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Ross Stratman, Development Team Lead, Essentials

We talked to Essentials Team Lead Ross Stratman about being a developer for many, many years, some of what he’s done professionally, and how he went from wanting to be a cowboy into becoming a software developer.

We also talked about his time at Point of Rental and what it’s like to work with his son, Charlie. We even learned something about math problems that you can apparently make a bunch of money if you can prove or disprove it. 

  • His website, which he mentioned in the episode.
  • Here’s the Wikipedia entry for the Collatz conjecture, if you’d like to prove/disprove it.

If you’d like to hear more of our conversations with Pointers, you can subscribe to Point of Rental on Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotify, or Stitcher. If you’d have suggestions for someone in the industry to interview, let us know about it!

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