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Hello world! It’s Mike Traverso with the Friends that Code podcast where I get a chance to showcase some amazing people I know that just happen to write code for a living. Whether they started off intending to code or just happened into it, we get to hear about the types of people you'll meet, things you'll get to do, jobs you'll have along the way, and advice from some awesome coders along the way!

Friends That Code


    • Mar 24, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 57m AVG DURATION
    • 31 EPISODES


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    30 - Creating VR games by learning from step 1 with Noble Ackerson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 60:26


    Twitter: twitter.com/nobleackerson Blog: https://nobles.page YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCOYYYV-skMFu-GGsFiFy_hg Background on Yaa Asantewaa and the Golden Stool: youtube.com/watch?v=rzRooY04SHM REFACTR.TECH Conference: refactr.tech Abstractions Conference: abstractions.io Black Code Collective: blackcodecollective.com XRSI (X Reality Safety Initiative): xrsi.org

    29 - Empower your team with shared design language with Sarrah Vesselov

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 57:10


    Designer, Manager, Community organizer, Conference Speaker, Mentor, Author and Board Game Cafe Proprietor. Today's guest is Sarrah Vesselov! Please check out Your Turn Cafe and give them a like or a share on social media. Your Turn Cafe - your-turn-cafe.com or twitter.com/yourturncafe  twitter.com/SVesselov Thundernerds.io "Building Design Systems: Unify User experiences through a shared design language" - amzn.to/2ZN8e40 Talks: The Design Of DevOps: youtube.com/watch?v=06MHBa4nGok How to style in React and not lose friends: youtube.com/watch?v=V-flI7ui52M 
 An interview with Sarrah Vesselov: youtube.com/watch?v=jbbH58ICs5o Groups: Women Who Code Tampa: womenwhocode.com/tampa

    28 - How to be an awesome game developer, author, editor, speaker, etc. with Tammy Coron

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 64:03


    Developer, Instructor, Conference Organizer, Conference Speaker, Podcaster, Senior Technical Editor and Author… Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Tammy Coron! Tammy's website: TammyCoron.com Twitter: twitter.com/paradox927 Tammy's Book, "Apple Game Frameworks & Technologies": https://pragprog.com/titles/tcswift/apple-game-frameworks-and-technologies/ Adventure Game Kit: https://justwritecode.net/adventuregamekit-spritekit.html JustWriteCode.net RayWenderlich.com

    27 - How to learn by teaching with Nate Ebel

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 72:35


    Developer, Instructor, Teacher, Author, Conference Speaker, Google Developer Expert, YouTuber, Podcaster and man with a voice totally suited for crime solving serial podcasts… Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Nate Eble. Oh btw, in the podcast I say OpenCV is Open Computer View. It's actually Open Source Computer Vision. Apologies for the mix-up folks! It was an off day for me. Goobar - goobar.io Goobar on YouTube - youtube.com/goobar Goobar Podcast - goobar.buzzsprout.com OpenCV - opencv.org 360AnDev Conference: 360andev.com Mastering Kotlin - amzn.to/35nF0vu Kotlin First – Taking Full Advantage of Kotlin For Android Development - 360andev.com/session-recordings/?vimeography_gallery=3&vimeography_video=444346415

    26 - Imposter Syndrome: You Do Belong Here & other affirmations and ways to beat imposter syndrome

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2021 28:11


    Mentioned papers: Nitya Narasimhan: I'm a lifelong lifelong beginner, are you?: dev.to/nitya/i-m-a-lifelong-beginner-are-you-2ac6 Mentioned episodes: Nitya Narasimhan: Episode 7 Graeme Devine: Episode 25 Resources for help: Suicide Prevention Lifeline https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org Call 1-800-273-8255 24/7 Crisis Text Line https://www.crisistextline.org/ Text HELLO to 741741 24/7 Veterans Crisis Line https://www.veteranscrisisline.net 1-800-273-8255

    25 - It's GRAEME DEVINE! with Graeme Devine

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 54:07


    Video game lover, developer, designer, producer, Godfather of games on CD-Roms, and man partly responsible for a Christmas shortage of gold Zelda cartridges. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is Graeme Devine! Twitter: twitter.com/zaphodgjd Full Deck Solitaire: fulldecksolitaire.com GRL games: grlgames.net Quarantine Studios: qxrstudios.com Quarantine Studios on Twitter: twitter.com/qxrstudios Into The Future: A World Without Edges with Graeme Devine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVFkPEqQX-0

