MJS 102: Gil Tayar

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan CacheFly  Host: Charles Max Wood Special Guest: Gil Tayar Episode Summary In this episode of My JavaScript Story, Charles Max Wood hosts Gil Tayar, a Senior Architect at Applitools from Israel. Listen to Gil on the podcast JavaScript Jabber Testing in JavaScript with Gil Tayar. Gil started his developing journey when he was 13 years old. He continued his training during his military service and became an instructor for the PC unit. During this time, he learned and taught C, C++ and Windows. He then started working  for Wix before he went onto co-found his own startup. You can listen to Dan Shappir, another developer from Wix that has been a guest on the podcast JavaScript Jabber on this episode. During this experience Gil realized he loves the coding side of the business but not the management side. Gil also loves testing and he very much enjoys his work at Applitools. As a Senior Architect in Applitools R&D, he has designed and built Applitools' Rendering Service. Links JavaScript Jabber: Testing in JavaScript with Gil Tayar JavaScript Jabber: “Web Performance API” with Dan Shappir Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle by Dan Senor and Saul Singer WIX Gil’s LinkedIn Gil’s Twitter Gil’s Medium Applitools Kubernetes https://devchat.tv/my-javascript-story/ Picks Gil Tayar: The Polish German War The Great War 1919 Channel Peaky Blinders My Struggle (Knausgård novels) Charles Max Wood: The MFCEO Project Podcast - Andy Frisella The #AskGaryVee Show podcast! - Gary Vaynerchuk A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway