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On this episode of the Devcoaches Podcast Pat and Morgan discuss an article that talks about new features in the latest iPhone that could eventually be leading towards future functionality that would enable people to have a creepy level of information about strangers. https://blog.bigscreenvr.com/what-iphone-x-tells-us-about-apples-plans-for-ar-glasses-c23c3264eb88 Imagine being able to replay any memory recorded on your contact lenses and the ramifications of how that might impact society. It leads us to discuss an upcoming Supreme Court case that could have enormous impacts on digital privacy rights. Do we want to have privacy or do we want to have smart phones?https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/us/politics/supreme-court-fourth-amendment-privacy-cellphones.html Twitter thinks Morgan is a 40-year-old man. She cleaned up her history to see what kind of impact it might have in the future and we start talking about whether or not social networks can actually delete the information that they claim to delete. Apple has had a handful of very high profile bugs recently including the letter "I" displaying weird and the word "It" being randomly capitalized. They also had a huge security issue where you could log in to your computer with no password at all. We discuss these and how people trust technology far too much and a handful of enormous bugs we've run into during our development careers. We discuss an article "Why Your Programmers Just Want to Code" which is about how a poor development culture can lead to developers learning not to give input on what is built, so they becomes obsessed with how it’s built. https://medium.com/maker-to-manager/why-your-programmers-just-want-to-code-36da9973388e Later we discuss how that leads to another issue where many technology companies become focused on choosing cool technology rather than solving the actual problem that their customers have. https://medium.com/web11/tech-driven-problem-solving-39681fabd6a1 This eventually leads to a long conversation discussing how current trends are leading toward all development being done in Javascript even when it's likely not the best tool for the job. We also talk about Angular and how it's the current big framework that's being shoehorned into projects even when it's overkill for almost all of them.

Dave Balzer and Pat Toner sat down with Ian Philpot at DogFoodCon in Columbus, Ohio. 1:05 We discuss the internet of things and how Ian's team at Microsoft is applying the technology to modern farming to help farming companies track things like the pH levels of an individual plant without manual labor. 4:19 Ian tells us about how we could apply internet of things technology at a smaller scale. 5:20 Ian introduces us to Docker and how we can configure a container to easily deliver complex dependencies to a project. 8:57 We talk about Azure Functions and how they us help build "serverless" applications including some techniques you can use to connect these functions to other parts of your application. 14:38 Building QA environments using slots in Azure Functions and how to test applications built with functions. 16:48 Microsoft is working with police departments to collect info from body cams, smart cars, social media, tons of sensors around the city, and using machine learning to predict when and where officers may be needed. They also include things like face detection and identifying repeat offenders. We also discuss the privacy impacts. 22:40 We also discussed autonomous cars and the dramatic impacts they're going to have on society in the very near future. Including reducing the need for police in general and even how it will reduce the need for things like car insurance since accidents will become relatively rare events. Ian is a Senior Developer evangelist working for Microsoft. He works with emerging technologies. He uses the full stack development skills he's cultivated over 15 years to work across functional areas, domains, and disciplines. He focuses on using proven patterns and practices to ensure the adoption of these technologies is seamless and unobtrusive. Ian has worked on Emmy award winning projects and helped customers around the globe to build scalable distributed systems. Cloud technologies, DevOps, and Automation are his focus and passion. Right now he is focused on building distributed microservices using technologies like Docker and Node.js. These systems deploy and scale themselves. He is also researching Bots, machine learning, and artificial intelligence and how to integrate them into existing systems. When he is not behind a computer you’ll find him on a trail running, riding his bike, or hiking with the kids.

Dave Balzer and Pat Toner had the privilage of sitting down with Guy Royse at DogFoodCon 2017 in Columbus, Ohio. Guy works for Nexosis in Columbus, Ohio as a Developer Evangelist. Combining his decades of experience in building software with a history of sharing what he has learned, Guy goes out into developer communities and teaches others how to use the Nexosis API. Guy has programmed in numerous languages over the years—many of them semicolon delimited—including C++, C#, and Java. More recently he has worked with dynamic and more functional languages like JavaScript and Ruby. Teaching and community have long been a focus for Guy. He is President of the Columbus JavaScript Usergroup and has been part of the session selection committee for CodeMash for the last five years. When given an opportunity, he teaches programming at a prison in central Ohio. In past lives, Guy has worked as a consultant in a broad range of industries including healthcare, retail, and utilities. He spent several years as a consultant for Pillar Technology and several more years working for a major insurance provider. This has given him a broad view of technology application and business problems. In his personal life, Guy is a hardboiled-geek interested in role-playing games, science fiction, and technology. He also has a slightly less geeky interest in history and linguistics. He lives in central Ohio with his wife and three sons. In his spare time, he is a leader in his neighborhood Cub Scout Pack and goes camping a lot.

