Beyond Coding

What’s better than Online Hackathons? In-person Hackathons! Krish Naik shares how he’s been organising 24 hour long in-person hackathons together with iNeuron.ai. It’s a way to engage with the community and stimulate learning and growth. Additionally, it has been an effective way to hire. More of the topics we cover this episode, in order 💬 ☑️ The Joys of Physical Hackathons ☑️ Education should be Affordable and of High Quality ☑️ How iNeuron.ai has grown to where it is now ☑️ The Benefit of learning early-stage Technologies ☑️ The difference between Data Science and Data Engineering Enjoy! 🎙 More on Krish Naik: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNU_lfiiWBdtULKOw6X0Dig https://www.linkedin.com/in/naikkrish https://krishnaik.in https://twitter.com/krishnaik06 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/gW--jpQUHV4

Empathy is software skill. It might sound strange, but after my conversation with Andrea Goulet I strongly believe that’s the case. She explains how trust is the foundation of not only great software, but also great engineering teams. How do we build trust? Through empathy, and Andrea lays out some great practical examples of how it benefits everyone.  More of the topics we cover this episode, in order 💬 ☑️ Research Focussed Approach on Empathy ☑️ The importance of Trust and Vulnerability ☑️ The Four Components of Empathy ☑️ Legacy Code drives your business ☑️ Empathy is a Skill Enjoy! 🎙 More on Andrea Goulet:  https://andreagoulet.com https://empathyintech.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreamgoulet https://twitter.com/andreagoulet Andrea is currently working on her book: Empathy Driven Software Development Published by Pearson. Looking forward to that in 2023! 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/9nNKqklss5c

What is the fastest and most effective you’ve ever been in a software team? That’s how we start off this episode and joining me is Daniel Terhorst-North who’s a coder, coach, and consultant and has been for almost 3 decades 🙌 More of the topics we cover this episode, in order 💬 ☑️ Fast and Effective Software teams ☑️ It’s not done until it’s in Production ☑️ How SOLID is outdated ☑️ Organisations struggling with effectiveness ☑️ Value stream mapping Enjoy! 🎙 More on Daniel Terhorst-North: https://dannorth.net https://twitter.com/tastapod https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielterhorstnorth 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/ZXjTvMIw0fc

Ever feel like reading is just not for you? Well… Maybe you’re more of a visual learner 🤔 Priyanka shares how she leverages the power of visualisation to communicate complex topics in a simple and easy to understand fashion ☁️ On top of that, we go through the freedom she gets to experiment and learn as Developer Advocate @Google. Really cool! 🙌 Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order 💬 ☑️ Visualisation and feedback from the community ☑️ Letting go of Perfection ☑️ The freedom to experiment as Developer Advocate ☑️ Maintaining focus with a goal in mind ☑️ Visual learning over reading documentation Enjoy! 🎙 More on Priyanka Vergadia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pvergadia https://twitter.com/pvergadia https://www.youtube.com/c/priyankavergadia https://thecloudgirl.dev New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil! Big shoutout to Xebia and Google for making this episode possible! #visuallearning #developeradvocate #podcast Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/9k56RPSW6i0 Or any Podcast app 🎙 through: https://anchor.fm/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