to something new