    24 - Preparing for better opportunities. Oh! and pinball too with Stacy Devino

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 64:32


    Developer, Google Developer Expert, Community Organizer, Conference Speaker, Mentor, Sneaker fan and Mistress of Android. Ladies and Gentlemen, todays guest is Stacy Devino! Twitter: twitter.com/doesitpew Stacy’s Cooking Instagram: instagram.com/cookingbythecode Southern DevFest: youtube.com/channel/UCZNfiFfwI3mPLpfr8UFyUnw Midwest DevFest: gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-columbia-mo-presents-devfest-midwest-2020/

    23 - Having every job imaginable in technology with Joey deVilla

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 69:24


    Developer, former Evangelist, former CTO, Author, Community Organizer, Conference Speaker, Accordion Guy and Developer again. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Joey deVilla! How many electric motors do you have in your home?! Twitter - twitter.com/accordionguy Blog - globalnerdy.com UIKit Apprentice 8th Edition: https://amzn.to/39GXdau [Amazon Affiliate Link] DevFest Florida Talk - youtube.com/watch?v=epfM9isTmK8 Blogging getting a job at Auth0 - globalnerdy.com/2020/10/12/how-i-landed-my-job-at-auth0-2/

    22 - Coding a secure, community driven, open sourced Smash Bros moves app with Kento Kawakami

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 60:13


    Nintendo enthusiast, Video game lover, graphic designer, photographer, App developer and spanking new software developer. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is Kento Kawakami! "A lot of people with a passion in programming have this need to create something." Twitter: https://twitter.com/KentoKawakami  LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/kentokawakami Smash Combos: https://smash-combos.herokuapp.com

    21 - Mentoring developers & fostering the community with Maggie Negm

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 49:09


    Software developer, volunteer, and mentor to newer software developers and all around good person. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is Maggie Negm! Maggie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/maggiecodes_ Maggie's tweet on POSTing her resume: https://twitter.com/maggiecodes_/status/1302042477403279360 The associated blogpost: https://dev.to/maggiecodes_/how-i-applied-to-a-tech-job-using-a-post-request-193d Outreachy: http://outreachy.org/ Spectra Hackathon: http://sospectra.com/

    20 - Dialoging with an Android Developer with Huyen Tue Dao

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 78:05


    Developer, Architect, Fantastic Conference Speaker, Google Developer Expert in Android & Kotlin, YouTube Producer and On-Air Talent… Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Huyen Tue Dao! Twitter: https://twitter.com/queencodemonkey Trello: https://trello.com Randomly Typing: https://randomlytyping.com Dissecting the stdlib: https://youtu.be/Fzt_9I733Yg Putting Down the Golden Hammer from KotlinConf 2019: https://youtu.be/YeqGfKmJM_g Android Dialogs on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/androiddialogs

    19 - Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready with Jerome Hardaway

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 74:08


    Developer, Air Force Veteran, Tech Evangelist, Founder and Executive Director at Vets Who Code and Captain America of web development! Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Jerome Hardaway! Vets Who Code: vetswhocode.io VWC on Github: https://github.com/Vets-Who-Code Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeromeHardaway Juneteenth Conference: https://juneteenthconf.com Rendevous in Memphis: https://www.hogsfly.com Otaku Ramen in Nashville: https://www.otakuramen.com

    18 - Development is just another creative outlet with David Khourshid

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 50:28


    Developer, Conference Speaker, Author, Javascript framework creator, Twitch streamer and moonlighting piano player. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is David Khourshid! State Charts: statecharts.io XState Github, Visualizer and Docs: http://xstate.js.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidKPiano David's Codepen: https://codepen.io/davidkpiano CSS Tricks: https://css-tricks.com/author/davidkpiano/ The Keyframers: Keyframe.rs

    17 - Creating: Turning static into fantastic with Erica Jacobs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2020 74:31


    Designer, Illustrator, Volunteer, Celebrator of women in the design and tech community, Creator of the Neon Swan Awards and Creative Mind extraordinaire. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is Erica Jacobs! Pixadactyl: pixadactyl.com Pixadactyl TeeSpring: https://teespring.com/stores/pixadactyl Neon Swan Awards: http://neonswanawards.com Orlando Lady Boss podcast: http://www.orlandoladyboss.com/take-credit-erica-jacobs-podcast-9/ Lore Olympus: https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320&page=13 Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: https://graphicartistsguild.org/product/the-graphic-artists-guild-handbook-pricing-ethical-guidelines/ Have Her Back: https://www.haveherback.com #awesometechqueen

