25: Chaos, and Growing an Engineering Team
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Ben introduces The 30-Day Code Quality Challenge and updates us on the progress of his first cohort. He has been receiving positive feedback and participants are engaging with the exercises and community forums. They discuss his work on the project and the future of Ben\\u2019s business and his audience moving forward.
\\n\\nDerrick has hired an Elm engineer at Drip and they discuss the adoption of the Elm programming language in the industry. He also shares the hiring and pairing interview process of the candidate. Derrick attended an interesting invite-only conference, Chaos Engineering Day, and discusses Chaos Engineering and the implications for his business. This week Drip is focused on and fully prepped for Black Friday and shares his team wins surrounding the lead-up.
\\n\\nToday\\u2019s Topics Include:
\\n\\nThe 30-Day Code Quality Challenge first cohort launch and progress
\\nDiscourse versus Slack discussion channels
\\nCommunity building and managing a group
\\nPlans for future challenge cohorts and Ben\\u2019s business
\\nDerrick\\u2019s successful hiring process for an Elm engineer
\\nAdopting Elm programming language in the industry
\\nChaos Engineering and testing
Be sure to stick around at the end of the episode for Ben and Derrick\\u2019s post-show chat.
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\\n\\nLinks and resources:
\\n\\nThe 30-Day Code Quality Challenge
\\nDiscourse
\\nPerennial Seller by Ryan Holiday
\\nPrinciples of Chaos Engineering
\\nRefactoringRails.io
\\nDrip