Episode 354 | Sirar Salih - Lit Up on Community

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Sirar Salih talks with Dave Rael about burnout, human connection, community involvement, and caring about good software that serves people

Sirar Salih is a solution architect working at Making Waves. He is the creator and maintainer of the node-server-ar-drone library at NPM, co-founder of the AngularJS Oslo user group, program committee member of the Mobile Era Conference, board member of the Norwegian .NET User Group Oslo, the Oslo Software Architecture user group and the Oslo F# user group. Sirar loves holding presentations and has experience from speaking at international conferences such as; Norwegian Developers Conference Oslo, JavaZone, DDD Wales, SATURN, Trondheim Developer Conference and HTML5 Developer Conference. He also frequently shares his knowledge in the tech community by blogging at; https://sirarsalih.com/.

Chapters: 0:36 - Dave introduces the show and Sirar Salih3:17 - Sirar's discovery of the importance of empathy and interpersonal communication and skills6:51 - Sirar's motivations for speaking and being involved in running user groups and conferences9:22 - Sirar's utility of downtime11:43 - The appeal of working with drones and making software freely available14:38 - How Sirar got started in software19:41 - Sirar's current position at Making Waves24:35 - Sirar's story of failure - experiencing burnout32:40 - Sirar's book recommendation33:54 - Recovering from burnout, perspective gained, and a new emphasis on the human interaction inherent in the craft36:41 - Sirar's advice for those suffering stress39:38 - Sirar's success story - becoming a solution architect42:37 - The benefits of being a user group organizer45:37 - Sirar's top 3 tips for delivering more value

Resources: node-server-ar-drone Angular Oslo Mobile Era Conference https://www.nnug.no/ Oslo Software Architecture (OSWA) OsloFSharp Pavneet Singh Saund on Developer On Fire Practical Empathy: Unlock the Super Power - Pavneet Singh Saund Jim Rohn on the "Average of the Five People You Spend the Most Time With" Funcom Austin Bingham on Developer On Fire Making Waves Panama at the FIFA World Cup Pablo Rivera on Developer On Fire

Sirar's book recommendation: Cloud Atlas: A Novel - David Mitchell

Sirar's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Have a positive and kind attitude Treat your peers and managers well Think of yourself first, especially your health