RailsClub'Moscow 2013. Interview with Ernie Miller
Less than a month is left before the start of the 12th Ruby-developers conference RailsClub'Moscow 2013 ( buy a ticket )
Many distinguished guests are expected: Ernie Miller, Jeremy Evans, Erik Hoadle, Frederick Chang, Linda Liukas, Obi Fernandez and more. We have already managed to make friends and talk with some of them, and now we are happy to introduce you.
Let's start with an interview with Ernie Miller , author of squeel , ActiveRecord specialist.
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Interviews are published with original answers in English and our free translation.
When and why did you start programming?
I started at the age of 6 years. My parents brought home a computer model Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer 2. I already loved video games and wanted to start making my own.
I started at 6 years old. I brought in my computer.
What are you working on right now?
I work at Wantful, improve our recommendation engine, in other words, have fun.
I'm working at Wantful, improving our recommendations.
What is the best and what is the worst in your work?
The best: an interesting workflow and a strong team.
The worst: since the team is small and the work is interesting, you need to be able to stop on time and find time for your family
Best: Interesting work and a strong team.
It is a funeral for all my family.
What do you consider your main achievement in life / career at the moment?
I had the courage to start speaking at conferences this year, and this is a real breakthrough.
I’ve been a blast.
What is the purpose of your career and professional development?
Career is not the main thing for me, although it helps me to take care of the well-being of my family. I am incredibly lucky because I can do what I love and get paid for it.
My career focus. I’m getting paid to do it.
What helps a programmer to grow professionally?
It is important to be able to integrate the skills that you have learned into those projects that are important to you. The knowledge that you absorb is only as useful as it is applicable in practice.
It is important that you care. It enables you to create it.
What book would you recommend to read to any programmer?
Every programmer should read Chad Fowler's The Passionate Programmer .
Every developer should read "The Passionate Programmer," by Chad Fowler.
What do you like to do in your free time?
I am a volunteer counselor in my church - I help people who are faced with various difficulties. This is something completely different from programming. "Confusion" and "complexity" in people of a completely different kind than in computers. I also like to spend time with my wife and stepdaughter, play sports and play computer games or game consoles.
I volunteer as a counselor at my church, where I help people It's a very different experience than programming. People are "messy" and "complicated" in ways that computers aren't. Spending time, working out, and PC / console gaming.
Thanks for the interview and see you in Moscow!
We invite everyone to the RailsClub'Moscow 2013 conference. Traditionally, we will feed, give presents, hold contests and lotteries, play good music :) There will be a lot of interesting and informative.
Registration and payment of participation in the conference
Undev.ru is a strong development team for Ruby, Objective C, C ++, C #, JavaScript. They are working on the creation of a unique technological platform for television broadcasting via the Internet. On the basis of this platform were made such major projects as Web elections 2012, SPIEF, broadcast Vancouver and London Olympiads, and several more projects of a similar scale.
Aviasales.ru is Russia's first and largest Internet search engine for cheap air tickets. This is a project with monthly attendance of more than 2.5 million users and additional functions for finding hotels, insurance and car rental services. The company employs approximately 60 people. The headquarters and 80% of the employees are located on the beautiful sunny island of Phuket in the Kingdom of Thailand. The technology stack includes RoR / Redis / RabbitMQ / MySQL.
SocialQuantum is one of the leading developers and publishers of gaming applications for social networks and mobile platforms in Europe. The company's games are available on iOS and Android platforms, as well as on Russian social networks and on Facebook.
The applications of the company “Social Quantum” consistently occupy the first places in the ratings of mobile games, as well as leading positions in Russian social networks.
GitHub is the most effective way to do software together, and this application is not important for your company, an open source library or just a project for a couple of days. GitHub provides tools for collaborative development on any device, making it easier. Start today - hosting open-source projects for free!
Lookatme is a modern online magazine for young people, with an audience of over 1.7 million monthly users. The project was developed on Ruby on Rails, therefore, traditionally, Lookatme helps our conference. In LAM'e work very creative and interesting people. Not a big, but very solid and friendly team.
Stay up to date with our news by subscribing to the newsletter on the website railsclub.ru , and stay tuned for updates:
railsclub.ru
http://twitter.com/#!/railsclub_ru
www.facebook.com/railsclub
By the way, we are actively looking for sponsors. Offer to sponsors
Developing your Ruby project? Ruby brings you money? Does ruby ​​make you happy? Make a contribution to the development of Ruby in Russia! Become a sponsor of the largest Russian Ruby on Rails conference! Help us make RailsClub better!
