Episode 274 | Shawn Wildermuth - Professional Learner

Guest:

Shawn Wildermuth

@ShawnWildermuth

Shawn Wildermuth talks with Dave Rael about learning, speaking, creating courses, finishing what you start, podcasting, and making a film

Shawn Wildermuth has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a Vic-20 back in the early ‘80s. As a Microsoft MVP since 2003, he’s also involved with Microsoft as an ASP.NET Insider and ClientDev Insider. He’s the author of over twenty Pluralsight courses, written eight books, an international conference speaker, and one of the Wilder Minds. You can reach him at his blog at http://wildermuth.com. And a longer one for the website: Shawn Wildermuth has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a Vic-20 back in the early ‘80s. As a Microsoft MVP since 2003, he’s also involved with Microsoft as an ASP.NET Insider and ClientDev Insider. You may have taken one of his more than twenty courses on Pluralsight (http://shawnw.me/psauthor) including his latest: “Implementing and Securing an API with ASP.NET Core”. He’s authored eight books and innumerable articles on software development. You can also see him at one of the local and international conferences he’s spoken at including TechEd, Oredev, SDC, NDC, VSLive, DevIntersection, MIX, Devteach, DevConnections and Dev Reach. He is one of the Wilder Minds. You can reach him at his blog at http://wildermuth.com.

Chapters: 1:33 - Dave introduces the show and Shawn Wildermuth4:00 - Shawn's experience with Pluralsight7:39 - Shawn's approach to training and speaking with live coding and being willing to make mistakes in front of people12:30 - Shawn's experience with learning to write software and leaving school17:01 - Shawn's podcast - Hello World Podcast20:20 - Shawn's Hello World Road Trip22:11 - Shawn's story of failure - accidental overuse of resources and email, lack of willingness to admit a mistake and take a different direction29:44 - Shawn's success story - completion of a book32:23 - Shawn's approach to creating courses37:03 - How Shawn stays current with what he needs to know40:21 - The things that have Shawn most excited43:45 - Shawn's book recommendation45:25 - Shawn's top 3 tips for delivering more value49:22 - Keeping up with Shawn

Resources: Shawn's Blog Hello World: The Film Shawn's Pluralsight Author Page J.K. Rowling on Word Count PubConf Todd Gardner on Developer On Fire Chris Sells Hello World Podcast - Shawn's Podcast Scott Guthrie on The Hello World Podcast Scott Hanselman on The Hello World Podcast Mary Jo Foley on The Hello World Podcast Richard Campbell on The Hello World Podcast Dave Rael as Guest on Developer On Fire Shawn's Hello World Road Trip The Denver Visual Studio 2017 Launch Event on Developer On Fire Pragmatic ADO.NET: Data Access for the Internet World - Shawn Wildermuth Jonathan Stark on Developer On Fire K. Scott Allen on Developer On Fire Rob Conery on Developer On Fire

Shawn's book recommendation: The Imposter’s Handbook - Rob Conery

Shawn's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Over-communicate Let fear be your guide Listen