Passion Projects, Programming, and Planes with Ivan Novak

Ivan Novak has been weaving his own way through the tech world since 2006. Seventeen years on, he is now a self-taught software engineer. Ivan caught my attention after reading a blog post on Dev.to - passion and paying projects.In this episode, we have a fascinating and thought-provoking discussion on this and other topics surrounding the creative field in which we all live and work.Books by IvanSurviving Software Complexity Techniques for Taming the BeastScaling Success: Strategies for Growing Your Tech Team & CapabilitiesBlog PostPassion Projects vs. Paying Projects(00:00) - Introduction (00:19) - Ivan Novak (01:16) - Passion Projects vs. Paying Projects (14:33) - The joy of building a plane (19:40) - Free Coffee from Trade Coffee (21:56) - Schools and creativity (26:03) - Managing for joy and productivity (44:09) - Surviving Software Complexity Techniques for Taming the Beast (46:49) - Scaling Success: Strategies for Growing Your Tech Team & Capabilities (48:37) - Ivan Novak (49:15) - Rate and review (49:32) - Support the podcast Please leave a review and show your support.https://lovethepodcast.com/compileswiftPlease find me on Mastodon@[email protected] Thanks to our monthly supporters Adam Wulf bitSpectre Arclite ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★