Episode 306 | Phil Japikse - Creating Co-Conspirators

Guest:

Phil Japikse

@skimedic

Phil Japikse talks with Dave Rael about creating content, saving lives, learning from experts, community involvement, and getting useful engagement from actual users

An international speaker, Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, CSM, and CSP, and a passionate member of the developer community, Phil Japikse has been working with .NET since the first betas, developing software for over 30 years, and heavily involved in the agile community since 2005. Phil is co-author of best selling "C# and the .NET 4.6 Framework" (http://bit.ly/pro_csharp) and "Pro C# 7" (http://bit.ly/pro_csharp7), the Lead Director for the Cincinnati .NET User’s Group (http://www.cinnug.org) and the Cincinnati Software Architect Group, co-hosts the Hallway Conversations podcast (http://www.hallwayconversations.com), founded the Cincinnati Day of Agile (http://www.dayofagile.org), and volunteers for the National Ski Patrol. Phil is also a published author with LinkedIn Learning (https://www.lynda.com/Phil-Japikse/7908546-1.html). During the day, Phil works as an Enterprise Consultant and Agile Coach for large to medium firms throughout the US. Phil enjoys to learn new tech and is always striving to improve his craft. You can follow Phil on twitter via http://www.twitter.com/skimedic and read his blog athttp://www.skimedic.com/blog.

Chapters: 2:19 - Dave introduces the show and Phil Japikse5:22 - Phil and blogging9:08 - How Phil got into writing books and motivations for specific books15:26 - Sources of the information Phil uses to create books and training17:19 - The appeal of different types of media for content creation19:49 - Phil, the conference speaker and user group organizer24:57 - Being around really smart people and finding ways to learn and changes in the need to specialize over time27:23 - Phil's history with programming environments and languages and choosing the right tools for the job31:20 - Phil's story of failure - creating a new system and job workflow without talking to the users35:56 - Phil's book recommendations37:41 - The things that have Phil most excited43:12 - Phil's top 3 tips for delivering more value47:23 - Keeping up with Phil

Resources: Phil's Blog Phil's Books, Courses, and Videos C# 6.0 and the .NET 4.6 Framework - Andrew Troelsen Pro C# 7: With .NET and .NET Core - Andrew Troelsen Phil on LinkedIn Learning Andrew Troelsen Ben Dewey Kevin Grossnicklaus PowerBuilder Ada The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist - Frederick P. Brooks Jr. DiSC Profile Visual Studio Toolbox - Videos on Visual Studio Tooling, including series with Phil and Robert Green

Phil's book recommendation: Pro C# 7: With .NET and .NET Core - Andrew Troelsen

Phil's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Listen actively Make everybody co-conspirators Realize you don't know everything