Kirk Shillingford: On Making Mistakes, Growth, and the Importance of Community
Season 1, Episode 8 | March 1, 2021In this episode, Dan and Bekah talk to Kirk Shillingford, a software developer (and Community Maintainer at Virtual Coffee), about the importance of making mistakes and the growth that comes with it.
Kirk Shillingford
Software Developer, and Community Maintainer at Virtual Coffee.
- @KirkCodes on Twitter
- @tkshill on GitHub
Show Notes:
In this episode, Dan and Bekah talk to Kirk Shillingford, a software developer (and Community Maintainer at Virtual Coffee), who has been "haphazardly writing code for about seven years," about the importance of making mistakes and the growth that comes with it. We also talk about empathy being a key indicator of a senior developer and the importance of having a supportive community.
Links:
- @KirkCodes on Twitter
- @tkshill on GitHub
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