Ahead In Tech

Ahead In Tech

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Ahead In Tech episodes

  • Training Developers and working at Startups - Gilles Guegan

    - 00:00 Start

    - 01:53 Work that Credit Benchmark is doing

    - 09:16 The JavaScript courses at City University London

    - 20:41 What you've learned teaching Devs and Engineers

    - 24:56 Company labels, startups, scaleups

    - 30:17 What you need to know before working at a startup

    - 37:41 Meaninglessness of Job Titles

    - 43:44 Imposter Syndrome

    - 51:26 Joke of the Show!

    More info on https://www.aheadintech.com | Helping You Get Ahead in Tech!

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    53 min
  • Season 1 Finale - The Reverse Interview!

    - 00:00 Start

    - 01:18 Why start this podcast

    - 05:50 What's surprised or impressed you from career journeys

    - 09:07 How do you cope with stress

    - 10:53 Most useful lesson from people's career stories

    - 12:46 Best piece of advice for a Tech career

    - 15:28 Will you go back to coding

    - 19:45 What have you learned promoting your podcast

    - 23:30 Are you fully yourself when interviewing people

    - 26:42 What's the future of the show

    - 31:39 What do you want to be most proud of

    - 34:52 Which character from Friends would you be

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    38 min
  • The American CS Grad Journey - Nikita Rajput | Software Engineer @ Salesforce

    - 00:00 Start

    - 02:19 Internships in Tech

    - 08:12 Being prepared for your first Software Engineering role

    - 10:20 Minor Program in Shenzhen, China

    - 14:54 Internships leading to first Developer role

    - 19:25 Great company cultures to look out for

    - 22:45 Tech interests

    - 24:00 Career paths

    - 27:28 Remote culture and challenges

    - 31:10 Maintaining Junior growth while remote

    - 33:30 Post-pandemic work-from-home WFH expectations

    - 36:11 Working alongside Bootcamp graduates

    - 38:15 Importance of diversity

    - 39:37 Current state of Women in Tech

    - 44:04 The "Cut The Code" Podcast

    - 46:49 Contacting Nikita

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    49 min
  • Building in Public, Social Media Strategies for Growth - Kevon Cheung | publiclab.co

    - 00:00 Start

    - 01:50 Motivation for coding Bootcamp

    - 03:36 Experience at Bootcamp

    - 06:26 First Developer role

    - 07:22 Toasty - the 2nd startup

    - 10:10 Exiting the startup

    - 11:54 Motivation to exit

    - 13:02 Taking the harder paths in life

    - 14:56 Motivation to Build in Public

    - 16:49 Intro to Building in Public

    - 18:35 First experiences with Building in Public

    - 21:19 Guides and resources

    - 25:24 Benefits of Building in Public

    - 27:38 Key strategies

    - 30:10 Storytelling

    - 31:07 Retaining engagement

    - 33:17 Common misconceptions

    - 36:19 The future of Building in Public

    - 39:14 Building in Public 30day challenge

    - 41:46 Cohort-based learning

    - 43:02 Journey of self-discovery and uniqueness

    - 46:36 Personal life in Public

    - 47:32 Joke of the Show!

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    49 min
  • A Life in Data - Klaudia Gowero | Head of Data Management

    - 00:00 Start

    - 00:51 Childhood and early career

    - 03:15 Creating a Data job

    - 06:40 Selling the Data role to the Business

    - 15:21 Boundaries between the different Data roles

    - 19:00 Biggest problem for Data Scientists

    - 20:34 Using Data with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

    - 21:54 Most common Business Data issues

    - 24:12 Signs your Business doesn't have Data under control

    - 27:14 Limited experience with Coding/Software Engineering

    - 27:54 Job titles

    - 29:49 Burnout leading to a break and a new job

    - 35:15 Noticing burnout too late

    - 37:38 Maintaining a sustainable pace

    - 41:53 Gaining perspective on work/life balance

    - 42:50 Current role as Head of Data Management at Encompass

    - 45:14 Approach to optimization and automation

    - 47:10 The future of Data

    - 49:00 Joke of the Show!

