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! ----more---- 00:00 - Introduction02:33 - How he began his programming journey04:15 - The power of receiving and providing guidance06:23 - How he navigated the journey to discover his path08:22 - The challenges he had faced during his first jobs11:02 - The importance of Communication and collaboration in his role14:30 - How to bring kindness into interactions and be collaborate18:30 - About some of his different roles23:10 - Product management experience25:15 - About his current role31:30 - About the AWS community32:42 -Balance working on his other side projects35:00 - About his book39:34 - The collaboration on writing the book42:08 - About his podcast46:45 - Advice ----more---- Podbean link: https://wiemzin.podbean.com/ ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/techtak/id1732103530?l=en-GB Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0zRbfj8S0AKa4EhwyAAvHD?si=906fe22f41904a07 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/o944lr7p iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/135681345 TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/TechTak-p3919993/ Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/techtakpod/ Twitter account : https://twitter.com/TechTakPodcast ------------------------------------- Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/cruen/in-the-now License code: 792Y1SKLWOJBWWSP -----------------------------------------