MJS 074: Scott Wyatt

Panel: Charles Max Wood   Guest: Scott Wyatt   This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Scott Wyatt. Scott is a VC partner and is the CTO at Cali Style Technologies, works with startups, and was the CTO of the Dollar Beard Club. He first got into programming because his dad was a computer programmer and he really got hooked from a young age writing games and playing on the computer. They talk about the benefit of not living in the hustle and bustle of California and the Silicon Valley, how he got into JavaScript, what was it about JavaScript that hooked him, and more!   In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 282 Scott intro Works remotely from Indiana The pros to not living in Silicon Valley How did you first get into programming? Father was a computer programmer Strong arts background Started coding really young How did you get into JavaScript? Started out with ActionScript JavaScript to jQuery The cool part of having a diverse background as a programmer What was it that got you into JavaScript? Back-end JavaScript Node.js JavaScript is very versatile How did you get into doing something like Trails.js? Sails.js Fabrix and TypeScript  What have you done in JS that you are most proud of? Partitioned apps Contributing to freedom of information What are you working on now? And much, much more!   Links:  JavaScript Jabber Episode 282 Cali Style Technologies Dollar Beard Club JavaScript jQuery Node.js Trails.js Sails.js Fabrix TypeScript @ScottBWyatt Scott’s GitHub   Sponsors:  Loot Crate FreshBooks   Picks Charles  Get a Coder Job Course Golf Clash Golfing Planning in sanity time Suggest a Topic [email protected]    Scott Gun.js Bitcoin