Tim Falls on Developer Relations, Open Source, Free Education and Ethics

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Tim Falls of Digital Ocean about developer relations, the importance of embracing and providing open-source software, the need to offer free education in software development and the importance of ethics in education. Why listen to this podcast: • There is a need to take a more open and community-based approach to business • Taking an open-source viewpoint means you can build products and give them away for free while still building a sustainable business • If you’re solving a real problem for your customers, they will happily pay you for your solution • Not only can this approach build a successful business; it is a more enjoyable way of going about things • We need more and more people able to build software and providing free online education will enable the whole industry to grow More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2Y3zWKi You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Check the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2Y3zWKi