Dave Balzer and Pat Toner sat down with Trey Mayer at DogFoodCon in Columbus, Ohio. Trey Mayer is Portals and Collaboration Practice Lead for HMB. He has been with HMB for more than three years and has extensive knowledge working with organizations to help bridge their business with technology. Mayer specializes in Enterprise productivity and collaboration and has helped organizations of all sizes improve their productivity. Mayer has worked with numerous clients including Fortune 500, Privately held, State and Local Governments, Non-Profits and International organizations. In 2016 Mayer was selected as one of Top 20 People to know in Technology.

Dave Balzer and Pat Toner had the opportunity to sit down with Cassandra Faris at DogFoodCon in Columbus, Ohio to discuss career development strategies for developers. Cassandra Faris is the Director of Talent Management at Improving Columbus, a software development consulting and training company. She is passionate about growing the tech community and its people. She regularly attends, speaks at, and helps organize tech events. She has an MBA in Organizational Leadership, and is an avid tabletop gamer, runner, and soccer fan who travels as much as possible. To view the video version of this podcast, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwwP03jsbvI  

Dave Balzer and Pat Toner sat down with Steve Smith at DogFoodCon 2017 in Columbus, Ohio to discuss new features in .Net Core and the benefits of clean code. During the show, Steve was trying to think of the name of a package used as a server in .Net Core, he followed up later to let us all know he was speaking of WebListener, which has subsequently been renamed HttpSys. https://github.com/aspnet/Announcements/issues/211 Steve Smith (@ardalis) is an entrepreneur and software developer with a passion for building quality software as effectively as possible. Steve has published several courses on Pluralsight, covering Domain-Driven Design, SOLID, design patterns, and software architecture. He’s a Microsoft MVP and ASP Insider, a frequent speaker at developer conferences, an author, and a trainer. Along with his wife and business partner, Michelle Smith, Steve founded and successfully sold an online advertising network and software consultancy studio. Recently, Steve has been focusing on ASP.NET Core, for which he has written dozens of articles for the product’s official documentation at docs.asp.net.

Dave Balzer and Pat Toner sat down for an interview with Warner Moore at DogFoodCon in Columbus, Ohio. Warner Moore is a driven technology leader and architect with a background in web operations and information security. He has focused his career in working with high growth organizations where technology is their business and product. Within these organizations, Warner has an accomplished record of building successful security programs and high performing technology teams. His unique value proposition is an ability to align information security and external compliance drivers to an engineering culture. As a result, Warner can enable fast growth technology organizations and accelerate speed to market. As an international speaker, Warner has been invited to present to university students, technology professionals, and business leaders in a classroom setting as well as at conferences such as Startup Week, CloudDevelop, Path to Agility, InfoSec Summit, CodeMash, and DevOpsDays. Warner is passionate about culture, innovation, and community. His passion reflects in his volunteer work leading organizations such as Ohio LinuxFest, LOPSA, DevOpsDays, and Toastmasters. Specialties: management, distributed computing, multi-user technologies, open source, governance, risk, compliance, high availability, scaling, community management, team building, contract negotiation, due diligence, devops culture, public speaking, hiring, and recruiting

Dave Balzer and Pat Toner of DevCoaches sat down with Christina Aldan to chat after her Keynote at DogFoodCon 2017 in Columbus Ohio. Christina Aldan is a TEDx speaker, trainer, and digital advertising consultant whose boutique agency, LG Designs, offers businesses brand consulting and creative content for everyday media. With over a decade of experience in the digital advertising realm, Christina is highly regarded for her approach to business, partnering with clients to find unique strategies that ensure their advertising goals are met. Christina builds connections through her keynote addresses, workshops, and technological education. She uses these tools to help individuals and businesses cultivate value in everyday media. She also served as Chief Marketing Officer for PrayerSpark and currently serves as Marketing Coordinator for Starmark1. Christina uses her charisma and expertise to inspire others by mentoring women in business like herself. She also has sat on state and local boards supporting women in tech, entrepreneurship, and children with learning disabilities. She is the recipient of the Las Vegas Women in Tech Community Service Award, the Distinguished Woman of the Year Award in STEM, and the Stevie Award for the category of Women Helping Women. Learn more at: ChristinaAldan.com.

