Episode 08 - Ken Kousen

Tammy and Tim have a chat with Ken Kousen, author of Help Your Boss Help You, about his journey to becoming a Pragmatic author. * Recorded 14-July-2021 Show Links Ken Kousen on Twitter Help Your Boss Help You Tim and Tammy are back with another episode of the Pragmatic Hero's Journey podcast. This month, our hosts chat with Ken Kousen, author of Help Your Boss Help You. --- Ken Kousen is a Java Champion and Oracle Developer Champion. He's also the author of Help Your Boss Help You and co-host of the Groovy Podcast. On this episode, Ken talks about how he got interested in writing books, and how his latest book, Help Your Boss Help You, got its start. He also explains the concept of the prisoner's dilemma, and how it relates to managing people. Listen to the rest of Ken's story on this episode of the Pragmatic Hero's Journey podcast. You can stream the episode here: https://pragprog.libsyn.com/ or subscribe to the RSS feed using the following link: https://pragprog.libsyn.com/rss. --- Note: We apologize for the "somewhat noisy" recording. Tammy was still experiencing technical difficulties.

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Welcome to the Pragmatic Hero's Journey, a monthly podcast about becoming a Pragmatic author. On this podcast, you'll hear from an eclectic group of authors as they discuss their personal journey to becoming a Pragmatic author. You'll discover what tools they use to write and produce code, what challenges and rewards come along with being an author, and what advice they can share to help you jumpstart your technical writing career. The Pragmatic Hero's Journey podcast is owned and operated by The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC, home of The Pragmatic Bookshelf. The Pragmatic Programmers, founded by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas, has one simple goal: to improve the lives of professional developers.