The Stack Overflow Podcast

Wenjing Zhang, VP of Engineering, and Caleb Johnson, Principal Engineer at LinkedIn, sit down with Ryan to discuss how semantic search and AI have transformed LinkedIn’s job search feature. They explore the engineering efforts behind transitioning from keyword-based search and the impact of AI models on LinkedIn’s job seekers and employers.

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LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network with more than one billion members.

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Congrats to Mattias Larsson, who won a Populist badge for answering Singleton Class which requires some async call.

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Ryan welcomes Paul Everitt, developer advocate at JetBrains and an early adopter of Python, to discuss the history, growth, and future of Python. They cover Python’s pivotal moments and rise alongside the internet, the increased adoption from transitions like Python 2 to Python 3, and the significant role Python plays in academia and data science today. 

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JetBrains is improving the developer experience through a rich suite of tools. 

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Python is the fourth most-popular language in our 2025 Developer Survey. 

From the archives: Why is the migration to Python 3 taking so long? 

Today we’re shouting out a popular Python question, Fastest way to find the least amount of subsets that sum up to the total set in Python, asked by user Shaun Han. 

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Quinn Slack, CEO and co-founder of Sourcegraph, joins the show to dive into the implications of AI coding tools on the software engineering lifecycle. They explore how AI tools are transforming the work of developers from syntax-focused tasks to higher-level design and management roles, and how AI will integrate into enterprise environments. 

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Sourcegraph is building AI-code agents for enterprises to accelerate how companies build software.

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Today’s shoutout is for user sumek, who won a Populist badge for answering the question How do you search through Vim's command history?.

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U.S. Bank has undergone a significant digital transformation, implementing a multi-cloud strategy to accelerate innovation and improve customer-focused development. Operating in a highly regulated environment, the bank must navigate the challenge of balancing innovation with strict compliance requirements while meeting the evolving demands and needs of customers and employees. 

In this episode of Leaders of Code, Jody Bailey, Stack Overflow’s CPO, Anirudh Kaul, Senior Director of Software Engineering, and Paul Petersen, Cloud Platform Engineering Manager, discuss the U.S. Bank’s journey from traditional banking practices to embracing new technologies. The conversation covers the technical and organizational aspects of large-scale cloud migration, along with their leadership approach during this transformative period.

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Etsy is a global marketplace that keeps human connection at the heart of commerce. 

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This week’s shoutout goes to user jsignell, who won a Populist badge for their answer to How do I tell if a column in a pandas dataframe is of type datetime? How do I tell if a column is numerical?.

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The Speed & Scale Plan is a global initiative to move leaders to act on the climate crisis, tracking progress towards net zero by 2050. 

Explore Speed & Scale’s resources for combating climate change, and connect with Ryan on LinkedIn and X.  

Congratulations to Stellar Answer badge winner Christian C. Salvadó who won the badge for answering the question What's a quick way to comment/uncomment lines in Vim?.

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Confluent is an all-in-one, real-time platform that allows you to stream, connect, process, and govern your data.

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Do you know the answer to Loadrunner lr_get_attrib_string always returns null? If so, you can help out Trncvs and receive the bounty offered on the question.

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Read more findings from the Developer Success Lab here. 

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Congrats to user Matthieu M. who won a Populist badge for answering the question struct with 2 cells vs std::pair?.

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Realta Fusion is making fusion real and tackling today’s clean energy issues with innovative technology. Follow them on LinkedIn.

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Shoutout to Lifeboat badge winner zathura, who was awarded the badge for answering Type of triangle in MySQL.

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Koel Labs uses classic movies to help learners master pronunciation. You can join the waitlist for their closed beta launch now. Check out their open-source community project for Koel Labs on GitHub.

Check out their project on the Mozilla Builders site. 

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Shoutout to Populous badge winner Tomáš Záluský, who won the badge for answering the question How to chain multiple assertThat statement in AssertJ.

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