Episode 315 | David Hussman - From Success to Fulfillment

Guest:

David Hussman

@davidhussman

David Hussman talks with Dave Rael about why and how, health and motivation, cancer treatments, and significance

David teaches and coaches the adoption and improvement of agility as a delivery tool. His work includes helping companies of all sizes all over the world. Sometimes he is pairing with developers and testers, while other times he is helping to invent, evolve and plan the delivery of all types of products and projects. David spent years building software in a variety of domains and founded DevJam, a company composed of agile collaborators. DevJam provides seasoned leaders that strive to pragmatically match technology, people, and processes to create better and cooler products in competitive cycles.

Chapters: 2:19 - Dave introduces the show and David Hussman6:40 - David and music, including the relationship between music and software11:16 - The probable wrongness of ideas and openness to new possibilities12:47 - David's health and battle with lung cancer and the way it has changed his desires17:32 - Getting kids excited about programming22:07 - Effective treatments and gratitude25:53 - How David got started in software and early geeking out on digital audio31:14 - The genesis of David, the teacher35:44 - Becoming an accidental coach, an Agile crusader, and building a practice and business39:37 - David's story of failure - enforcing process instead of understanding how to use process in context42:46 - David's book recommendations45:17 - The things that have David most excited47:39 - David's top 3 tips for delivering more value49:13 - Keeping up with David

Resources: DevJam TeleType Falcon Heavy Paisley Park Jeff Beck Skunk Baxter Ray Charles Pachyderm Studios In Utero - Nirvana Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days - Jessica Livingston Steve Wozniak on Bringing Color to Personal Computers Leonardo’s Basement The Cookie Cart Bloodmobile Sara Chipps presentation on coding with JewelBots including live coding by children Sara Chipps on Developer On Fire Ward Cunningham on Developer On Fire Kent Beck on Developer On Fire Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, 2nd Edition (The XP Series) - Kent Beck The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change - Stephen R. Covey Richard Feynman Quotes On Twitter Dude's Law

David's book recommendation: Daniel J. Levitin This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession - Daniel J. Levitin The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature - Daniel J. Levitin The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload - Daniel J. Levitin

David's top 3 tips for delivering more value: When you're confused, always pause and ask yourself why you're doing what you're doing because how you're doing it is learnable, but why you're doing it is more complex. Challenge yourself to express, measurably if possible, what true impact will your activity have? Hopefully it's meaningful What is your learning quotient across 12 months?