In this episode we will have Maria João Correia , a seasoned Product Manager and Analyst with 15 years of experience driving product innovation and strategy.

She has led the product function on multiple Mindera teams, delivering impactful solutions across diverse industries, including grocery retail, fashion retail, environmental technology, and workspace management. Her work is grounded in a deep commitment to enhancing user experience and delivering exceptional customer value.

We deep dived into how a product comes to life and all the backstage details of what is ideal (and isn't) from Testing concepts to Agile and saying No.

Host: Pedro Vicente

Audio & Video: Daniel Andrade

Editor: Ian Whiteling

Graphics: Catarina Carneiro

In this episode we will have Stephen Scott (Scottie), a seasoned Non-Executive Director, Chair, and C-level executive with deep expertise in product, data, and digital strategy. We get to know more about IAG Loyalty and an outside perspective on Mindera.

Host: Pedro Vicente

Audio & Video: Daniel Andrade

Editing: Ian Whiteling

Graphics: Catarina Carneiro

In this episode we will have André Pacheco Neves, an experienced Engineer with 10+ years of native iOS development (and counting!).

We will touch every topic of development: team structure, architecture, the new hype technologies and more.

Host: Pedro Vicente

Audio & Video: Daniel Andrade

Editing & Voice off: Ian Whiteling

Graphics: Catarina Carneiro

After completely changing his life going through Code Academy (Academia de Código) and transitioning from a social sciences background to becoming a software developer at Mindera, Tiago Bahia started a YouTube channel with Pedro Vicente to help raise money for charity and institutions in need.

Checkout the show where Tiago and Pedro eat spicy food to raise money for charity: https://www.youtube.com/c/OQueArdeCura 

Senior Infrastructure Architect Joel Bastos shares his experience with Prometheus in the context of infrastructure monitoring. Along with Pedro Araujo, Joel is the co-author of Hands-On Infrastructure Monitoring with Prometheus.

You can follow Joel on Twitter @kintoandar

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Music: https://soundcloud.com/ronnierain/expansion19

Imagine a world where work is meaningful to everyone! That’s the purpose of Lemon Works and in this episode, Luís Simões shares his background and experiences that led him to become one of the founders and his vision of how Lemon Works can help traditional organisations become more human-centric. 

Music: https://soundcloud.com/ronnierain/expansion19

Long time friend and principal engineer Tiago Reis takes us through his journey from Java to Go highlighting the main differences in the languages and the software development patterns.

You can follow Tiago on Twitter @tiagoandrereis

Useful resources for learning Go:

- Go Tour: https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1

- Effective Go: https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html

In five years, Infraspeak went from startup incubation to becoming one of the world leaders in infrastructure and facilities management systems. In this episode, Felipe shares his personal experiences developing and growing the company through this amazing journey.

Follow Felipe on Twitter @filipeacosta and checkout https://infraspeak.com/ for more information on Infraspeak.

Music: https://soundcloud.com/ronnierain/expansion19

In this episode, Pawel Grzybek shares his thoughts about the current state of web development. From current Javascript and CSS frameworks to cross-browser compatibility support and web assembly. 

Checkout Pawel blog at https://pawelgrzybek.com and follow on Twitter @pawelgrzybek

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Dashdash (now Rows) is a genuine success story in Portugal’s (and Porto’s) tech ecosystem. Humberto, founder and CEO, shares his background story, all the way from working with computer vision and self-driving cars in California to becoming a successful entrepreneur.

Learn more about dashdash at https://dashdash.com/ and remember to follow Humberto on Twitter @patife

Music: https://soundcloud.com/ronnierain/expansion19