Mark Seemann talks with Dave Rael about the rewards of writing software and educating, a functional mindset, and helping teams
Mark Seemann helps programmers make code easier to maintain. He's a Danish freelance programmer, author, conference speaker, and MVP.
Chapters:
0:28 - Dave introduces the show and Mark Seemann 4:18 - Mark's definition of value 7:48 - The challenge of recognizing value when the benefit of Mark's contribution is indirect 10:30 - The things that "light Mark up" 13:24 - The similarities between functional and object oriented programming 15:59 - How Mark got started writing software 21:03 - Mark's story of failure, knowing Brooks' Law, but ignoring it 28:45 - Mark's greatest success story, the reward of being unnecessary 34:37 - How Mark stays current with what he needs to know 37:30 - Mark's book recommendation 38:12 - The things that have Mark most excited about his present and future 40:38 - The greatest sources of pain in Mark's life and work, f
