Beyond Coding

Connect with Ester Le Roux: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ester-le-roux/ Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/W-x2cMR-tN8 Beyond Coding Podcast with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Powered by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Q&A #9 is here! Take a shot every time I scratch my nose 😆 Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/hNYzG2Mc2HA Beyond Coding Podcast with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Powered by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:21 - Advice for graduates starting in IT 00:02:06 - Junior developers and internships 00:06:56 - What does a recruiter expect? 00:08:31 - Eagerness 00:09:50 - What tech stack to master 00:12:50 - How to get a headstart at an organization as a junior 00:16:20 - Patrick and imposter syndrome 00:19:57 - Bad experiences in an interview process 00:22:55 - Self taught developers 00:23:49 - What language to erase 00:26:02 - The next big disruptive technology 00:29:40 - Tech leading to groundbreaking innovations 00:32:07 - Rapidly evolving technology 00:36:04 - The human factor in tech 00:37:53 - Machines empowering human capabilities 00:39:12 - Why did you start the podcast? 00:41:54 - How much time does it to create an episode? 00:44:39 - Thank you!!

Connect with Andrea Giardini: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giardiniandrea https://andreagiardini.com Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/lTzeoVmhYKY Beyond Coding Podcast with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Powered by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Connect with Anne Kooijman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-kooijman-98588110a Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/7zDX8VqvBa0 Beyond Coding Podcast with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Powered by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Connect with Brendan Kamp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-kamp-757e With Google as My Neighbor, Will There Still Be Water? - https://algorithmwatch.org/en/protests-against-data-centers/ Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/BtTjnPoBvgI Beyond Coding Podcast with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Powered by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! OUTLINE00:00:00 - Intro00:00:28 - What is sustainable tech?00:02:29 - Sustainability in programming languages00:05:13 - Optimizing a few hot paths00:07:26 - Is it worth optimizing algorithms?00:10:50 - Optimizing for readability00:13:26 - The Zen of Python00:15:58 - Underutilized infrastructure00:17:54 - Reducing infra by 40-50%00:19:59 - Cloud providers are damaging the planet00:22:44 - Offsetting emissions and green washing00:26:21 - Distributed datacenters in hotels and swimming pools00:30:07 - A datacenter that has more rights than citizens00:31:55 - Who is at fault00:33:34 - Microsoft's emissions growing since AI boom00:34:45 - Fit for 5500:35:12 - What is greenwashing?00:37:39 - You have to adhere to sustainability practises00:39:13 - Emission scopes00:41:50 - Saving costs on cloud resources00:45:06 - Why overspend happens00:48:20 - People problems00:51:12 - The power to implement00:53:45 - Everlearning

Connect with Roy Derks: https://www.youtube.com/@gethackteam https://www.linkedin.com/in/gethackteam https://twitter.com/gethackteam Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/Uc3mUIF1bP0 Beyond Coding Podcast with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Powered by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! OUTLINE00:00:00 - Intro00:00:28 - Starting as software engineer00:03:23 - Putting together something from IKEA00:05:40 - Starting a project from scratch00:09:04 - AI usecases00:11:30 - Prompt engineering00:13:07 - RAG explained00:15:48 - GPT agents explained00:19:04 - Developer way of working with AI00:22:17 - AI taking away jobs00:26:26 - Handling hallucination00:28:32 - Knowledge gaps with AI00:31:01 - Companies need to pivot00:34:23 - Personalization and AI00:36:22 - AI and data privacy00:40:02 - LLMs are just an API call away

Connect with Ilya Pimenov: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilya-pimenov Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/wN6aolC_YCM Beyond Coding Podcast with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Powered by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:27 - Starting your career as full stack developer? 00:02:57 - Learning every day 00:04:45 - Product managers talk to A LOT of people 00:07:31 - Ilya's career path 00:11:31 - Staff engineer challenges 00:13:34 - Patrick's next career steps 00:15:45 - Entrepreneurship and individual contributor skills 00:19:24 - Listening to internet traffic 00:25:05 - Comfort with ambiguity 00:27:45 - Fully understanding LLMs 00:29:58 - The biggest impact is in backend development 00:31:33 - Great Frontend engineers 00:33:05 - Why people use LeetCode in interviews 00:38:21 - LeetCode exercises transfer to software development 00:39:23 - Hiring for potential 00:40:56 - Investing in LeetCode opens doors 00:42:33 - System design interview 00:44:26 - Getting better at LeetCode 00:47:39 - Why people hate LeetCode 00:48:27 - Legendary LeetCode solver couldn't deliver as engineer 00:50:02 - What makes a great senior engineer 00:54:00 - Dealing with ambiguity is a life skill 00:56:41 - Buying and renovating 00:59:55 - Modular home 01:03:20 - Startup failures and learnings 01:07:18 - Hustling and executing

Join Josine Muurling, an empathy advocate in leadership, and Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg-Mestwerdt, a strategic leadership expert, as they explore the transformative power of empathy in the workplace. They discuss the importance of psychological safety for fostering trust and open communication. The duo highlights how vulnerability can strengthen relationships and enhance collaboration. Listeners will learn about the balance of authority and autonomy, the significance of active listening, and the need to prioritize emotional connections for effective leadership.

Connect with David Pereira: https://www.d-pereira.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidavpereira https://dpereira.substack.com https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidPereira88 Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/UJd7mj7ae5k Beyond Coding Podcast with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Powered by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! OUTLINE00:00:21 - Bullshit management, or Product management?00:03:58 - Uncertainty and driving value00:06:54 - Find the science through the noise00:08:51 - What do you do as a product manager?00:11:12 - Timelines and roadmaps00:12:59 - Product strategies00:15:46 - Competence, confidence and experience00:17:17 - Split focus00:19:27 - Clarity increases productivity00:21:44 - Small bets00:24:45 - Product manager backgrounds00:26:20 - Coordinative model, or collaborative?00:27:32 - Remaining untrapped00:30:09 - A victim of your calendar00:33:01 - A fresh perspective00:34:49 - The business blocker00:38:12 - Staying as long as its challenging00:40:10 - Conflict with the CTO00:44:03 - Moving on when the ship is sinking00:46:29 - Be humble00:49:32 - Finding common ground00:50:47 - Untrapping product teams

Connect with Monika F. de Waal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monika-de-waal https://www.uniquesources.nl/nl/about-us References: Where I'm from activity | https://theinspiredclassroom.com/2019/04/where-im-from-poetry-activity/ Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/TSpSmRfn0TQ Beyond Coding Podcast with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Powered by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! OUTLINE00:00:00 - Intro00:00:26 - Finding more joy at work00:03:17 - Childhood ambitions00:05:50 - Curiosity and straight to the point00:08:02 - 1-1 coaching00:10:02 - Time and attention for people in teams00:11:51 - Performing comes after trust00:13:00 - Instant trust00:15:05 - The responsibility as a facilitator00:16:49 - The effects of leadership behaviour00:19:42 - Local culture wins over global00:23:20 - The things that bind us00:24:32 - Diverse teams perform better, only with great leadership00:26:56 - Business principles00:28:48 - Different cultural behaviour00:32:24 - Who needs to change?00:33:55 - Toxic environments00:36:20 - It's not my problem00:38:52 - Allowing people to do it themselves00:40:24 - Managing time and getting better at it00:42:43 - Referring to colleagues00:44:31 - Reacting to change00:46:55 - Open up the conversation00:48:32 - When God created men, she was only joking