MJS 052: Jeremy Likness

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Jeremy Likness This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Jeremy Likness. Jeremy works for Microsoft currently and first got into programming when he was kept home while having a sunburn and taught himself how to type in a program into his family’s TI-99 4A computer and then later moved on to the Commodore 64. They stress the fact that you can be a successful programmer, no matter your background and they talk about the pros and cons of being a cloud developer advocate. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How did you first get into programming? How much Microsoft is in the different programming aspects Cloud developer advocates Azure TI-99 4A and Commodore 64 C and C+ You don’t have to go the traditional route to be a programmer Having a CS major is not the only way How did you get into JavaScript? Discovered the internet in college Career focused on Web apps jQuery Backbone.js Hands-on career with the code He did consulting for 10 years Linux How has your earning changed? His biggest fear was getting out of touch with the realities of day-to-day programming Pros and cons of being a cloud developer advocate Community, Content, and Connection with engineering And much, much more! Links: Microsoft Cloud developer advocates Azure JavaScript jQuery Backbone.js Linux @JeremyLikness Jeremy’s Blog Picks Charles BusyCal Jeremy Dwitter.net Hello World: The Film Node.js documentation on Azure