The Voices of the ElePHPant podcast has posted their latest interview with a member of the PHP community. This time host Cal Evans talks with Jeff Carouth, one of the hosts of the Loosely Coupled podcast.

Cal and Jeff talk about Jeff's talk at this year's ZendCon about anti-patterns and some examples of what this means, mostly related to the focus of the topic: object oriented development. They also talk about Jeff's position at Liftopia and the trade-offs he's having to make between being a manager and still developing code. They also talk about the Loosely Coupled podcast and some of his experience dog training.

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The Loosely Coupled podcast, with hosts and PHP community members Jeff Carouth and Matt Frost, has posted their latest episode today - episode #24: Minimum Viable Product.

In this episode Jeff and Matt talk about the concept of a minimum viable product and what it means to us as developers. The concept of an MVP is simple but it often gets used as an excuse to put out poorly-implemented products. Listen as Jeff and Matt discuss their opinions about the problems with MVP in our industry and how we as developers can fight against them.

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The most recent episode of the Loosely Coupled podcast, with hosts and PHP community members Jeff Carouth and Matt Frost, has been posted: Episode #22 - Resolution Won't Fix.

In this episode Jeff and Matt talk about a very important skill all developers need to learn: how to say no. Saying no is pretty easy but there are ways to appropriately convey the reason why doing what is being asked is not a good idea.

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The PHP Town Hall podcast has posted their latest episode recorded live at the Lone Star PHP conference this year (2015). In episode 41, Loosely Town Hall - Dallas Edition, they're joined by Loosely Coupled podcast hosts Jeff Carouth and Matt Frost.

This episode is brought to you from thunderstruck Dallas, as part of the awesome conference that is Lone Star PHP. We are joined once again by the dynamic duo Jeff Carouth and Matt Frost off of the Loosely Coupled podcast!

We mostly make a bunch of bad jokes then drag up the audience to talk about stuff. Lets be honest, this was a bit of a crapshoot, but Elizabeth Smith goes into some detail on PECL and the problems of ownership. PSR-7 is chatted about for the 19th time and Jordi talks a bit about pickles. Also, we debate “haytch” vs. “atch” as the correct pronunciation of the “H” in HTTP. Important stuff.

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The Loosely Coupled podcast has posted their latest episode today, Episode #17 - Mentoring and Apprenticing. Join hosts Jeff Carouth and Matt Frost as they talk about people helping people become better developers build relationships in the community.

In this episode Jeff and Matt talk about the idea of establishing and participating in mentoring relationships. As participants in the PHP Mentoring organization or initiative, mentorship is an important part of Jeff’s and Matt’s lives as developers. The main theme in this episode is that you should find a way to get past your fears and find a way to get involved with mentoring in your community. Along the way they cover some advice based on past experiences of what to expect and how to establish successful relationships.

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The Loosely Coupled podcast has released their latest episode: #10, Titles and Classifications. In this episode hosts Jeff Carouth and Matt Frost discuss these two topics and how they effect one's career.

In this episode Jeff and Matt continue their conversation about careers by discussing their thoughts on titles and classifications of developers. If you’ve ever asked “what is a senior developer?” or even “am I a senior developer?” this episode is for you.

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The Voices of the ElePHPant podcast has published their most recent episode today, another in their series of PHP community interviews. The time it's with Jeff Carouth, a leader in the DCPHP user group.

They talk some about the idea of "open spaces" at conferences and how it can make it easier for people to present their ideas without having a full presentation. He also mentions the "hallway track" at events and some of his experiences at HTML5 Texas. He also explains what he sees as the difference between an unconference and the "open spaces" area.

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The WebDev Radio podcast has released their latest episode today - an interview with Jeff Carouth (@jcarouth) from last year's ZendCon conference:

I chatted with Jeff Carouth about his day to day worklife as a PHP guy (among other things) at Texas A and M. Learn the A and M mascot name, Jeff's favorite design pattern, and more.

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