Why Mediocre Engineers Get Promoted Over Great Ones (CEO Explains)
Are your technical skills actually holding your career back? In this conversation with Anand Sahay, Global CEO of Xebia, we explore the controversial reality that "mediocre" engineers often climb the ...
31 Dec 202553min
How to Build Skills That Outlast Any Tool (From Data Analyst to AI Lead)
Tools change and frameworks die, but your career doesn't have to. Marijn Markus joins the show to explain why "Don't be a fool with a tool" is the single most important piece of advice for modern soft...
24 Dec 202548min
Why Coding Skills Won’t Get You To Staff Engineer
Are you just executing tickets, or are you driving business impact?In this episode, Praveen Murugesan (VP of Engineering at Samsara) breaks down why the best engineers don't just write code and why "c...
17 Dec 202556min
Forward Deployed Engineer: The Role Up 800% (And How to Get It)
Traditional software engineering job listings have dropped by 70%, yet Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) roles have exploded by over 800% this year. We sit down with Mo Fagir, Principal Technical Consul...
10 Dec 202545min
AI Won't Replace Software Engineers, But This Might (CEO Perspective)
If you think your value as a software engineer comes just from writing code, you're already at risk.In this episode, Outsystems CEO Woodson Martin reveals why AI isn't the real threat to your career. ...
3 Dec 202536min
How We Get More Done with Fewer Engineers
What if you could build a multi-million dollar software company where only 10% of your employees are developers? AFAS, a company with hundreds of millions in revenue, does exactly that with a lean tea...
26 Nov 202528min
How to Think About System Design (GitHub Engineer's Perspective)
System design interviews often focus on theoretical complexity, but how do Senior Engineers at GitHub actually approach scaling? In this episode, Bassem Dghaidi breaks down how to think about system d...
19 Nov 202546min
From Backend Engineer to Head of Mobile (Lessons from Uber)
What does it take to build a career as a mobile engineer when AI is changing everything? Pasha Mazurin shares how he went from Java backend engineer to Head of Mobile, why he only joins mobile-first c...
12 Nov 202558min
