Episode 230 | John Sonmez - Bold Truth

Guest: John Sonmez @jsonmez John Sonmez talks Dave Rael about speaking boldly, relatively valuing freedom and security, teaching and learning, and being lit up John is the founder of Simple Programmer at simpleprogrammer.com, where he tirelessly pursues his vision of transforming complex issues into simple solutions. He is a prolific producer of developer training on Pluralsight. He's a seasoned software professional, podcaster, author, entrepreneur, and fitness enthusiast. John is a life coach for software developers, and helps software engineers, programmers and other technical professionals boost their careers and live a more fulfilled life. He empowers them to accomplish their goals by making the complex simple and is the author of Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual. Chapters: 0:45 - Dave introduces the show and John Sonmez2:03 - John's updated and context-specific position on boldly addressing controversial topics publicly6:08 - Determining when to speak freely and when to exercise caution, staying on topic, and the benefits of taking controversial positions14:29 - John's goals, role, and future - "I help software developers to become cool."19:24 - Finding the thing you would do not matter what else is happening around you and maximizing your impact, getting lit up24:37 - What John is doing with his time28:33 - Learning to keyboard properly despite having a nonstandard technique that was good enough for a long time32:22 - Balancing long term and short term focus37:05 - Freedom and security, John's advice for living your values Resources: John's Site - Simple Programmer The Simple Programmer YouTube Channel John's First Appearance on Developer On Fire How to Market Yourself as a Software Developer The Developer On Fire Facebook Community Dave as guest on Simple Programmer Cory House on Developer On Fire Mark Seemann on Developer On Fire Jeremy Clark on Developer On Fire John's Blog Post on Why JavaScript is Doomed Gordon Ramsay Ward Bell The EntreProgrammers Podcast Tony Robbins The New Man A Simple Programmer Blog Post by Dave: You Don't Have To Do What You Are Good At Duolingo Oculus Rift Patrick Herny's "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" Speech John's book recommendation: Nassim Nicholas Taleb John's top 3 tips for delivering more value: