Beyond Coding

Indi Young explains how the point of having thinking styles is to get away from the “average user”, and move towards building your solutions for humans. Supporting them in whatever purpose they have.  You might wonder: What are thinking styles? 🤔 Listen in to find out! Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order 💬 ☑️ What are thinking styles? ☑️ How to discover thinking styles framed by purpose   ☑️ The passion the help people ☑️ Thinking styles put to practise More on Indi Young: https://indiyoung.com https://twitter.com/indiyoung https://www.linkedin.com/in/indiyoung

Remarkably, Anna McDougall has not just made one career switch, but 2. From a more corporate career in marketing / project management, to a career in opera singing, to a career in tech as a software engineer. Wow! 👏 Interestingly enough, pivoting to a career in opera singing taught her a lot of skills which helped gave her a head start in programming. One of which is how to deal with the Imposter Syndrome 🥸 More of the topics we cover this episode, in order 💬 ☑️ Pivoting from a career in opera, to one in tech ☑️ Software used by many requires diverse people to create it ☑️ Overcoming Imposter Syndrome ☑️ Tech interviews More on Anna McDougall: https://www.annamcdougall.com https://twitter.com/annajmcdougall https://www.linkedin.com/in/annajmcdougall https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjJzKrbr3WGn1xE0LAQ91yA Enjoy! 🎙

One of the best aspects in the Tech world is that you can teach yourself to do lots of things. However, there’s so much information out there nowadays, that it can become too much.. So I invited Hitesh Choudhary on to discuss how to start and how to find quality content when you’re educating yourself. We also discuss what to keep in mind when you’re new, or self-taught, and join a software development team. More of the topics we cover this episode, in order 💬 ☑️ Teaching others in tech through YouTube ☑️ Setting personal learning goals, and achieving them ☑️ Software engineers moving into managerial positions ☑️ Risks of using new tech in production ☑️ Quality without compromise More on Hitesh Choudhary: https://hiteshchoudhary.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXgGY0wkgOzynnHvSEVmE3A https://linkedin.com/in/hiteshchoudhary https://twitter.com/Hiteshdotcom Enjoy!

The Metaverse. You might have heard of it, but what does it entail exactly? Jieke Pan explains that no one knows exactly, because we’re right at the forefront of it all. It will be a new digital experience and not really tangible. But within that digital space, we’ll be able to experience and deliver value in ways we couldn’t before. One example he gives is virtual concerts, which are already happening in the Metaverse. With that however come numerous amounts of technical challenges, some of which we discuss as well. More of the topics we cover this episode, in order 💬 ☑️ What is the metaverse, where did it come from? ☑️ Virtual concerts and business value ☑️ Data privacy and anonymity ☑️ How can there be one decentralised Metaverse? ☑️ Decoupled infrastructure and content layers More on Jieke Pan: https://linkedin.com/in/panjieke https://twitter.com/panjieke #metaverse #web3 #podcast

To delivery value through software, we’re solving complex problems. But getting a shared understanding of the problem space and the potential solutions can be very tricky. Marco Heimeshoff explains that’s where collaborative modelling can help. More of the topics we cover this episode, in order 💬 ☑️ Pros and cons of collaborative modelling remotely ☑️ The importance of psychological safety ☑️ Why do we model in the first place? ☑️ Approaching a problem through heuristics ☑️ Not just sharing, but collaborating Mentioned during the episode: https://DDDheuristics.com https://kandddinsky.de More on Marco Heimeshoff: https://www.heimeshoff.de https://twitter.com/heimeshoff https://linkedin.com/in/heimeshoff #collaborativemodelling #heuristics #podcast

Product development is challenging. Even more challenging when those responsible for the user experience barely talk to those responsible for the implementation, and vice-versa… That’s not how we create the best products. We do so by communicating continuously, having diverse teams and co-creating! I invited Thamar Swart and Simone de Gijt on to share their experience when it comes to collaboration and co-creation. More of the topics we cover this episode, in order 💬 ☑️ The challenges of keeping UX and Software Development separate ☑️ What is UX actually, what are the different facets? ☑️ Happy flows and edge cases ☑️ Fixing your customer issues ☑️ Leadership and team autonomy More on Thamar Swart: https://thamarswart.nl/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/thamarswart https://twitter.com/thamarswart More on Simone de Gijt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonedegijt https://mobile.twitter.com/de_gijt

I invited Michael Feathers on to discuss what makes a great and effective team in tech. We cover lots of the social systems you’ll see, as well as the impact that remote working has had on those. More of the topics we cover this episode, in order 💬 ☑️ Remote working and team autonomy ☑️ Treating software like biology ☑️ Finding common grounds of communication ☑️ Genuine curiosity ☑️ Team goals vs. Individual goals More on Michael Feathers: https://michaelfeathers.silvrback.com https://twitter.com/mfeathers https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfeathers

I invited Hannes de Jager, Kevin van den broek and Goos van den Bekerom on to discuss the ins and outs when it comes to the Go programming language. All you need to know with regards to why and how Go would be embraced within a team, or within an organisation. Sounds interesting? Check it out! Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order 👇 ☑️ The pros and cons of Go ☑️ How does Go get adopted within organisations? ☑️ The way Generics was introduced in Go ☑️ Hire good engineers instead of “language” engineers More on Hannes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannesdejager https://github.com/hannesdejager More on Kevin: https://kevinvandenbroek.nl https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-van-den-broek https://github.com/Kevintjeb More on Goos: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goosvandenbekerom https://github.com/GoosvandenBekerom

Diana Montalion shares how we think of, and design, sources of information to accommodate for what we want as users, depending on the context we’re in. It requires a way of thinking we’re not used to: systems thinking, or non-linear thinking. But doing so and adapting the software we create, can open up opportunities that weren’t there before. Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order 👇 ☑️ Systems thinking vs. Linear thinking ☑️ Designing for sources of information ☑️ Do you know why your tasks matter? ☑️ Changing the skills we value when hiring ☑️ Learning from each other, and growing as a team More on Diana:   https://www.montalion.com https://twitter.com/dianamontalion https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianamontalion  #systemsthinking #software #podcast

Whether you know it or not, we’re all benefitting from open source software. The innovation and collaboration that has come from it is incredible. But it’s not without flaws… Very Interesting ones actually, so I invited Paulo Lopes and Maarten Mulders on to discuss the good, bad, and ugly when it comes to open source. Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order 👇 ☑️ Disputes and social problems that occur in open source projects ☑️ Contributing to open source, and how to make it easier ☑️ What would make open source better? ☑️ The not invented here syndrome in open source projects Enjoy! Check out Paulo Lopes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pmlopes https://twitter.com/pml0p35 Check out Maarten Mulders: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mthmulders https://twitter.com/mthmulders https://maarten.mulders.it #podcast #tech #opensource