Beyond Coding

Mental health is often overlooked until it's too late. When that happens, it's a long way back to recovery. Stacy Cashmore shares her story involving mental health problems and how trusting people and asking for help will lead you to a better state mentally. Finding out what works for you and accommodating for yourself should not make you feel bad. It's completely healthy to look after and take care of your mental health. My favourite quote: "Everybody has mental health. Some people have mental health problems, but EVERYBODY has mental health and if you don't look after your mental health then you're going to get mental health problems" Enjoy! 🎙 Connect with Stacy Cashmore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacycash https://twitter.com/Stacy_Cash https://www.twitch.tv/stacyclouds New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible! Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/Yrd3RGEMb-Y OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:42 - Relistening to yourself 00:03:01 - Not recognising yourself on screen 00:05:24 - Speaking in front of a big audience 00:07:28 - Anxious before going on stage 00:09:27 - Struggling at work and at home 00:11:23 - Attending Techorama lead to Stacy's first conference talk 00:19:44 - Committing to do something 00:21:49 - Metal health issues from a young age 00:24:30 - Mentally and physically running out of steam 00:25:28 - Reaching out for help 00:28:38 - Taking care of your mental health 00:33:10 - How people want to be interacted with 00:36:02 - Acommodating for your mental health 00:37:53 - Taking care of yourself and saying no 00:41:25 - Stacy's therapist gave her an order 00:44:37 - The people that guard us from doing too much 00:46:41 - Not overstepping boundaries 00:48:41 - How to ask for help for your mental health 00:52:39 - Find what works for you 00:56:12 - Someone that can give you support

First of its kind on the beyond coding podcast, an episode with just me answering your questions. Let me know if I should do more of these 💬 New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible! Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/Q6VJg98ERoU OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:43 - Should I go for a master's degree in computer science? 00:02:35 - How do I get my first job in the tech market? 00:04:35 - Why don't you tweet more? 00:04:50 - How do new engineers entering the tech field cope with the recent layoffs from companies? 00:07:05 - Favorite podcast episode so far? :) 00:08:13 - Hi Patrick, would love to know what was the inspiration behind the podcast? 00:11:33 - Podcast names we didn't end up going with 00:12:19 - Back to how we created the podcast 00:17:59 - Committing to the podcast too quickly 00:19:20 - Curious to know what goes into creating a podcast episode 00:23:25 - When is person X coming on? :( 00:23:51 - What’s your favorite podcast? 00:25:24 - What’s it like being a guest on a podcast? 00:26:40 - What’s your take on hiring in tech? 00:28:53 - Do you hate your own voice? 00:29:56 - How did you get into software development? 00:40:05 - Wrapping up

Product Leadership has always been a topic that I've found interesting and wanted to explore more of. Pair that together with the wonderful Chiedza Muguti and you have an amazing episode! 😊 She is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to product, leadership, teamwork and more! Had an amazing time learning from her and I finished this episode feeling energised and inspired. Enjoy 🎙 Connect with Chiedza Muguti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiedzamuguti https://twitter.com/chiedzajm New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible! Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/i5t4PlGvYmI OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:29 - Product Leadership 00:04:56 - Challenges in inspiring people 00:06:51 - How to get comfortable when you're uncomfortable 00:09:45 - The effect of how you come across as leader 00:10:57 - Piling up emotions 00:13:56 - How to get effective teams 00:16:27 - Who is responsible for effective teams? 00:19:14 - How to manage deadlines and pressure 00:22:43 - When are things flashing amber? 00:26:19 - Moving from business analyst to product owner 00:32:27 - Familiarising yourself with a domain 00:36:16 - How to prioritise value as PO 00:41:16 - Challenging value and priority 00:44:22 - Not overcomplicating solutions 00:46:44 - technoloby problems are business problems 00:49:30 - Issues with big teams 00:54:39 - Investing in relationships 00:58:22 - Success is in your environment

This episode is all about coaching and leadership. If you want to get better at either of those, this is the episode for you. 🙌 Sumit shares the value of having a personal coach, how listening is a gift and how each coaching skill is also a leadership skill. My favourite learning is how he breaks down communication into different conversations. Doing so allows you to focus on which conversations are most challenging for you, and get better at having them. Enjoy 🎙 Connect with Sumit Gupta: https://linkedin.com/in/sumit4all https://www.deployyourself.com https://twitter.com/sumitgupta4all New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible! Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/iDVY07k9SNs OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:25 - Why Sumit coaches people? 00:02:21 - Sumit's journey with Entrepreneurship 00:03:59 - From creating software to helping people 00:08:27 - Realising you can do anything 00:10:29 - How to inspire and motivate 00:11:58 - The value of a personal coach 00:16:07 - How do you create a safe space? 00:20:07 - Leaders being open and vulnerable 00:24:05 - 100% transparency and openness 00:30:06 - Allowing others to contribute 00:32:15 - Gradually taking on leadership responsibilities 00:35:47 - Can leadership be learned or taught? 00:39:15 - No judgements and nothing is negative 00:42:54 - How do you get better at coaching? 00:44:43 - coaching and leadership skills 00:49:13 - Asking for help 00:51:21 - Leadership is about giving

