Ask The Programmer Episode 269 - Dan Ferrisi Asks About Misconceptions of AV Programmers/Programming

About this episode

Dan Ferrisi discusses common misconceptions about AV programmers with hosts James King and Steve Greenblatt.

James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome back guest moderator Dan Ferrisi, Group Director of Content + Editorial, Industrial + Tech at Emerald, to share his personal AV journey and pose the question: What is the most common bad assumption people make about AV programmers or AV programming? Dan Ferrisi can be reached on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-ferrisi-55675a7/), CommercialIntegrator.com, Securitysales.com, CEPro.com, and the Demand Gen report. Be sure to also check out Dan's previous appearances in episodes 253, 254, 237, 236, 212, 213, 200, 199, 182, 181, 173, 174, 124, and 125. This podcast is supported by Control Concepts, the industry leader in AV software development and API integration. Control Concepts develops the building blocks programmers use to seamlessly integrate products or add functionality to their systems. To learn more, visit controlconcepts.net and ccisupported.net. To join the conversation or have your question answered on a future episode, join the Ask The Programmer group on LinkedIn and post a message, leave a comment, or reach out to us @AV_JamesKing or @stevegreenblatt on LinkedIn, X/Twitter, or Bluesky, and be sure to include…

People in this episode

Hosts: James King, Steve Greenblatt

Guest: Dan Ferrisi

Topics covered

• AV programming
• misconceptions
• industry insights
• guest interviews
• technology

Keywords

• AV programmers
• misconceptions
• technology
• interview
• industry insights

Sponsors

Control Concepts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Emerald, CommercialIntegrator.com, Securitysales.com, CEPro.com, Demand Gen report

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