Software Engineering Leadership & Evolving Strategy w/ Brandon Mathis - Hyperdrive Minds Podcast 15

Brandon Mathis is a talented Software Engineering Leader in Raleigh, NC currently serving as Engineering Lead at This Dot. He runs Triangle Devs, a prominent local meetup/slack/discord group. He is a lifelong tinkerer, coder & product builder. He's also a husband, dad, gamer, and writer. He is focused on web development using JavaScript (Node, React, ect), Ruby (Rails, Sinatra, Chef), DevOps (AWS, Ansible, Docker), Test Driven Development, Object Oriented Design, REST API Development, and SQL/NoSQL. If you're trying to build high quality software products at scale and planning to leverage local Raleigh talent you should start by scheduling a conversation with Brandon.

GUEST:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathisbrandon/
Website: www.brandonmathis.me
GitHub: https://github.com/BrandonMathis
Triangle Devs: https://triangledevelopers.com/
Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/triangle-devs/

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TIMESTAMPS:
1:36 - Favorite movie
5:28 - Star Wars chat
9:07 - Acolyte cancellation
13:57 - How he landed in software engineering
21:26 - Golang vs Rust
24:59 - His favorite language
26:58 - JavaScript vs TypeScript
29:57 - Where he recommends newbies start coding
33:09 - Would he recommend starting a career in dev now
35:05 - GitHub Go-Pilot
37:21 - Dev skills becoming part of life
43:03 - Mac or PC
46:15 - Alfred on Mac
46:43 - Spotlight on iPhone
51:28 - His recent focus on Cybersecurity
54:34 - Polyfill.js hack
58:48 - Reallocation from QA to Cybersecurity
1:00:17 - Why can't devs test their own code
1:04:44 - No size company is immune to cyber attacks
1:05:34 - Ethics of storing passwords properly
1:08:26 - What happened to Agile / Scrum
1:13:32 - Best way to measure dev performance
1:19:53 - Cheaply made "Agencyware"
1:21:24 - Boeing
1:28:14 - Roller skates vs Rollerblades
1:31:18 - Future of AI writing code
1:34:19 - What Shopify did to eCommerce development
1:36:17 - TikTok shop vs YouTube
1:37:49 - Gen Z never leaves social media
1:39:00 - Where to find Brandon

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