Simple Programmer Podcast

► Are Ads In Apps Slutty? ◄ People are afraid to sell. This is definitely common sense. One of the biggest obstacles many people face is the inability to sell... They are afraid to be too pushy or something like that. This type of thinking ends up permeating through other areas of life. People and the world need money. Money needs to circulate. One of the biggest complaints about people, especiall...

► Interview With Mike: The Homeless Educator ◄ Meet Mike, the founder of World Mentoring Academy "World Mentoring Academy (WMA) Is a non-profit educational project offering massive open online courses MOOC. The organization was founded in April 2010 as Mybandisthebest.com and changed to World Mentoring Academy in June 2010 by American engineer Michael Williams "HomelessEducator" a graduate of Cali...

Extra Degree Or Work Experience? There comes a time in every developer's career that we need to make choices regarding which path to follow. There comes a time when people start to ask themselves: what is more valuable and what will give me more decision power when it comes to career, getting a high paying job and becoming a well-known developer? Watch this video and find out! The Everything Store...

Getting a Raise: Responsibility Over Money? A lot of developers want a raise at their jobs but they don't know how to get it. Most people don't understand how economy really works and, sometimes, they feel like their employers NEED to give them a raise, while it does not work like that. There are basically two things you need to take into consideration when getting a raise: Responsibility and Mone...

► How To Prepare Yourself For Any Future Programming Career? ◄ So, you wanna become a rock star. You want to be so proficient in what you do that you wanna prepare yourself for any future programming career. Is it even possible? In today's video, I've received a question from a reader asking me how he could prepare himself for any future programming career... What path should he following that wou...

How To Develop Urgency And Drive Urgency and drive are two forces that drive most people when it comes to achieving goals and projects. How to develop urgency and drive? How to find these forces to finish every project you start? Watch this video and find out! Moving Fast Vs. Being In A Hurry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=307eL8RWCsk Introverts Vs. Extroverts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld...

Take Home Programming Assignments? You go to your job, every day, from 9-5, do what you have to do and expect that your day ends there... At the end of your working hours... However, this is not sometimes what happens. You caught yourself having to take home programming assignments. You take home what should've been done while you were working. What do you do in situations like this? Do you make y...

Blogging As A Student Have you ever wanted to start a blog? I think it might have crossed your mind at least once in your life. The thing is: What holds most people back from starting their own blog is feeling like you have nothing to say, nothing to add, nothing new to the package. Although it is not always true, we tend to feel this way even if we're experienced in such subject. However... What...

Interview With Marshall Sylver "Marshall Sylver, born Marshall Walter Sylwestrzak, is a motivational speaker, author, and performance hypnotist who works primarily in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has billed himself as "The World's Fastest Hypnotist". His Vegas shows have been at the Sahara Hotel, the Stratosphere, the Palms and Harrah's. He has been on television shows including "Late Night with David Le...

Dressing Better Than... Your Boss? Dressing code is something we all live with but something we don't pay too much attention. Picture this: When you arrive at a new job, there are tons of things that go through your mind but I bet none of it is regarding how you should dress, unless, this is something the company really stands for. However, this has more importance than you can think of. How shoul...

Being A Contractor Vs. Employed Programmer With the advent of some economic changes and the rise of the internet and new ways of payment, different forms of employment have emerged and it is in constant change, till now. Being a software developer, what is the difference between being a contractor or an employed employee? While there are pros and cons for both, you should be able to identify the o...

Using Pluralsight To Gain Experience? A lot of software developers constantly search for becoming more skilled at their competencies. They start reading a lot of books, they search for courses, they read tech magazines, etc. What most software developers fail, is that they learn without a purpose. They go through extensive technical books trying to cover all of the subjects they think they need. W...

Don't Be A "Needy" Guy Sometimes, during some periods of our lives, we can become needy. And this is exactly when things start to get out of control. Have you ever felt like a needy guy, especially around women or new relationships? In this video, I'll discuss more about why being "needy" is not a good thing and why you should avoid it at all costs. People And Relationships - Letting Things Go: ht...

Programming: Building Apps Or Teaching? Economics is something complicated and that we do not always pay close attention to it. We are educated to go through the normal route of life without questioning a lot of things that we take as "natural". In today's video, I'm going to ask the question: Is it more profitable to make a career building apps or teaching? Although you might not like the answer,...

Building An Audience With No Budget If you have an audience, you have power. This is the truth in the 21st century and how things are working in the digital age. Just take a quick look at the influencers around you. People, from YouTubers to marketers, have their audience pretty much established and this is their mine gold. So, in order to succeed, as a programmer or any other type of thing, you n...

How Pluralsight Changed My Career Pt. 4: Got Rich & 30 Courses In A Year! This is the final part of my Pluralsight Career Story, the one that literally changed my life. In the last video, we talked about how it was when I quit my job. After that, it was when things started to happen. I approached the Pluralsight team and told them I was going to create 30 courses in a year. Did they believe me? HE...

Kotlin: The Future Of Android Development? Have you ever heard of Kotlin? Kotling has been picked as the official programming language for Android development. "We believe this is a great step for Kotlin, and fantastic news for Android developers as well as the rest of our community. We're thrilled with the opportunities this opens up. For Android developers, Kotlin support is a chance to use a mo...

How To Become A Software Development Coach? Becoming a software development coach can be hard, most of all because there is no such thing being said out there. How do you become a software development coach? Is it even a solid and smart thing to do? Does it even exist? Watch this video and find out! NEW BOOK - Get #1 bestselling book, The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide https://simplepr...

Why Do I Suck At Debugging? Have you ever felt like you sucked at something? This is exactly the topic of today's video. As I often say, technical skills are not the most important thing when it comes to building a successful career. There is the old feeling of not being good enough and feeling like you sucked at something that will guide you through your career if you don't know how to handle it....

Saving The Best For... Last? I know you. You don't need to lie. I know you've probably done this before and that's ok. Let me ask you something... How many times have you saved your best things (food, clothes, opportunities, money, etc.) for last? How many times were you waiting for the "Perfect" time to use all of this? In this video I'll talk more about saving the best for last and why it should...

Freedom: The Ability To Do What You Will Lately, I've been doing a lot of videos about freedom. It's been a while since I've started to study about freedom and what it means to be really really free. Usually, I like to change and improve the concepts I create over time and with freedom it has not been that different. In the last few days, I came up with a very interesting concept about freedom. Wa...

Medium Vs. WordPress: The Best Choice? Lately, I've been receiving a lot of questions regarding Medium and WordPress... Both are publishing and hosting companies that offer a similar solution for those who want to start blogging. Medium offers its own platform and WordPress lets you create yours. Both have cons and pros. Which one should you choose? Does it really matter? Watch this video and find...

Programming Job Interview: Do It For You! (F*ck The Employer?) I'm currently in the process of releasing a new book and in this process I'm doing a lot of interview with some amazing names of the programmin industry. During this time, I recorder an interview and in this interview i heard something that got me thinking. "Do It For You". While this concept is not new for me, I started to think and t...

No Degree: Apply For Job Or Internship? When you don't have a degree your options are definitely limited. You have a few paths you can follow but all of them will lead to a more limited option than if you had a degree... At least in theory and that is what most people think. There are basically two options if you're in the middle of a graduation process: - Get a Job - Apply For an Internship These...

Dropping Out Of High School: Smart Choice? I've talked a lot about dropping out of college and you probably already know my take on this, right? However, this time things got a little more complicated. What about dropping out of high school? In this video, I received a question from a little boy saying that he has felt in love with programming and now he wants to quit high school to pursue his dre...