Panel: Charles Max Wood

Guest: Dean J Sofer

This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Dean J Sofer. Dean currently works at PlayStation now and has recently taken a step back from open source recently. He first got into programming because his Dad was really into technology, and he first started off with scripting and creating portfolio websites. They also talk about his time using Angular and what he is working on now.

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

Episode 95 JSJ
Dean intro
Realized he prefers working at larger corporations
How did you first get into programming?
Dove into computers because of his Dad
Started with scripting
Creating portfolio websites
CSS, HTML, and MVC
Node scripts
Took a visual basic class in High School
Liked being able to create things that other people could interact with
Cake PHP and Node
What was it that made you want to switch over to JavaScript?
Angular
What was it about Angular that appealed to you?
Why he went searching for Angular
Angular UI
Don’t be zealot when it comes to frameworks
Create states in your application
Is there anything that you are particularly proud of in your career?
And much, much more!

Links:

Episode 95 JSJ
Cake PHP
Node
JavaScript
Angular
Angular UI
Dean’s GitHub

Picks

Charles

Brandon Sanderson Books
Writing Excuses Podcast
Life, the Universe, and Everything Conference
Bullies by Ben Shapiro
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff

Dean

Wallaby.js
You Suck at Dating Podcast