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- 00:00 Start

- 01:25 Building Engineering Culture

- 04:15 Role as Director and Manager at EVRYTHNG

- 07:30 Visual Identity at EVRYTHNG

- 12:13 Modern Tech/Engineering Recruitment

- 19:59 Current state of hiring market

- 23:02 Long term investment, nurturing people

- 30:41 COVID Effect, team culture and cohesion

- 37:24 Future of Remote Working

- 39:17 The T-Shaped Individual in Engineering

- 43:54 Broad depth vs deep specialisation

- 45:23 Roles at EVRYTHNG

- 46:15 Joke of the Show!

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- 00:00 Start

- 01:35 Why retrain into coding?

- 05:29 The Software Engineering Bootcamp experience

- 09:08 Getting the first role

- 12:15 Hitting lead dev for the first time

- 16:44 Continued growth at a startup

- 20:54 Moving to the MoJ at Lead level

- 24:25 Dealing with Imposter Syndrome

- 26:33 Leading others with more experience than you

- 29:18 Importance of Mentors

- 33:22 Technical Leaders vs People Leaders

- 36:49 Future growth

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- 00:00 Start

- 01:25 Motivation to learn Coding via Bootcamp

- 04:35 Fear of going to Bootcamp

- 06:27 His Bootcamp experience

- 09:19 Gaining confidence after the course

- 11:09 Landing the first job

- 14:13 Growth by challenging yourself with career moves

- 18:05 Getting the latest role at Voxnest

- 22:12 Technical growth

- 24:45 Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

- 26:36 Joke of the Show!

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- 00:00 Start

- 01:53 Work that Credit Benchmark is doing

- 09:16 The JavaScript courses at City University London

- 20:41 What you've learned teaching Devs and Engineers

- 24:56 Company labels, startups, scaleups

- 30:17 What you need to know before working at a startup

- 37:41 Meaninglessness of Job Titles

- 43:44 Imposter Syndrome

- 51:26 Joke of the Show!

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- 00:00 Start

- 01:18 Why start this podcast

- 05:50 What's surprised or impressed you from career journeys

- 09:07 How do you cope with stress

- 10:53 Most useful lesson from people's career stories

- 12:46 Best piece of advice for a Tech career

- 15:28 Will you go back to coding

- 19:45 What have you learned promoting your podcast

- 23:30 Are you fully yourself when interviewing people

- 26:42 What's the future of the show

- 31:39 What do you want to be most proud of

- 34:52 Which character from Friends would you be

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- 00:00 Start

- 02:19 Internships in Tech

- 08:12 Being prepared for your first Software Engineering role

- 10:20 Minor Program in Shenzhen, China

- 14:54 Internships leading to first Developer role

- 19:25 Great company cultures to look out for

- 22:45 Tech interests

- 24:00 Career paths

- 27:28 Remote culture and challenges

- 31:10 Maintaining Junior growth while remote

- 33:30 Post-pandemic work-from-home WFH expectations

- 36:11 Working alongside Bootcamp graduates

- 38:15 Importance of diversity

- 39:37 Current state of Women in Tech

- 44:04 The "Cut The Code" Podcast

- 46:49 Contacting Nikita

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• 00:00 Start

• 01:50 Motivation for coding Bootcamp

• 03:36 Experience at Bootcamp

• 06:26 First Developer role

• 07:22 Toasty - the 2nd startup

• 10:10 Exiting the startup

• 11:54 Motivation to exit

• 13:02 Taking the harder paths in life

• 14:56 Motivation to Build in Public

• 16:49 Intro to Building in Public

• 18:35 First experiences with Building in Public

• 21:19 Guides and resources

• 25:24 Benefits of Building in Public

• 27:38 Key strategies

• 30:10 Storytelling

• 31:07 Retaining engagement

• 33:17 Common misconceptions

• 36:19 The future of Building in Public

• 39:14 Building in Public 30day challenge

• 41:46 Cohort-based learning

• 43:02 Journey of self-discovery and uniqueness

• 46:36 Personal life in Public

• 47:32 Joke of the Show!

