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As Giant Robots nears its 3 year anniversary, Ben welcomes back Chad Pytel to reflect on the highs and lows of the previous year at thoughtbot. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes Kaplan Acquires Dev Bootcamp Learn is Now Upcase Ship You a Haskell Paid Private Repos for Hound Books Now Available Individually Events (in) October, 2014 Introducing Formkeep Ruby, the Weird Way- Keep Ruby Weird organizers on Giant Robots #122 Announcing The Bike Shed Updated Test-Driven Rails Videos Upcase is Now More Affordable thoughtbot 2014 Report Counting All the F-Words- full podcast breakdown of our 2014 stats on GR #130 Upcase tmux Trail Maybe Haskell- Pat Brisbin Portland Office thoughtbot in Chicago thoughtbot Coaching Tropos Write Yourself a Roguelike- Goose Testing Rails- Josh Steiner Maintaining Open Source Projects- Tute Costa Rototo: Space Surviv

Ben welcomes Denise Yu and Rosa Fox of Codebar to discuss the importance of fostering community, mentoring tips, and more. Codebar Denise on Twitter Rosa on Twitter

Ben discusses consulting and open source from within the government, as well as choosing the right clients, and the value of mentorship, with Aidan Feldman of 18F. 18F Hacker Hours Open Source Community Aidan on Twitter

Ben talks with fellow thoughtbotter Derek Prior on conference speaking, code review, and podcasting. Implementing a Strong Code-Review Culture- Derek's RailsConf 2015 Talk How to Talk to Developers Giant Robots on Genius The Bike Shed Podcast Derek on Twitter

Ben talks with fellow thoughtbotter Chris Toomey on networking, mentorship, React.js, and sustainable pace. Boston Vim Meetup Upcase React Pete Hunt- React: Rethinking Best Practices The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Early Retirement- Mr. Money Mustache Chris on Twitter

Ben talks with Rebecca Miller-Webster, Managing Director of thoughtbot Chicago, on beginners contributing to open-source, organizing conferences, and cultivating a more inclusive culture. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes Write/Speak/Code Rebecca's Personal Site Increasing the Visibility & Leadership of Women in Tech- TEDx Talk The Becca Complex Rebecca on Twitter

Ben welcomes on Saron Yitbarek to talk about creating communities that foster learning and niceness; as well as getting comfortable with being uncomfortable, and how confronting that discomfort can ultimately lead to success. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes Flatiron School NY Tech Meetup CodeNewbie Code Club Twitter Chats CodeNewbie Podcast CN Slack Chat Saron- the Flatiron Hopeful Cartoon Demons and CFPs Saron on Twitter

Ben and Shelby Kelly discuss teaching at a coding bootcamp and the future of junior-developer programs. Stick around till the end to catch a sample of her Rocky Mountain Ruby rap! This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes Galvanize Full Stack Rocky Mountain Ruby Rap Shelby on Twitter

Ben talks to Sam Phippen on working on the RSpec core team, new features in 3.3, tips for contributing to open-source, and his favorite parts of Rails. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes rspec-rerun Sidekiq Kyle Kingsbury's Blog Sam on Twitter

Ben talks to Pam Selle on the importance of self-impossed structure, voice coding, and living with RSI. Recurse Center Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs MacVimSpeak Hands-Free Coding Keyboardio It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome! Choosing a JavaScript Framework Pam on Twitter Turing-Incomplete Podcast Haymakers For Hope: Ben's Charity Boxing Match

Ben talks with Carin Meier on the writer's process, how programming relates to the arts, and the importance of a graduated and immersive approach to learning. Living Clojure Mathematica Ease into 5k 4Clojure Wonderland Katas Hitchhiker's Guide to Clojure Parrot AR Drones How Clojure Saved My Chickens Carin on Twitter

Ben talks with Justin Gitlin on changing the experience of a social media platform, as well as shaping game dev to art (and vice versa). Mode Set Ello Facebook real-name policy controversy OhHeckYeah Dwarf fortress Rototo An Interview With Scott Adams Communikey Festival Justin on Twitter

Ben sits down with therapist/writer/podcaster/speaker/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion Georgia Dow to discuss the value of new experiences, the advantages of private mentorship, and living life to its fullest. iMore Vector Podcast Isometric Podcast Royal Mews Georgia, true to her word Georgia on Twitter

Ben talks to Sir John Hargrave, CEO of Media Shower, about his new book Mind Hacking on the power of reprogramming one's thoughts to maintain new habits, and innovations to the traditional publishing model. Media Shower Mind Hacking CBT Therapy Philsophy Software is Eating the World- Marc Andreessen GitBook Sir John on Twitter

Ben talks to Mike Brittain, VP of Engineering at Etsy, on interacting with the development community, strides in diversity practices, the pros/cons of an open office, and the difficulties in transitioning from engineering to management. The Art of the Dojo Spotify's NYC Office Facebook's Vending Machines Managing Humans- Michael Lopp Mike on Twitter

Ben talks to Craig Andera, developer at Cognitect, on his latest 20% time project, how Clojure gets made, and driving immutability into a database. Cognicast Kinesis Keyboards khordr Datomic "Simplicity Matters"- Rich Hickey Mile...Mile & a Half (Documentary) "Programming with Hand Tools"- Tim Ewald Falcon 4.0 Craig on Twitter

Ben talks with Pat Brisbin on his new book, and the future of Haskell at thoughtbot. Maybe Haskell announcement thoughtbot's books Learn You a Haskell for Great Good Upcase Haskell excercises Carnival haskell on heroku Yesod Maybe Haskell (50% off for our listeners!) Pat on Twitter

Chad officially welcomes Ben back to the podcast, discuses the employer/employee ideology that can facilitate a successful sabbatical, and reveals some exclusives on the future of thoughtbot. Turing School Ben on the Healthy Hacker podcast Pogo-stick Chair Hound Upcase Rugby explained for Chad New thoughtbot Office Bath Ruby

Chad talks with Ben Arent, product manager at Rackspace, on the pros/cons of app acquisition, as well as their favorite Sass tools. Rackspace Airbrake Go Programing Language Hybrid Cloud OnMetal Cloud Servers Open Computer Project Segment Intercom Tender Support Slate Temper Hubspot Ben on Twitter

Chad talks with Paul Dowman, founder of OK GROW!, on replacing Rails with Meteor, and how martial arts has made him a better developer. OK GROW! Meteor Velocity Test Framework Wasting Less Time Replace CoffeeScript with ES6 Jeet Kune Do Paul on Twitter