NorthWestify Podcast

We were excited to have in the studio three senior software developers with whom we talked about all things tech, from how it was when they first got into development to programming languages and what the future holds.

Thank you for accepting our invitation:

David Wilcock - "I have been writing code in some form, for the last 30 years. Back in the days of rubber keys and azimuth screw is where I learned my love for computers. Went through sixth form college, and come out with a BTEC National in IT. I have learned a number of programming languages over the years, but have always had a fondness for PHP, so have been doing that professionally since 2001. Currently working for Gear4music, as a Principal Developer, and have been there since 2010. I am currently ranked #20 at git-awards.com for PHP in Manchester."

Paul Aldred-Bann - "I was very recently employed by AND Digital as a Product Dev. Over the past 4 months, I've started my own thing and am contracting through Equal Experts at HMRC Salford developing a cloud-based platform for EPOS system and blockchain forensics. I'm looking to employ my first apprentice soon, putting them through a 12-week bootcamp via Code Nation and utilising the Apprenticeship Levy."

Toby Mason-Barney - "I've been working in software development for around 7 years, mainly been working in .net/C# and the world of Microsoft from desktop applications in the legal sector to AI-based cloud education systems and now I'm working on .Net development for Insight Investment in Manchester mainly in Azure and backend data services. I also have experience with Node.js and Elixir/Erlang, plus I'm slowly trying to learn golang by writing my own programming language with it but it's going slowly... I got into development when doing my computer science degree in Liverpool. Enjoy being in the community, I try (when I have time) to write blog posts on medium, help run Meetups (I helped run CodeUp Liverpool for a while and am hosting/speaking at the next Behind the Buzzword in Manchester)."

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A conversation with our three guests (Ermiya Eskandary, Hamad Ali and Mati Kos) about what it means and what it's like getting into coding.

All the good, the bad, and the unexpected were debated in this episode.

About the guests:

Ermiya eats code for lunch (his words) and he's been a professional software developer for around a year now.

Hamad turned 19 (on the day when we recorded; Happy Birthday!) and he's just got an apprenticeship in software development.

Mati started working in software development 6 months ago after more than a couple of other careers. He has a podcast called Cyber Trek that portrays his journey of becoming a software developer.

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I probably got my first computer when I was 5 and by the age of 5 and a half, I realized that if you put a magnet on the screen it, well, messes up the pixels. - James McDougall

An interesting conversation with James about the tech sector in Manchester, what it's like to work for a fast-growing business, about skill shortages and more.

Have a listen to find out why did he say "I think serverless is just life-changing"

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Convince the customers you're not a crazy person and get them on board - Patrick Byrnes

A great conversation with Patrick about what it was like to launch a business in 2003, and how Manchester has developed since then.

Packnet is a telecommunications company based in Manchester specialising in hosted voip solutions for the B2B market.

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We, Zack Georgiou, Co-Founder at Chroma Recruitment, and John Cleary, Co-Founder at Createk.io, decided to host a podcast.

This is the Pilot Episode and it's basically our conversation when we decided to start this podcast.

Enjoy!

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