Drew Baker - Founder, Technical Director at Funkhaus

David and Drew talk about being creative as a developer, finding your niche, and solving problems that free up time.
Talking points:
  • Be creative as a developer
  • Setting yourself apart
  • Choosing the right technology
  • The freedom of JavaScript
  • Finding your niche
  • Solve problems that free up time
Quotable Quotes:
  • “You should probably go down the road of the thing that's going to give you the most return.” - DB
  • “It's very hard to find someone that can do that [be an illustrator] and also write code.” - DB
  • “You should really not just reach for the latest and greatest thing because you saw it on hacker news” - DB
  • “Learn something as deep as you can.” - DB
  • “If you enjoy the design stuff that I've been talking about then absolutely focus on JavaScript, animations, and CSS.” - DB
  • “It's very rare that you will change languages in your career” - DB
  • “So it comes down to, what do you enjoy doing?” - DB
Notes: 
Funkhaus website
Funkhaus Github
Drew’s email
drew@funkhaus.us
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