Beyond Coding

https://www.hackyourfuture.net

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:27 - What is high quality software?
00:03:18 - Preventing software bugs completely
00:05:29 - Tests becoming a bottleneck
00:06:56 - Removing tests
00:09:49 - Shift left approach
00:12:11 - End to end tests and retries
00:13:55 - Integration tests over unit tests
00:18:05 - Test Pyramid vs Testing Trophy
00:20:08 - The most important tests
00:21:09 - Balancing speed and quality
00:24:18 - DORA metrics
00:25:36 - Metrics without context
00:29:07 - Team performance metrics
00:31:27 - Outcomes AND output
00:32:46 - Early in career experience at big organizations
00:37:32 - Hiring junior engineers
00:39:54 - The joy of working in diverse teams
00:41:53 - High performing teams
00:44:35 - Domain chapter for sharing knowledge
00:48:04 - Not working in sprints
00:52:15 - Deciding your own way of working
00:54:03 - Who is the audience of this podcast?

Connect with Ester Le Roux:

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Q&A #9 is here! Take a shot every time I scratch my nose 😆

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OUTLINE

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:21 - Advice for graduates starting in IT

00:02:06 - Junior developers and internships

00:06:56 - What does a recruiter expect?

00:08:31 - Eagerness

00:09:50 - What tech stack to master

00:12:50 - How to get a headstart at an organization as a junior

00:16:20 - Patrick and imposter syndrome

00:19:57 - Bad experiences in an interview process

00:22:55 - Self taught developers

00:23:49 - What language to erase

00:26:02 - The next big disruptive technology

00:29:40 - Tech leading to groundbreaking innovations

00:32:07 - Rapidly evolving technology

00:36:04 - The human factor in tech

00:37:53 - Machines empowering human capabilities

00:39:12 - Why did you start the podcast?

00:41:54 - How much time does it to create an episode?

00:44:39 - Thank you!!

Connect with Andrea Giardini:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/giardiniandrea

https://andreagiardini.com

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Connect with Brendan Kamp:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-kamp-757e

With Google as My Neighbor, Will There Still Be Water? -

https://algorithmwatch.org/en/protests-against-data-centers/

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:28 - What is sustainable tech?
00:02:29 - Sustainability in programming languages
00:05:13 - Optimizing a few hot paths
00:07:26 - Is it worth optimizing algorithms?
00:10:50 - Optimizing for readability
00:13:26 - The Zen of Python
00:15:58 - Underutilized infrastructure
00:17:54 - Reducing infra by 40-50%
00:19:59 - Cloud providers are damaging the planet
00:22:44 - Offsetting emissions and green washing
00:26:21 - Distributed datacenters in hotels and swimming pools
00:30:07 - A datacenter that has more rights than citizens
00:31:55 - Who is at fault
00:33:34 - Microsoft's emissions growing since AI boom
00:34:45 - Fit for 55
00:35:12 - What is greenwashing?
00:37:39 - You have to adhere to sustainability practises
00:39:13 - Emission scopes
00:41:50 - Saving costs on cloud resources
00:45:06 - Why overspend happens
00:48:20 - People problems
00:51:12 - The power to implement
00:53:45 - Everlearning

Connect with Roy Derks:

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:28 - Starting as software engineer
00:03:23 - Putting together something from IKEA
00:05:40 - Starting a project from scratch
00:09:04 - AI usecases
00:11:30 - Prompt engineering
00:13:07 - RAG explained
00:15:48 - GPT agents explained
00:19:04 - Developer way of working with AI
00:22:17 - AI taking away jobs
00:26:26 - Handling hallucination
00:28:32 - Knowledge gaps with AI
00:31:01 - Companies need to pivot
00:34:23 - Personalization and AI
00:36:22 - AI and data privacy
00:40:02 - LLMs are just an API call away

Connect with Ilya Pimenov:

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OUTLINE

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:27 - Starting your career as full stack developer?

00:02:57 - Learning every day

00:04:45 - Product managers talk to A LOT of people

00:07:31 - Ilya's career path

00:11:31 - Staff engineer challenges

00:13:34 - Patrick's next career steps

00:15:45 - Entrepreneurship and individual contributor skills

00:19:24 - Listening to internet traffic

00:25:05 - Comfort with ambiguity

00:27:45 - Fully understanding LLMs

00:29:58 - The biggest impact is in backend development

00:31:33 - Great Frontend engineers

00:33:05 - Why people use LeetCode in interviews

00:38:21 - LeetCode exercises transfer to software development

00:39:23 - Hiring for potential

00:40:56 - Investing in LeetCode opens doors

00:42:33 - System design interview

00:44:26 - Getting better at LeetCode

00:47:39 - Why people hate LeetCode

00:48:27 - Legendary LeetCode solver couldn't deliver as engineer

00:50:02 - What makes a great senior engineer

00:54:00 - Dealing with ambiguity is a life skill

00:56:41 - Buying and renovating

00:59:55 - Modular home

01:03:20 - Startup failures and learnings

01:07:18 - Hustling and executing

Connect with Josine Muurling:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/josinemuurling

Connect with Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg-Mestwerdt:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotteschouwenburg

More on Bravely:

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:24 - New leadership pitfalls
00:03:17 - Vulnerability builds trust
00:04:54 - Chimpanzees and empathy
00:06:07 - Improving empathy
00:08:45 - Think friend
00:10:08 - Psychological safety
00:12:02 - Memorable conversations
00:15:09 - Strategic empathy
00:17:52 - Soft on the relationship, tough on the content
00:19:19 - Active listening skills
00:21:32 - Autonomy and ownership pitfalls
00:24:42 - Similarity bias and personal approach
00:26:07 - Quality, autonomy and risk
00:29:47 - Peter principle
00:35:05 - Mentor vs. Manager
00:36:58 - The "team" in leadership teams
00:39:52 - When inspiration works
00:41:03 - The responsibility weight of leadership
00:43:10 - Your team is your tribe
00:46:40 - Authentic leadership
00:49:23 - Vulnerability invites vulnerability
00:51:06 - Rose of Leary
00:53:15 - On a mission to put empathy back in the workspace