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• 00:00 Start

• 00:51 Childhood and early career

• 03:15 Creating a Data job

• 06:40 Selling the Data role to the Business

• 15:21 Boundaries between the different Data roles

• 19:00 Biggest problem for Data Scientists

• 20:34 Using Data with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

• 21:54 Most common Business Data issues

• 24:12 Signs your Business doesn't have Data under control

• 27:14 Limited experience with Coding/Software Engineering

• 27:54 Job titles

• 29:49 Burnout leading to a break and a new job

• 35:15 Noticing burnout too late

• 37:38 Maintaining a sustainable pace

• 41:53 Gaining perspective on work/life balance

• 42:50 Current role as Head of Data Management at Encompass

• 45:14 Approach to optimization and automation

• 47:10 The future of Data

• 49:00 Joke of the Show!

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Check out Evgeny's coaching website at evgeny.coach

• 00:00 Start

• 01:52 When being CEO harms your mental wellbeing

• 05:39 Root causes of internal pressure

• 08:16 Different leadership for different stages of a company

• 09:53 Improving mental wellbeing

• 12:54 Coaches vs Therapists

• 14:13 Personal experience being coached

• 16:42 Jerry Colonna's CEO bootcamp

• 20:54 Motivation to go into Executive Coaching

• 22:42 More personal business relationships

• 23:53 Benefits of coaching for startup leaders

• 31:29 Many different types of coaching

• 33:36 Sports coaching as the genesis of executive coaching

• 35:44 Beginning a coach-client relationship

• 39:25 Benefits leaders seek from coaching

• 44:25 Making time for yourself

• 46:41 The Rubber Ducking technique

• 49:15 Ways to find mindfullness

• 51:03 Thoughts of becoming a Monk

• 55:19 Joke of the Show!

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• 00:00 Start

• 03:22 Motivation for going to Bootcamp

• 05:35 Moving from Web Design in Australia to UX in London

• 08:13 Left brain logical thoughts vs right brain creativity

• 10:16 First experiences at Bootcamp

• 12:06 Things she enjoyed

• 13:25 When you realize Bootcamp isn't for you

• 17:42 Mindset

• 19:39 Still dabbling in Coding

• 20:24 Joy of crafting and improving

• 22:02 After Bootcamp

• 25:54 Carrying on the UX journey

• 32:12 Caron's new business helping Creatives

• 36:13 Making money as a Creative

• 39:24 Consulting services

• 44:28 Validating ideas quickly and cheaply

• 45:58 Helping people take back control of their lives

• 48:14 Joke of the Show!

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• 00:00 Start

• 01:01 What are Life Sciences and career opportunities

• 01:58 Why move from pure Tech to Life Science Recruitment

• 03:36 Booming Junior Developer/Engineer hiring in Life Sciences

• 04:36 Required qualifications

• 05:32 Competitiveness in the industry

• 06:19 AI and Data Science

• 08:34 Behind the scenes process as a Recruiter

• 13:52 Shady practices in Recruitment

• 17:54 Competitive and cynical nature of Recruitment

• 19:04 Discussing salaries

• 20:43 Good relationships between candidates and Recruiters

• 21:46 LinkedIn reply rates

• 22:28 Getting out of your comfort zone, risk vs reward

• 23:45 Getting the best salary

• 24:47 Finding the RIGHT Recruiter to work with

• 25:42 Motivation and enjoyment from the Recruiter role

• 26:25 Joke of the Show!

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- 00:00 Start

- 01:08 Side hustles

- 02:56 The $100 Startup

- 04:14 Replacing Developers with nocode/locode technologies

- 05:03 Validating Business ideas

- 08:49 Everything about eOpinion.org

- 16:09 The Tech behind eOpinion.org

- 19:29 Joys of Zapier

- 20:57 Goals, metrics, measuring progression

- 22:59 SEO and marketing

- 25:56 Joke of the Show!

