Brandon Mathis is a talented Full Stack Developer in Raleigh, NC currently serving as CTO of vTestify. He runs Triangle Devs, a prominent local meetup/slack/discord group. He is a lifelong tinkerer, coder & product builder. He's also a husband, dad, gamer, and writer. His has a focus on web development using: Javascript (Node, React, ect), Ruby (Rails, Sinatra, Chef), DevOps (AWS, Ansible, Docker), Test Driven Development, Object Oriented Design, REST API Development, and SQL/NoSQL. If you're trying to build high quality software products at scale and planning to leverage local Raleigh talent you should start by scheduling a conversation with Brandon.

GUEST:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathisbrandon/

Website: www.brandonmathis.me

GitHub: https://github.com/BrandonMathis

Triangle Devs: https://triangledevelopers.com/

Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/triangle-devs/

TIMESTAMPS:

1:36 - Favorite movie

5:28 - Star Wars chat

9:07 - Acolyte cancellation

13:57 - How he landed in software engineering

21:26 - Golang vs Rust

24:59 - His favorite language

26:58 - JavaScript vs TypeScript

29:57 - Where he recommends newbies start coding

33:09 - Would he recommend getting in a dev career

35:05 - GitHub Go-Pilot

37:21 - Dev skills becoming part of life

43:03 - Mac or PC

46:15 - Alfred on Mac

46:43 - Spotlight on iPhone

51:28 - His recent focus on Cybersecurity

54:34 - Polyfill.js hack

58:48 - Reallocation from QA to Cybersecurity

1:00:17 - Why can't devs test their own code

1:04:44 - No size company is immune to cyber attacks

1:05:34 - Ethics of storing passwords properly

1:08:26 - What happened to Agile / Scrum

1:13:32 - Best way to measure dev performance

1:19:53 - Cheaply made Agencyware vs American Made Software

1:28:14 - Roller skates vs Rollerblades

1:29:50 - Snowblades

1:31:18 - Future of AI writing code

1:34:19 - What Shopify did to eCommerce development

1:37:49 - Gen Z never leaves social media

1:39:00 - Where can you find Brandon

HOST:

Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakewilliams4u/

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

FOR JOB SEEKERS:

I offer career coaching with resume & LinkedIn profile reviews for $250. Use this calendar link to schedule a 1 hour session: https://blakewilliamscoaching.youcanbook.me/

FOR HIRING MANAGERS:

I'm actively seeking new clients to support on a retained, contingent, or fractional basis. If you need help with recruiting, schedule a meeting using this calendar link: https://blakewilliamsvideo.youcanbook.me