Chase Aucoin talks with Dave Rael about his unique medical history, business, sales, data science, microservices, and delivering
Chase Aucoin is a passionate technologist. He has been fortunate to work with some of the best minds in enterprise-scale data, services, DevOps, BI, and people management. His knowledge is the culmination of approximately 20 of the best professionals in these fields spanning more than 100 years of expertise. He is in a unique position for a developer to be as business savvy as he is technically gifted.
Chapters:
1:32 - Dave introduces the show and Chase Aucoin6:23 - How Chase got started in software development11:18 - Chase on making impact with software and statistics16:11 - The utility of a business focus for developers19:52 - Chase's work as a developer evangelist at AppDynamics25:10 - Chase on MIcroservices29:33 - Chase's story of failure - suffering a loss of motivation and the end of a business due to theft34:47 - Chase on entertaining, speaking at conferences, and getting in front of people38:06 - Chase's advice for potential conference speakers40:02 - Chase's book recommendations43:48 - Data science and the things that appeal to a statistics geek45:25 - Limitless automation and prognosis for the future49:26 - Chase's top 3 tips for delivering more value50:25 - Keeping up with Chase
Resources:
AppDynamics
AppDynamics Blog
Aortic Root
Aortic Root Replacement
Heather Downing
Heather Downing on Developer On Fire
Udi Dahan on Developer On Fire
Conway's Law
Kansas City Developer Conference
Chase at NDC Oslo 2018
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses - Eric Ries
Chase on Neural Networks
Chase's book recommendation:
Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works (Lean Series) - Ash Maurya
The Sales Bible, New Edition: The Ultimate Sales Resource - Jeffrey Gitomer
Chase's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
Try to understand who you are delivering value for and what they consider valuable
Collect as much data about the value you deliver as possible
Iterate quickly