Guest:
Joe Colantonio
@jcolantonio
Joe Colantonio talks with Dave Rael about remote work, podcasting, building an audience, income, motivation, and reward
Joe Colantonio a test automation architect for a large Fortune 100 company. He’m able work 100% remotely from home in Rhode Island, which is fortunate because he hates cubicles and commuting. He blogs at joecolantonio.com and is the host of the podcast, TestTalks where he focuses on helping people and organizations succeed with automation awesomeness.
He's an avid digital content creator who loves to share information through his blog, podcasts, videos, courses and books.
Chapters:
1:25 - Dave introduces the show and Joe Colantonio3:51 - Joe's ability to generate income from the content he is creating and having a day job as a source of material for content6:25 - Application Development vs Testing as a source of expertise for content creators7:31 - The Automation Guild remote conference12:59 - Benefits of podcasting and having a podcast as a source of conference speakers and human connections14:43 - The future of Automation Guild and birth of PerfGuild15:51 - Benefits of taking action and getting involved and Joe's involvement in an Entreprogrammers mastermind group20:29 - The desires of Joe's heart for his lifestyle and work25:10 - Remote work vs onsite30:08 - Joe's intent for the immediate future and how podcasting has changed him32:04 - Growing by doing hard things35:42 - Advice for software people with fear of engaging
Resources:
Joe's Blog
Joe's Podcast - Test Talks
Automation Guild - Joe's Exciting Remote Conference
PerfGuild - Joe's Other Exciting Remote Conference
John Sonmez on Developer On Fire
Derick Bailey on Developer On Fire
Josh Earl on Developer On Fire
Charles Max Wood on Developer On Fire
Entreprogrammers - The Podcast for Developreneurs
MicroConf
Startups For the Rest of Us
Aaron Olson on Developer On Fire
David Heinemeier Hansson on Developer On Fire
The Developer On Fire Community
The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code
John Sonmez Interviews Dave
Uncle Bob Martin on Developer On Fire
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