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    51 min
  • Executive Coaching Deep-Dive - Evgeny Shadchnev | CEO/Coach @ evgeny.coach

    Check out Evgeny's coaching website at evgeny.coach

    - 00:00 Start

    - 01:52 When being CEO harms your mental wellbeing

    - 05:39 Root causes of internal pressure

    - 08:16 Different leadership for different stages of a company

    - 09:53 Improving mental wellbeing

    - 12:54 Coaches vs Therapists

    - 14:13 Personal experience being coached

    - 16:42 Jerry Colonna's CEO bootcamp

    - 20:54 Motivation to go into Executive Coaching

    - 22:42 More personal business relationships

    - 23:53 Benefits of coaching for startup leaders

    - 31:29 Many different types of coaching

    - 33:36 Sports coaching as the genesis of executive coaching

    - 35:44 Beginning a coach-client relationship

    - 39:25 Benefits leaders seek from coaching

    - 44:25 Making time for yourself

    - 46:41 The Rubber Ducking technique

    - 49:15 Ways to find mindfullness

    - 51:03 Thoughts of becoming a Monk

    - 55:19 Joke of the Show!

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    57 min
  • Tips on starting a business as a Creative - Caron Stace Railly | UI/UX/Marketing

    - 00:00 Start

    - 03:22 Motivation for going to Bootcamp

    - 05:35 Moving from Web Design in Australia to UX in London

    - 08:13 Left brain logical thoughts vs right brain creativity

    - 10:16 First experiences at Bootcamp

    - 12:06 Things she enjoyed

    - 13:25 When you realize Bootcamp isn't for you

    - 17:42 Mindset

    - 19:39 Still dabbling in Coding

    - 20:24 Joy of crafting and improving

    - 22:02 After Bootcamp

    - 25:54 Carrying on the UX journey

    - 32:12 Caron's new business helping Creatives

    - 36:13 Making money as a Creative

    - 39:24 Consulting services

    - 44:28 Validating ideas quickly and cheaply

    - 45:58 Helping people take back control of their lives

    - 48:14 Joke of the Show!

    More info on https://aheadintech.com

    | Get Ahead in Tech!

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    49 min
  • Working with Tech Recruiters - Henry Grover | Life Sciences Tech Recruitment

    - 00:00 Start

    - 01:01 What are Life Sciences and career opportunities

    - 01:58 Why move from pure Tech to Life Science Recruitment

    - 03:36 Booming Junior Developer/Engineer hiring in Life Sciences

    - 04:36 Required qualifications

    - 05:32 Competitiveness in the industry

    - 06:19 AI and Data Science

    - 08:34 Behind the scenes process as a Recruiter

    - 13:52 Shady practices in Recruitment

    - 17:54 Competitive and cynical nature of Recruitment

    - 19:04 Discussing salaries

    - 20:43 Good relationships between candidates and Recruiters

    - 21:46 LinkedIn reply rates

    - 22:28 Getting out of your comfort zone, risk vs reward

    - 23:45 Getting the best salary

    - 24:47 Finding the RIGHT Recruiter to work with

    - 25:42 Motivation and enjoyment from the Recruiter role

    - 26:25 Joke of the Show!

    More info on https://www.aheadintech.com | Helping You Get Ahead in Tech!

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    27 min
  • Tech Startup with no Tech Skills - Chris Hutchings | Founder @ eOpinion

    - 00:00 Start

    - 01:08 Side hustles

    - 02:56 The $100 Startup

    - 04:14 Replacing Developers with nocode/locode technologies

    - 05:03 Validating Business ideas

    - 08:49 Everything about eOpinion.org

    - 16:09 The Tech behind eOpinion.org

    - 19:29 Joys of Zapier

    - 20:57 Goals, metrics, measuring progression

    - 22:59 SEO and marketing

    - 25:56 Joke of the Show!

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    28 min
  • Getting to Senior Software Engineer - Denise Yu | Senior @ Github

    - 00:00 Start

    - 01:06 Reasons for going to Software Bootcamp

    - 03:57 Experience at Bootcamp

    - 05:48 Starting the journey to Senior Software Engineer

    - 11:45 Getting your first job vs getting promotions

    - 13:19 Obstacles in the way of promotion

    - 19:48 Being glue

    - 20:34 Self-advocating

    - 23:27 Importance and process of getting and giving feedback

    - 30:20 Being rejected for promotion

    - 32:22 Promotion vs leaving for another role

    - 34:58 Where does your Imposter Syndrome come from

    - 36:20 Progress beyond Senior Software Engineer

    - 37:51 Joke of the Show!

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    39 min

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