Episode 14: The Simple Programmer with John Sonmez

In this episode I interview the founder of Simple Programmer, John Sonmez. John is, among other things, a developer, author, Pluralsight author, speaker, entrepreneur, and life coach for software developers. John and I discuss how he got started in software development, his up and coming changes to Simple Programmer, shutting down Get Up and Code, his desire to get back into game programming, and much more.

Mentioned in the Show:

• John's book - Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual
• MUD (Multi-User Dungeon)
• John on Pluralsight
• Fast Company article on Pluralsight featuring John
• Indie Speed Run
• John Romero
• Masters of Doom by David Kushner
• Matt Kremer's Slack Mastermind
• Uncle Bob Martin
• Elliot Hulse
• Tony Robbins
• The Martian
• Rounders
• Get Up And Code
• How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Transcendentalism
• Meteor
• KanbanFlow
• Pomodoro Technique
• RunFaster (PaceMaker)

Contacting John:

• Website: http://simpleprogrammer.com/
• Twitter: @jsonmez