{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Reboot","home_page_url":"https://reboot.fireside.fm","feed_url":"https://reboot.fireside.fm/json","description":"Reboot features interviews with people who have made big career transitions. Hosted by scientist-turned-management-consultant-turned-developer Adarsh Pandit.","_fireside":{"subtitle":"Interviews with people who have made big career transitions","pubdate":"2015-03-13T00:00:00.000-04:00","explicit":false,"owner":"thoughtbot","image":"https://cdn.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/9/9e50e00c-74ab-4a8c-8b4e-3da08ceb3254/cover.jpg?v=2"},"items":[{"id":"f44aa04e-f6b6-4bd5-9bf6-a97d9b100692","title":"4: Jim  (Engineer \u003e Baseball \u003e Poker)","url":"https://reboot.fireside.fm/4","content_text":"Adarsh talks to Jim Perry, a professional poker player who trained as a civil engineer and baseball pitcher, now looking at his next career adventure.\n\n\nHalf Life\nDuke Baseball\nJim's Blog\nRounders Movie\nMagic the Gathering\nUnder the Boardwalk - Monopoly Championship\nTwo Plus Two Forums\nDeuces Cracked\nIndependent Association of Baseball Leagues\nWorcester Tornadoes\nRon Guidry, Red Sox Catcher\nBlack Friday 2011\n","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eAdarsh talks to Jim Perry, a professional poker player who trained as a civil engineer and baseball pitcher, now looking at his next career adventure.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-life\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eHalf Life\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.goduke.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=1850\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDuke Baseball\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://pokerplayingpitcher.blogspot.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eJim's Blog\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128442\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eRounders Movie\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eMagic the Gathering\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.monopolydocumentary.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eUnder the Boardwalk - Monopoly Championship\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eTwo Plus Two Forums\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.deucescracked.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDeuces Cracked\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.americanassociationbaseball.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eIndependent Association of Baseball Leagues\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester_Tornadoes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eWorcester Tornadoes\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Guidry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eRon Guidry, Red Sox Catcher\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Scheinberg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eBlack Friday 2011\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"Adarsh talks to Jim Perry, a professional poker player who trained as a civil engineer and baseball pitcher, now looking at his next career adventure.","date_published":"2015-03-13T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9e50e00c-74ab-4a8c-8b4e-3da08ceb3254/4ce5ef55-4fe1-4fd1-af56-b37bc08a3310.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":55388442,"duration_in_seconds":4579}]},{"id":"12afc992-9ed3-4fba-bb8d-76e52c5b7917","title":"3: Jessie (Camp Counselor\u003eBootcamp Grad\u003eRuby Developer)","url":"https://reboot.fireside.fm/3","content_text":"Adarsh talks Jessie Young, who started her professional life as a political volunteer, worked in marketing, and became a developer after attending a technical bootcamp.\n\n\nPDA\nEdward \"Ted\" Kennedy\nBrookline, MA\nSermo\nRailsBridge\n\"Head First HTML with CSS\" by Elisabeth Robson, Eric Freeman (not Kathy Sierra as I had thought)\n\"Learn to Program\" by Chris Pine\nHungry Academy\nDev Bootcamp\nPivotal Labs\n","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eAdarsh talks Jessie Young, who started her professional life as a political volunteer, worked in marketing, and became a developer after attending a technical bootcamp.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePDA\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eEdward \"Ted\" Kennedy\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookline,_Massachusetts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eBrookline, MA\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.sermo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSermo\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.railsbridge.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eRailsBridge\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://headfirstlabs.com/books/hfhtml/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\"Head First HTML with CSS\"\u003c/a\u003e by Elisabeth Robson, Eric Freeman (not Kathy Sierra as I had thought)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\"Learn to Program\" by Chris Pine\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.hungryacademy.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eHungry Academy\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://devbootcamp.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDev Bootcamp\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://pivotallabs.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePivotal Labs\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"Adarsh talks Jessie Young, who started her professional life as a political volunteer, worked in marketing, and became a developer after attending a technical bootcamp.","date_published":"2015-02-24T00:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9e50e00c-74ab-4a8c-8b4e-3da08ceb3254/a1b123ce-1669-43b5-a1d1-905778a2bc83.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30335377,"duration_in_seconds":3737}]},{"id":"f8399b5c-dfde-4a1f-8267-7b1b432a6015","title":"2: Brenda (Waiter\u003eBartender\u003eLost Soul)","url":"https://reboot.fireside.fm/2","content_text":"Adarsh talks with thoughtbot designer Brenda Storer. Brenda started out as a psychology major and waitress in California, moved to New York City right after 9/11, and finally threw away her waitressing shoes to work as web designer.\n\n\nBryant Park\nChico State\nBrenda's Robbie Williams site from 1999\nDavid LaChapelle\nTilde Club\nDreamWeaver\nBUNAC Study Abroad Program\n3Com Fountain\nTitanic\nFIT, Fashion Institute of Technology\nQuark\nImposter Syndrome\nGirl Develop It\nSara Chipps\n","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eAdarsh talks with thoughtbot designer Brenda Storer. Brenda started out as a psychology major and waitress in California, moved to New York City right after 9/11, and finally threw away her waitressing shoes to work as web designer.