Charles Max Wood started podcasting because it sounded fun and because he wanted to talk about technology. He learned pretty quickly that it got him access to people who understood the things he wanted to learn. The reasons changed over the years, as Charles explains before he talks about the big payoff he gets now…

Jason Weimann started out as an enthusiast of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, Everquest. After becoming a software developer and building a collaborative community playing the game, learn how he used his connections to get a job working for the company that made the game, even if it wasn’t a job working as…

Chuck outlines how he’s used his podcasts to find mentors to continue his learning journey over 12 years of podcasting. Some mentors have been long lived relationships while others have lasted only a few months or even days. This episode shares Chuck’s experience learning from the top people in the development community as a programmer…

Remember the amazing adventure it was to learn a new thing every day as a Junior Developer? It’s easy to feel a little stuck or lost as a Senior developer since there aren’t roadmaps or people looking to mentor seniors. (Besides Charles Max Wood.) Chuck talks about how he felt that way at different points…

Charles Max Wood goes into the origin story of his podcasting career and how it relates to his programming career. He starts with his interest from a young age in technology and his dreams of being a radio DJ. He moves quickly through college and into his first job after college where he was introduced…

Charles Max Wood explains how he landed his first 4 freelance clients that took him through a few years of freelancing with only 3 years of experience and a few hundred podcast listeners. Funnily enough, they actually came to him, not the other way around. He explains how he made himself attractive to them and…

Charles is joined by Caleb Fornari and Jeffrey Groman as we discuss the challenges of public versus private package managers and the security implications of using public repositories. Panel Caleb Fornari Charles Max Wood Jeffrey Groman Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Links Adventures in DevOps – Devchat.tv Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and…

This is a repeat episode of Adventures in DevOps. Here’s the original link https://devchat.tv/adventures-in-devops/devops-018-how-we-killed-devops-with-adam-nowak/ Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial

Mikolaj Pawlikowski wrote a book about Chaos Engineering. His book is a practical guide to using the tools to test your infrastructure. He’s a tech lead at Bloomberg running Kubernetes. He walks us through the various tools and techniques for making sure that your systems will stand up to things that can destabilize them by…

In this week’s episode, Charles Wood interviews Jeffrey Groman. They discuss how SolarWinds was breached, what it means going forward and lessons learned for protecting your business from attacks. Panel Charles Wood Jeffrey Groman Sponsors Next Level Mastermind Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Picks Charles- Used tires on…

In this week’s episode, Jeffrey Groman and Charles Wood discuss what makes a top 5% engineer, and how to get there. We cover the gamut of technical skills, soft skills, giving back, and producing content. Panel Charles Wood Jeffrey Groman Sponsors Octopus Deploy Pty. Ltd Next Level Mastermind Picks Charles- Wheel of Time Premium Boxed…

Charles Wood and Jeffrey Groman are joined by Phil Wilkins, author of Unified Logging with Fluentd to talk about logging, infrastructure, monitoring and how to get started. Panel Charles Wood Jeffrey Groman Guest Phil Wilkins Sponsors Octopus Deploy Pty. Ltd Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Next Level Mastermind…