S1 E4: Sean Washington, Design Kollective

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

Tech News, News, Business, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Now-a-days, people are introduced to software development through multiple avenues. And it’s pretty amazing how many other industries parallel the thinking and creative process of writing code – teaching, project management… even music. Sean Washington took an unconventional route into software, through writing music and graphic design. Since then he has been sprinting forward, as a full stack web developer and tech podcast host. His most recent adventure has been becoming the CTO and lead developer of the Design Kollective – giving him the opportunity to not only learn the platform – but to make it his own and define the vision for how to up level the product. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hey, before we start the show, I'd like to give a shout out to a very special sponsor of the Code Story podcast.
0:06.0	And that's Dev Mountain.
0:08.0	Dev Mountain is one of the highest rated coding schools in the country, employing experts who are passionate about sharing their craft and empowering the next wave of programmers.
0:19.0	Through their boot camp, they accelerate education by focusing on modern skills to align their
0:24.4	students with the needs of the tech industry.
0:27.7	They offer a variety of courses from web development to U.S. design to iOS development.
0:33.7	And their hands-on approach enables students to launch their careers or build their startups,
0:38.3	and ultimately to achieve their goals.
0:41.3	I can personally vouch for the quality developers they produce,
0:44.3	having hired six graduates from their Dallas campus.
0:47.3	Not only does Dev Mountain teach the practical skills needed to build software,
0:52.3	they give their students a foundation to amplify the necessary
0:56.0	creative thinking, problem solving, and project-focused skills required for tech professionals
1:02.2	today. You can find out more information about their programs and how to sign up at devmountain.com.
1:09.6	That's d-evmountain.com. That's d-evmountain.com.
1:15.5	Music is all about rules and patterns, right? Programming is problem solving, but also kind of
1:22.1	creative thinking. The only tech person having feature requests, support requests,
1:29.4	change requests. Coming down the pipe all the time, I think it's really easy to kind of get tunnel vision.
1:35.0	What's a legitimate feature request like an actual improvement versus what is someone
1:38.2	requesting something to be tweaked to make their life a little bit easier.
1:42.0	I'm speaking at this many conferences this year and my business is
1:44.9	doing this much money this year. At some point, it's important to learn how to relax and rest.
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