45: The Value of Teaching - a podcast by Ben Orenstein and Derrick Reimer

He’s back! Ben returns from traveling to Hong Kong. He shared his rails knowledge by helping someone who is building a business and using a rails app. He made performance improvements and refactored items. Derrick is also doing some Vim tutoring. Learning something new does not take long or a lot of money, and gets easier.
Of course, both Ben and Derrick continue to work on their new products, as well. Derrick is creating Level, an open source team communication and management tool. Ben is starting Tuple, a pair programming tool alternative for Screenhero.Today’s Topics Include:
How to do file browser for projects in Vim: CtrlP; baked-in and plug-ins options for VimBuild and code, but talking to customers can impact your course and business
Derrick is posting small, hot tips on Twitter that are nuggets of valuable knowledgeLikes and retweets growing Derrick’s number of followers
Ben needs to tweet more to market to developers for his new product - TupleDerrick continues to work on Level; categorizing communication and how to present it
Notion of urgency is big issue with Slack that Derrick needs to address with LevelBrainstorming sometimes needs conversation, and sometimes long periods of silence
Controlling distractions and creating checklists are part of Derrick’s daily routineDerrick is improving the copywriting and calls to action on Level’s landing page
Ben plans to incentivize people via annual plan upsellsDerrick is considering a referral tracking mechanism as an incentive
Big transitions and uncertainty generate anxiety for Ben, but he now has strategies to deal with itTrying to create a thing that did not exist before is different than something that already exists; it is harder and more stressful, and you’ll feel pain and be unsure
Ben’s role as external-facing sales and marketing vs. product development and codingStructuring to make yourself happy, but keeping staff happy, too; everyone should like what they are doing
Links and resources:Derrick Reimer Website (http://www.derrickreimer.com/)
Derrick Reimer on Twitter (https://twitter.com/derrickreimer)Ben Orenstein Website (http://www.benorenstein.com/)
Ben Orenstein on Twitter (https://twitter.com/r00k)Vim (https://www.vim.org/)
CtrlP (https://github.com/kien/ctrlp.vim)Your First vimrc Should be Nearly Empty (http://www.benorenstein.com/blog/your-first-vimrc-should-be-nearly-empty)
Thoughtbot (https://thoughtbot.com/)MicroConf (https://www.microconf.com/)
Momentum (https://momentumdash.com/)Mathias Meyer (https://twitter.com/roidrage?lang=en)
Reboot Podcast - How You Walk Through the World with Seth Godin (https://www.reboot.io/episode/83-walk-world-seth-godin/)

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