Chris Buecheler talks with Dave Rael about being creative, teaching, writing, marketing, and making an impact
Christopher Buecheler's a self-taught developer who's been working on the web full-time since 1997. He's spent almost all of his time with startups and was an early employee at GameSpy.com and OkCupid, among others. He's lived and worked in upstate New York, Southern California, Philadelphia, New York City, Indianapolis, Paris, and Providence Rhode Island, where he currently lives with his wife, two cats, and about a dozen fish. In 2016, he went full-time on his current endeavor, CloseBrace, where he helps JavaScript developers skill up in new tech. He's also written seven novels and self-published four of them to reasonable success. In his spare time, he enjoys video games, the NBA, crafting cocktails, and playing guitar.
Chapters:
0:36 - Dave introduces the show and Chris Buecheler2:52 - Chris's relationships with programming languages5:26 - Chris's path to becoming a JavaScript educator and relationship with the web10:41 - Building an audience and creating a business13:34 - Comparing software development and marketing16:16 - Learning resources for marketing20:04 - Chris, the author of fiction30:25 - Common elements of many types of creation34:25 - Chris's story of failure - rebuilding a website that went away, bombing a coding test for an interview43:41 - Chris's book recommendations47:56 - What Chris offers with CloseBrace52:07 - Chris's top 3 tips for delivering more value56:10 - Keeping up with Chris
Resources:
CloseBrace - Chris's JavaScript Tutorials and Resources
CloseBrace on Twitter
Five Minute React
The Blood That Bonds: Part 1 of the II AM Trilogy - Christopher Buecheler
Blood Hunt: Part 2 of the II AM Trilogy - Christopher Buecheler
The Children of the Sun (The II AM Trilogy Book 3) - Christopher Buecheler
Chris's Books on Amazon
Jonathan Stark on Developer On Fire
Hourly Billing Is Nuts - Jonathan Stark
MicroConf
Startups for the Rest of Us
Patrick McKenzie on Twitter
Freelancers’ Show
Ditching Hourly
Fan Fiction
Stephen King on Amazon
Anne Rice on Amazon
Felienne on Developer On Fire
Programming is writing is programming - Felienne
Crispy Gamer
Neal Stephenson on Amazon
Chris's book recommendation:
JavaScript: The Good Parts - Douglas Crockford
The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi
Alien: The Cold Forge - Alex White
Chris's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
Never stop learning
Focus on end goals
Broaden your toolset