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Feb 13, 2025 • 59min

Extreme Programming, Test Driven Development and Social Programming with Fabio D'Amico

Coding Chats Episode 16 - John talks to Fabio D'Amico about Extreme Programming, Social Programming and Test Driven Development for software engineers.Links:Fabio's Linkshttps://calendly.com/fabiodamico/coffe-and-chathttps://fabiodamico.xyzThe article on tech debt that Fabio mentions: https://medium.com/@ziobrando/from-technical-debt-to-design-integrity-48e7056b6776John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/John’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johncrickettJohn's Twitter: https://x.com/johncrickettJohn's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/johncrickett.bsky.socialCheck out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills.Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.
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Feb 6, 2025 • 1h 2min

Refactoring your brain as a software engineer to improve communication, collaboration and get promoted

Coding Chats Episode 15 - John talks to Dagna Bieda about refactoring your brain as a software engineer to improve your soft skills (such as communication and collaboration) and market yourself and your achievements to get promoted. Links: Dagna's LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dagnabieda/ Dagna's Substack: https://themindfuldev.substack.com/ Brain Refactor: https://amazon.com/dp/B0DB6C82ZN John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johncrickett John's Twitter: https://x.com/johncrickett John's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/johncrickett.bsky.social Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.
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Jan 30, 2025 • 32min

Keep Calm and Code on - Alex Lau tells John Crickett

Coding Chats Episode 14 - John talks to Alex Lau about his book Keep Calm and Code On. Links: Alex's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mralexlau/ Alex's book: https://keepcalmandcodeon.com/ John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johncrickett John's Twitter: https://x.com/johncrickett John's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/johncrickett.bsky.social Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.
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Jan 23, 2025 • 40min

Public speaking, soft skills and coding with Alex Lau

Coding Chats Episode 13 - John talks to Alex Lau about toastmasters, public speaking, soft skills and his book 'Keep Calm and Code on.' Links: Alex's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mralexlau/ Alex's book: https://keepcalmandcodeon.com/ John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johncrickett John's Twitter: https://x.com/johncrickett John's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/johncrickett.bsky.social Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.
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Jan 16, 2025 • 44min

Soft skills in tech, roles in software engineering and charging for your time with Jade Wilson

Coding Chats Episode 12 - John talks to Jade Wilson about soft skills in tech, diversity in tech, roles in software engineering and charging for your time. Jade's Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jade-codes https://youtube.com/@Jade-Codes https://jadecodes.substack.com/ https://linktr.ee/jade.codes John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johncrickett John's Twitter: https://x.com/johncrickett John's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/johncrickett.bsky.social Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.
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Jan 9, 2025 • 44min

Talking about diversity in tech, software engineering, mentoring and interviews with Shalini Goyal

Coding Chats Episode 11 - John talks to Shalini Goyal about diversity in tech, software engineering, mentoring and interviews. Shalini's System Design, Behavioural and DSA Interviews guide: https://topmate.io/goyalshalini/1303274 John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johncrickett John's Twitter: https://x.com/johncrickett John's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/johncrickett.bsky.social Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.
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Dec 12, 2024 • 51min

Talking about coaching, coding, mentoring and Arnie with Taha Hussain

Coding Chats Episode 10 - John talks to Taha Hussain about coaching, coding, mentoring, career change and lessons from Arnold Schwarzenegger. Links: Taha's Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tahahussain/ John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johncrickett John's Twitter: https://x.com/johncrickett John's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/johncrickett.bsky.social Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.
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Dec 5, 2024 • 42min

Teaching, tables and tech with Callie Stoscup

Coding Chats Episode 9 - John talks to Callie Stoscup about teaching, tables and tech and her journey as a software engineer. Links: Callie's website: https://www.coding-with-callie.com John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johncrickett John's Twitter: https://x.com/johncrickett John's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/johncrickett.bsky.social Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.
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Nov 28, 2024 • 1h 2min

From computer forensics to principal engineering manager at Microsoft with Nick Cosentino.

Coding Chats Episode 8 - John talks to Nick Cosentino about the importance of leadership, mentoring and soft skills for software engineers. Links: Nick's YouTube: https://youtube.com/@devleader Nick: Newsletter: https://weekly.devleader.ca John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johncrickett John's Twitter: https://x.com/johncrickett John's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/johncrickett.bsky.social Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.
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Nov 21, 2024 • 50min

Breaking into Software Engineering with Brooke Sweedar

Coding Chats Episode 7 - John talks to Brooke about how she came to technology, her experience doing a bootcamp and looking for her first role as a software engineer and the power of networking on LinkedIn. Links: Brooke's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brooke-sweedar John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John's Twitter: https://x.com/johncrickett Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.

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