Episode 125 - Non-traditional backgrounds - Old Fashioneds with a twist
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Episode 125 - Non-traditional backgrounds - Old Fashioneds with a twist

Not everyone starts their engineering career with a Computer Science degree, there are a lot of ways to start an engineering career. In this episode, we are joined by David Simmer from Netflix to talk with us about non-traditional backgrounds. Guests: David Simmer - @_simmerer Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: David Simmer - Peter Gregson: Bach - The Cello Suites David Simmer - The Aviary Book David Simmer - Matt Levine Newsletter David Simmer - Reuschelle’s Cheesecakes Ryan Burgess - Change Github repositories from master to main Ryan Burgess - Ryan’s Dad’s In Tech Interview Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Burrito Holder Shirley Wu - Visual Cinnamon Shirley Wu - Visual Cinnamon Resources Shirley Wu - Cinema Therapy

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Episode 114 - Remote interviewing - drinking on video calls

Episode 114 - Remote interviewing - drinking on video calls

When you can’t interview in person, we are forced to interview over video calls. In this episode, we are joined by Bianca Bortolussi, and Jen Pi to talk with us about what it’s like to interview for a...

18 Loka 202048min

Episode 113 - Severless - serving(less) drinks

Episode 113 - Severless - serving(less) drinks

Do you remember the days of FTP? In this episode, we are joined by Jerome Hardaway to talk with us about the changes made to hosting websites and how serverless has improved the ways we serve up websi...

4 Loka 202038min

Episode 112 - SEO - Searching for our drinks

Episode 112 - SEO - Searching for our drinks

Build it and they will come, right? Wrong. Search Engine Optimization is a key component of how people will discover your website or application. In this episode, we are joined by Netflix engineer, Co...

20 Syys 202048min

Episode 111 - Patron, Palomas, and programmatic problem solving

Episode 111 - Patron, Palomas, and programmatic problem solving

When we are writing code as engineers, no matter what programming language, we are doing some form of planning and problem solving. In this episode, we are talking about programmatic problem solving w...

6 Syys 202057min

Episode 110 - Bartending to everyone - Inclusive language

Episode 110 - Bartending to everyone - Inclusive language

Alongside the Black Lives Matter movement, we’ve started to see a lot of positive discussions on how the tech community can be more inclusive with its language. In this episode, we will be discussing ...

23 Elo 202045min

Episode 109 - Quick pour - Web Performance

Episode 109 - Quick pour - Web Performance

Web performance continues to be an input factor to prioritize when building web applications. In this episode, we speak with Google engineers, Kristofer Baxtor, and Jason Miller about the latest best ...

10 Elo 20201h 7min

Episode 108 - Whiteboarding for our drinks - The coding interview

Episode 108 - Whiteboarding for our drinks - The coding interview

We’ve all been there, coding interviews always have their challenges. In this episode, we are joined by Emma Bostian to talk with us about the technical coding interview. We share our experiences and ...

27 Heinä 202053min

Episode 107 - Public speakeasy - Public speaking

Episode 107 - Public speakeasy - Public speaking

Whether you’re giving a presentation to a large audience at a conference, your team, or articulating an idea, public speaking is an important skill set. In this episode, we are joined by Anne Ricketts...

13 Heinä 202054min