97: 2019 Retrospective, 2020 Plans, and an amazing decade

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97: 2019 Retrospective, 2020 Plans, and an amazing decade

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This episode is not just a look back on 2019, and a look forward to 2020. Also, 2019 is the end of an amazingly transofrmative decade for me, so I'm going to discuss that as well.top 10 episodes of 201910: episode 46, Testing Hard To Test Applications - Anthony Shaw9: episode 64, Practicing Programming to increase your value8: episode 70, Learning Software without a CS degree - Dane Hillard7: episode 75, Modern Testing Principles - Alan Page6: episode 72, Technical Interview Fixes - April Wensel5: episode 69, Andy Hunt - The Pragmatic Programmer4: episode 73, PyCon 2019 Live Recording3: episode 71, Memorable Tech Talks, The Ultimate Guide - Nina Zakharenko2: episode 76, TDD: Don’t be afraid of Test-Driven Development - Chris May1: episode 89, Improving Programming Education - Nicholas TollerveyLooking back on the last decade Some amazing events, like 2 podcasts, a book, a blog, speaking events, and teaching has led me to where we're at now.Looking forward to 2020 and beyond I discussed what's in store in the next year and moving forward.A closing quote Software is a blast. At least, it should be.  I want everyone to have fun writing software.  Leaning on automated tests is the best way I know to allow me confidence and freedome to:rewrite big chunks of codeplay with the codetry new thingshave fun without feargo home feeling good about what I didbe proud of my code I want everyone to have that.That's why I promote and teach automated testing.I hope you had an amazing decade.  And I wish you a productive and fun 2020 and the upcoming decade. If we work together and help eachother reach new heights, we can achieve some pretty amazing thingsLinks:Thanks, 201X! — Mahmoud Hashemi's blog