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Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
This podcast is for aspiring entrepreneurs and technologists as well as those that want to become a designer and implementors of great software solutions. That includes solving problems through technology. We look at the whole skill set that makes a great developer. This includes tech skills, business and entrepreneurial skills, and life-hacking, so you have the time to get the job done while still enjoying life.
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- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Software Patterns - The Builder
In this episode, we look at the Builder pattern. This one is another creational pattern that helps us construct the class instances for our application. It is…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
AWS Database Services - Relational to Big Data
The AWS database group of services is positioned to cover any need you have for storing and accessing data. We have looked at files and general storage. These…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Project and Task Management Applications (Free and Low Cost)
In this episode, we look at some free and low-cost task management applications. Some of these do more and add on project management or even invoicing…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Software Patterns - The Abstract Factory
In this episode, we look at the Abstract Factory pattern. This is a creational pattern which means it has to do with creating and utilizing class instances…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
AWS Storage Services - Low Cost Cloud Space
In this episode, we take a look at the AWS storage services group. This includes some of the older services like S3 and elastic block storage. If you have not…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Financial and Accounting Applications (Free and Low Cost)
This first episode of the season on free and low-cost tools looks at finance and accounting applications. I assume that these will not be the most fun and…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
A Look at Software Design Patterns
This season will take a look at the software design patterns that we should know. Each episode will dig into a pattern and how to implement it. Some of these…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
AWS - The Compute Family of Services
This season (season 4) will cover the groups of services Amazon provides in their AWS offerings. Each episode will focus on a particular group and review the…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Management By Walking Around - With Remote Teams
There are a large number of management strategies that have been pushed over the years. The study and promotion of these approaches is a cottage industry unto…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Deadlines: A professional approach to the Side-Hustle
We have focused a lot on the fun part of a side-hustle. The goal is to enjoy our work as we pour more effort into our success. On the other hand, we need to…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Perseverance - A Critical Key To Success
When we talk about skills that are important for success, some have a higher value than others. History has shown us that perseverance is one of those that is…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Planning For Fun and Recreation - The Meaningful Life
I think that we all strive for a meaningful life. We do not want to breathe our last breath and look at missed opportunities. That concern goes beyond…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Cord-Cutting - Easier Than Ever
Cord-cutting is one of the trends of the last decade or so that the Internet has led to. This is the situation where someone cuts the "cord" of cable or…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Side-hustle Arguments - Pros and Cons
There are not a lot of articles that include side-hustle arguments. All of the ones I come across start from the position of any side-hustle being a good…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
The Product Launch - Shipping Your Software Product
We wrap up the season on building a small software product with tasks and recommendations for getting the product to a market. This is also called the product…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Completing Your Consulting Project
This is the last episode in our consulting project side hustle series. We wrap up the season with a look at how to end our project and wrap it up (for now at…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Creating Commercial Software - Finishing Touches
Our goal has been to create a small commercial software product, and we are rapidly getting to the end of our journey. Creating commercial software does…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Implementation Details - Wrapping up Our Software Product Creation
In this episode, we look at the final pieces we need to code as part of building our product. Many of these steps have already been taken partially, if not…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Working The Project - Consulting Success
Winning a project is only half the battle. For true consulting success, you must follow through with your plan and exceed expectations where possible. There is…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Building Out Your Application From a Demo
It is time for building out your application. You have a core engine for solving the main problem and a clickable demo to show off the user experience. Those…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Create The User Experience - Building a Software Product
We have worked on functionality in our application to this point. Now we can start to create a user experience, so those functions are accessible and…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Landing a Project for Your Sidehustle
Our series on a consulting side hustle moves into landing a project. We have set the stage to present our services and "company." In this episode, we will look…
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General Case Problem-Solving – Implementation Steps
In the prior episode, we started out our coding of a solution for a specific case. Now we move on to the general case problem-solving code. Some of this work…
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Solving The Problem For a Simple Case - Implementation Steps
We built a foundation for our application in the last episode. Now, we move into solving the problem that our customers will pay for. This step is just putting…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Setting Your Development Pricing
A challenge that we all face in our service offering is setting the development pricing. We know what our salary is and what we would like to earn. However, we…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Implementation First Steps - Creating Your Product
In this episode, we get started on the implementation phase of our software product. We have a reasonably robust design documented from the tasks of the prior…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Creating Our Test Scripts and Planning for Quality
Testing is an integral part of software development. It is critical for producing quality and an essential habit to develop early in your career. We will look…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Building Your Service Offering and Resume
One of the first steps once we decide to do consulting as a side-hustle is to define our service offering. We have the option to be a general consultant and do…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Creating a product specification and defining your environment
We continue defining our product in this episode. Our prior episodes looked at the problem to solve, the solution, and general requirements. Now we can move on…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Creating Your Product Requirements
