Kyle Shevlin

October 10, 2018

The Role of Timing In a Job Hunt

You might know, I’ve started to hunt for a new job.

Friends, I'm putting the word out that I'm looking for new opportunities. Y'all know me, love #JavaScript, especially #React, want to do more #GraphQL & #ReasonML. Good teacher, speaker, got

Categories:

September 28, 2018

How to be More Successful on Your Next Web Developer Job Hunt

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen this tweet go out into the universe. I’m in the process of exploring the next part of my career and asking you all to help me do that by spreading the word. Don’t think spreading the word can make … Read More

Categories:

September 15, 2018

3 Tips for Changing Your Career to Coding

and One Bonus Tip! (Why Keep You in Suspense, Right?!)

Friday night, after React Rally 2018, I led a group of intrepid devs to Beer Bar in downtown Salt Lake City for what I like to call “the unofficial after after party”. Our group was quite large, so we ended up divided amongst two large tables. Our particular table … Read More

Categories:

August 21, 2018

Let Me Tell You About This Cat

The events of this story took place several months ago, but let me tell you, they are as vivid to me now as they were then. It’s going to sound a bit ridiculous, but I had a chance encounter with a cat that I don’t think I’ll forget for the … Read More

Categories:

June 24, 2018

Designing My Life – Exercise 2

Workview & Lifeview Philosophies

Chapter 2 of Designing Your Life (DYL) is about “Building a Compass”. If we’re going to be prototyping different ideas to improve our life, it will be useful to have some guidance and rationale for those decisions. A compass will point us in the right direction.

Given that work is … Read More

Categories:

June 23, 2018

Designing My Life – Exercise 1

The Health Work Play Love Dashboard

I recently bought the book “Designing Your Life” by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. It’s about applying the principles of design to your life, specifically, improving one’s life through prototyping and iteration. As I read the book, I plan to blog and vlog about the exercises.

Truth be told, it … Read More

Categories:

February 5, 2018

From Pastor to Programmer

or Telling My Story Once and For All

I am often asked to share the story of how I went from being a Christian pastor to a software engineer. Now that I’ve started Second Career Devs, I am being asked this question so often that I thought it wise to write it down and answer it once … Read More

Categories:

Tags:

January 20, 2018

I Went On the Accidental Engineer Podcast

and Hopefully Didn't Sound Like Too Much of an Ass

I was invited by Max Mautner to join him on his podcast, Accidental Engineer. I had a great time sharing my story of going from pastor to programmer. We also talked a bit about my podcast and where I see the future of our industry heading. I hope … Read More

Categories:

December 28, 2017

Goals for 2018

or the "Kyle Needs More Discipline" Story

My goals in no particular order are:

Get Better at Prolific Creation, Worse at Prolific Consumption

This thought has been on my mind a lot lately. It’s a bit too easy to be a prolific consumer these days. Youtube, Netflix, Twitter, Facebook, Slack, Discord, tutorials (yes, learning can be thrown … Read More

Categories:

December 26, 2017

A Retrospective on 2017

or Mostly Ups With Some Lingering Downs

As 2017 comes to an end, I find that I am compelled to write a retrospective on the year. I hope that there might be something useful, valuable, or at the very least, entertaining in these words for you.

It has taken me a few days to gather my thoughts … Read More

Categories: