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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Drew Lazzeri

Biography

Drew Lazzeri is a former lumberjack who then went on to get a degree in math and theater from Santa Clara University. From college, he has gone on to be a freelance web developer and full stack engineer.\xa0

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While he currently works for another guest of the show, Aline Lerner at interviewing.io, he\u2019s about to take a sabbatical from tech to go to music school in Hungary for a few months.

Episode Summary

\u201cThe rare and valuable skills that enable a lot of people to be successful in either tech or other parts of knowledge work come out of relationships you have with mentors. Mentors who were able to hand down those skills.\u201d

\u201cI think its useful to just think about the users. What change you could make for them? It\u2019s always interesting how you could make changes all over the stack that can help with loading time or make a feature easier or harder to implement.\u201d

\u201cHearing the stories and the paths people have taken through in their career is so vital. It leads to success in bringing people in and having good mentorship and all sorts of the relationships that this industry is founded on.\u201d

\u2014Drew Lazzeri

Key Milestones

1. Drew began to teach himself tech at age 12. He also spent some time as a lumberjack! In college although he started down the path of computer science, he decided to switch majors to abstract math and theatre.\xa0
2. \u2018How to become a hacker\u2019 by Eric Raymond had a huge influence on Drew.
3. How does Drew approach the role of being a full stack developer? What are some of the key skills to be successful in this role?
4. How has theater played a part of in Drew\u2019s career?
5. Who were Drew\u2019s mentors throughout his career?
6. Why did Drew decide to take a break from tech to go study music?\xa0

Additional Resources

Read the article \u2018How to become a hacker\u2019 by Eric Raymond \u2013 http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

Free online book to learn Python, \u2018 How to Think like a Computer Scientist\u2019 \u2013 http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/

Mike Gamson \u2013 CEO of Relativity, Former VP of Sales at LinkedIn (#53)

Ep. 14 Duretti Hirpa \u2013 Secrets from a Self Taught Software Developer

Aline Lerner \u2013 Pro Chef Starts Tech Recruiting Firm, Interviewing.io (#44)

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