Episode 227 | Robert Blumen - Content Creation Mentor

Guest: Robert Blumen @RobertBlumen Robert Blumen talks with Dave Rael about creating audio content, career transitions, and understanding the context of failures Robert Blumen is a DevOps engineer at Salesforce Desk.com with over 25 years of experience in software development in programming, architecture, and media production. His interests include software architecture, scalability, high availability, persistence, big data, and devops. Robert is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of California Berkeley. Chapters: 1:37 - Dave introduces the show and Robert Blumen2:10 - How Robert got involved with one of the longest-running software engineering podcasts in the world, Software Engineering Radio4:46 - The meaning of Robert's editor role with Software Engineering Radio6:48 - Comparing giving a presentation to being a podcast host9:17 - The fit of software developers as podcast hosts11:29 - Qualities of good podcast guests12:18 - Robert on career transitions16:21 - Roberts thoughts on the future of podcasting24:47 - Selection of content for Software Engineering Radio to ensure it maintains appeal over time27:19 - Becoming a podcaster - motivations and considerations32:09 - Robert's thoughts on moving from software engineering to DevOps36:19 - How Robert stays current with what he needs to know38:04 - Robert's book recommendation43:00 - Robert's top 3 tips for delivering more value44:43 - Keeping up with Robert Resources: Software Engineering Radio Markus Voelter IEEE Computer Society IEEE Computer Society Software Magazine Glassdoor Hot Pod Mad Men Dynamic Cuts The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master - Andrew Hunt Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - Erich Gamma Jeff Meyerson on Developer On Fire Hindsight Bias Software Engineering Radio Hosts Manual Robert's book recommendation: The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' - Sidney Dekker Robert's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Develop your writing skills Get enough sleep