RR 349: The Overnight Failure with Sebastian Sogamoso

Panel: Charles Max WoodEric BerryDave KimuraDavid Richards Special Guests: Sebastian SogamosoIn this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel discusses failures with Sebastian Sogamoso. Sebastian is a software developer of 6 years, and working with Ruby for the last 5 years, and before worked with Java and PHP. He is currently living in Panama City, but grew up in Colombia. He now works for CookPad and organizes a Ruby conference in Colombia. Sebastian stresses the fact that everyone fails no matter what, and if you take responsibility and learn from your failures, you can more on to become a better programmer and developer because of it.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:Ruby, Java, and PHPFailure storiesPersonal failure stories in software projectsPublic failure stories in technology companiesFailure from a personal perspectiveI am the worst developer ever?Will I get fired?Will this ever be over?Getting peer supportWill I have to carry with the weight of this failure for my entire career?Taking time off to decompressFailure from a company perspectiveThe customer support sideThe Public Relationships sideThe engineering sideBlameless postmortems (don’t do guilt blame)Root cause analysisFix the code, but most importantly the processesGaining confidence backMental healthWhy sharing our failures can helpImpostor syndromeAnd much, much more!Links:  LinodeCookPadInterview CakeFreshBooksSebaSoga.com@SebaSogaSebastian’s GitHubSourceDiving.com Picks:CharlesCraigslisteBayClassified Sites for Non-Running VehiclesEricDjangoCatsDaveCostco GlassesDavidThe Knowledge Worker by Peter DruckerA Different View of Mindfulness by Zat Rana SebastianHeadspace AppYou Need a Budget App