#260 - From Lead Engineer at MongoDB to Fashion Tech: On Hiring, Remote Teams, and Start-Up Life
Harish, former lead engineer at MongoDB and current co-founder of Flaire, takes us on a journey through his unusual career path—one that didn’t involve grinding LeetCode or chasing FAANG.Instead, he g...
28 Jul 202524min
Office Hours: Answering Your Coding Questions EP 3
Are junior devs cooked?How can I scaffold a solid MERN stack app?What's the best way to stick with a tutorial?We got some great questions this episode and my answers might surprise you.Got a question ...
25 Jul 202518min
#259 - The Minimum Effective Dose of JavaScript You Need to Learn
Learning JS is tough.And you're probably making some of the same mistakes I did in the past.In this episode you'll get a path and a small project to make to teach you the minimum effective dose of Jav...
24 Jul 202519min
#258 - Should You Use AI While Learning to Code? A Senior Developer’s Take
A junior developer who got hired at a startup used AI non-stop to keep up.It worked for weeks until he crashed and burned.He'd built a house of cards that he couldn't keep up. The AI tools went in doo...
21 Jul 202517min
#257 - Career Landmines: Three Developer Traps to Avoid
3 traps to avoid in your career, that I nearly fell for:1. The Framework Developer Trap2. The Developer in a Hoodie Trap (might be the most surprising revelation for many aspiring programmers)3. The H...
17 Jul 202520min
#256 - The Rise of the Product Minded Engineer
Matt Watson, who scaled VIN Solutions to a $150 million exit, shares his journey from coding to building products that make a real impact in the business world.We talk about:Why most developers fail a...
14 Jul 202536min
#255 - Your First Open Source Project: A Weekend with Kyle Simpson’s Code
This episode introduces a weekend project that will give you authentic experience working with existing code—a crucial skill that most tutorials and coding platforms simply don't teach. Using Kyle Sim...
10 Jul 202512min
#254 - What Do Data Scientists Actually Do? A Candid Conversation with Ryan Varley
Have you ever wondered what data scientists and engineers actually do all day? Forget what you've seen in movies – it's not all neural networks and fancy algorithms.Ryan Varley, Engineering Fellow at ...
6 Jul 202537min
