Chad Fowler is an author, developer, speaker, and investor. He's been a CTO, he founded Ruby Central, the non-profit behind RubyConf and RailsConf, and is a recognizable tech figure, particularly in the Ruby community. But before he knew what code was, he was a professional musician. He shares how he switched careers without a computer science degree and how he's ended up with such an incredible tech career. He also shares how he's managed his bipolar disorder over the years, and how mental health has affected him and his career. Show Links Square (sponsor) Flatiron School (sponsor) Red Hat (sponsor) Actualize (sponsor) Codeland 2019 Codeland Conf What is Linux? "How to become accomplished" (video) Rails Recipes (book) Programming Ruby (book) Matz Dave Thomas (CodeNewbie Podcast interview) Smalltalk Perl Novell Directory Services (NDS) Delphi Wunderlist Ruby Gems RailsConf Ruby Central