MJS 070: Jerome Hardaway

Panel: Charles Max Wood

Guest: Jerome Hardaway

This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Jerome Hardaway. Jerome used to be a panelist on Ruby Rogues and loved the ability to share his knowledge and interact with so many people from the community. He first got into programming by accident when he couldn’t find a job after becoming a veteran. He saw a commercial about job opportunities in coding, ended up finding a book on SQL and taught himself how to program. They talk about where he ran across Ruby on Rails, what he has worked on that he is particularly proud of, what he is doing currently, and more!

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

Jerome’s experience being a panelist on Ruby Rogues
Loves being able to reach his goals in a speedy manner
Ruby Rogues Episode 279
JavaScript Jabber Episode 239
How did you first get into programming?
In the military during the recession and had trouble finding a job
Saw a commercial about coding
Taught himself SQL
Wordpress
Focusing on making Vets Who Code better
People would go for products over projects any day
Chose Ruby on Rails 
Setting himself apart by picking to focus on Ruby on Rails
Where did you come across Ruby on Rails?
From PHP to Ruby on Rails
Ruby
Have you found the learning curve has gotten steeper for Rails?
Keeping up with the JavaScript community
What have you done on Ruby in Rails that you are proud of?
Being the right person for the job when you don’t look like it on paper
What are you working on now?
And much, much more!

Links: 

Ruby Rogues Episode 279
JavaScript Jabber Episode 239
Vets Who Code
Ruby Rogues
Wordpress
Ruby on Rails
Ruby
JavaScript
@JeromeHardaway
Vets Who Code blog
Jerome’s GitHub

Sponsors: 

Loot Crate
FreshBooks

Picks

Charles 

Take some time with the people you care about
Mattermost

Jerome

Brian Holt Frontend Masters
Pragmatic Studio