Episode 172: Becoming A Tech Author During The Pandemic with Aristeidis Bampakos

Recording date: 2022-02-10

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Aristeidis Bampakos @abampakos

Brought to you by

• AG Grid
• Ionic

Resources:

• Aristeidis on Medium
• Learning Angular (book)
• Google Developer Expert
• Angular Projects

Timejumps

• 01:48 Guest introduction
• 03:19 How did you get started in teaching Angular?
• 08:12 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 09:16 How did you schedule writing about Angular?
• 11:52 How did you decide when to write a book?
• 14:52 Dan's intro to tech story
• 17:17 Craig's origin story
• 18:02 What lessons did you learn on your journey?
• 24:14 Any tips for people procrastinating?
• 25:23 Sponsor: Ionic
• 26:02 Craig's tips for dealing with procrastination
• 31:34 What are your motivations for writing?
• 33:21 What was the process for a second book?
• 36:03 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.