Guest:
Austin Bingham
@austin_bingham
Austin Bingham talks with Dave Rael about growing as a professional and software developer, listening to understand the needs of clients, and exciting new projects
Austin is a founding director of Sixty North, a software consulting, training, and application development company. A native of Texas, in 2008 Austin moved to Stavanger, Norway where he helped develop industry-leading oil reservoir modeling software in C++ and Python. Prior to that he worked at National Instruments developing LabVIEW, at Applied Research Labs (Univ. of Texas at Austin) developing sonar systems for the U.S. Navy, and at a number of telecommunications companies. He is an experienced presenter, teacher, and author, and he is an active member of the open source community. Austin is the founder of Stavanger Software Developers, one of the largest and most active social software groups in the Stavanger region. Austin holds a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Chapters:
1:45 - Dave introduces the show and Austin Bingham3:40 - Austin's location in Norway and Stavanger Software Developers group6:45 - Austin and his business partner, Robert Smallshire9:38 - Austin's lessons from going into business for himself with Rob11:29 - The opportunity to create content for Pluralsight and good fortune12:39 - The things that "light Austin up"14:42 - How Austin got started in software17:11 - Austin's motivation for moving from Texas, USA to Norway18:08 - Austin's story of failure - getting lost in a technical focus and overbuilding a system without solving the actual problem20:36 - Austin's success story - a project team and process that clicked22:02 - How Austin stays current with what he needs to know25:16 - Austin's book recommendations30:59 - The things that have Austin most excited33:21 - Austin's sources of pain and suffering34:48 - An American living elsewhere and attitudes about work and life36:56 - The things about which Austin likes to geek out38:31 - Austin's prediction for the future of software40:16 - Austin's top 3 tips for delivering more value44:06 - Keeping up with Austin
Resources:
Sixty North - Austin's Business with Rob Smallshire
Stavanger Software Developers
Austin's Pluralsight Author Page
Robert Smallshire
Andy Hunt on Developer On Fire
Dave Thomas on Developer On Fire
Mutation Testing
Cosmic Ray
Austin on Talk Python To Me talking about Cosmic Ray
Gerald Weinberg on Developer On Fire
The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully - Gerald M. Weinberg
Austin's book recommendation:
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right - Atul Gawande
To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design - Henry Petroski
Austin's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
Use lists to take the load off your mind
Pay more attention to what your clients want
Go for a walk
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