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- 00:00 Start

- 01:06 Reasons for going to Software Bootcamp

- 03:57 Experience at Bootcamp

- 05:48 Starting the journey to Senior Software Engineer

- 11:45 Getting your first job vs getting promotions

- 13:19 Obstacles in the way of promotion

- 19:48 Being glue

- 20:34 Self-advocating

- 23:27 Importance and process of getting and giving feedback

- 30:20 Being rejected for promotion

- 32:22 Promotion vs leaving for another role

- 34:58 Where does your Imposter Syndrome come from

- 36:20 Progress beyond Senior Software Engineer

- 37:51 Joke of the Show!

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- 00:00 Start

- 01:03 The term XR

- 02:17 Writing the book Reality Check

- 04:11 Motivation for authoring Reality Check

- 05:22 Business opportunities in VR/AR/XR

- 10:27 Applications of business value

- 11:51 A brief history of Virtual Reality

- 18:04 Historical concepts of VR

- 18:57 Opportunities to disrupt and break out

- 21:46 Why Developers should be excited about XR

- 22:43 Skillsets to pick up

- 25:52 Software to use

- 26:47 ImmerseUK.org

- 28:26 Diversity and Social Mobility in XR

- 31:15 Having fun in XR playing games

- 32:31 Art and creativity in XR

- 34:06 Joke of the Show!

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With 25 years in the region, Ashish Panjabi tells us about how Dubai and the UAE continue to evolve to support investment, innovation, opportunities, and the Tech scene.

The things I was really interested in were his involvement in hardware and robotics, a notoriously difficult area to work in compared to software, and his work with TiE Dubai and the Techstars Network to mentor and help bootstrap diverse and inclusive people founding their own businesses in the area.

• 00:00 Start

• 00:57 Continuing evolution of Dubai and UAE

• 04:47 Establishing a Robotics business

• 11:55 Enabling Software Development in robotics

• 14:38 3D Printing

• 17:18 Business longevity

• 18:03 TIE Dubai

• 24:14 Entrepreneurs saving the World during COVID

• 25:43 Diversity and innovation in Dubai

• 28:22 Techstars Founders Network

• 30:56 Leaving a legacy to the Technology World

• 34:17 Joke of the Show!

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Fantastic chat with Dilip Tanna from Experian about his journey through virtually every Tech-team management role barring Tech Lead. We find out what motivates him and why he loves what he's doing now as a Software Engineering Manager. We cover mental wellbeing, which he's very passionate about. We also talk about the pandemic and the effect that's having on teams and individuals, and all the way he maintains an awesome culture.

• 00:00 Start.

• 00:55 Motivation to manage and lead Tech teams.

• 02:23 Difference between Project/Delivery Managers, Scrum Masters and Engineering Managers.

• 03:43 Are qualifications needed to get into the industry?

• 05:14 Moving into Management roles.

• 06:11 Impact of lack of technical/coding skills.

• 07:57 Telling potential employers about your skills.

• 08:43 Remote culture in 2020/2021.

• 11:15 How to care for your team.

• 12:28 Mental wellbeing.

• 15:03 Disruption vs an easy life.

• 16:14 Approaching team promotions.

• 17:38 The importance of mistakes.

• 19:39 Taking advantage of your support networks.

• 20:37 Joke of the Show!

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- 00:00 Start

- 00:52 Moving from Agency Recruiter to Internal Recruiter at YLD

- 01:24 The work at PaymentSense

- 02:28 Optimising the stages of recruitment

- 04:23 Handling recruiting for hypergrowth

- 07:59 The true value good Recruiters can bring you

- 09:54 Ideal tech tests/take-home-challenge

- 10:56 A better approach to diversity and inclusion hiring

- 17:02 Advice for your first developer/engineer role

- 18:36 Constructing your CV/resume for your audience

- 22:04 A better approach to the first screening call

- 25:10 Joke of the Show!

