Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 151 | Sam Nasr - The Joy of User Groups
Sam Nasr talks with Dave Rael about positively working with clients, the benefits of running user groups, pitfalls of dealing with humans, and spaced repetition to overcome fear
Sam Nasr has been a software developer since 1995, focusing mostly on Microsoft technologies. Having achieved multiple certifications from Microsoft (MCAD, MCTS, and MCT), Sam develops, teaches, and tours the country to present various topics in .Net. He’s involved with the Cleveland C#/VB.Net User Group, where he has been the group leader since 2003. In addition, he’s the leader of the .Net Study Group, an author for Visual Studio Magazine, and a Microsoft MVP since 2013. When not coding, Sam loves spending time with his family and friends or volunteering at his local church. He can be reached by email at sam@nasr.info.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Sam Nasr
- - Sam's user group involvement
- - Becoming a group leader and starting groups
- - Getting more comfortable with being in front of a group
- - Sam's daily life
- - Sam and productivity
- - The things that "light Sam up"
- - How Sam got started in software
- - Sam's stories of failure - ingenuous management and organizations, unreasonable interactions
- - Sam's success story - positive feedback from a respected mentor
- - How Sam stays current with what he needs to know
- - Being a leader of a user group vs attendee
- - Sam's book recommendation
- - The value of certification
- - The things that have Sam most excited
- - Sam's sources of pain and suffering
- - The things about which Sam likes to geek out
- - Sam's prediction for the future of software
- - Sam's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Sam
Resources:
- Cleveland C#/VB.Net User Group
- A Search For Sam's Article's on Visual Studio Magazine
- Tom Preston-Werner's Blog Post Sharing the Story of GitHub
- Scott Nimrod on Developer On Fire
- Doc Norton on .NET Rocks!
- Doc Norton on Developer On Fire
- Azure Cognitive Services
- Jennifer Marsman
- Jennifer Marsman - Machine Learning at Build
- Jack: Straight from the Gut - Jack Welch
- MSDN Magazine
Sam's book recommendation:
Sam's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Look at the problem from different angles
- Pay attention to details
- Strongly embrace the client's goals