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/iceskating/3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eBryant Park\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.csuchico.edu/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eChico State\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/brendastorer/robbiewilliams99\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eBrenda's Robbie Williams site from 1999\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_LaChapelle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDavid LaChapelle\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://tilde.club/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eTilde Club\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDreamWeaver\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.bunac.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eBUNAC Study Abroad Program\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.imageresourcegroup.com/images/3com_fountain_01-crop-u1025.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e3Com Fountain\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eTitanic\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.fitnyc.edu/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eFIT, Fashion Institute of Technology\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.quark.com/Products/QuarkXPress/#1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eQuark\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eImposter Syndrome\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.girldevelopit.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eGirl Develop It\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://sarajchipps.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSara Chipps\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"Adarsh talks with thoughtbot designer Brenda Storer. Brenda started out as a psychology major and waitress in California, moved to New York City right after 9/11, and finally threw away her waitressing shoes to work as web designer.","date_published":"2015-01-16T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9e50e00c-74ab-4a8c-8b4e-3da08ceb3254/71032603-de9a-499b-b3be-7b7d0e6863dc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26990731,"duration_in_seconds":3319}]},{"id":"7f85f3f8-7dfa-4f46-b0b4-ad70179b00c3","title":"0: Adarsh (Scientist \u003e Management Consultant \u003e Developer)","url":"https://reboot.fireside.fm/0","content_text":"In Episode 0 of Season 1 of Reboot, Chad talks to Adarsh Pandit, thoughtbot SF Managing Director \u0026amp; host of the Reboot podcast, about his personal journey which inspired this, our newest show.\n\nThis episode originally aired as #125 on the Giant Robots Podcast (http://giantrobots.fm/125)\n\n\nReboot\n\"The Pickaxe\"\nAgile Development with Rails\nLearn to Program\napprentice.io\nAdarsh on Twitter\n","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn Episode 0 of Season 1 of Reboot, Chad talks to Adarsh Pandit, thoughtbot SF Managing Director \u0026amp; host of the Reboot podcast, about his personal journey which inspired this, our newest show.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis episode originally aired as #125 on the Giant Robots Podcast (http://giantrobots.fm/125)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://rebootshow.fm/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eReboot\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Ruby-Pragmatic-Programmers-Edition/dp/0974514055\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\"The Pickaxe\"\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Development-Rails-Third-Edition/dp/1934356166/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eAgile Development with Rails\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Program-Second-Facets-Ruby/dp/1934356360/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eLearn to Program\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.apprentice.io/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eapprentice.io\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/adarshp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eAdarsh on Twitter\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"In Episode 0 of Season 1 of Reboot, Chad talks to Adarsh Pandit, thoughtbot SF Managing Director \u0026 host of the Reboot podcast, about his personal journey which inspired this, our newest show.\r\n\r\nThis episode originally aired as #125 on the Giant Robots Podcast (http://giantrobots.fm/125)","date_published":"2014-12-18T14:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9e50e00c-74ab-4a8c-8b4e-3da08ceb3254/07090798-3b00-40d8-9e4c-1cc1f2629758.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21489418,"duration_in_seconds":2631}]},{"id":"925b251d-4461-4b92-b82b-247b69c1bd6d","title":"1: Gordon (Bartender \u003e Film Editor \u003e iOS Developer)","url":"https://reboot.fireside.fm/1","content_text":"In episode 1 of the first season of Reboot, Adarsh talks with Gordon Fontenot, an iOS developer at thoughtbot, about his career path, moving from college dropout, to bartender, to film editor and finally iOS developer.\n\n\nGordon Fontenot on Twitter\nGordon’s podcast with Mark Adams on iOS development\nWaltham, Massachusetts\nAvid Video Editor\nCentral Booking\nAppleScript\nPragmatic Programmers\nStack Overflow Careers\nImposter Syndrome\nDog typing on computer\nthoughtbot\n","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn episode 1 of the first season of Reboot, Adarsh talks with Gordon Fontenot, an iOS developer at thoughtbot, about his career path, moving from college dropout, to bartender, to film editor and finally iOS developer.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/gfontenot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eGordon Fontenot on Twitter\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://buildphase.fm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eGordon’s podcast with Mark Adams on iOS development\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltham,_Massachusetts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eWaltham, Massachusetts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.avid.com/US/Solutions/byNeed/video-editing.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eAvid Video Editor\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.centralbookingservice.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eCentral Booking\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleScript\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eAppleScript\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://pragprog.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePragmatic Programmers\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://careers.stackoverflow.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eStack Overflow Careers\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eImposter Syndrome\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://cdn.mlkshk.com/r/97VP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDog typing on computer\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://thoughtbot.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ethoughtbot\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"In episode 1 of the first season of Reboot, Adarsh talks with Gordon Fontenot, an iOS developer at thoughtbot, about his career path, moving from college dropout, to bartender, to film editor and finally iOS developer.","date_published":"2014-11-17T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9e50e00c-74ab-4a8c-8b4e-3da08ceb3254/8c1ea2f4-541b-40a5-94d6-5bbb8af81272.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30613638,"duration_in_seconds":3772}]}]}