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- 00:00 Start

- 01:11 About DeadHappy

- 03:49 Lighthearted approach to death

- 05:38 Removing hurdles writing wills, preparing for death

- 07:54 Using large company experience to build startups

- 11:14 Lean, AGILE processes

- 13:04 Experience scaling

- 14:37 Importance of building teams

- 16:59 Diversity and Inclusion planning

- 22:04 Inclusivity of all personality types

- 25:24 NLP Neuro Linguistic Programming

- 28:45 Hypnosis, hypnotherapy

- 30:59 Analysis of Imposter Syndrome

- 35:40 Dealing with your Imposter Syndrome

- 37:27 Joke of the Show!

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- 00:00 Start

- 01:09 Established role vs startups

- 01:51 Career progression into SEO specialization

- 03:58 Importance of SEO to developers

- 06:05 Seeing the bigger picture, solving business needs

- 07:02 Diminishing need of individual Technical skills

- 09:16 Leading Tech teams

- 14:11 Changing face of Tech over 25 years

- 17:00 Microaggressions

- 18:05 Journey improving web performance

- 23:13 Selling performance optimization to Business

- 28:48 Future of performance

- 30:40 Joke of the Show!

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• 00:00 Start

• 00:55 Makers Academy - The first software bootcamp in Europe

• 01:18 Inspiration for the bootcamp

• 02:57 Ingredients of a successful bootcamp

• 05:37 Optimising for what employers want

• 06:59 Advice for bootcamp grads getting jobs

• 08:45 Mid-pandemic lack of Junior hiring

• 10:09 The business side of bootcamps

• 11:55 Staff culture influencing student culture

• 12:54 Diversity and Inclusion DNI

• 15:25 Setting your own salary

• 18:24 Scaling successfully

• 19:58 Exit strategy for Makers Academy

• 21:05 Listening to more experienced people as an exec

• 23:10 Changing assumptions about people

• 25:50 Being an Executive Coach for CEOs and Founders

• 31:02 What's next?

• 32:05 The Joke of the Show!

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- 00:00 Start

- 00:57 Passion for books and publishing

- 02:14 Getting into software development

- 08:16 Embracing digital in the Publishing Industry

- 11:41 First steps in Tech

- 18:04 Working in Publishing Tech

- 19:18 Developer careers in Publishing now

- 23:01 Change in Publishing Tech

- 28:16 Imposter Syndrome

- 37:07 Sara's Mentors

- 42:54 Joke of the Show!

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• 00:00 Start

• 01:06 Moving to work in China

• 02:50 Building up Microsoft in China

• 06:30 Insider view on changing market and consumer opinions on Microsoft

• 08:24 Not giving too much away to the competition when recruiting

• 10:35 Diversity and Inclusion at Microsoft

• 12:50 Moving on from Microsoft

• 14:25 Bounds of Technical growth

• 15:29 What https://www.smartrecruiters.com/ does

• 17:44 AI and filtering of CVs/resumes

• 19:35 AI and CV Match Scores

• 20:30 Removal of recruitment/hiring bias with Tech

• 23:24 Next frontier for Recruitment Tech

• 25:10 Joke of the Show!

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• 00:00 Start

• 00:20 Backstory

• 01:00 When things start to go wrong in Bootcamp

• 04:04 Being OK with imperfection

• 05:00 Pairing strategies

• 07:09 The first job hunt

• 09:45 Spotting bad jobs

• 13:39 Examples of good practices

• 15:29 Levelling up technically, early days

• 17:34 What you gain from bad jobs

• 19:50 Confidence when getting a job

• 21:00 What to say to employers if you have short gigs

• 22:25 Passion for Software Development

• 24:44 Staying positive when it's bad

• 25:43 Advice for new Bootcamp students

• 26:52 Next steps

• 29:07 The Joke of the Show!

