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MRS 054: Mark Locklear

Guests :

Mark Locklear

Hosts :

Charles Max Wood

Published : Aug 01, 2018

Duration : 49 Minutes

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Panel: Charles Max Wood

Guest: Mark Locklear

This week on My Ruby Story, Charles talks to Mark Locklear. Mark first got into programming when there wasn’t a lot of opportunities for him to continue to work in quality assurance and he decided he wanted a change of career, so he went to community college to learn programming. They talk about how he was first exposed to Rails, where he is working currently, and what was it about Rails that got him excited. They also touch on what made him want to move from quality assurance, how he mentors his students at the community college, and more!

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

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How did you first get into programming?
Has only been programming for about 10 years
Went into IT during the internet boom
Used to work in IT quality assurance
Went back to school for programming
Java, PHP, and C++ classes
Red Hat contracting in Raleigh
How did you get into Rails?
Taught himself Rails at his local library
Currently working at Extension.org
What is the cooperative extension service?
What do you do at Extension.org?
ask.extension.org
What was it with Ruby and Rails that made you want to move from QA?
Masters in Information Science
You’re never too old to learn
Get an idea for an app and try and make that
Ruby is very intuitive, friendly, and the syntax is easy to understand
Mentors students in Rails at the community college he went to
Expose yourself to as many frameworks as you can
It’s never too late to pursue a career in programming
And much, much more!

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