Ardan Labs Podcast

Ronna Steinberg is currently the Chapter Lead for Women Who Go Berlin and Senior Software Engineer for Delivery Hero. In this episode, we hear how many unexpected events led Ronna into tech and even Go. Now she’s helping other women get into the industry and equipping them with the knowledge she wished she had at their age.

Connect with Ronna:
https://twitter.com/ronnax
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronnas/

Mentioned in today’s episode:
https://www.womenwhogo.org
https://www.deliveryhero.com

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

Renee Richards is a Programmer Analyst for Carepoint, Inc. Renee has been a software developer for two years after spending most of her life as a pharmacy technician. We hear about how she made the tough decision to make a career change and the tricks she used to pull it off successfully. It just goes to show it’s never too late to get into tech if you really want to.

Connect with Renee:
https://twitter.com/Renee7076

Mentioned in today’s episode:
Pascal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_%28programming_language%29
Delphi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi_%28software%29

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

Ukiah Smith is a Software Engineer at Apple, using Go to write API’s for internal teams. After graduating with an art degree, Ukiah’s path into tech was anything but traditional. Being a self-taught programmer, he didn’t always have the confidence in his skills. However, he was able to shift his career from design to front-end development to technical support. Eventually turning that into his current job at Apple.

Connect with Ukiah:
ukiahsmith.com
twitter.com/ukiahsmith

Mentioned in today’s episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button
https://www.louisvillehardcore.com

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

Nic Jackson is a Principal Developer Advocate for HashiCorp. He’s also the author of the book Building Microservices with Go and an avid speaker on all things microservices. We learn about his first job in tech performing data collection for an environmental agency and how that sparked his interest in computer science. Nic would go on to work with many cutting-edge technologies but what he realized he enjoys most is helping others.

Connect with Nic:
Twitter
YouTube channel
LinkedIn
[email protected]

Mentioned in today’s episode:
HashiCorp
RazorFish
jQuery

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

John Reese is a Senior Software Engineer at Yubico. He is also an active contributor to the open source projects Konstraint and Conftest. John’s foray into programming started a bit earlier than most, publishing websites in PHP by 6th grade. We hear stories of cyber mischief, John’s thoughts on the value of a computer science degree, and the importance of culture in a job.

Connect with John:
https://reese.dev
Twitter
LinkedIn
GitHub

Mentioned in today's episode:
Yubico
Open Policy Agent
Konstraint
Conftest
Enabling Autonomous Teams With Policy Enforcement
Unit Testing Your Kubernetes Configurations
Adventures of Power (Movie)
Parkinson’s Law

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

Jessica Greene is a Backend Developer with Ecosia, the search engine that plants trees. We talk about film, the science of coffee, and what caused her to pivot her career into tech. Jessica shares insightful feedback on how she approached her career transition, and the importance of having support throughout the process.

Connect with Jessica:
GitHub
Twitter
LinkedIn

Mentioned in today’s episode:
Ecosia.org - The search engine that plants trees

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

Kris Nóva is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Twilio Inc. We hear about her incredible journey from a nerdy teen installing Linux on the family computer to becoming an outspoken voice in the tech community. Growing up in Texas with conservative parents, Kris faced many challenges that helped mold her into the person who she is today. 

Kris leaves us with a few big lessons today:

• Advocate for yourself, it’s OK to speak up
• Obscurity is everyone’s secret superpower
• Be proud of yourself

Connect with Kris:
[email protected]
nivenly.com
@krisnova

Mentioned in today’s episode:
Linux
MongoDB
GopherCon 2017: Kris Nova

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

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Anthony Starks is an engineer, designer and consultant with a focus on data visualization. But we might also call him an artist. Growing up with a love for photography and computers, Anthony has long been enamored with the idea of melding art and technology. We hear his experience with low-level punch card programming, UNIX, writing the beginning of firewalls, & his more recent passion for data visualization using Go! 

Anthony prides himself on being a lifelong learner and credits his success to curiosity and a little boldness. 

Connect with Anthony:

• Twitter
• Speaker Deck
• GitHub

Mentioned in today’s episode:

• Recreation of W.E.B Du Bois Data Portraits
• J Everett Light Career Center
• Firewalls and Internet Security
• Processing.org
• Decksh on GitHub

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

Michael Gasch is a Staff Engineer in the Office of the CTO at VMware. Growing up around his father’s business, the seeds were planted for his love of technology. Michael spent many years pursuing a career in music but technology always found a way back into his life. We explore how Michael made the leap from hardware to software and wrap up by getting his thoughts on the future of cloud and Kubernetes.

Connect with Michael:
Twitter
LinkedIn
Michael's website

Mentioned in today’s episode:
Kubernetes
VMware
Max Planck Society
IBM OS2

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

Vanesa Ortiz is a community advocate at Sourcegraph and the founder of the Women Who Go - Berlin chapter. We learn about Vanesa’s incredible journey from freelancing at age 13 to interviewing for a Golang position with zero knowledge of the language (oh yeah, and she got the job). One thing remained constant, Vanesa’s problem solving ability is off the charts. Her natural curiosity and desire to learn has truly helped her excel at every challenge presented to her.

Connect with Vanesa:
@vanesacodes

Mentioned in today’s episode:
Sourcegraph
WakaTime
Women Who Go
Hackbright Academy

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