Ardan Labs Podcast

Jon Calhoun creates interactive Go courses for developers looking to learn the language through curated projects specially made to construct a sound foundation of understanding.  In this episode Jon takes us through his exciting journey from programming on floppy disks to working at Google and finally ending up running his own business. 00:00 Introduction 01:40 What is Jon Doing Today? 10:55 Live Training and Public Speaking 18:16 First Memory of a Computer 28:25 Building Tech in High School33:00 Transitioning to College45:45 Changing Habits and its Importance1:02:20 Working for Google1:12:15 Finding the Next Path1:24:30 Discovering Go 1:28:30 Impact of Cost of Living 1:34:10 Planning for the Future1:39:40 Contact InfoConnect with Jon: Email: jon@calhoun.ioTwitter: https://twitter.com/joncalhounMentioned in today’s episode:Gophercises: https://gophercises.comEasyPost: https://www.easypost.comWant more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses : https://ardanlabs.com/education/ Live Events : https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/ Blog : https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog Github : https://github.com/ardanlabs

Christiana Fauci is a PhD Candidate at Duke University who studies Genetics and Genomics. Currently, she works on studying vertebrate evolution with the goal to understand how they are different from each other and how the genome shapes them to have the traits we see today. In this episode, Christiana takes us on a journey from being a dual sport athlete in highschool to leveraging Go to compare complex genetic sequences.  00:00 Introduction 01:50 What is Christiana Doing Today? 08:51 First Memory of a Computer15:12 Background on Christiana’s Parents22:14 Interests in High School33:00 What is “Imposter Syndrome”?37:55 Having a Plan for College49:37 Cart and Horse Issues54:35 Problems in the Lab59:33 Choosing Duke University1:08:20 The PhD Process1:12:35 Leveraging Go in the Lab1:19:48 Choosing Go Over Python1:24:55 The Plan After Graduation1:29:37 Contact InfoConnect with Christiana: Email: cf189@duke.eduLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiana-fauci-32b40619b/Twitter: https://twitter.com/vertgenlabMentioned in today’s episode:Duke University: https://duke.eduGonomics: https://github.com/vertgenlab/gonomicsWant more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses : https://ardanlabs.com/education/ Live Events : https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/ Blog : https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog Github : https://github.com/ardanlabs

Camden Cheek is a Software Developer at Sourcegraph. He mostly works on the search backend on a mainly Go stack in his day to day tasks. In this episode, Camden takes us on his journey from experimenting with macros in video games to a degree in Bioengineering and finally landing at Sourcegraph.00:00 Introduction 09:00 First Memory of a Computer13:35 Interests in High School21:50 Interest in College Major 36:31 Using CAD for Implants40:42 Job Hunting After Graduation50:50 Working Through the Pandemic 57:35 Discovering Hackernews 1:06:30 Moving to Colorado1:13:22 Talking about Conc 1:24:50 Contact InfoConnect with Camden: Email:  Camden@sourcegraph.comMentioned in today’s episode:Sourcegraph: https://sourcegraph.com/searchConc: https://github.com/sourcegraph/concKittycad: https://kittycad.io/Thehackernews: https://thehackernews.com/Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses : https://ardanlabs.com/education/ Live Events : https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/ Blog : https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog Github : https://github.com/ardanlabs

Piyush Verma is the Founder CTO of the company Last9. Last9 is a site reliability Engineering platform (SRE)  which constructs tools to promote the reliability of products and services deployed by platform engineering teams. In this episode, Piyush takes us through his journey from discovering computers through his interest in art to becoming an entrepreneur in technology. 00:00 Introduction 15:44  First Memory of a Computer23:22 Choosing a Major 27:40 Entering College 34:04 Discovering Networking43:28 Thoughts Graduating College53:39 Achieving Life Balance59:18 Solving Problems 1:05:15 Education Technology 1:13:53 After the First Business1:19:00 Starting Last91:27:32 The Moment of Maybe1:31:04 Contact InfoConnect with Piyush: Email:  hello@last9.io Mentioned in today’s episode:Last9: https://last9.io/Hashicorp: https://www.hashicorp.com/Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses : https://ardanlabs.com/education/ Live Events : https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/ Blog : https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog Github : https://github.com/ardanlabs

Matthew Sanabria is a Software Engineer at Hashicorp who works on the Terraform Enterprise product. He also mentors others and writes Golang on a daily basis. In this episode, Matthew gives valuable information on “doing the work” to achieve success through his journey from being interested in being a mechanic to becoming an established Software Engineer.  00:00 Introduction 03:36 What is Matthew Doing Today?12:05 Have you tried Cuelang?15:45 First Memory of a computer23:17 Graduating High school32:55 Skillset Graduating College46:30 Working in New York1:00:00 Moving to Software Engineering1:07:40 Current Endeavors1:25:35 Contact InfoConnect with Matthew: Website: https://twitter.com/sudomateoMentioned in today’s episode:Terraform: https://www.terraform.ioCuelang: https://cuelang.orgHashicorp: https://www.hashicorp.com/Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/ Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/ Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs 

