Stuck in DevOps tutorial hell?

In this honest 2026 conversation, Paulina and Szymon (who helped 100+ transition to DevOps) reveal the #1 beginner mistake: jumping to Kubernetes/Terraform/cloud without Linux basics.

Learn the real DevOps roadmap 2026, master fundamentals first (Linux, Docker, networking, troubleshooting), escape endless online courses, build job-ready skills, avoid common DevOps mistakes, and focus on problem-solving over tool overload. Perfect for aspiring DevOps engineers, SREs, and cloud beginners.

Go from tutorial hell to hired!

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Explore the real challenges of digital transformation in the construction industry with Gökmen Becerik, Head of IT & Digital Transformation at SU YAPI Engineering & Consulting (Turkey).

In this episode, AI architect Alex Velinov reveals why AI won't steal your job, creating weirder ones like "vibe code fixers" and why banning AI in your company is the most dangerous move you can make.

Key takeaways:

• Why does every industrial revolution create more jobs than it destroys
• How to become "bulletproof" in the AI era
• The ugly truth about ROI in AI projects
• Why creatives and experimenters will win big

Perfect for marketers, founders, and anyone worried about AI taking over.

In this episode of Beats & Bolts with Paulina, Paulina Dubas sits down with Gert Villemos, CTO & CISO at LeanSpace, a leader with 20+ years of experience building and operating mission-critical space systems that still run European satellites today.We talked about:

• Why Year-1 architecture decisions are the most expensive ones you’ll ever make

• How cloud lock-in quietly costs companies years of migration

• Why most security failures are basic

• How compliance can unlock deals instead of slowing teams down

• Where AI creates new lock-ins if your processes aren’t ready

• Why team design matters more than tools for speed and quality

Are sales teams secretly sabotaging their own deals by treating engineers like second-class citizens?In this episode of Beats & Bolts, Jennifer Cox (20-year tech veteran, ex-Tenable, Rippling, multiple industry awards) reveals the truth about what works when scaling technical, customer-facing, and sales-engineering teams in 2025 and beyond.If you lead, manage, or work in technical teams, sales engineering, solutions engineering, customer success, or any revenue-facing tech role,this episode will change how you show up on Monday.00:00 Introduction to Scaling Leadership in Tech03:02 Identifying Collaboration in Teams04:53 Building Trust and Vulnerability in Leadership08:46 Generational Differences in Workplace Dynamics12:59 Creating a Collaborative Company Culture16:50 Balancing Growth and Psychological Safety20:52 Aligning Team Goals for Long-Term Success31:52 Mapping Personal Goals to Professional Success35:42 The Importance of Mentorship in Leadership36:09 Technical Leadership: Myths and Realities41:10 Bridging the Gap: Sales and Engineering Collaboration47:16 Establishing Credibility with High-Level Clients51:21 The Role of AI in Leadership54:08 Rapid-Fire Insights

In this episode of Bits & Bolts with Paulina, Allen Jellas, an industry veteran and agile coach who has helped transform teams at Maersk, Schneider Electric, and Novo Nordisk, unpacks the hacks of proper feedback.Why most companies get it wrong and how leaders can build trust, safety, and continuous learning inside their teams.Key points :- Why feedback should be a dialogue, not a download- How psychological safety drives innovation and performance- Why frameworks don’t fix people's problems- How empathy and curiosity scale teams better than tools

Dive into the real talk on AI's hype vs. reality with Siddhanta Gupta, a tech trailblazer who's bridged space missions, pharma pipelines, and energy automation. From his DTU master's AI thesis grind to consulting at Ramskov Group, discover how to conquer silos between IT, OT, and AI, and think human body analogies that make it click.Key takeaways:1. Why ChatGPT is just a "smart intern" for enterprise (not production-ready yet).2. Governance as your F1 seatbelt: Scale pilots without crashing.3. Future factories: AR copilots, digital twins, and predictive maintenance by 2030.4. Space Agency mindset: Do it right the first time or explode.If you are working in tech, pharma, or energy, this episode unpacks actionable insights and views that will make you think twice.

Join us for a fascinating conversation with Niklas Bork Bøgh, Senior AI Product Manager at Skill Up Finance (now NewCo). Niklas shares his unique career path from being a semi-professional CS:GO gamer (practicing 12 hours a day for two years!) to an AI product leader in the finance world.

In the Bits & Bolts  Wth Paulian pilot, Paulina sits down with Melissa Drew, Founder & Chief AI Trust Officer, author, and former IBM & Deloitte executive, to unpack her 30-year journey from building databases in the 90s to creating frameworks that define trusted AI today.

Melissa shares stories from her early work in procurement and healthcare, the evolution of AI before the hype, and why data quality, bias, and AI-generated content are our biggest challenges.

A must-listen for anyone serious about the future of responsible AI.