002 - Career Progression

We’re sitting down with Senior Developer Colin DeCarlo, and occasional computer user Daniel Mills, to discuss how they started, where they’ve been, and choices made along the way. Regardless of where your career is at, Colin and Dan have wisdom to spare. 

From early days during the dot-com bust, to running and hosting Southern Ontario’s premiere PHP user’s group, Colin’s breadth of perspective and experience is tough to beat. Dan’s start as a co-op, through Angular pro, and onto expert and proponent of Javascript fundamentals, is nothing to sniff at. Listen in for a fun romp through two careers’ worth of dos, don’ts, and dunnos.

Links and resources:

• Colin DeCarlo on Twitter: goo.gl/tYRaDF


• Colin DeCarlo on GitHub: goo.gl/ePFtPJ


• “Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software” book by the “Gang of Four”: goo.gl/ydwczo


• Dominic Tarr on GitHub: goo.gl/FVcC5t


• GPUG via Meetup: goo.gl/VL7ziB


• GPUG on Twitter: goo.gl/ChbkPr


• Jeremy Cook on Twitter: goo.gl/WDxeX6


• Torqd via @Vehikl on Twitter: goo.gl/WEaS1w


• Torqd via Vehikl by email: [email protected]

Contributions:

• Guests: Colin DeCarlo and Daniel Mills


• Hosts: Eric Drouillard and Margaret Tavares


• Production and editing: Stephen Belyea


• Music and show art: Adam Frank


• Recording facilities: Vehikl (Waterloo)

Special thanks for the help and support from the entire Vehikl team. Check out Vehikl online: goo.gl/TdJjR7 

Tech mentions: Angular, Angular directives, Knockout, programming fundamentals, React, lifecycle methods, design patterns, adapter pattern, Oracle, PHP