Thorsten Ball is a Staff Engineer at Sourcegraph and also the author of two self-published books. He currently focuses on assisting development teams within the company and correcting scaling issues for large clients. In this episode, he takes us through his journey from growing up in small town Germany to starting a band in Berlin and finally ending up as a Staff Engineer. 00:00 Introduction 05:30 Journey Begins 07:30 First memory of a computer13:00 Technology in the family 19:00 Interests growing up 21:30 Thoughts after high school 25:40 Living in Australia36:50 Getting into programming as a career43:20 Leaving UPS59:00 Moving closer to home 1:07:25 Finding Sourcegraph1:09:30 Discovering Golang1:20:10 Current tasks at Sourcegraph1:30:45 Contact Information Connect with Thorsten: Website: https://thorstenball.comMentioned in today’s episode:Sourcegraph: https://sourcegraph.com/searchGolang: https://go.dev Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/ Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/ Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs 

Damian Gryski is a Principal Software Developer at Fastly who was highly advanced throughout his academic career and always had an interest in math. He works on TinyGo support for Fastly’s computed edge product and has been working with Golang for 10+ years. In this episode he takes us on a journey through his path to becoming an accomplished Software Engineer. 00:00 Introduction 09:30 Creating the timeline14:25 What type of programs were you writing?19:20 Did you struggle with math? 23:00 Being advanced in high school24:40 What were your parents like? 26:15 Interest in juggling30:40 Thoughts heading into university34:00 Was university difficult?37:44 Graduating university and internships42:00 Post Graduate Jobs48:50 What was exciting about writing Perl? 55:30 Getting into Golang1:02:50 Moving on from Booking.com1:09:50 Discussing Wasm1:20:20 Contact infoConnect with Damian: Twitter: https://twitter.com/dgryskiMentioned in today’s episode:Fastly: https://www.fastly.comBooking: https://www.booking.com/Perl: https://www.perl.org/Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/ Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/ Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs 

 Rich Burroughs is a Staff Developer Advocate at Loft Labs who interacts with the community and works with Kubernetes. In this episode he takes us through his journey from growing up with ADHD and being involved in improv comedy, to having a successful career in technology. 00:00 Introduction08:00  What is Rich doing today17:25 First memory of a computer22:10 Interests in high school 29:40 Thoughts for after high school33:20 First semester of college37:32 Graduating college41:28 Being involved in improv and theater48:00 After improv51:48 Getting into Tech 55:25 Finding a job in Tech Support Networking1:04:55 How technology evolved1:18:00 Measuring success and daily roles1:27:00 Planning daily tasks 1:33:30 Contact infoConnect with Rich: Twitter: richburroughsLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richburroughs/Mentioned in today’s episode:Devspace: https://www.devspace.sh/Loft Labs: https://loft.sh/Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/ Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/ Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs 

 Lee Trout is a Full Stack Engineer who works with start-ups, small businesses, and large companies specializing in DevOps / front and backend development. In this episode he takes us through his journey from being obsessed with firefighting and 3d design in highschool, to finally finding his place in his present day job. 00:00 Introduction05:50 What are you doing today? 08:22 What is your favorite tooling for routine and structure?10:01 What is your first memory of a computer? 18:40 Growing up with tech and mining21:30 Interests going into high school26:03 Being interested in Computer Animation/Graphics30:49 Finding 3D Studio 36:00 Obsession with the fire department41:50 The plan after high school46:20 Jobs after University1:00:25 The first start-up 1:07:20 Working at Mailchimp1:12:38 Moving to North Carolina1:19:00 Applying at HashiCorp1:23:45 Getting to the present day1:31:28 Contact InfoConnect with Lee: Email: lee@leetrout.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/thecodewritesmeLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leetrout/Mentioned in today’s episode:GitHub: https://github.com/features/issuesLinear.app:https://linear.appHookdeck: https://hookdeck.comWant more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/ Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/ Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs 

Jeremy Saenz is a Senior Software Engineer at Synadia who works with maintaining an open source messaging platform called NATS. In this episode he takes us on his journey from music production and product management to becoming an accomplished engineer.00:00  Introduction 06:15  What is your first memory of a computer? 08:50  High school interests19:30  After High school decisions23:00  Entering the workforce27:10  Getting into game engine design38:15  What was your first task at Kajabi?42:00  How does Go end up on your radar?47:00  Writing Martini52:35  What is Product Management?55:10  The velocity of change1:03:58 Moving away from product1:09:35 Deciding to work on NATS1:17:30 Jeremy’s workshop topics1:20:40 Contact InfoConnect with Jeremy: Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/thecodegangstaMentioned in today’s episode:NATS: https://nats.ioKajabi: https://kajabi.comSynadia: https://synadia.comWant more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/ Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/ Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs