The Programming Professional podcast is here to focus on the "other side" of programming. Each episode will explore topics that take us from being simple code monkeys to true Professionals. Stop letting your employer control the direction of your career, and take the reigns yourself!
Latest episodes
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21 min
Embrace Agility Over Agile
Agile with a big A is broken. The word has lost all meaning and is instead being sold as a product. Instead of us being nimble as developers, we are expected to "Use Agile", which…
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15 min
Becoming A Domain Expert
As software developers, we exist in a strange "in-between" domain. We usually don't build software for other developers. Instead, we exist in the Software Development Domain and al…
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12 min
Managers Are NOT Your Friend
If you have ever had a personal relationship with your manager, you know it can be really complicated where work stops and personal life begins. In today's episode, Chris talks abo…
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20 min
Advice For My Younger Self
Have you ever wished you could go back and give yourself advice? Well, I do! In today's episode, Chris goes back to his early days as a programmer and gives himself some career adv…
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20 min
Distributed Systems Are Hard
Modern programming has evolved to a point where almost every application being built today exists inside a distributed system. In today's episode, we are going to explore why these…
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16 min
Programming Personalities
In today's episode, Chris talks about the 8 distinct programming personalities that he has encountered over his career. Can you tell which personality you match?
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16 min
Your Tech Stack Should Be Boring
When you are being paid by a company to build their product, you shouldn't be introducing unnecessary complexity. Instead, the tech stack you are building should be completely bori…
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16 min
Are You An Asset?
Your management probably doesn't see the development organization as a group of people. Instead, they see it as a cost the company has to pay to build their product. If you want to…
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17 min
Career Growth and You
Are you taking full responsibility for your own career? Or are you expecting your employer to do it for you? Chris talks about the dangers of leaving your career in the hands of yo…
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11 min
QA Are Friends, Not Food
Join Chris Franklin as he explores programmers relationship with their best asset, the QA team. Do you have a professional relationship with your own QA?
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18 min
Your T-Shirt Probably Sucks
As much as we all love wearing T-Shirts to work, this is a practice that is doing much more harm than good. Chris Franklin shares his view on business attire and its impact of how…