97: 2019 Retrospective, 2020 Plans, and an amazing decade

This episode is not just a look back on 2019, and a look forward to 2020. Also, 2019 is the end of an amazingly transofrmative decade for me, so I'm going to discuss that as well. top 10 episodes of 2019 10: episode 46 (https://testandcode.com/46), Testing Hard To Test Applications - Anthony Shaw 9: episode 64 (https://testandcode.com/64), Practicing Programming to increase your value 8: episode 70 (https://testandcode.com/70), Learning Software without a CS degree - Dane Hillard 7: episode 75 (https://testandcode.com/75), Modern Testing Principles - Alan Page 6: episode 72 (https://testandcode.com/72), Technical Interview Fixes - April Wensel 5: episode 69 (https://testandcode.com/69), Andy Hunt - The Pragmatic Programmer 4: episode 73 (https://testandcode.com/73), PyCon 2019 Live Recording 3: episode 71 (https://testandcode.com/71), Memorable Tech Talks, The Ultimate Guide - Nina Zakharenko 2: episode 76 (https://testandcode.com/76), TDD: Don’t be afraid of Test-Driven Development - Chris May 1: episode 89 (https://testandcode.com/89), Improving Programming Education - Nicholas Tollervey Looking back on the last decade Some amazing events, like 2 podcasts, a book, a blog, speaking events, and teaching has led me to where we're at now. Looking forward to 2020 and beyond I discussed what's in store in the next year and moving forward. A closing quote Software is a blast. At least, it should be. I want everyone to have fun writing software. Leaning on automated tests is the best way I know to allow me confidence and freedome to: - rewrite big chunks of code - play with the code - try new things - have fun without fear - go home feeling good about what I did - be proud of my code I want everyone to have that. That's why I promote and teach automated testing. I hope you had an amazing decade. And I wish you a productive and fun 2020 and the upcoming decade. If we work together and help eachother reach new heights, we can achieve some pretty amazing things