In this episode, Chuck, Ayush, and Valentino join Olly Headey as he shares his expansive career journey, from co-founding FreeAgent to navigating the intricate world of cloud migration and technology adoption. They dive deeply into the various challenges and decisions involved in choosing frameworks like React, tackling server costs with CDN solutions, and simplifying complex tech stacks. Olly also discusses his experiences with boot camps, emphasizing the importance of foundational knowledge over trendy frameworks.They touch on the significance of dependencies in tech projects, the evolving landscape of Ruby usage beyond Rails, and the practicalities of AWS CloudFront integrations. Olly offers his unique insights into balancing established and new technologies, emphasizing a pragmatic approach to tech evolution.Join them as they explore the nuances of engineering management, the real-world implications of tech choices, and the strategies for maintaining simplicity in a fast-evolving tech landscape. Let’s get started!SocialsLinkedIn: Olly HeadeyPicksCharles - Challengers! | Board GameCharles - The Book on Mental ToughnessOlly - Friendly.rb - Your friendy European Ruby conferenceValentino - PodcastBuddy Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support.
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Hey folks, welcome back to another episode of the Ruby Rogues podcast. This week on our panel we have Ayush Nwatia.
Hello, hello.
We also have Valentino Stoll. Hey now. Charles Maxwood from Top End Devs and we have a special guest this week and that is Oli Heddy.
Or heedy, actually. Heedy.
No, it's fine. I should have asked, but I assumed because I think I'm smart. And then I screw stuff up because I think I'm smart. Anyway, do you want to just – you were mentioning before the show you've worked at 37 Signals. You were the CTO for Free Agent, which is a bookkeeping and financial app for businesses. Yeah. What else is there to know? What else are you famous for?
I think you've done it really well. For a start, am I famous? I don't think so. But they're the two main things, really. I mean, free agent. you know, consumed 15 years of my life. So, you know, that's pretty much most things. Before that, I was a software developer, you know, nothing out of the ordinary. You know, it started in the 90s.
I used to do computer games originally when they came on CDs and had sprites, that kind of game. You built them? Yeah, that was my first job. I was just a programmer writing C, C++, and making characters move on the screen. So that was kind of interesting, although quite hard work, I have to say. If you just want a 9 to 5, I wouldn't recommend video games.
My son wants to be a video game developer, so...
yeah i mean great fun i mean to be honest probably quite different in the 90s i have no idea what it's like today i'm not really yeah in there um but but yeah and then you know doing a variety of different jobs uh and ended up being a being a kind of consultant you know going into banks kind of soul destroying that kind of thing and then yeah and then
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