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MJS 052: Jeremy Likness
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English - March 14, 2018 10:00 - 39 minutes - 38.6 MBHow To Education Business Careers programming javascript web framework development front end developer programmer internet node Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Panel: Charles Max Wood
Guest: Jeremy Likness
This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Jeremy Likness. Jeremy works for Microsoft currently and first got into programming when he was kept home while having a sunburn and taught himself how to type in a program into his family’s TI-99 4A computer and then later moved on to the Commodore 64. They stress the fact that you can be a successful programmer, no matter your background and they talk about the pros and cons of being a cloud developer advocate.
In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
How did you first get into programming?
How much Microsoft is in the different programming aspects
Cloud developer advocates
Azure
TI-99 4A and Commodore 64
C and C+
You don’t have to go the traditional route to be a programmer
Having a CS major is not the only way
How did you get into JavaScript?
Discovered the internet in college
Career focused on Web apps
jQuery
Backbone.js
Hands-on career with the code
He did consulting for 10 years
Linux
How has your earning changed?
His biggest fear was getting out of touch with the realities of day-to-day programming
Pros and cons of being a cloud developer advocate
Community, Content, and Connection with engineering
And much, much more!
Links:
Microsoft Cloud developer advocates
Azure
JavaScript
jQuery
Backbone.js
Linux
@JeremyLikness
Jeremy’s Blog
Picks
Charles
Jeremy
Dwitter.net
Hello World: The Film
Node.js documentation on Azure