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147: Cry Through it, and Keep Typing (Saron Yitbarek)

May 18th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  33 mins 9 secs

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.

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146: Ready For the Real World (Shelby Kelly)

May 11th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  28 mins 53 secs

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!

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145: YOLO! _push to master_ (Sam Phippen)

May 4th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  43 mins 40 secs

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.

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144: Finding a New Way (Pam Selle)

April 27th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  34 mins 19 secs

Ben talks to Pam Selle on the importance of self-imposed structure, voice coding, and living with RSI.

143: Keep an Open Mind (Carin Meier)

April 20th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  29 mins 2 secs

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.

142: The Power of Play (Justin Gitlin)

April 13th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  28 mins 23 secs

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).

141: Don't Say No to Anything (Georgia Dow)

April 6th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  29 mins 35 secs

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 it's fullest.

140: Don't Believe Everything That You Think (Sir John Hargrave)

March 30th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  31 mins 1 sec

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.

139: Learning Oriented Culture (Mike Brittain)

March 23rd, 2015  |  Season 3  |  38 mins 27 secs

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.

138: Overloading the Home Row (Craig Andera)

March 16th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  44 mins 35 secs

Ben talks to Craig Andera, developer at Cognitect, on his latest 20% time project, Clojure as open source, and reimagining database structures.

137: The Haskell Renaissance (Pat Brisbin)

March 9th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  30 mins 34 secs

Ben talks with Pat Brisbin on his new book, and the future of Haskell at thoughtbot.

136: I Think it Was the Altitude (Ben Orenstein)

March 2nd, 2015  |  Season 3  |  31 mins 16 secs

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.

135: Planning For Change (Ben Arent)

February 23rd, 2015  |  Season 3  |  33 mins 46 secs

Chad talks with Ben Arent, product manager at Rackspace, on the trials of app acquisition, as well as their favorite Sass tools.

134: Growing to Meteor (Paul Dowman)

February 16th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  41 mins 43 secs

Chad talks with Paul Dowman, founder of OK GROW!, on replacing Rails with Meteor, and how martial arts has made him a better developer.

133: The DNA of Music (Matt Aimonetti)

February 9th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  34 mins 40 secs

Chad talks with Matt Aimonetti, co-founder of Splice, on remote worker strategies, fundraising, and his vision for the future of digital musical collaboration.

132: Story Tellers (Adarsh Pandit, Kyle Fiedler)

February 1st, 2015  |  Season 3  |  38 mins 28 secs

Chad talks with fellow thoughtbotters Adarsh Pandit and Kyle Fiedler on the pros and cons of stories, story points, and job stories.