Fallthrough

From implementing minesweeper on a TI calculator to becoming a prolific open source maintainer, Evan Phoenix has had quite the journey. In this week's episode, Matt & Angelica sit down with Evan to discuss his journey, from his early days writing basic on his TI calculator, to writing an alternative implementation of Ruby, being GitHub user #7, becoming a Principal Engineer at Hashicorp, starting his own company (with his wife!), and so much more. This episode is packed with life lessons and advice helpful for everyone, from the most junior of engineers to the most seasoned VPs.

A few of the chapters of this week's episode are supporter only content, including long conversations about Evan's involvement with Ruby and a deep discussion of his interesting habit of being an early adopter. Get access by signing up at https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe.

Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!

Notes:

Table of Contents:
  • Prologue (01:11)
  • Chapter 1: The Beginning (02:34)
  • Chapter 2: Building In Open Source [Supporter Exclusive] (28:26)
  • Chapter 3: The Path To Principal (29:27)
  • Chapter 4: Post Hashicorp (54:21)
  • Chapter 5: Miren (01:00:31)
  • Chapter 6: Being Early [Supporter Exclusive] (01:05:37)
  • Chapter 7: East vs West [Supporter Exclusive] (01:05:37)
  • Chapter 8: Remote vs In Office [Supporter Exclusive] (01:05:37)
  • Chapter 9: Life With Work (01:07:09)
  • Chapter 10: The Open Source Funding Problem (01:25:36)
  • Epilogue (01:34:16)

Socials:
  • (01:11) - Prologue
  • (02:34) - Chapter 1: The Beginning
  • (28:26) - Chapter 2: Building In Open Source [Supporter Exclusive]
  • (29:27) - Chapter 3: The Path To Principal
  • (54:21) - Chapter 4: Post Hashicorp
  • (01:00:31) - Chapter 5: Miren
  • (01:05:37) - Chapter 6: Being Early [Supporter Exclusive]
  • (01:05:37) - Chapter 7: East vs West [Supporter Exclusive]
  • (01:05:37) - Chapter 8: Remote vs In Office [Supporter Exclusive]
  • (01:07:09) - Chapter 9: Life With Work
  • (01:25:36) - Chapter 10: The Open Source Funding Problem
  • (01:34:16) - Epilogue

Creators and Guests

Host
Matthew Sanabria
Matthew is an engineering leader focused on building reliable, scalable, and observable systems. Matthew is known for using his breadth and depth of experience to add value in minimal context situations and help great people become great engineers through mentoring. Matthew serves the Go community as a member of GoBridge. In his spare time, Matthew spends time with his family, helps grow his wife's chocolate business, works on home improvement projects, and reads technical resources to learn and tinker.
Producer
Angelica Hill
Guest
Evan Phoenix
Producer
Kris Brandow

What is Fallthrough?

A deep and nuanced conversational podcast focused on technology, software, and computing.