In this episode, we look at creating the product requirements for our side hustle software. Even though we have a lot of this information in our head, it is…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
The Kick Off For Online Consulting
This episode kicks off a new season focused on how to launch your online consulting side hustle. The weekly episodes will walk you through making a plan…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Creating a Small Software Product
This episode starts a new series on creating a small software product. Our goal will be to create a passive income application that we can launch within a few…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
The Snowball Effect of Passive Income
The ability to generate a passive income is a desire most of us have. We may not recognize it as such, but the desire to live without having to work seems…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Securing Your Systems - From The Business Point of View
When you look at concerns that keep business owners up at night, a few show up over and over. One of these worries is the challenge of securing your systems…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Key Considerations When Writing A Code Generator
Of all the applications I have worked on over the years a code generator is the most challenging. Likewise, it is the most rewarding and painful sort of…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Building a Backlog of Tasks in Life to Be More Productive and Create Free Time
Our modern lives are full of work and tasks that can leave us exhausted at the end of the day. This hectic pace can often keep us from doing the things we…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Measuring Your Way To Improvement
When we plan our way to becoming better at anything we have to find a way to grade progress. Thus, measuring is a critical factor in improving our performance…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Coding Standards - A Personal Approach
Most of us were just getting started on our career when we were introduced to coding standards. These are common in the industry and more so where there are…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Master Remote Work Through Preparation and Planning
The Gig economy has many facets. One of the big positives for many people is the option of remote work. There is a freedom that comes from being able to get…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Defining An MVP Properly for Your Goals
When you need to create a minimum viable product (MVP) the process is not that different from designing any other product. However, the process is more…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Development Language Certifications and Other Tech Certs
We have looked at certifications before. However, now we go a little deeper in our final part of the development languages overview. The bulk of this episode…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Use The Value of Steady Improvement to Achieve Big Goals
Slow and steady wins the race. This is a fact of life we are taught in grade school. Unfortunately, it is one that is easy to forget. Some goals and objectives…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
An Interview With the CMO of Freeeup.com
This episode is the second in a two-part interview with Connor Gillivan of Freeeup.com (Part One is here). This time we look at his company and how they might…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Development Language Families and Leveraging Them
As we continue our overview of IT and development languages, in particular, we examine the idea of development language families. This includes how those can…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Creating A Productive Workspace and The Happiness it Provides
Your job may dictate your workspace and environment. However, you likely have at least a little say in the way that space is configured. Also, your side hustle…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Building a Personal Brand Across A Wide Range of Social Platforms
One of the benefits of the popularity of social networks is that we can build a personal brand and reach a broad audience. We can open our target market up to…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Creating and Pursing Your Career Roadmap
Just like software, your professional development will go better with a solid plan. In this episode, we look at how to create a career roadmap and advance…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Simplify Your Way To Happiness
Life is busy and hectic. Our modern lives include not only a potentially overwhelming amount of responsibilities but copious amounts of "stuff." Thus…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Mastering The Interview From Either Side of The Table
The interview process is a part of every facet of a business. This is no less a part of IT and technology-related jobs. In fact, the mobility of technology…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Modern Programming Language Types - An Overview
In this episode, we continue our overview of development languages with a focus on the types that exist. We looked at some of the core concepts in the first…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Productivity Tools For an Easier Life
When we think of productivity tools we tend to think about our work life. They do not tend to show up on our radar of ways to live an easier life. Buckle up…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Build Your Business With Simplification - A Streamlined Product Offering and Message
There are businesses that make their mark as a one-stop shop for a broad range of needs. However, these are few and far between. The most successful companies…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Programming Terms - An Overview of Development Languages
In this episode, we focus on programming terms and concepts. This is the first in a short series that focuses on providing an overview of development…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Top 3 Reasons to Use Lists To Improve Productivity
We have all fallen prey to clicking on a list article of some sort. This is a well-known way to get readers to click on your post. However, you may not know…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Five Things To Take Off Your Plate and Streamline Your Work
This episode is the first in a two-part interview with Connor Gillivan of Freeeup.com. We started out with a focus on what he has learned as an entrepreneur at…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
An Update on The Building Better Developers Podcast
We have flown through the first seventy-five episodes of this podcast. The website has also grown to over a hundred posts and articles. Thus. it seems like a…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Gain Wisdom Through Better Listening Skills
One of the most significant secrets to happiness is wisdom. Even though knowing the right thing to do and doing it are two different challenges, knowing is…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Use Written Communication To Improve Your Standing And Career
Written communication is a significant part of how we work in business. It is obvious when you look at how much of an MBA program includes writing. Many…
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Database Job Roles and Vendors - Databases Overview Part 2
This episode takes us through part 2 of the databases overview series. We spend time looking at the major players in the industry and then some of the job…
- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
How Team Sports, and Group Activities Make Your Life That Much More Enjoyable
We can get through life on our own. However, it is better when shared with others. This fact is one of those secrets to living a better life. It applies to…