On Today's Show: Dave Balzer, Pat Toner, Sarah Dutkiewicz, Amanda Gragg, Randall Clapper and Matt LoPiccolo Topics of the Day: Up first we discuss Apple and Major League Baseball’s At Bat app that is adding augmented reality so fans can watch a game within the game. We also talk about how this might apply to fantasy sports. https://www.cnet.com/news/baseball-ap... Microsoft and Facebook have built their own Trans-Atlantic internet cable and we talk about joining the Facebook navy. https://www.pcmag.com/news/356384/mic... We talk about a new hamburger flipping robot which is now being implemented by a chain of restaurants in California. https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/19/fli... You can also check out the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel here.

On today's episode, Dave Balzer, Matt LoPiccolo, Pat Toner, Morgan Willis and Sarah Dutkiewvicz discuss an article that asserts that the push for tech jobs has nothing to do with actual demand and everything to do with lowering salaries.    We talk about the release of Java 9.  There was an amazing lack of enthusiasm from our Java professionals over this new offering from Oracle.   Finally, we discuss the impact of watching someone struggle in learning to succeed.

This episode is a continuation of the conversation we had in episode 23.  We pick up where Phil grapples with the realization that developing software and creating automation results in loss of jobs.  Join us as we walk through his existential crisis with him.    Appearing in this episode:  Dave Balzer, Pat Toner, Matt LoPiccolo, Randall Clapper and Phil Williams

As the Internet of Things and automation are beginning to take over more things in our lives, have we moved beyond what's useful or beneficial?  Are we really saving enough time to justify having smart tech in a toaster?  How does it impact the future of our economy and job prospects?  The DevCoaches tackle these issues in this episode.  On today's program:  Dave Balzer, Pat Toner, Matt LoPiccolo, Randall Clapper and Phil Williams.

With our recent discussions of Cyber Security, the hacking of Equifax and now the announcement of a hack that took place in 2016 of the SEC, the DevCoaches sit down and discuss  the personal ramifications of our current data driven society.    SEC Story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/09/20/sec-reveals-it-was-hacked-information-may-have-been-used-for-illegal-stock-trades/?utm_term=.ddc4fc7a69b2   Equifax Story: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/massive-equifax-hack-reportedly-started-4-months-before-it-was-detected/   DevCoaches Hosts on this episode:  Dave Balzer, Pat Toner, Matt LoPiccolo, Randall Clapper & Amanda Gragg

Dave Balzer, Pat Toner, Sarah Dutkiewicz, Randall Clapper & Phil Williams talk about the state of current mobile devices and development for these devices.   Mentioned in this episode: https://framework7.io/

Be warned, most of this episode is absolute nonsense.  We laughed a lot sitting down with our special guests.  We did cover a few actual topics though including:   Code.org credited for increase in diversity for college placement in CS programs. NBC launches news snapchat style. New Java tooling from JetBrains Mobile development options   This episode features hosts Dave Balzer, Sarah Dutkiewicz, Pat Toner and Matt LoPiccolo.    Our guests for this episode were Kristen Pietsch, William Lopez, and Ian McPhie.

In this episode, the DevCoaches had the opportunity to host a panel discussion on Cyber Security.  The episode was recorded live at the Software Guild in Akron, Ohio and featured the following speakers:   Melanie McKean of Westfield Insurance Alicia Alto of ABB Ariel Cohen of HackerUSA Eric Ward of The Software Guild John Schick of CardinalCommerce a Visa Company   Moderated by: Pat Toner of The Software Guild and The DevCoaches Podcast   The show touched on many issues surrounding cyber security and coincidentally was recorded the day before the news broke of the latest major security breach involving Equifax. The topic could not have been more timely.

What is the big deal with Net Neutrality?  Why are so many people talking about this lately?  The DevCoaches get into this very important and timely topic in this episode. This is a vital topic for anyone involved in technology from the developer to the standard user.  

What is the difference between a Junior, Mid-level, and Senior developer?  How do you navigate your career to move through these levels?  The Dev Coaches sit down and discuss this topic on episode 17.

Why do developers have such a hard time making decisions?  The Dev Coaches tackle this topic in episode 16.  

In this episode, Dave, Sarah, & Victor are joined by Austyn Hill, Alan Galloway, Pat Toner, Morgan Willis and Matt LoPiccolo.  With some of the awesome women in tech right here in the studio tonight, we decided to tackle the question of what it takes to be a women in a male dominated profession and how that is changing. Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Gifts for girls STEM-related: - http://www.jewelbots.com/ - http://www.goldieblox.com/ Some WiT Groups: - https://www.girldevelopit.com/ - https://www.womenwhocode.com/ - http://www.herideasinmotion.com/ - http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org - https://women.acm.org/ - https://www.ncwit.org/ - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/programs/digigirlz Tech & Kids: - http://twenty.techcorps.org/ Cartoon: - https://xkcd.com/385/ General Maker Sites - AdaFruit http://www.adafruit.com/ https://learn.adafruit.com/category/wearables https://www.youtube.com/user/adafruit MAKE http://makezine.com/ http://makezine.com/tag/wearables/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEEF560C574189DCA SparkFun https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials https://www.youtube.com/user/sparkfun Girl Tech Resources/Sites - http://www.girlgeeks.org/education/resources.shtml http://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/2013/11/exciting-girls-about-science-and-engineering.php Kid Coding Resources: http://lifehacker.com/how-and-why-to-teach-your-kids-to-code-510588878   Sarah's Women in Talk presentation: - http://www.slideshare.net/sadukie/history-of-women-in-tech-43388612    

