Happy Dev

Apr 24 2024 12 ep. 32 mins 44
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Happy Dev is a compelling interview podcast that explores mental health issues within the software development community. Hosted by James Brooks and John Wyles, the podcast features in-depth discussions with industry experts, offering insights and sharing experiences on mental well-being in tech.

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John Wyles

Apr 24 2024 46 mins  
In this episode James Brooks interviews John Wyles, our new co-host .Show notes:Imposterble - John's app to help people work with their Imposter SyndromeJohn Wyles on TwitterYou can discuss this podcast at:Leave a comment on PodHuntTweet us @HappyDevFM on Twitter or email us at [email protected] ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

James Brooks

Apr 11 2024 38 mins  
💛 Happy Dev is finally back with Season 2! 💛 In this episode we introduce John Wyles, our new co-host and John interviews James Brooks.You can discuss this podcast at:Leave a comment on PodHuntTweet us @HappyDevFM on Twitter or email us at [email protected] ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alex Bowers

Feb 12 2020 49 mins  
This week I speak to a good friend of mine, Alex Bowers. We discuss Alex's stammer and how that has impacted his mental health and both his personal and professional life.

Freek Van der Herten

Jan 29 2020 46 mins  
This week I speak with Freek Van der Herten of open source PHP fame at Spatie. We talk about making open source a culture, time management, turning off distractions and more! This episode contains a couple of expletives!

Caleb Porzio

Jan 15 2020 43 mins  
I speak to Caleb Porzio. We discuss dealing with general anxiety, Caleb's life-crippling phobia, the struggles of having many passion projects, conquering public speaking and more!

Jason McCreary

Jan 01 2020 31 mins  
This episode I speak to Jason McCreary. JMac has been a developer for twenty years and in that time has created many projects including Shift, authored BaseCode - for practises on improving the code you write. He also produces the video course, Confident Laravel. We discuss working handling stresses when writing code, YAGNI, identifying burn out and more!

Happy Birthday Robin

Dec 23 2019
Happy Birthday to my brother, Robin. See the show notes for support numbers.

Jess Archer

Dec 18 2019 38 mins  
This episode I speak to Jess Archer. Jess has worked with PHP and Javascript professionally for the last 15 years and is currently working as a contractor. We discuss being a woman in tech, imposter syndrome, how being public about your mental health can affect employment opportunities and more.

Mohamed Said

Dec 04 2019 26 mins  
Mohamed Said is a developer at Laravel, husband, father, cyclist, runner, free-diver and blogger. In today's episode, Mohamed tells his story. We discuss how mental health is perceived in Egypt, working alone, not reading the news and more!

Matt Stauffer

Nov 20 2019 39 mins  
This week I’m speaking to Matt Stauffer. Matt is a partner at the web agency Tighten, developer, teacher, podcaster and author. Matt and I speak about his experiences with anxiety and depression, being a great employer and other things!