Acima Development
Improving software development
About the show
At Acima, we have a large software development team. We wanted to be able to share with the community things we have learned about the development process.
We'll share some tech specifics (we do Ruby, Kotlin, Javascript, and Haskell), but also talk a lot about mentoring, communication, hiring, planning, and the other things that make up a lot of the software development process but don't always get talked about enough.
Episodes
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Episode 13: Skills Clinics
March 15th, 2023 | 40 mins 40 secs
We talk about something specific here at Acima with the hope that other companies will replicate our skills clinics because it's been an extremely valuable thing that we've done.
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Episode 12: How Can Remote Developers Fit Into a Team?
March 1st, 2023 | 52 mins 54 secs
Have you been through a global pandemic recently? This episode is for you. Today we're going to talk about fitting remote developers into a team.
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Episode 11: Favorite Dev Tools and Tricks Part 2
February 15th, 2023 | 43 mins 38 secs
We enjoyed the last episode so much we're continuing the conversation with even more of our favorite dev tools and tricks!
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Episode 10: Favorite Dev Tools and Tricks
February 1st, 2023 | 44 mins 51 secs
We're calling out the most valuable development tools and tricks.
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Episode 9: Remote Work Vs. In-Office
January 18th, 2023 | 41 mins 10 secs
In this episode, we talk about remote work vs. being in the office. Pros and cons! Ups and downs!
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Episode 8: Code Cleanliness and Organization
January 4th, 2023 | 37 mins 54 secs
Today we talk about code cleanliness and organization and the importance of it all.
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Episode 7: Debugging Skills
December 21st, 2022 | 40 mins 3 secs
Let's talk debugging skills! The conversation starts with some fun stories and experiences regarding debugging in general, and then panelists share thoughts about how to find bugs, lessons learned struggling through debugging, and how the way we structure code has a great deal of impact on debugging.
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Episode 6: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Part II
December 7th, 2022 | 37 mins 48 secs
Impostor Syndrome is definitely a topic that deserves more than one discussion. It's easy to be at a desk and feel like you're not sure; do I belong here? People around me seem to know what they're doing, do I? The answer to both is YES. We return for Part 2.
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Episode 5: Questions Rails Doesn't Answer
November 23rd, 2022 | 43 mins 9 secs
The topic is the Rails framework. What architectural questions does Rails answer? What architectural questions does Rails not answer? Great topic, whether you're a Rubyist or not!
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Episode 4: What Does a Software Developer Do?
November 9th, 2022 | 42 mins 55 secs
A discussion about what software developers actually do and the skills required to be successful.
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Episode 3: What Should The Relationship With QA Look Like?
October 26th, 2022 | 44 mins 13 secs
Today, we have a conversation about what the relationship should be between QA, testing engineers, and development engineers.
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Episode 2: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome
October 12th, 2022 | 35 mins 17 secs
Do I belong here? Am I good enough of a developer? These are questions someone with impostor syndrome may ask themselves. Today we discuss how we overcome these hard feelings.
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Episode 1: What Self-Taught and Bootcamp Grads Miss
September 28th, 2022 | 42 mins 27 secs
Today we talk about what self-taught programmers and bootcamp graduates potentially miss out on by not attending traditional 4-year brick and mortar universities.