Ardan Labs Podcast

Ken Wimberly is the founder of the Legacy of Love app, a parent-to-child journaling app designed to capture the moments that matter. Ken speaks about the challenges of building and growing an app as a non-technical founder, his entrepreneurial endeavors as the owner of a pizza place, in commercial real estate, and opening a chain of laundromats.

Connect with Ken:
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lordwimberly

Mentioned in today’s episode:
Legacy of Love: https://legacyjournal.app/
LaundryLuv: https://www.laundryluv.com/

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Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog
Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs 

Cathleen Turner is a senior software engineer at Perch and founder of Czero Grocery & CZero Foods (formerly listful.ai). We hear about how she first was introduced to programming through her studies of environmental science & oceanography. After realizing environmental consulting was not for her, Cathleen dove in head first to programming. We talk about coding bootcamps, working with startups, being a woman minority in tech, and more!

Connect with Cathleen:
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_cat_turner
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathleenturner/
CZero Foods: https://twitter.com/czerofoods

Mentioned in today’s episode:
MatLab: https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html
LaunchCode: https://www.launchcode.org/

Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/

Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/

Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog

Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs

Ville Aikas is the founder of the supply chain security startup, Chainguard. We learn about foreign exchange student programs, early internet operating systems, working at Google, and working on projects like Kubernetes / Knative. 

 Connect with Ville:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AikasVille
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/villeaikas/
Email: [email protected]
Chainguard: https://chainguard.dev/

Mentioned in today’s episode:
Google Cloud: https://cloud.google.com/
History of Google Voice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Voice#History
History of Kubernetes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubernetes#History
Knative: https://knative.dev/
VMware: https://www.vmware.com/

Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/
Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/
Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog
Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs

Joonas Bergius is currently a co-founder at Statype and an early employee of Digital Ocean. We talk about the experience of attending multiple schools in different countries, military service, technology consulting, containers, Kubernetes, and advice for technical entrepreneurs. 

Connect with Joonas:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joonas
GitHub: https://github.com/joonas

Mentioned in today’s episode:
Digital Ocean: https://www.digitalocean.com/
VMware: https://www.vmware.com/
Heptio: https://github.com/heptio

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Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog

Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs

Ishuah Kariuki is a software engineer at Microsoft. We talk about what it was like growing up in Kenya, the struggle of learning about computers with limited access to them, changing jobs as a means for career advancement, and more.

Connect with Ishuah:
Website: https://ishuah.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ishuah_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishuah/

Mentioned in today’s episode:
Microsoft Expanding in Africa: https://news.microsoft.com/en-xm/features/furthering-our-investment-in-africa-microsoft-opens-first-africa-development-centre-in-kenya-and-nigeria/
Windows 3.0: https://microsoft.fandom.com/wiki/Windows_3.0
Radio Africa Group: https://radioafricagroup.co.ke/
BRCK: https://brck.com/

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Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alp
Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog
Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs

Tim Boring is a senior software engineer at Voltus and author of the book “Build an Orchestrator in Go.” Tim’s story shows us that many programming careers are far from linear. We learn about his struggles with Fortran in college, getting a masters in literature, a career pivot to programming, working at Google, and how things came full circle with his new book on orchestration in Go.

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Get Tim’s book: https://www.manning.com/books/build-an-orchestrator-in-go

Connect with Tim:
Website: https://timboring.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timboring/
GitHub: https://github.com/timboring
Email: [email protected]

Mentioned in today’s episode:
Fortran: http://fortran-lang.org

Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alp

Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alp

Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog

Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs

Blain Smith is a senior software engineer at Subspace. From a young age, Blain knew he wanted to pursue a career in tech. We hear about his tough decision to leave university, working for Harvard, using Go for IoT wearables, entrepreneurship, and much more.

Connect with Blain:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/blainsmith
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blainsmith/
Website: https://blainsmith.com

Mentioned in today’s episode:
Subspace: https://subspace.com
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: https://rpi.edu

Want more from Ardan Labs?
You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Melissa Trebell is a full stack engineer for Punchcard Systems (Previously at TrustBix).  Although she had an affinity for computers in high school, Melissa wasn’t sure if this was something she wanted to pursue in university. By a stroke of luck, she was introduced to a woman that worked for HP and encouraged her to get into the field. We learn about Melissa’s journey from C++ to Go, the agrifood industry, and the importance of mentorship.

Connect with Melissa:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-trebell-46a0a746/

Mentioned in today’s episode:
TrustBix: https://www.trustbix.com
Girl Guides: https://www.girlguides.ca
Prolog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolog
Lisp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_%28programming_language%29

Golang Resources:
Computing History: https://github.com/ardanlabs/gotraining/blob/master/reading/README.md#history
GoBridge: https://golangbridge.org
GoTime Podcast: https://changelog.com/gotime
Gophercises: https://gophercises.com
Golang Playground: https://play.golang.com
Exercism: https://exercism.org/tracks/go

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You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Ehioje Henry Erabor is a senior software engineer at BFREE. Growing up in Nigeria in the 1990’s, programming was not common in schools. Henry recalls a memory of his class being brought to the computer lab but they were instructed NOT to touch, only look. From that moment he wanted to know how these "TV’s with keyboards" operated. We learn about the school system in Nigeria, programming on paper, the National Youth Service Corps, and Henry’s path to becoming a software engineer.

Connect with Henry:
https://twitter.com/eRaBxEs
https://www.linkedin.com/in/erabxes/
[email protected]

Mentioned in today’s episode:
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board: https://jamb.gov.ng
University of Lagos: https://unilag.edu.ng
Fortran (programming language): https://fortran-lang.org
PDP-11: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11
National Youth Service Corps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Youth_Service_Corps

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You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Jeff Levin is a software engineer, entrepreneur, and the former director of the Alaska Developer’s Alliance. Growing up in Alaska, Jeff was constantly drawn to computers. Going so far as to memorize the DOS commands to boot windows by the age of 4. We learn about life in Alaska, his unique high school experience, finding dev work from remote areas, and how the Alaska Developers Alliance is building a community for software professionals.

Connect with Jeff:
https://twitter.com/JeffLevin3
https://www.linkedin.com/in/levinology/
https://levinology.com

Mentioned in today’s episode:
Alaska Developers Alliance: https://www.akdevalliance.com
MS-DOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS
Microsoft Frontpage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_FrontPage

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You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!