From Git Blame to Principal Engineer with Sage Pierce | Ep. 22
Adi Polak talks to Sage Pierce (Indeed) about his career in software engineering and event-driven architectures. Sage’s first job: Java Swing development at a Department of Defense–affiliated research...
9 Mar 34min
From Coding Machines to Leading Humans ft. Leonid Igolnik | Ep. 21
Viktor Gamov talks to Leonid Igolnik (Former CTO at Clari) about his career in B2B SaaS engineering leadership. Leonid’s first job: teaching kids Pascal. His challenge: changing buyer behavior and sca...
2 Mar 36min
Killing Clusters & Orchestrating Chaos with Colt McNealy | Ep. 20
Tim Berglund talks to Colt McNealy (LittleHorse Enterprises) about his career in distributed systems. Colt’s first job: software engineer at a real estate company. His challenge: working in a complex ...
23 Feb 38min
Deleting Architecture for Better Systems ft. Daniel Doubrovkine | Ep. 19
Adi Polak talks to Daniel Doubrovkine (Shopify) about his career building data‑intensive systems. Daniel’s first job: delivering pharmacy medications by bike. His challenge: building Artsy’s Art Genom...
16 Feb 26min
Fail Fast & Ship It with Jeremy Custenborder | Ep. 18
Viktor Gamov talks to Jeremy Custenborder (Confluent) about his career in large-scale systems. Jeremy’s first job: paper boy. His challenge: keeping MySpace running at a massive pre-cloud scale while ...
9 Feb 27min
From “This May Never Work” to WarpStream with Richie Artoul | Ep. 17
Tim Berglund talks to Richie Artoul (WarpStream/Confluent) about his career in data infrastructure. Richie’s first job: working at Howie’s Game Shack, a walk‑in LAN gaming cafe. His challenge: working...
2 Feb 30min
Inside $3M GPU Racks: Powering Modern AI with Bryan Oliver | Ep. 16
Adi Polak talks to Bryan Oliver (Thoughtworks) about his career in platform engineering and large-scale AI infrastructure. Bryan’s first job: building pools and teaching swimming lessons. His challeng...
26 Jan 30min
Hacking Kafka Streams with Sophie Blee‑Goldman | Ep. 15
Tim Berglund talks to Sophie Blee-Goldman (Responsive) about her career in container orchestration and Kafka Streams. Sophie’s first job: interning at Google. Her challenge: helping a hyper-growth cus...
19 Jan 34min
