COING Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Instead of playing into the hustle culture for a daily dose of burnout, the COING podcast dives into the behind-the-scenes of successful business ventures and unravels the never-before-told stories of high-achieving people who seem to manage it all.COING is a unicorn, product-based software company, with offices in California and Europe. COING is also behind this podcast you don’t want to sit out.
One time, two kids asked their software developer dad to tell them what he did at work. He started talking about technology, IBM, Watson developer, etc. — but quickly realized that this didn’t mean anything to his kids.
Then, one rainy afternoon during the school holiday, he got his kids to try out a little something he made using Watson software at work (a Guess Who game of sorts) and suddenly the penny dropped! They finally understood what their dad had been doing at work.
And this is how Dale Lane, one of the senior technology engineers at IBM, started teaching machine learning to kids. And since we all use different machine learning systems pretty much every day, he realized how important it is to help kids understand how the world works and even build their own systems with this technology.
Fast forward to the present day and Dale has a series of workshops behind him, all aimed at introducing machine learning to kids. His free tool helps kids understand machine learning by providing hands-on experience using Scratch, Python, and App Inventor so they can create different projects and even build games.
If you’re eager to hear more about the topic, don’t miss the seventh episode of the COING Podcast. Besides discussing machine learning and how kids can benefit from it, Natalia and Dale also talked about how parents can help recognize and nurture their kids’ talents, Dale’s senior developer role at IBM, and the future of sales in IT.
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Can creativity exist in all kinds of entrepreneurship?
How can artists find the right people to buy their art and still stay true to themselves?
Is regular business advice something creatives should adhere to?
In the sixth episode of the COING Podcast, Natalia talked with David Parrish, an expert in the creative industries who works worldwide as a management consultant, trainer, business adviser, coach, and mentor.
As a firm believer in the potential of creative industries, David argues that each artist can use diverse business techniques for their own purposes. With over 20 years of experience in working with creatives and artists of all kinds, David has learned that showcasing empathy with them is great at helping them find their way.
“That’s what I call precision marketing. It’s not about the quantity, it’s not about ambition, or hope, or positive thinking. It’s about a precise match between what you’re doing and the customers.”
What he points out as crucial for any artist to successfully establish themselves and start selling their art is the focus on building that special and direct bond with their consumers — as it’s often the case that people want to buy experiences and not mere products.
Join Natalia and David in their discussion about strategic marketing**, finding the right markets to sell your art at, and how to avoid selling out and changing the nature of your artwork just for the sake of profits.
David's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidparrishuk/**
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In the latest episode of the COING podcast, we spoke with Miljan Tekic, the co-founder and COO of Tenderly.
He shared with us how you don’t always need to stick to a plan, that you have to learn to embrace failure, and why asking a lot of “whys” when trying to solve even the most complex problems can be an almost bulletproof problem-solving strategy.
A thoughtful suggestion was — even after failure, what’s the worst that can happen? Is everything truly lost and irrecoverable?
An approach that Miljan grew into after inevitable failures, trials, and errors is that it’s never too late to switch paths and start over. Sticking to initial plans even when circumstances change is sometimes not the best approach.
Most of the time changing plans does not mean you have failed. The only thing that is true failure is our lack of ability to accept failure and move on and apply what we have learned to our new plans.
We also discussed Miljan's search for a more productive version of himself and how productivity itself evolves over time, just like plans. We have to learn to adapt to the world around us, and this in itself is a constant evolution of not only ourselves but of the plans we create.
Gaining awareness of both the negative and positive influences can help us keep on track no matter how many times that track changes.
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Is academic education crucial for making it in the business world?
What’s better — being your own boss or working in a structured environment?
How important is it to practice self-reflection and to be objective in life?
These are only some of the topics we’ve covered in the fourth episode of the COING Podcast featuring Dennis Just, the CEO of Smallpdf.
As someone who’s been in the business world since he was 16, Dennis emphasizes the importance of creating your own story and providing value to everyone in your surrounding. Even though he comes from an academic background, he admits that formal education never made sense to him.
Yet, he remains acutely aware of the pressure many founders and CEOs face — and reminds us once you hit burnout, it’s too late and the road to recovery is hard. What he finds helpful and essential is having proper mental support, enough physical activity, and a supportive family.
In 2018, Dennis made it to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list — the list of 600 of the brightest young entrepreneurs, leaders, and stars. Yet, he believes that entrepreneurship isn’t about all that hype and that every entrepreneur has to find their own way.
“Finding your own path is super important.”
The new COING podcast episode will have you reimagine your independence, remind you that hands-on experience can be both amazing and educational, and encourage you to pursue your dreams.
Join Natalia and Dennis’ discussion about entrepreneurship, the recruiting process, different working styles, talent sourcing, and remote work environment.
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Making something meaningful and achieving success takes time — about 10 years, says Vedran Rasic, the CEO of Leaddelta and our guest in the COING Podcast this Friday.
The third episode of the COING Podcast will have you rethink your priorities and motivate you to give up on giving up. Natalia and Vedran will be discussing the downsides of living between continents, explaining why it’s paramount that you always have a plan B, learning how important the hiring process is for making amazing teams, and finding out how to recognize the signs of burnout.
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https://twitter.com/LeadDeltaHQ
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The COING Podcast resumes this Friday by diving deep into the complexities and future of IT recruitment, discussing the use of AI in the recruitment process, and exploring why developers enjoyed working remotely even before the pandemic.
This time around, Natalia tried to get into the mindset of tech recruiters and find out how Michal Juhas, the co-founder at Global Talents Hub and an expert in tech recruitment, feels about putting together a dream team, finding the ideal software developer, and the future of remote work. Brace yourself, IT community, you don’t want to miss this episode of the COING Podcast!
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In the very first episode of the COING Podcast, Natalia talked with Dario Kirola -- a multicultural, award-winning producer famous for producing the first reality show live-streamed on Facebook.
Join Natalia and Dario as they deconstruct the concept of an outsider, discuss the biggest misconceptions about living in Monaco, and predict the changes that await the entertainment and movie industry.
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