{"id":1102,"date":"2015-06-17T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2015-06-17T09:56:23","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T13:56:23","slug":"from-photographer-to-developer-washley-mcnamara-ep-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2015\/06\/from-photographer-to-developer-washley-mcnamara-ep-90\/","title":{"rendered":"From Photographer to Developer w\/Ashley McNamara &#8211; Ep 90"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ashleymcnamara.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1104\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ashleymcnamara-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"ashleymcnamara\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ashleymcnamara-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ashleymcnamara-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ashleymcnamara.jpeg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This week we&#8217;re joined by another\u00a0Developer Advocate in the wild. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashleymcnamara\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley McNamara<\/a>, community unicorn herder at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/objectrocket\">ObjectRocket<\/a>, leads us downs the\u00a0path toward her title. Her and Matt caught up at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/velocityconf\" target=\"_blank\">Velocity Conf<\/a>\u00a0and exchanged the secret handshake that they can&#8217;t tell you about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ashley is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/ashleymcnamaraphotography\/\" target=\"_blank\">incredible photographer<\/a> and did it full-time for a while. She now\u00a0spends her day in a completely different way. We discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Career transition<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">The economics of photography<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Going from \u201csort of\u201d in technology to Developer Advocate<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Being a business owner (90% business, 10% skill)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Building our future robotic overlords<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">The career pivot<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/learnpythonthehardway.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn Python the Hard Way<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zedshaw\" target=\"_blank\">Zed Shaw<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Meetups, Meetups,\u00a0Meetups<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Reaching out to a mentor<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/girlswhocode.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Girls Who\u00a0Code<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">How everyone sucks at something (and how to\u00a0admit it)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Will Wheaton on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcocreate.com\/3031269\/wil-wheaton-on-why-its-the-best-time-ever-to-be-creative-and-a-geek\" target=\"_blank\">why it&#8217;s amazing to be a\u00a0geek<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also mention quite a lot of learning to code resources. \u00a0For computer science knowledge (which is NOT a pre-req to coding):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/course\/introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x\" target=\"_blank\">EdX CS 50<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/course\/cs101\" target=\"_blank\">Coursera CS 101<\/a>\u00a0(by Stanford)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">For hands-on experience with coding:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teamtreehouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Treehouse<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/code.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Code.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.codecademy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Codecademy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ashley found that old school was the most helpful for her and she recommended these books, both children\u2019s\u00a0and intro:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hello-World-Computer-Programming-Beginners\/dp\/1617290920\" target=\"_blank\">Hello World<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shop.oreilly.com\/product\/0636920003434.do\" target=\"_blank\">Head First Python<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1368\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1102-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Robot-Overlords-with-Ashley-McNamara-Ep-90.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Robot-Overlords-with-Ashley-McNamara-Ep-90.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Robot-Overlords-with-Ashley-McNamara-Ep-90.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Robot-Overlords-with-Ashley-McNamara-Ep-90.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1102-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Robot-Overlords-with-Ashley-McNamara-Ep-90.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Robot-Overlords-with-Ashley-McNamara-Ep-90.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we&#8217;re joined by another\u00a0Developer Advocate in the wild. Ashley McNamara, community unicorn herder at ObjectRocket, leads us downs the\u00a0path toward her title. Her and Matt caught up at Velocity Conf\u00a0and exchanged the secret handshake that they can&#8217;t tell you about. Ashley is an incredible photographer and did it&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2015\/06\/from-photographer-to-developer-washley-mcnamara-ep-90\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">From Photographer to Developer w\/Ashley McNamara &#8211; Ep 90<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1369\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1102-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Robot-Overlords-with-Ashley-McNamara-Ep-90.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Robot-Overlords-with-Ashley-McNamara-Ep-90.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Robot-Overlords-with-Ashley-McNamara-Ep-90.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Robot-Overlords-with-Ashley-McNamara-Ep-90.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1102-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Robot-Overlords-with-Ashley-McNamara-Ep-90.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Robot-Overlords-with-Ashley-McNamara-Ep-90.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1106,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions\/1106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}