    16 - ABC's of success: Authenticity, Balance and Communication with Bill Conyea

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 57:29


    Developer, CTO, Investor, Technology Staffer and Entrepreneur. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Bill Conyea! Crestview Global: www.crestviewglobal.com For career opportunity inquiries, send an email with your resume to opportunities@crestviewglobal.com or subscribe to Crestview Global's email list for updates. Outro: Running from the One Nine - Bill Conyea, Guitar

    15 - From design, to coding, to app with SwiftUI & authoring books with Craig Clayton

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 56:37


    iOS Developer, SwiftUI Pioneer, Community organizer, Conference Speaker, Author, Workshop creator and seemingly a master of time itself. Ladies and Gentlemen, today's guest is Craig Clayton! Swift For Good Book: https://www.swiftforgood.com SwiftUI Projects: Build six real-world cross-platform mobile applications using SwiftUI from scratch: https://www.amazon.com/SwiftUI-Projects-real-world-cross-platform-applications/dp/183921466X/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Craig+clayton&qid=1599664573&sr=8-2 Design to Swift UI: https://designtoswiftui.io Craig on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedevme Craig's talk at try Swift NYC: https://academy.realm.io/posts/try-swift-nyc-2017-craig-clayton-creating-rich-custom-ui-notifications/ Craig's talk on SwiftBond: https://academy.realm.io/posts/slug-craig-clayton-my-name-is-bond-swift-bond/ iOS 12 Programming for Beginners: An introductory guide to iOS app development with Swift 4.2 and Xcode 10, 3rd Edition: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1789348668/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Craig+clayton&qid=1599664573&sr=8-1

    14 - If someone expresses confidence in you, believe them! ft. Tony Amos

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 62:01


    Developer, Navy Veteran, Kanban Cool Guy, Scrum Master Master, Agile Guru and Entrepreneur. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Tony Amos! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-amos/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/agile_anthony Tony’s Blog post: https://medium.com/@agile_anthony/memo-to-the-lone-black-programmer-e8371c12707d “I feel like I was accidentally hired”, Ibrahim Diallo: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53180073 Nasdaq Stock Wall: https://www.stocktrader.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nasdaq-stock-wall.png Wang 2200: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_2200

    13 - Marketing to the right audiences in the right spaces with Robyn Spoto

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 58:21


    Founder of SpotOn Digital Media, Co-Founder of MamaBear App and Co-Founder of ThingtoBring, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Digital Media Wizard and Tampa Bay Champion. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Robyn Spoto! SpotOn Digital Media Twitter: twitter.com/spotondigital SpotOn Digital Media: spotondigitialmedia.com ThingToBring: Thingtobring.com

    12 - Why remote work is important for everyone and big hats at meetups with Michele Cynowicz

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2020 65:26


    Engineer, Developer, Community organizer, Frontend Fox, Conference Speaker, Girl Scout Volunteer, Remote Work Advocate and owner of one seriously badass pirate hat… Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Michele Cynowicz! Frontend Foxes: https://www.frontendfoxes.org Michele’s Twitter (pirate hat in profile photo): https://twitter.com/michelecynowicz #CodePirate DevFest Florida 2019 Talk: Shifting to Vue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWQTbb6rmwI Thundernerds appearance at VueConf US 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrYcGXqyFZE&feature=emb_title

    11 - Getting a Masters Degree with a GI Bill, Silly things recruiters say, FANG interview tips ft. Roland Heintze

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 60:06


    Senior Full Stack Engineer. Master's Degree Student. US Marine Veteran. All Around Great guy. Ladies and gentlemen, today's guest is Roland Heintze! Georgia Tech Courses on Udacity - https://www.udacity.com/georgia-tech GI Benefits - https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/how-to-use-benefits/ Cracking Coding Interview - https://amzn.to/2Fnv7Up

    10 - Being a polymath, community, creating, facilitating, welding art together and running a B&B ft. Christi Kapp

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 56:00


    Developer, Project Manager, Bed and Breakfast proprietor, Community organizer, Conference organizer, Artist of multiple mediums, Polymath. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Christi Kapp! I AM Remarkable - https://iamremarkable.withgoogle.com/ Cosmic Teamwork - www.cosmicteamwork.com Violets Garage - www.violetsgarage.com DevFest Florida - https://devfestflorida.org Central Florida Google Developer Group - https://www.meetup.com/GDG-Central-Florida/

    09 - Helping new and established developers ft. Jenell Pizarro

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 59:10


    Developer. Speaker. Teacher. Community organizer. Podcaster. And my first guest with Pink Hair. Ladies and gentlemen, today's guest is Jenell Pizarro Orlando Devs - https://orlandodevs.com Black Orlando Tech - https://blackorlandotech.org Jenell on Twitter @nellaro - https://twitter.com/nellarro ThunderNerds - https://thundernerds.io DevFest Florida - https://devfestflorida.org

