Episode 344 | Jeff Fritz - Boosting Career Experiences

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Jeff Fritz talks with Dave Rael about humanity, Microsoft, live coding in front of people, expectations, and helping people advance careers

Jeff Fritz is a senior program manager in Microsoft’s Developer Division working on some of the latest web technologies by leading the ASP.NET Web Forms Team. As a long time web developer and application architect with experience in large and small applications across a variety of verticals, he knows how to build for performance and practicality. On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays you can catch Jeff hosting a live video stream called 'Fritz and Friends' at live.jeffreyfritz.com. You can also learn from Jeff on Microsoft Virtual Academy and WintellectNow, follow him on twitter @csharpfritz, and read his blogs at jeffreyfritz.com and blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/webdev

Chapters: 2:16 - Dave introduces the show and Jeff Fritz8:03 - Changes in perception regarding Microsoft due to the big changes in the nature of Microsoft12:50 - Old and new versions of platforms, tools, frameworks, and foundations20:36 - Challenges of needing backward compatibility and supporting the broadly installed base of ASP.NET applications21:55 - Jeff's life at Microsoft25:37 - Jeff's productivity tips29:43 - The ability to create content with amazing developers32:28 - The rewards of helping people with their careers34:27 - Jeff's story of failure - too much work and a deficiency of setting expectations with a gruesomely painful outcome39:32 - Jeff's book recommendations42:17 - Putting coding out in front of real people47:03 - Jeff's top 3 tips for delivering more value49:58 - Keeping up with Jeff

Resources: Jeff's Live Streaming Page Fritz and Friends Live Steams on Twitch Fritz and Friends Blog Posts Jeff's YouTube Playlist with all the broadcasts The ASP.NET Blog Visual Studio Code Microsoft Fortifies Commitment to Open Source, Becomes Linux Foundation Platinum Member (from 2016) Microsoft on GitHub .NET Core command-line interface (CLI) tools Rider Who contributed the most to open source in 2017? Let’s analyze GitHub’s data and find out.Who contributed the most to open source in 2017? Let’s analyze GitHub’s data and find out. - Felipe Hoffa Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional Program Jeff Pair-programming with Jon Skeet, Handling Dates and Times Jon Skeet on Developer On Fire Matt Johnson on Developer On Fire Jeff's First Full-Day Streamed Workshop Jeff with Mads Torgersen: Latest C# Language Features Jeff with Mads Torgersen - Learning the latest features of C# Suz Hinton

Jeff's book recommendation: XML in a Nutshell, Third Edition - Elliotte Rusty Harold The Imagineering Workout: Exercises to Shape Your Creative Muscles - The Disney Imagineers

Jeff's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Underpromise and overdeliver Never stop learning Be a team player