Denise Edwards comes on to share how to find the right team, the right product, scale correctly, get funding and much more. If you've ever had thoughts of starting your own business like me, I'm sure you will love this episode. Enjoy 🎙 Connect with Denise Edwards: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwardsdenise https://twitter.com/deniseedwardsco https://saaslaunch.io New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible! Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/-wavaCe3LDQ OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:36 - Giving presentations and growing 00:04:16 - From sales to owning a business 00:11:35 - Why B2B SaaS startups? 00:14:49 - How to find co-founders 00:17:58 - Hiring and forming a team 00:24:52 - When to stop building and start selling 00:27:48 - Incorporating feedback and fixing bugs 00:30:26 - Getting your first customers 00:33:14 - Why 90% of startups fail 00:35:48 - Falling in love with your own ideas 00:42:36 - How to scale your solution 00:48:24 - Hire just before it becomes a problem 00:52:16 - How to get funding 00:56:54 - Unnecessary spending in a startup 00:59:12 - Pitching to investors and who pitches? 01:04:37 - Don't be afraid to get help

“Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless.” - Mary Kay Ash In my view, this still holds true. But how do you execute and turn an idea into a product, or even a game? This episode with Rosemary Lokhorst covers exactly that. What I admire about her is she doesn’t shy away from things she’s never done before, or things that have never been done before. Enjoy 🎙 Connect with Rosemary Lokhorst https://linkedin.com/in/lokhorst https://twitter.com/lokhorstr http://lokhorst.com New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible! Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/wveVo_CW2JM

If you’ve gone on YouTube and searched how to get stuff done in web development, chances are you’ve come across Kyle Cook from web dev simplified. He’s put up an incredible catalog of videos to simplify web development, for free. What’s really cool is he started off teaching himself web development after falling in love with it. From there, his fundamental knowledge has grown through teaching others. Some of the topics we cover this episode: ☑️ Kyle’s journey to web dev ☑️ Starting from scratch as developer ☑️ How Kyle’s YouTube channel came to be ☑️ The importance of core Javascript ☑️ The future of frontend development Enjoy!🎙 Connect with Kyle Cook: https://www.youtube.com/c/webdevsimplified https://twitter.com/DevSimplified https://courses.webdevsimplified.com New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil! Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible! Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/F7XGddoTxrA

Great managers are those with a people first mindset. They go through fire for their team, allow people to make mistakes and grow, and protect people from putting their work over their life and family. Nick van Meeteren is one of those people and I had an incredible time learning from his view and mindset. Enjoy 🎙 Connect with Nick van Meeteren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickvanmeeteren New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible! Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/MiGJ9z1pFbM

This episode was recorded within minutes of me meeting Shilpi & Ashish from the Cloud Security Podcast in-person. They were in Amsterdam for a conference and swung by to make this happen. 🙌 They shared a little glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes of the cloud security podcast and what it’s like to work with your significant other. On top of that we discussed cloud security awareness, challenges and education. Enjoy🎙 Connect with Shilpi Bhattacharjee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shilpi-bhattacharjee Connect with Ashish Rajan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishrajan https://twitter.com/hashishrajan Cloud Security Podcast: https://cloudsecuritypodcast.tv https://www.youtube.com/c/CloudSecurityPodcast https://twitter.com/CloudSecPod New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible! Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/xSxaErykslc Enjoy! 🎙

Podcaster and speaker Neil Thompson shares his journey with regards to public speaking and allows others to share theirs through his podcast Teach the Geek. Getting better at public speaking has more benefits that you might think. It will improve your communication skills to a point where you can influence decisions and motivate change. This is especially true in the tech world. A few of the topics we covered, in order 💬 ☑️ How Neil’s public journeys started ☑️ The importance of presenting ☑️ Switching careers ☑️ Neil’s children’s book ☑️ Coding bootcamps Connect with Neil Thompson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilithompson https://www.youtube.com/c/teachthegeek https://teachthegeek.com New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible! Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/9bxg3GHEpPA Enjoy! 🎙