Jim is Head of Developer Advocacy at Pieces, focusing on enabling developers to be more productive by leveraging contextual awareness of not only the code they write, but the content the read and the conversations they have. He’s British, so sounds way smarter than he actually is, and lives in the Pacific North West of the USA. In the past he’s lived in 4 continents working as a developer and engineering manager on back end, desktop, mobile and cloud applications across scientific software, banking, IoT and more. He's spoken at conferences and events all around the globe, organized meetup groups and communities, and written books on mobile development and IoT. He also hates and is allergic to cats, but has a 11-year-old who loves cats, so he has 2 cats. Above average Star Wars fan!
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimbobbennett/
Website: https://pieces.app/
YouTube: @jimbobbennett
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TIMESTAMPS:2:25 - Star Wars background chat3:51 - How we met5:55 - Favorite Star Wars movie15:47 - Jim's Background19:49 - Use cases for Pieces for Developers23:23 - Comparing Pieces to other AI co-pilots25:24 - Comparing Microsoft Recall29:06 - Impacts of AI and developer adoption31:53 - AI hype for problems that don't exist32:29 - Start-up product enablement34:25 - AI auto apply tools37:03 - Tech job market39:05 - Should people continue learning to code42:54 - AI company to write 8,000 books per year, but will anyone read?45:04 - The Last Screenwriter movie trailer47:04 - Challenges measuring developer productivity51:49 - Is there a place for grumpy yet talented developers on a team?55:03 - Success in a job is 80% soft skills, 20% technical skills57:51 - Issues with live coding interviews59:39 - Alternative ways to evaluate developers1:04:00 - Benefits of the contract-to-hire model1:06:03 - Running half marathons1:10:53 - Habits that have led to Jim's success working from home1:16:47 - Questions for a recruiter (importance of networking)
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