Episode 55: MJS 056: Jonathan Carter

Panel: Charles Max Wood

Guest: Jonathan Carter

This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Jonathan Carter. Jonathan is a PM at Microsoft and has been a web developer for over 15 years. At Microsoft, he’s had the opportunity to work on tooling, platform pieces for JavaScript applications, and many other things. He first got into programming when his uncle let him shadow him and the IT department he had working for him, and this is where he was first introduced to software and the idea of working with computers as a career. They talk about his proudest accomplishments within the JavaScript community as well as what he is working on now.

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

Jonathan intro
Asure
How did you first get into programming?
Interest in creating a website
Dual enrollment in high school at local community college
Started off with VB6
Uncle was very active in his programming start
.net
Scrappy boredom mixed with curiosity led to him actually getting into software
Everyone comes into programming differently
Your past is important in explaining where you have ended up
Node.js on Asure
How did you get into JavaScript?
Worked at a newspaper in the software division
Ajax
jQuery
Wanted to write better apps
CodePush
Stayed in JavaScript community because it brings him inspiration and excitement
Likes to be able and look back on his past projects
App development for fun
Is there anything that you are particularly proud of?
Profiling tools
Liked building tools that meet people where they are at and simplify their jobs
Qordoba
React Native
And much, much more!

Links:

JavaScript
Microsoft
Asure
Node.js
jQuery
CodePush
Qordoba
React Native
@LostinTangent
Jonathan’s GitHub

Picks

Charles

Anti-Pick: Intellibed
Tuft and Needle

Jonathan

Notion
Doomsday by Architects