#40 The Journey of James Ward

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James Ward is a Developer Advocate for AWS.

He started his journey as a professional Software Developer since 1997, dedicating much time of his career to helping developers create software that truly excels. He is a co-author of the book Effect Oriented Programming and a co-host of the podcast Happy Path Programming.

To learn more about James's inspiring journey, listen to the full episode!

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00:00 - Introduction
02:33 - How he began his programming journey
04:15 - The power of receiving and providing guidance
06:23 - How he navigated the journey to discover his path
08:22 - The challenges he had faced during his first jobs
11:02 - The importance of Communication and collaboration in his role
14:30 - How to bring kindness into interactions and be collaborate
18:30 - About some of his different roles
23:10 - Product management experience
25:15 - About his current role
31:30 - About the AWS community
32:42 -Balance working on his other side projects
35:00 - About his book
39:34 - The collaboration on writing the book
42:08 - About his podcast
46:45 - Advice

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