Mike Challis

Acima Development

Technology EN ↓ 102 episodes

At Acima, we have a large software development team. We wanted to be able to share with the community things we have learned about the development process. We'll share some tech specifics (we do Ruby, Kotlin, Javascript, and Haskell), but also talk a lot about mentoring, communication, hiring, planning, and the other things that make up a lot of the software development process but don't always get talked about enough.

Author

Mike Challis

Episodes

Episode 2: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome 12.10.2022 35:17

Do I belong here? Am I good enough of a developer? These are questions someone with impostor syndrome may ask themselves. Today we discuss how we overcome these hard feelings. Transcript: MIKE: Welcome again to our podcast that still doesn't have a name. I'm Mike Challis. I'm hosting today. Also with us, we have Afton. Afton, do you want to introduce yourself? AFTON: Yeah. I'm Afton. I've been dev...

Episode 1: What Self-Taught and Bootcamp Grads Miss 28.09.2022 42:27

Today we talk about what self-taught programmers and bootcamp graduates potentially miss out on by not attending traditional 4-year brick and mortar universities. Transcript: DAVID BRADY: Hello, and welcome to a podcast that still needs a name. I'm David Brady, and I am a self-taught programmer who's been self-teaching for a couple of decades now or more. And today, on our panel, we have Swapnil B...