RR 349: The Overnight Failure with Sebastian Sogamoso

Panel: Charles Max WoodEric BerryDave KimuraDavid Richards Special Guests: Sebastian SogamosoIn this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel discusses failures with Sebastian Sogamoso. Sebastian is a software developer of 6 years, and working with Ruby for the last 5 years, and before worked with Java and PHP. He is currently living in Panama City, but grew up in Colombia. He now works for CookPad and organizes a Ruby conference in Colombia. Sebastian stresses the fact that everyone fails no matter what, and if you take responsibility and learn from your failures, you can more on to become a better programmer and developer because of it.In particular, we dive pretty deep on: • Ruby, Java, and PHP • Failure stories • Personal failure stories in software projects • Public failure stories in technology companies • Failure from a personal perspective • I am the worst developer ever? • Will I get fired? • Will this ever be over? • Getting peer support • Will I have to carry with the weight of this failure for my entire career? • Taking time off to decompress • Failure from a company perspective • The customer support side • The Public Relationships side • The engineering side • Blameless postmortems (don’t do guilt blame) • Root cause analysis • Fix the code, but most importantly the processes • Gaining confidence back • Mental health • Why sharing our failures can help • Impostor syndrome • And much, much more! Links: LinodeCookPadInterview CakeFreshBooksSebaSoga.com@SebaSogaSebastian’s GitHubSourceDiving.com • Picks:CharlesCraigslisteBay • Classified Sites for Non-Running Vehicles EricDjango • Cats Dave • Costco Glasses DavidThe Knowledge Worker by Peter DruckerA Different View of Mindfulness by Zat Rana • SebastianHeadspace AppYou Need a Budget App1Blocker AppSpecial Guest: Sebastian Sogamoso.

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