Ken Versaw talks with Dave Rael about life-improving experiences at conferences, automation, solving problems, and taking action
Ken Versaw is a co-founder and CEO of Amegala, an organization dedicated to creating high-quality, community-focused training and networking opportunities for software development professionals.
Chapters:
2:38 - Dave introduces the show and Ken Versaw6:10 - Staring with Nebraska CodeCamp and growing to an organization with multiple multi-day events9:15 - The life-altering experiences of developer conferences13:24 - Ken's experiences hearing from conference attendees about benefits15:28 - Social experiences for developers17:48 - Ken's current software interest and projects20:58 - How Ken stays current with what he needs to know22:11 - How Ken got started in software23:57 - How Ken and Adam Barney became connected and started working together25:02 - Identifying things that need to be done and doing them27:58 - Ken's story of failure - Facing hostile criticism of Nebraska CodeCamp inclusivity35:08 - Ken's success story - becoming a software developer by taking a shot on scripting a task rather than manual execution38:01 - Ken's book recommendation40:09 - The things that have Ken most excited41:55 - Ken's causes of pain and suffering42:24 - Ken's top 3 tips for delivering more value44:00 - Keeping up with Ken
Resources:
Amegala
VS Live!
Adam Barney
Nebraska.Code()
Detroit.Code()
Indy.Code()
Prairie.Code()
Kansas City Developer Conference
SOLID Design Principles
Cory House on Developer On Fire
Lee Brandt on Developer On Fire
Jon Mills on Developer On Fire
Boon Lee
Shawn Rakowski on Developer On Fire
Phaser.js
Compact disc
George McFly and the Fear of Rejection
Omaha World Herald - 48 Men. No women. How a local event's speaker list came to look like 1964
Podcast: Waking Up with Sam Harris
Ken's book recommendation:
The Punch Escrow - Tal M. Klein
Ken's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
Break a problem down into small pieces and get the small pieces of software in front of users as quickly as possible
Listen to feedback
Change your beliefs quickly when you encounter conflicting evidence