Jerome “J-Roc” Harmon is a Grammy-winning musician and producer best-known for his work with Timbaland. He got his start in Texas, playing gospel and jazz with people like Fred Hammond, Kirk Franklin, and Wayman Tisdale, while producing the occasional hip-hop record. But once he met Timbaland about ten years ago, his career took off.

Harmon has produced, co-produced, or performed on projects by Timbaland, Nas, Chris Brown, Robin Thicke, Jennifer Hudson, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Jay Z, Michael Jackson, and many more. He has won Grammys for his work with gospel icon Fred Hammond, Chris Brown, Justin Timberlake, and Beyoncé, and was a key player in albums like Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience, Jay Z’s The Blueprint 3 and Magna Carta…Holy Grail, and Beyoncé’s self-titled LP.

See http://theciphershow.com/episode/175/ for full show notes and comments.

Speech (via webcast)by Mr Jerome H Powell, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington DC, 9 April 2020.

00:55 - Introducing Jerome Hardaway

• Vets Who Code
• Ruby Rogues Podcast
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram

02:10 - Spouses and dependants of Vets Who Code

06:55 - Accepting and rejecting applicants

10:10 - The GI Bill

• Operation Code
• Dreamforce

15:45 - Military language and coding

18:20 - PTSD, trauma, and coding

21:10 - Moving past the veteran stigma

25:45 - Military backgrounds as an asset for jobs

30:45 - The future of Vets Who Code

32:35 - How much does it cost to be part of the program?

• General Assembly

36:15 - Is it easier or harder for Vets to get hired?

39:15 - Stories and memories

42:30 - Contributing to Vets Who Code

• Contact hello@vetswhocode.io to become a mentor
• Donate: https://vetswhocode.kindful.com/
• SwearJar
• Hiring managers please contact Jerome@vetswhocode.io

Picks:

Soft Skills Engineering Podcast (Dave)

Soft Skills Engineering Twitter (Dave)

Awesome Algorithms Github list (Aimee)

“The Churn” blog post by Bob Martin (Aimee)

The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington (Charles)

Vets Who Code (Jerome)

Practical Javascript (Jerome)

 

Panel: Charles Max Wood

 

Guest: Jerome Hardaway

 

This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Jerome Hardaway. Jerome used to be a panelist on Ruby Rogues and loved the ability to share his knowledge and interact with so many people from the community. He first got into programming by accident when he couldn’t find a job after becoming a veteran. He saw a commercial about job opportunities in coding, ended up finding a book on SQL and taught himself how to program. They talk about where he ran across Ruby on Rails, what he has worked on that he is particularly proud of, what he is doing currently, and more!

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

• Jerome’s experience being a panelist on Ruby Rogues
• Loves being able to reach his goals in a speedy manner
• Ruby Rogues Episode 279
• JavaScript Jabber Episode 239
• How did you first get into programming?
• In the military during the recession and had trouble finding a job
• Saw a commercial about coding
• Taught himself SQL
• Wordpress
• Focusing on making Vets Who Code better
• People would go for products over projects any day
• Chose Ruby on Rails 
• Setting himself apart by picking to focus on Ruby on Rails
• Where did you come across Ruby on Rails?
• From PHP to Ruby on Rails
• Ruby
• Have you found the learning curve has gotten steeper for Rails?
• Keeping up with the JavaScript community
• What have you done on Ruby in Rails that you are proud of?
• Being the right person for the job when you don’t look like it on paper
• What are you working on now?
• And much, much more!

 

Links: 

• Ruby Rogues Episode 279
• JavaScript Jabber Episode 239
• Vets Who Code
• Ruby Rogues
• Wordpress
• Ruby on Rails
• Ruby
• JavaScript
• @JeromeHardaway
• Vets Who Code blog
• Jerome’s GitHub

 

Sponsors: 

• Loot Crate
• FreshBooks

Picks

Charles 

• Take some time with the people you care about
• Mattermost

Jerome

• Brian Holt Frontend Masters
• Pragmatic Studio