Human skills to pay the bills (Friends)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Long time friend KBall makes his “first” appearance on The Changelog by way of Changelog & Friends. You likely know Kevin from his panelist position on JS Party. Today he’s sharing his passion for coaching and developing human skills.

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Featuring:

• Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Subscribe to Human Skills
• Listen to Brain Science
• Jocko Willink “GOOD” (Official)

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1. Let's talk! (00:00:00)

2. First time caller, long time panelist (00:00:38)

3. We met KBall at ATO 2016 (00:01:55)

4. Pitching human skills (00:06:21)

5. Conferences we're attending (00:10:54)

6. Hard vs Soft skills (00:12:51)

7. Human patterns (00:17:19)

8. It's about mindset (00:21:20)

9. Jocko Willink "Good" (00:21:54)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTMDpizis8

10. It's a re-framing of how you think (00:24:04)

11. Sponsor: .Tech Domains (00:28:22)

https://startups.tech/changelog

12. The packaging problem (00:32:38)

13. Our viral short (00:34:45)

14. Work hard to get lucky (00:37:32)

15. Don't get bored (00:41:28)

16. Nuggets of wisdom (00:42:35)

17. What is leverage (00:46:29)

18. Kball gets nerdy (00:49:14)

19. Joist ORM (00:51:00)

20. Communication skills (00:52:29)

21. Sponsor: Neo4j (00:57:13)

https://www.neo4j.com/nodes-2023?utm_source=Changelogpodcast&utm_medium=nl&utm_campaign=Nodes&utm_content=Ad-1

22. What it takes to convince others (00:58:10)

23. Gathering info (01:01:22)

24. Being the best human (01:02:17)

25. What if I don't like people? (01:06:47)

26. I want to make more money (01:10:41)

27. Do you want this? (01:14:05)

28. Are we wrapping up? (01:18:35)

29. That's it (but listen to this) (01:21:52)