We’re joined by Danny Thompson, currently Director of Technology at This Dot Labs and technical leader and organizer of the Dallas Software Developers Group, where he fosters vibrant local tech ecosystem through workshops, cohorts, and meetups.With a passion to help others learn and find jobs, Danny shares his stories and insights that he gained throughout his extensive and fascinating career! From working as a cashier to now giving talks and organizing meetups for which people fly out to attend, Danny talks about how he got into coding in the first place and his progression, his advice to new developers, how does AI impact jobs now and his perspective on how it will change in the future and a lot more!Learn back-end development - https://www.boot.devListen on your favorite podcast player - https://www.backendbanter.fmDanny's X/Twitter: https://x.com/DThompsonDevDanny's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dthompsondev/Timestamps: