Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0400
Chad Fowler is an author, developer, speaker, and investor. He's been a CTO, he founded Ruby Central, the non-profit behind RubyConf and RailsConf, and is a recognizable tech figure, particularly in the Ruby community. But before he knew what code was, he was a professional musician. He shares how he switched careers without a computer science degree and how he's ended up with such an incredible tech career. He also shares how he's managed his bipolar disorder over the years, and how mental health has affected him and his career. Show Links Compiler (sponsor) Porkbun (sponsor) Ruby Central RailsConf Ruby Gems Wunderlist Delphi Perl Novell Directory Services (NDS) Smalltalk Matz Rails Recipes (book) Dave Thomas (CodeNewbie Podcast interview) Programming Ruby (book) "How to become accomplished" (video) What is Linux? Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