Many distinguished guests are expected: Ernie Miller, Jeremy Evans, Erik Hoadle, Frederick Chang, Linda Liukas, Obi Fernandez and more. We have already managed to make friends and talk with some of them, and now we are happy to introduce you.
Let's start with an interview with Ernie Miller , author of squeel , ActiveRecord specialist.
')
Interviews are published with original answers in English and our free translation.
When and why did you start programming?
I started at the age of 6 years. My parents brought home a computer model Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer 2. I already loved video games and wanted to start making my own.
I started at 6 years old. I brought in my computer.
What are you working on right now?
I work at Wantful, improve our recommendation engine, in other words, have fun.
I'm working at Wantful, improving our recommendations.
What is the best and what is the worst in your work?
The best: an interesting workflow and a strong team.
The worst: since the team is small and the work is interesting, you need to be able to stop on time and find time for your family
Best: Interesting work and a strong team.
It is a funeral for all my family.
What do you consider your main achievement in life / career at the moment?
I had the courage to start speaking at conferences this year, and this is a real breakthrough.
I’ve been a blast.
What is the purpose of your career and professional development?
Career is not the main thing for me, although it helps me to take care of the well-being of my family. I am incredibly lucky because I can do what I love and get paid for it.
My career focus. I’m getting paid to do it.
What helps a programmer to grow professionally?
It is important to be able to integrate the skills that you have learned into those projects that are important to you. The knowledge that you absorb is only as useful as it is applicable in practice.
It is important that you care. It enables you to create it.
What book would you recommend to read to any programmer?
Every programmer should read Chad Fowler's The Passionate Programmer .
Every developer should read "The Passionate Programmer," by Chad Fowler.
What do you like to do in your free time?
I am a volunteer counselor in my church - I help people who are faced with various difficulties. This is something completely different from programming. "Confusion" and "complexity" in people of a completely different kind than in computers. I also like to spend time with my wife and stepdaughter, play sports and play computer games or game consoles.
I volunteer as a counselor at my church, where I help people It's a very different experience than programming. People are "messy" and "complicated" in ways that computers aren't. Spending time, working out, and PC / console gaming.
Thanks for the interview and see you in Moscow!
The conference
We invite everyone to the RailsClub'Moscow 2013 conference. Traditionally, we will feed, give presents, hold contests and lotteries, play good music :) There will be a lot of interesting and informative.
Registration and payment of participation in the conference
Our sponsors
The general sponsor
Undev.ru is a strong development team for Ruby, Objective C, C ++, C #, JavaScript. They are working on the creation of a unique technological platform for television broadcasting via the Internet. On the basis of this platform were made such major projects as Web elections 2012, SPIEF, broadcast Vancouver and London Olympiads, and several more projects of a similar scale.
Gold Sponsors
Aviasales.ru is Russia's first and largest Internet search engine for cheap air tickets. This is a project with monthly attendance of more than 2.5 million users and additional functions for finding hotels, insurance and car rental services. The company employs approximately 60 people. The headquarters and 80% of the employees are located on the beautiful sunny island of Phuket in the Kingdom of Thailand. The technology stack includes RoR / Redis / RabbitMQ / MySQL.
SocialQuantum is one of the leading developers and publishers of gaming applications for social networks and mobile platforms in Europe. The company's games are available on iOS and Android platforms, as well as on Russian social networks and on Facebook.
The applications of the company “Social Quantum” consistently occupy the first places in the ratings of mobile games, as well as leading positions in Russian social networks.
Silver Sponsors
GitHub is the most effective way to do software together, and this application is not important for your company, an open source library or just a project for a couple of days. GitHub provides tools for collaborative development on any device, making it easier. Start today - hosting open-source projects for free!
Lookatme is a modern online magazine for young people, with an audience of over 1.7 million monthly users. The project was developed on Ruby on Rails, therefore, traditionally, Lookatme helps our conference. In LAM'e work very creative and interesting people. Not a big, but very solid and friendly team.
The organizers
Stay up to date with our news by subscribing to the newsletter on the website railsclub.ru , and stay tuned for updates:
railsclub.ru
http://twitter.com/#!/railsclub_ru
www.facebook.com/railsclub
By the way, we are actively looking for sponsors. Offer to sponsors
Developing your Ruby project? Ruby brings you money? Does ruby ​​make you happy? Make a contribution to the development of Ruby in Russia! Become a sponsor of the largest Russian Ruby on Rails conference! Help us make RailsClub better!
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