Beyond Coding

Nicolai Parlog’s passion for learning, content creation and sharing knowledge is what lead to him joining forces with Oracle as Developer Advocate. I love his enthusiasm and had a blast talking to him about his journey, content creation and more! Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order 👇 ☑️ Content creation as developer advocate ☑️ Varying responsibilities and tasks of a developer advocate ☑️ Balancing self-employment and content creation ☑️ Combining developer advocacy with war-stories from the field More Nicolai: https://nipafx.dev https://twitter.com/nipafx

AI is becoming more and more prevalent. It’s already making key decisions in our lives. However someone still needs to create that AI. Kaya explains the dangers of biased AI solutions, and we discuss the importance of increasing diversity in tech and beyond. Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order 👇 ☑️ The problem with bias in ai ☑️ Increasing awareness and diversity in tech ☑️ The importance of a safe and welcoming environment ☑️ The impact of your communication Thoughts that stuck with me: AI is changing the lives of people, but people still need to create the ai responsibly Diversity within any sector will not happen overnight, but awareness and lots of small contributions can create big change. More on Kaya: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayaweers https://twitter.com/kayaweers

Landing your first job can seem pretty daunting, especially in tech. Luckily, it's possible to get better at "the interview process". Knowing what you want, what to focus on, and what organisations look at will contribute greatly in landing that dream job! Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order: ☑️ Personal stories on landing first jobs in tech ☑️ Realising your personal values and what to look for in a company ☑️ Interviewing to get better at interviewing ☑️ Thriving within a company and being successful in your career Joining us for this episode are Pamela Juachon and Katherina Darellas, currently working at Palo Alto Networks. More on them: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamela-ancel-juachon https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherina-darellas-087a35108

You'll see lots of product lines when it comes to physical products. For example the automotive industry. But in software, product lines also exist. Think of JetBrains and their IDEs. Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order:  ☑️ The ultimate way to reuse software ☑️ Planning for a product line ☑️ Product suites and product lines ☑️ The IntelliJ open source edition just made sense Joining us for this episode is Rachel Appel, Developer Advocate at JetBrains More on Rachel:  https://rachelappel.com

Software has become much more like biology nowadays. It's much more about the interactions and about evolving with the outside world. Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order: ☑️ How software evolves ☑️ Is software doomed to become legacy? ☑️ Rewrite vs Revamp… or both? ☑️ Developers love having impact ☑️ Shared ownership and the software lifecycle My favourite takeaways from Jessica this episode: - Rewrite vs Revamp. Why not both?! It doesn’t look efficient, but it’s a lot more cost effective than only working on the rewrite and then throwing it away two years later. - What we do has evolved and is more analogous to biology than it is to physics. It used to be about getting the computer to solve this logic problem for you. And now it’s much more about the interactions. More Jessica: https://jessitron.com/ Enjoy!

We invited Michel Zitman on to talk about Cloud Financial Management. Shorthand: FinOps.  Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order: ☑️ Cloud financial management - FinOps explained ☑️ How Cloud Cost inefficiency occurs in the first place ☑️ FinOps as a skill ☑️ Where most Cloud Costs occur, and how to reduce those costs ☑️ Big chunks of optimizations already, and much more when looking ahead My favourite quotes from Michel this episode: - "Awareness increases accountability, which in turn increases awareness." - "Turn off your cloud resources when you don't use them, just like how you would turn off the lights when you leave home." Enjoy!

Hassan Habib shares the guidelines he's put into practise when it comes to improving the engineering experience. The main goal: Make engineers enjoy what they're doing :) Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order: ☑️ Increasing the joy of creating software ☑️ The 3 most important aspects to make engineers happy ☑️ Developers communicating with end users ☑️ Introducing standardisation ☑️ Speaking a language people understand My favourite quotes from Hassan Habib this episode: - "If your software engineers are hungry, your code is gonna be hungry, it's gonna be angry" - "If you're talking ideas and possibilities, you have to bring the engineers to the table. You have to have them see the customers and make the connection" Enjoy!

Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order: ☑️ The power of the right environment ☑️ Evolving software vs rebuilding it, and the not invented here syndrome ☑️ Trust is very complex ☑️ What does 100% unit test coverage mean? ☑️ The sweet spot of quality and speed My favourite quotes from Albert Brand this episode: - "Are you really going fast when it slows you down later?" - "Isn't speed just another quality?" Enjoy!

Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order: ☑️ Solving practical problems for engineers ☑️ Code reviews are becoming a big problem in our industry ☑️ Leveraging tools to better understand code ☑️ A startup with developers as target audience ☑️ Remote company culture Enjoy!

Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order: - The what and why of Psychological Safety - High performing teams - Awareness of how you act and communicate - Imposter Syndrome - The value of personal feedback