Developers who stand out bring both technical skills and life experiences to the job

In this episode of Dynamic Developer​, we talk with Dave Hoover about how you learn the skills to become a developer, and how companies build dev teams with the right skills for today and tomorrow. Dave is not only founder and CEO of Red Squirrel, a custom software development firm, he is also a coder, author, and co-founder of Dev Bootcamp. In this episode we cover: How Dave went from a family therapist to a software developer Why life skills can help you stand out as a developer Why companies should focus on growing talented developers instead of competing for developer talent Apprenticeship vs. internship: What's the difference? Spotify: https://tek.io/34Vo2mT Stitcher: https://tek.io/2KkwjHG Apple Podcasts: https://tek.io/2xQUSt5 Google Play: https://tek.io/3btMluL Follow Bill Detwiler: https://twitter.com/billdetwiler Watch more TechRepublic videos: https://www.youtube.com/techrepublic TechRepublic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechRepublic/ TechRepublic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techrepublic/ TechRepublic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techrepublic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Award-winning tech journalist Bill Detwiler brings you news, career advice, team management tips, and conversations for developers, coders, software engineers or anyone interested in or involved in the field of software, application, or system development.