MVP of Personal Hygiene

In episode #6 of the Giant Robots Smashing into other Giant Robots podcast, Ben Orenstein is joined by Dan Powell, founder of Abakas. Dan plays the role of Consulting CTO for his clients.

They discuss the best and the worst of his job, his history as a Linux hacker, and what his experience has taught him about technology and technology trends, and how he stays on top of them. Also, how to create effective, well-written, maintainable software, the Rails talent crunch, developers getting promoted to management, maintaining work-life balance and how not to get burnt out, and much, much more.

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• Microway “Screamer 533”
• DEC Multia
• Abakas

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