Episode 305 | David Pine - Positive Brand

Guest:

David Pine

@davidpine7

David Pine talks with Dave Rael about building a brand for software developers, being a source of positivity, and the importance of mentors

David Pine is a Technical Evangelist and Microsoft MVP working at Centare in Wisconsin. David loves knowledge sharing with the technical community and speaks regionally at meetups, user groups, and technical conferences. David is passionate about sharing his thoughts through writing as well and actively maintains a blog at davidpine.net. David's posts have been featured on ASP.NET, MSDN Web-Dev, MSDN .NET and Dot Net Curry. David loves contributing to open-source projects and stackoverflow.com as another means of giving back to the community. David sat on the technical board and served as one of the primary organizers of MKE DOT NET for three years. When David isn’t interacting with a keyboard, you can find him spending time with his wife and their three sons, Lyric, Londyn and Lennyx. Follow David on Twitter at @davidpine7.

Chapters: 2:20 - Dave introduces the show and David Pine5:28 - How David got involved in conference speaking7:52 - The importance of mentors and consequences of their absence12:36 - How David got started in software15:30 - The things that "light David up"17:11 - David's story of failure - getting consumed with negativity19:32 - Focusing on the positive22:47 - David's success story - getting recognized as a positive influencer in the developer community25:10 - David's creative side27:29 - David's social nature and the growth of confidence as a speaker and community member30:15 - How David stays current with what he needs to know31:27 - David's book recommendations34:13 - The things that have David most excited35:01 - David's causes of pain and suffering35:56 - Advice for dealing with negativity in the workplace40:19 - The things about which David likes to geek out41:18 - David's top 3 tips for delivering more value43:19 - Keeping up with David

Resources: David's Blog David on GitHub MKE DOT NET Quake (video game) Half-Life (video game) On .NET - David Pine - Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? Andy Hunt on Developer On Fire Dave Thomas on Developer On Fire SignalR Stephen Carpenter

David's book recommendation: Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding The Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty - Patrick Lencioni The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master - Andrew Hunt

David's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Give respect to receive it Listen Never be afraid to ask why