Thomas Burleson, Solutions Architect focusing on React and Angular from West Des Moines, Iowa join Aaron Frost in this week's My Angular Story. Thomas shares his journey as a developer and how he was introduced to Angular. Thomas and Aaron also talk about the evolution of the Angular community. Thomas was an Applied Physics major in college and when he failed a programming class he never thought he would be a developer. But then he wanted to know what was behind the software he was using and he taught himself how to code. Thomas then shares some tips on what abilities you need possess if you want to become a developer, one of which is the ability to sit in front of a computer 10-12 hours a day. The second one is to be willing to put in the time to learn. Finally Aaron asks him Thomas how to get out of a "quicksand" situation where you cannot drop the things you are working on but would like to change your project or position. Thomas outlines some cases why one can find themselves in a quicksand situation and what to do about it. Host: Aaron Frost Joined By Special Guest : Thomas Burleson My Angular Story is produced by DevChat.TV in partnership with Hero Devs Sponsors Sentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit Cachefly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________   Links AiA 135 Angular Flex Layouts with Thomas Burleson Thomas Burleson Twitter Thomas Burleson LinkedIn https://material.angularjs.org/latest/ Picks Aaron Frost Angular vs. React: Change Detection Jennifer Wadella Thomas Burleson https://github.com/immerjs/immer Maxim Koretskyi