Dave, Sarah, and Victor are joined by Pat Toner and Matt LoPicollo to discuss future trends in technology.  It's an interesting conversation ranging from Augmented Reality and Amazon's new automated shopping experience, to Voice Command, Mobile Apps, automation and the inevitable rise of SkyNet! Please Note the audio quality of this recording is not as good as normal as we had equipment failure and had to settle for recording from a backup device.

Are you interested in becoming a Software Developer but don't know where to start?  Dave, Sarah, Victor and Matt discuss the mindset needed to be a developer along with some resources to get you started. Resources mentioned in this episode: Hour of Code - https://code.org/ Pluralsight - https://www.pluralsight.com/ Code School - https://www.codeschool.com/ Lynda - https://www.lynda.com/ Hello World (unfortunately out of print now) - https://www.manning.com/books/hello-world Manning Publications - https://www.manning.com/ BridgeTroll (RailsBridge and other events) - https://www.bridgetroll.org/   Stay tuned after the episode for outtakes from the opening of episode six.

Dave, Pat and Victor are joined by Kieth Manecke, Tommy Adeoye, Elijah King, Sophia Arnold, David Kolesar, Corey Whaley and Topher Benjamin.  These seven apprentices started with The Software Guild in our August 2016 cohort and were kind enough to sit down with us and discuss their experiences on graduation day.

Dave, Sarah, Victor, Pat and Morgan complete the live panel discussion with their apprentices at The Software Guild in Akron.  Listen to episode 10 for the first part.

Our Dev Coaches recently sat down with their apprentices at The Software Guild in Akron, OH to discuss the role of Architects and Architecture in the industry.  This episode contains part one of this discussion.  The panel was made up of Dave Balzer, Sarah Dutkiewicz, Victor Pudelski, Pat Toner and Morgan Willis.

In this episode, the coaches are joined by Pat Toner, Randall Clapper, and Matt LoPiccolo to discuss strategies to be more productive and maintain our mental health.  The discussion ranges from common perceptions in the industry about developer productivity to Gaming.  As usual, there are plenty of humorous antics from Pat to keep the mood light.

Scott Certain, an alumni of The Software Guild, comes back after four months on the job to talk about kicking off your career.  Dave, Victor, and Sarah are joined by show regulars Pat and Matt to discuss with Scott his experiences starting out as a Jr Developer.

This week, Dave, Sarah, Victor and Pat sit down with John Manilla, Matt LoPiccolo, and Prabhjot Grewal to talk about the dreaded interview.  For many this is a scary process, but it shouldn't be.  Join us as we discuss ways to own your interview and land that first job.

Dave, Sarah, & Victor sit down with Pat Toner, Randall Clapper and Scott Campbell to discuss polyglot programming.  We define what a polyglot is, attempt to answer the question of whether as developers we should be a polyglot or not, and discuss language wars.  Join us for a fun discussion.

Dave, Victor and Sarah talk with four of the recent graduates of The Software Guild to see what it takes to get through the program and what experiences each of them will walk away with. We are very pleased to have Mike Synk, Brendan Fitzpatrick, Shoshanna Barnett, and Scott Campbell with us for this discussion.

We are joined again this week by Michael Vanderpool and Pat Toner.  We tackle the issue of imposter syndrome and how to deal with it as a software developer.  

Today we talk to Michael Vanderpool about his role as Instructional Coach at The Software Guild. We also look at a costly addiction that affects a couple of our instructors.  That is the addiction to domain names. Finally, we discuss the new Pokemon Go craze and who should be responsible for inappropriate behaviors when using an app.  Developer or user?

On today's episode of the Dev Coaches Podcast Dave Balzer sits down with Erik Feeley.  Erik just completed the 12 week program at The Software Guild in Akron, Ohio where he learned full-stack development using .Net/C#.  Dave talks to Eric about what it takes to be successful in this program.

This first episode is intended to serve as an introduction to the DevCoaches team.  Today we talk a bit about who we are and what our goal is for this podcast.  Come join us to find out more!