Decreasing Java Build Times with Pratik Patel | Ep. 10
Tim Berglund talks to Pratik Patel (Azul Systems) about his career in developer relations and Java. Pratik’s first job: computer lab assistant at UNC Chapel Hill. His challenge: working at a large ent...
1 Des 202525min
Reimagining Stream Processing with Matthias J. Sax | Ep. 9
Viktor Gamov talks to Matthias J. Sax (Confluent) about his career in stream processing and, specifically, Kafka Streams. Matthias’ first job: an electrician-in-training on BMW’s assembly lines. His c...
17 Nov 202536min
How Time Kills All Deals in Pre-Sales with Rachel Pedreschi | Ep. 8
Listen: https://confluent.buzzsprout.com | In this episode, Tim Berglund talks to his guest, Rachel Pedreschi (DeltaStream), about her career in pre-sales engineering. Her first job: rectory office as...
10 Nov 202527min
Scaling AI in Engineering with Peter Bell | Ep. 7
Listen: https://confluent.buzzsprout.com | Today, Adi Polak talks to her guest, Peter Bell (gather.dev), about his career in software engineering leadership, CTO community building, and AI-driven deve...
3 Nov 202527min
How Kafka Expert Robin Moffat Tackles Open Source Problems | Ep. 6
Today, Viktor Gamov talks to his colleague Robin Moffat (Confluent) about his career in data engineering. His first job: paperboy. His challenge: working at a retailer with Oracle materialized views a...
27 Okt 202524min
Building Parquet into Apache Pinot ft. Neha Pawar | Ep. 5
Today, Tim Berglund talks to Neha Pawar (StarTree) about her career in real-time analytics and open source database engineering. Her first job: a year-long internship at NVIDIA. Her challenge: leading...
20 Okt 202526min
The Fix That Secured 1000s of Credit Cards ft. Brian Sletten | Ep. 4
In this episode, Tim talks to Brian Sletten (Bosatsu Consulting) about his career in software development. His first job: working at a small communications company that built network matrix switch int...
13 Okt 202529min
How Viktor Gamov Stays Curious as Tech Rapidly Evolves | Ep. 3
Adi Polak interviews her co-host, Viktor Gamov, about his career’s evolution from distributed systems to streaming technology. Viktor’s first job: apple picking. His challenge/theme: staying curious a...
6 Okt 202530min
