Episode 296 | Tiffany White - Shared Learning

Guest:

Tiffany White

@TiffanyW_412

Tiffany White talks with Dave Rael about community, writing, emotional darkness, the appeal of software, supportive organizations, and being lit up

Tiffany White is an apprentice software developer at The Practical Dev. She has been programming as an autodidact and university student for three years. She attended the University of Pittsburgh for two years after a stint in a few junior colleges in Pennsylvania. Her toolbox contains JavaScript, React, Ruby, Rails, and CSS Grid and Flexbox. She is also learning Angular and Swift on the side. Besides programming and writing for her blog, she enjoys photography, lifting weights when she can, and learning about Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and programming in Go.

Chapters: 2:02 - Dave introduces the show and Tiffany White5:42 - Tiffany's relationship with writing9:04 - Escaping darkness12:14 - Tiffany's motivations to switching major to computer science14:53 - Tiffany's position with The Practical Dev19:07 - The things that "light Tiffany up"21:09 - Tiffany's approach to learning to write software23:30 - Tiffany, the podcaster26:36 - Tiffany's career desires and organizational values27:54 - Tiffany's story of faliure - falling short on a large school project and the emotional fallout30:33 - Tiffany's inclination to take action31:36 - Tiffany's book recommendation32:58 - Tiffany's success story - Overcoming obstacles to become a software developers34:14 - Tiffany's top 3 tips for delivering more value

Resources: Tiffany's Blog The Practical Dev Pablo Rivera on Developer On Fire Stephanie Hurlburt on Twitter Under The Radar - Podcast by David Smith

Tiffany's book recommendation: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Cal Newport

Tiffany's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Listen Start a blog Share what you know