Gareth catches up with Kevin McLaughlin, a lecturer at the North West Regional College. Kevin discusses how he runs the software fundamentals course in association with Kickstart IT. In addition to his unique route into teaching tech from never using a computer before the first day in his course to now being instrumental in developing the digital sector around the North Coast. 

Gareth catches up with Colin Manson, a previous cricket player and lecturer turned Cyber Security Analyst. Colin discusses his journey getting into the tech industry from courses he completed to landing his first job as a Cyber Security Analyst a year and 8 months ago. Colin also shares tips on how to stay secure while working from home, recommended password managers and advise those who wish to pursue a career in cyber security. 

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More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. 
After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right now in the NI market with WebTalksNI.

Chris McAtackney, CTO of Obbi Solutions, his journey from first getting into tech to becoming a CTO. Chris discusses how management isn’t a promotion but a career change. The impact of burnout is costing the World’s economy over a quarter of a Trillion pounds a year. Chris compares the work environmental factors for mental well-being to physical health hazards and how many issues stems from lack of trust. 

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More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. 
After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right now in the NI market with WebTalksNI.

"Progressing from Tech support to Lead Front End Developer in under 3 years"

Gareth catches up with Christopher Mclaughlin, Lead Front End Developer at Learning Pool,  to discuss his journey into tech and how he progressed through several different job titles in 3 years. Christopher also shares his advice to others seeking a career in tech and for those who are already in a tech capacity but want to change job titles. 

WebTalksNI is brought to you by Gareth Stirling; a tech recruiter at Corvus. 

www.corvus.jobs 

If you're interested in coming on the podcast in 2021, please get in touch on [email protected]. All podcasts are recorded virtually. 

Massive thank you to all our guests and listeners support this year.

 Have a relaxing Christmas and we will see you in the new year!

Belfast Design Week - 02–08 NOVEMBER 2020

Meet Professor Paul Moore, Director of Future Screens NI and Co-Director of Ulster Creative Industries Institute (CII). Paul chats about Future Screens NI involvement in BDW and discusses his thoughts on this year's theme 'Environment' and what he spots in cities when exploring the role of design within our local environment.

The BDW website - http://belfastdesignweek.com/
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More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. 
After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right now in the NI market with WebTalksNI.

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Belfast Design Week - 02–08 NOVEMBER 2020

John Cranney is a Head of Partnerships at Big Motive. John chats about Big Motives involvement in BDW, Creative Mornings; a networking event for designers  and his background on how he got to where he is today.

The BDW website - http://belfastdesignweek.com/
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More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. 
After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right now in the NI market with WebTalksNI.

[email protected]

Belfast Design Week - 02–08 NOVEMBER 2020

Rick Monro is a Principal UX Designer at Puppet and also organises the UX Belfast meetup group.  In this episode, Rick shares his background and how he got into design, his advise to designers who want to move into UX and his involvement in BDW 2020.


The BDW website - http://belfastdesignweek.com/
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More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. 
After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right now in the NI market with WebTalksNI.

[email protected] 

Belfast Design Week - 02–08 NOVEMBER 2020

Tara Walsh, Director of Engagement & Innovation at MakeMatics discusses her role in Belfast Design Week. This year's Belfast Design Week theme is Environment. This means exploring the role of design within our local environment and it’s influence on how we live and work.

The BDW website - http://belfastdesignweek.com/
Subscribe to our newsletter (receive new episodes, jobs and blogs every fortnight)- https://mailchi.mp/5da3ef4c4683/webtalksninewsletter 

More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. 
After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right now in the NI market with WebTalksNI.

[email protected] 

Gareth welcomes two of the organisers from the Northern Ireland Developer's Conference committee onto the podcast.

May Cheung & Artemiy Kondratiev discuss how they got started at NIDC, a review of how the conference went, what they have learnt from 2020, some insights into the 2021 conference and this October's Hacktoberfest event.

Twitter accounts: 
@NIDC @WebTalksNI

https://www.nidevconf.com/

WebTalksNI is brought to you by Gareth Stirling from Corvus -> www.corvus.jobs / [email protected]

This year, the Northern Ireland Developers Conference (NIDC) is doing things a little different; they are hosting their conference online. In collaboration with the conference, we have welcomed some of the speakers onto the podcast to discuss their talk and why they got involved.

This episode features Richard Gibson and Garth Gilmour, a double act who have spoken at the conference on numerous occasions. This year they will be discussing, Not Your Mothers TDD - Type Driven Development in TypeScript

NIDC - 9th-10th October 2020 | Tickets: FREE

-> hopin.to/events/nidc2020