MJS 052: Jeremy Likness

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 aspectsCloud developer advocates AzureTI-99 4A and Commodore 64C and C+You don’t have to go the traditional route to be a programmerHaving a CS major is not the only wayHow did you get into JavaScript?Discovered the internet in collegeCareer focused on Web appsjQueryBackbone.jsHands-on career with the codeHe did consulting for 10 yearsLinuxHow has your earning changed?His biggest fear was getting out of touch with the realities of day-to-day programmingPros and cons of being a cloud developer advocateCommunity, Content, and Connection with engineeringAnd much, much more! Links: Microsoft Cloud developer advocatesAzureJavaScriptjQueryBackbone.jsLinux@JeremyLiknessJeremy’s Blog Picks Charles BusyCal Jeremy Dwitter.netHello World: The FilmNode.js documentation on Azure