Episode 231 | Damian Brady - Automation And Impact

Guest: Damian Brady @damovisa Damian Brady talks with Dave Rael about family influences, speaking at conferences, DevOps, and working for a great organization Damian Brady is a Brisbane-based developer, speaker, and author specialising in DevOps, developer process, and software architecture. He loves Octopus Deploy, Visual Studio Team Services, Scrum, C#, Nancy FX, ASP.NET MVC, HTML5, JavaScript, and web development in general. Chapters: 0:45 - Dave introduces the show and Damian Brady3:57 - Damian's experience at Octopus Deploy6:51 - Damian's history with software and with public speaking12:47 - How Damian got started in software15:28 - Damian's athleticism and family influence18:01 - The nature of Octopus Deploy20:46 - The things that "light Damian up"21:56 - Damian's story of failure - a humbling interview experience25:17 - Damian's success story - increasing impact as a conference speaker27:08 - The rewards of speaking to audiences28:59 - How Damian stays current with what he needs to know30:47 - Damian's book recommendation32:16 - The things that have Damian most excited33:59 - Damian's thoughts on DevOps36:08 - Damian's causes of pain and suffering37:29 - Damian's top 3 tips for delivering more value Resources: Damian's Blog Octopus Deploy Paul Stovell Doc Norton on Developer On Fire Gayle Laakman McDowell Donovan Brown on Developer On Fire Scott Hanselman on Developer On Fire John-Daniel Trask on Developer On Fire Damian's book recommendation: The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win - Gene Kim Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software - Charles Petzold Damian's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Focus on the stuff that's important Listen to other opinions as objectively as possible Take some time away