    08 - Data science in Baseball, advice for interviews and show tunes ft. Ben Gilman

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 52:45


    Math guru, Former College Athlete, Web & Mobile App Developer. Ladies and gentlemen, today's guest is Ben Gilman! Cracking the Coding Interview by Gayle Laakmann McDowell MLB.com Sandia National Labs Colorado School of Mines

    07 - Always learning, building communities, Flutteristas and Sketchnoting ft. Nitya Narasimhan

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 90:49


    Polymath. Developer Expert. Developer Advocate. Community Organizer. Sketchnoter Supreme. Person you need to follow on Twitter. Ladies and gentlemen, today's guest is Nitya Narasimhan! dev.to/nitya twitter.com/nitya Sketchnoting: https://blog.sketchthedocs.dev/2020/05/about-sketchthedocs.html Flutter: https://dartpad.dartlang.org/flutter & https://flutter.dev #flutteristas: https://twitter.com/hashtag/flutteristas I'm a lifelong lifelong beginner, are you?: https://dev.to/nitya/i-m-a-lifelong-beginner-are-you-2ac6 MS Create: Frontend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCc-YPf9lAU&feature=youtu.be Azure docs: https://aka.ms

    06 - Friends That Code ft. Katherine Trammell

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2020 56:06


    Developer, Teacher, Project Coordinator, Tech Community Volunteer and Supporter, Operations Unicorn, Suncoast Developer Guild Campus Director, Conference Organizer. And all around awesome lady. Ladies and gentlemen, today's guest is Katherine Trammell! Suncoast Developer's Guild: https://suncoast.io Suncoast Developer's Guild Conference: https://suncoast.io/conference Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/suncoastdevs Twitter: @ktrammell95

    05 - Fun ways to get into Machine Learning ft. Kesha Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 49:08


    Developer, Architect, Mentor, Teacher, AWS Machine Learning Hero, Alexa Champion, Machine Learning Guru, multiple award winning, incredibly generous with her time and potential Top Chef. Today's guest, ladies and gentlemen, is Kesha Williams! A Cloud Guru: https://acloud.guru Her new web series about using AI to generate music: https://acloud.guru/series/deepcomposer Women Who Code sponsored AI hackathon to battle COVID-19: https://www.womenwhocode.com/mission-predictable-hackathon. Kesha's Corner: https://info.acloud.guru/resources/keshas-korner-intro-to-machine-learning-on-aws Twitter: @keshawillz

    04 - Friends That Code ft. Sam Edwards

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 63:19


    Developer, Architect, Instructor, certified Android Expert, certified Kotlin expert, Incredibly generous and HandStander Supreme. Today’s guest ladies and gentlemen is Sam Edwards! Capital One Tech Blog: https://medium.com/capital-one-tech Sam's Blog: https://handstandsam.com Android Summit: https://www.androidsummit.org @androidsummit @handstandsam

    03 - Friends That Code ft. Victoria Gonda

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 50:33


    Dancer. Writer. Speaker. Conference Organizer. Kotlin Guru. All around awesome person... Today’s guest, ladies and gentlemen, is Victoria Gonda! Victoria's blog: https://victoriagonda.com Android Test Driven Development By Tutorials Book: https://store.raywenderlich.com/products/android-test-driven-development-by-tutorials Increase Your Product Quality Through Accessibility: Kotlin Mumbai OR RayWenderlich.com Chicago Roboto Conference: https://chicagoroboto.com Twitter: @ttgonda

    02 - Friends That Code ft. Annyce Davis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 41:02


    Director of Engineering at Meetup. Technologist. Android Expert. Speaker. Published Poet. All-around inspiration. Ladies and Gentlemen, today's guest is Annyce Davis! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brwngrldev Blog: https://adavis.info LinkedIn Learning: https://www.lynda.com/Annyce-Davis/8215280-1.html

    01 - Friends That Code ft. Brandy Morgan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 41:14


    Technologist, Entrepreneur, Social Media Guru. Ladies and Gentlemen, today's guest is Brandy Morgan! Do School: https://doschool.co Blog: http://msbrandymorgan.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/msbrandymorgan Twitter: http://twitter.com/msbrandymorgan YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWgIU78CjS3oeUSpqVoU9jw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/msbrandymorgan

    0 - A Rambling Introduction to Friends That Code

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 2:53


    Check us out on Twitter: @friendsthatcode Mike Traverso: @traversoft LinkedIn

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