My Ruby Story

MRS 050: Jacob Stoebel   Panel: Charles Max Wood   Guest: Jacob Stoebel   This week on My Ruby Story, Charles talks to Jacob Stoebel. Jacob is a Ruby and JavaScript developer and he works for a small company that works with publishers. Jacob first got into programming in high school when he took a computer science class where he messed around with Pascal and C++. He got back into programming after college when he went back to school for programming to try to make his data entry job easier. They talk about his journey pushing the boundaries with technology, how he went about starting his programming career, and more!   In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Jacob introRuby Rogues episode 355Honesty, Kindness and Inspiration: Pick Three blog postHis RubyConf 2017 talkEncourage people to talk about what they are passionate aboutHow did you first get into programming?Computer science class in High SchoolPascal and C++Went on to pursue other things besides programming after high schoolJob involved data pr