Extract the most influential factors that lead to excellent performance in the field of software engineering
Generate an ideal use case for the Gestalt video player
Influences:
"Tribe of Mentors" by Tim Ferris
Joe Rogan Experience podcast
Questions:
In what area do you most uniquely have expertise?
In the effort to stay current in a field that changes often, how do you decide what voices to listen to and what weight you ought to give their respective claims?
What practices do you employ somewhat regularly that have been major factors to what success you've achieved?
What do you believe that has been met with the most resistance from others? OR What do you believe that not many others do regarding your field of expertise?
If you could achieve expertise in 1-3 emerging technologies (languages, practices, platforms, problem-domains) with the snap of a finger, what would they be?
What heuristics have most benefited you in your career?
What is some common BAD advice that you hear people give to new software engineers / computer scientists?
What differentiates GREAT software engineers from really good software engineers?
Book recommendations?
What questions do you think software engineers should be asking of themselves and/or their worlds?
Gestalt tags:
By question
By specific area/field
By technology/platform/language
Conceptual popularity (or what is common to different interviewees answers)
By university
By interviewee name
Random:
Sum of all videos' length should be 4-5 hours long
Questions should be asked and answered in a Q&A (not discussion) type format
For best use to Gestalt format, surrounding context should be minimally important
