Episodes

Robert Grossman Episode 12

Robert Grossman

As big data gets bigger, Dr. Robert Grossman is solving problems for researchers and scientists that need to comb through massive amounts of data.

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Corey Haines Episode 11

Corey Haines

Corey tells us how he started a craftsmanship movement called Code Retreat, what he learned along the way, and how he made it sustainable so it continues on without him.

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Lorena Mesa Episode 9

Lorena Mesa

How a political activist with a Masters in Latin American and Latino Studies found a passion for code, went after what she wanted, and became a leader in her community.

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Paulus Schoutsen Episode 8

Paulus Schoutsen

Paulus is the creator and maintainer of Home Assistant, one of the most popular home automation platforms on the Internet. Together we discuss the inspiration, community, and future of the project.

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Shana Moore Episode 7

Shana Moore

In less than two years Shana Moore made the career change to become a software developer. The story of how she got involved with the community and supplemented it with online learning is inspirational.

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Trey Hunner Episode 6

Trey Hunner

Just back from PyCaribbean, Trey is passionate about educating the world about Python. I found his journey from freelancer to paid technical instructor nothing short of inspirational.

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Ben Sullins Episode 5

Ben Sullins

Ben is passionate about making data meaningful and teaching about it online. Aside from teaching courses on both PluralSight and Lynda, he recently launched a YouTube channel decoding the economics of Tesla.

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Bill Weinberg Episode 4

Bill Weinberg

Bill has seen the open source community evolve over the last twenty years, and he’s had a front-row seat. Currently a senior director at the Linux Foundation, he helps companies be more successful by implementing open source as a methodology.

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Matt Burgess Episode 3

Matt Burgess

For the last 4 years Matt has been lucky enough to get paid to work on open source projects full time. At the moment he’s working for Hortonworks focusing on the Apache Nifi project, a data flow management system that provides a visual way to process and distribute large amounts of data.

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Ian Thomas Episode 2

Ian Thomas

Ian's dream was to become an Android developer and it almost didn't happen. It was his open source work that made his employer offer him a job on the spot. Learn about how his own project ViewPagerTransforms and his contributions to Rajawali shaped his career.

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David Khourshid Episode 1

David Khourshid

Still in his twenties and his Open Source work already landed him two full-time jobs, one with Microsoft. Learn about his react-redux-form library, reactive CSS, and his beautiful CSS dogs.

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