Web Rush

Episode 162: Life outside code with Mark Thompson

Episode Summary

Mark Thompson shares his thoughts on what life is like outside of code, the relationship between a hobby and earning a living, recognizing what's important to you vs what's important to others, and how people are at different stages of their lives and careers affects what's important to them.

Episode Notes

Recording date: Nov 18, 2021

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Mark Thompson @MarkTechson

Brought to you by

• AG Grid

  

• Ionic

  

Resources:

• Crafting Bespoke PWA experiences with Angular by Mark Thompson
• ngConf
• IBM PS1
• BASIC
• The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn!
• Sarah Drasner
• Engineering Management for the Rest of Us - book by Sarah Drasner
• Flutter
• IntelliJ

Timejumps

• 00:49 Ward's bellydancing tryout
• 02:49 Guest introduction
• 04:48 What was your talk about at Ngconf?
• 07:29 The relationship between hobby and money
• 09:21 Sponsor: Ionic
• 10:06 What does life outside of code mean to you?
• 17:18 Are these seasons in our lives?
• 28:44 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 29:51 People are different - what does life outside of code mean now?

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.