Tim Falls on Developer Relations, Open Source, Free Education and Ethics

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Tim Falls of Digital Ocean about developer relations, the importance of embracing and providing open-source software, the need to offer free education in software development and the importance of ethics in education.

Why listen to this podcast:

• There is a need to take a more open and community-based approach to business
• Taking an open-source viewpoint means you can build products and give them away for free while still building a sustainable business
• If you’re solving a real problem for your customers, they will happily pay you for your solution
• Not only can this approach build a successful business; it is a more enjoyable way of going about things
• We need more and more people able to build software and providing free online education will enable the whole industry to grow

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