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
Turning Chaos into Push-Button Provisioning with Dhiraj Suri| Ep. 14
Viktor Gamov talks to Dhiraj Suri (Confluent) about his career in systems engineering and stream governance. Dhiraj’s first job: software developer at NetApp. His challenge: working at Splunk to stitc...
12 Jan 21min
The Late Night Hack That Changed Daniel Hinojosa's Career | Ep. 13
Tim Berglund talks to Daniel Hinojosa (an independent consultant) about his career in software development, data engineering, and event-driven architecture. Daniel’s first job: Sears credit card telem...
5 Jan 16min
From Early Startups to Product Leadership with Mike Agnich | Ep. 12
Tim Berglund talks to Mike Agnich (Confluent) about his career in product leadership and startups. Mike’s first job: refereeing youth basketball. His challenge: leading product across connectors, gove...
15 Dec 202518min
Adventures in Data Infrastructure with Gwen Shapira | Ep. 11
Adi Polak talks to Gwen Shapira (Nile) about her career in databases and data infrastructure. Gwen’s first job: a side hustle fixing computers. Her challenge: figuring out why a production report at H...
8 Dec 202521min
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 Dec 202525min
