Lyndsey Padget talks with Dave Rael about confidence, introversion, conference speaking, fighting the right battles, and being a badass
Lyndsey Padget is a Senior Software Engineer at Freightview in Kansas City, working primarily in NodeJS + ES6. With over a dozen years of software and web development experience at both mega-corporations and startups, she specializes in designing maintainable and intuitive RESTful APIs. She speaks about - and offers organizational training/consulting on - microservices, git concepts & workflow, and various soft skills (such as public speaking, teamwork, and the pursuit of badassery). Trained in agile methodologies, she has been known to stunt-double as a project manager (and also, because she is bossy). Lyndsey is involved in local organizations that encourage women, young and old, to explore careers in math and science. She believes that the difference between a decent software engineer and a great one often has little to do with code.
Chapters:
2:42 - Dave introduces the show and Lyndsey Padget6:28 - Lyndsey's trend toward working with smaller companies10:13 - Lyndsey's experiences with increases confidence17:24 - Tips for acquiring confidence22:11 - Lyndsey's views on badassery24:50 - The things that "light Lyndsey up"26:57 - How Lyndsey got started in software31:10 - Well-roundedness for developers and skills beyong coding36:53 - Lyndsey's story of failure - a poor fit of approach with the culture and needs of a small organization44:16 - Lyndsey's success story - finding the right focus to drive a turnaround of a project in trouble49:13 - Lyndsey's top 3 tips for delivering more value51:56 - Keeping up with Lyndsey
Resources:
Lyndsey's Website
Lyndsey on LinkedIn
Cory House on Developer On Fire
Kansas City Developer Conference
Lyndsey Giving the Badass 101 Talk at NDC Oslo 2017
Barack Obama and Decision Fatigue
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7) - J. K. Rowling
Explorer Posts
Google Keep
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future - Ashlee Vance
Lyndsey's book recommendation:
No One Understands You and What to Do About It - Heidi Grant Halvorson
Lyndsey's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
Timebox social media and other interactive sources of distraction and make sure you pull and don't get information pushed to you
Prepare your own in batches to save time and money
Listen more - listen actively and not only passively