MAS 039: Yakov Fain

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Yakov Fain This week on My Angular Story, Charles speaks with Yakov Fain about his business adventures, his publications, Angular, and much more! Yakov is a co-author of two editions of Mannin’s book “Angular Development with TypeScript” as well as a number of other technical books on programming. Yakov works at the IT consultancy Farata Systems. A Java Champion, he has taught multiple classes and workshops on the web and Java-related technologies, presented at international conferences, and published more than a thousand blog posts. Yakov lives in New York City. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Episode 185 – past episode with Yakov FainHow did you get into programming? Yakov was born in Ukraine, went to Russia for studies, back to Ukraine, and then to U.S. in the 90’s.Yakov continues to work in programming now.JavaScriptAngularYakov worked as an independent contractor for a while. In 2006, that changed for him.Yakov has authored a few books – check them out in Amazon!Yakov trains enterprises and private clients. Typical class is full of Java developers.AngularAngular team wanted to capitalize on the same name. Angular JSWhat have you done in Angular? Wrote a couple of books.Multiple training sessions.Multiple conferences.Yakov’s blogs.Yakov feels that he has contributed to Angular in a unique way.What are you working on now? ConsultantingAmong other projects. Links: AngularFreshBooksJavaScriptAngular JSYakov Fain’s WebsiteYakov Fain’s BlogYakov Fain’s TwitterYakov Fain’s GitHubYakov Fain’s LinkedInYakov Fain’s PublicationsYakov Fain’s Medium AccountYakov Fain – Sys.con MediaTypeScriptCharles’ Blog Sponsor: Digital Ocean, LLC Picks: Charles RubyHack – Charles wants to use his talk (that he was going to use at RubyHack) into an hour video.Audio Book “Crucial Accountability” by Kerry Patterson, et al.Podcast Angular AirCharles’ BlogIf you are interested in a potential job opening – contact Charles about available positions. Yakov Publishing Company has asked him to write another book about TypeScript.Blockchain