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00:00 Start

01:00 Getting that first Project Management role

03:25 Why it went well in Project Management

04:30 Knowing when to move on from Agencies

06:58 Project Manager vs Delivery Manager vs Scrum Master

07:56 Agile 09:36 Qualifications

11:49 Where PMs/DMs sit in the business

15:39 What motivates us

17:30 Passionate about individuals

20:37 Inspired by Developers

25:48 Picking up Technical knowledge

29:05 Progression for PMs/DMs

30:28 Joke of the Show!

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- 00:00 Start

- 00:45 Tech working culture in South Africa vs United Kingdom

- 02:20 Lack of investing in learning and development

- 03:56 Racial discrimination

- 04:41 Gender discrimination against Women in Tech in United Kingdom

- 05:30 Moving from Web Dev to Data

- 06:50 Taking demotions

- 08:52 Payoff of taking demotions

- 11:06 First mentor Tech Lead

- 12:29 Finding a mentor and mentoring others

- 14:42 Failing probation

- 18:06 Success for Leaders and Engineering Managers

- 22:46 Joke of the show!

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- 00:00 Start

- 01:02 Career start

- 02:17 Effects of ADHD and Dyslexia

- 03:46 Channeling the energy of ADHD

- 04:38 Stigma attached to mental issues and neurodiversity

- 06:08 Advice for staying productive with neurodiverse issues

- 07:56 Discrimination with mental issues at work

- 09:18 Staying positive and hopeful

- 10:50 Discrimination as a Woman in Tech

- 12:45 Female founders

- 14:25 What's exciting about the future of tech

- 15:59 Joke of the show

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• 00:00 Start

• 00:50 Danielle's career overview

• 04:40 Difference between being an engineer and creating tools for engineers

• 06:06 Rejecting Twitter, accepting Facebook, then leaving Facebook!

• 08:20 Staying connected to the industry during lockdown

• 10:14 Dealing with challenges as a woman in Tech

• 11:24 Staying motivated with others

• 12:30 Lessons learned mentoring other developers

• 13:58 Passion for mentoring

• 14:58 Effect of lockdown on developers, lack of seniors in pipeline

• 16:10 The Joke of the Show!

Offers from top tier FAANG tech companies, building SDKs, being a Woman in Tech, lessons learned mentoring developers and examining the pipeline of Senior Developers/Engineers

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• 00:00 Start

• 00:42 Career history

• 02:03 Key to promotion

• 04:12 Avoiding imposter syndrome

• 06:26 Becoming an empowerment coach

• 09:10 How you become a published Tech author

• 12:34 What do you realize after your first book is released

• 14:35 The Ansible books James has written

• 18:00 Lesson learned from not communicating needs

• 19:00 Favourite career highlight

• 20:05 Joke of the Show!

Interview with James Freeman on his career in hardware, infrastructure architecture, authoring books on Ansible, and being an empowerment coach!

You can find James' books on Ansible here:

https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Ansible-infrastructure-configuration-applications/dp/1789807468/

https://www.amazon.com/Hands-Enterprise-Automation-Linux-infrastructure/dp/1789131618/

https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Ansible-Effectively-configuration-management-dp-1789951542/dp/1789951542/

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• 00:00 Start

• 00:38 Career journey as a developer and manager

• 05:36 Managing the Tech build of Peacock TV

• 08:04 Productivity working remotely from home

• 08:42 Co-founding his startup CookMyGrub

• 12:58 Being mentioned on the BBC

• 14:11 Funding and crowd-funding

• 15:50 Success of FoodTech startups

• 17:10 Passion for startups and technology

• 18:37 Exit strategy

• 19:47 Advice for startup entrepreneurs

• 21:25 Lessons from career lowlights

• 22:25 Lessons from career highlights

• 23:45 Joke of the show

Interview with Shabbir Mookhtiar on his career journey from working on national and international projects for some of the biggest companies in India and the UK as a developer/engineer and manager, and his latest move from Sky UK working on Peacock TV for NBC in the USA to co-founding his own foodtech startup.

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