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We at The 6 Figure Developer have recently started a podcast where we discuss the latest and greatest technologies, professionalism, career advancement, etc. If you haven’t had the chance to listen yet, catch up on what you’ve missed below. And if you would like to subscribe, enter your email address […]

Catch up on The 6 Figure Developer Podcast

30 May, 2017 in Improvement by John Callaway

Jeff Ammons, CEO and Chief Instructor at Code Career Academy, joins us to talk about Managing Your Career. Jeff is a Microsoft MVP in the area of Visual Studio and Development Technologies. He is also an author of video training courses for programmers for Pluralsight. He’s one of the […]

Episode 005 – Manage Your Career with Jeff Ammons

29 May, 2017 by John Callaway

In this episode we speak with David Corbin of Dynamic Concepts. We discuss Agile, ALM, DevOps, TDD, and more! David V. Corbin is a Microsoft MVP in ALM and also one of the Microsoft Visual Studio/ALM Rangers. He is also the President and Chief Architect of Dynamic Concepts Development […]

Episode 004 – Agile and ALM with David Corbin

15 May, 2017 by John Callaway

In this episode we speak with Bryan Soltis of Kentico. For topics we focus on Azure Search and Azure Functions. Bryan Soltis is a Technical Evangelist at Kentico and an avid .NET developer. With nearly 20 years of web development experience, Bryan has completed projects for Microsoft, IMG, HP, […]

Episode 003 – Azure fun with Bryan Soltis

1 May, 2017 by John Callaway

In this episode we speak with John Hampton and Jordan Rhodes. Topics include React JS, React Native, Electron, JavaScript, and more! John Hampton is a Technical Architect at AgileThought and co-organizer of the ReactJS Tampa Bay Meetup. He started out his career as a .NET developer focused on C#. […]

Episode 002 – React with Hampton and Rhodes

17 Apr, 2017 by John Callaway

Welcome to the first ever episode of The 6 Figure Developer Podcast. For the first episode Clayton and John sit down with CEO and Co-founder of Kaizen Softworks, Fabián Fernández. In addition to his role at Kaizen Softworks Fabián is also Co-founder and co-organizer of .NET Conf UY in […]

Episode 001 – Fabián Fernández

20 Mar, 2017 by John Callaway

A plethora of possibilities Many different requirements systems and strategies exist as well as many variations of those systems and strategies. The system that I will recommend is largely influenced by the existing Agile/Scrum ecosystem. Let’s continue this discussion by looking at the different elements involved in the requirements process […]

Scrum Sucks! Part 6 – Requirements

13 Mar, 2017 in Agile by Clayton Hunt

Measure first Before making any changes, first you must know where you currently stand. In business, feelings don’t matter, Money is what matters; for a new process to be the correct one for your company that process must provide a higher earning potential than the current process. Many metrics for […]

Scrum Sucks! Part 5 – Measuring up

6 Mar, 2017 in Agile by Clayton Hunt

Begin as a novice I believe New concepts can only be learned in the context of what we already know. Because of that we must start with our current process or with a well defined new process. The real problem with Scrum and even Agile is the avoidance of rigid […]

Scrum Sucks! Part 4 – But what can we do

1 Mar, 2017 in Agile by Clayton Hunt

I’m sure you’re aware of the stereotype for software developers. The South Park episode where Cartman becomes a gamer comes to mind. Don’t be the guy tucked away in a dark room, completely shut off from the rest of the world. Dust off the Cheetos crumbs from your shirt, pour out […]

I Have Learned to Truly Enjoy People

26 Jan, 2017 in Improvement by John Callaway