Episode 195 | Prosper Otemuyiwa - Creating Masters

Guest: Prosper Otemuyiwa @unicodeveloper Prosper Otemuyiwa talks with Dave Rael about inspiring and being inspired, positive outlook and great role models, and being lit up on software Prosper is a full stack software engineer and writer who’s worked on biometric, health, financial and developer tools. He currently works with Auth0 as a Technical Writer. Prosper is a firm believer in open source and grooming the next generation of software engineers who will change the world. He is adept at technical writing and breaking down complex concepts to be easily understood at all levels. Since starting his blog, goodheads.io, in 2015, he has churned out over 150 articles on PHP, Laravel and Javascript which has been featured in several newsletters around the globe. Previously, Prosper worked at Andela where he helped build the PHP, Laravel and Core Dev curricula that are currently being used in Nigeria and Kenya. He also trained and mentored Andela fellows to become solid and exceptional problem solvers. He likes to call himself a developer evangelist, constantly and passionately inspiring developers across Africa to be world class! Prosper is also a Google Developer Expert Chapters: 1:45 - Dave introduces the show and Prosper Otemuyiwa4:46 - How Prosper became a Google Developer Expert6:04 - Prosper's engagement and quick rise to influence in software development communities in Africa and globally8:12 - Prosper's sources of inspiration11:20 - Taking action16:48 - Prosper, the inspiration, and the state of developer communities in Africa20:58 - The things that "light Prosper up"23:32 - Origins of Prosper's outlook and attitude27:56 - How Prosper got started in software30:52 - Prosper's story of failure - taking on too much and feeling despair and inadequacy35:52 - Prosper's success story - building cirriculum for training and being a champion for PHP and Laravel40:16 - Prosper's thoughts on having "made it"41:43 - How Prosper stays current with what he needs to know45:01 - Prosper's book recommendation45:31 - Prosper's causes of pain and suffering47:39 - The things about which Prosper likes to geek out48:35 - Prosper's top 3 tips for delivering more value54:03 - Keeping up with Prosper Resources: Prosper on GitHub Prosper on Medium Prosper on Facebook Andela Google Developer Experts Linda Lawton on Developer On Fire John Resig - Write Code Every Day Prosper's Post:One way to Greatness: Pick Yourself Qunicy Larson on Developer On Fire Prosper's Post: Human beings are Open-Source Projects Chilezie R Unachukwu Ofure Ukpebor Ayeni Olusegun Okubanjo Funsho Joel Spolsky's Blog - Joel on Software Next.js Vue.js nuxt.js Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind - Shunryu Suzuki Prosper's book recommendation: The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master - Andrew Hunt Prosper's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Take it one step at a time Every developer should have a niche - go deep on something Learn from other developers, including the brand new ones