Ardan Labs Podcast

Adelina Simion is a technology evangelist at Form3 and teaches courses on Go with LinkedIn Learning. We learn about Adelina’s passion for learning new things and now sharing that knowledge with others. Tune in to learn how someone becomes a LinkedIn Learning instructor, tips on interviewing, thoughts on changing jobs to add skills, and more.Connect with Adelina:Twitter: https://twitter.com/classic_addetzLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelina-simion/Linktree: https://linktr.ee/adelinasimion  Mentioned in today’s episode:LinkedIn Learning courses: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/adelina-simionGoLab Conference: https://golab.io/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/blogGithub: https://github.com/ardanlabs

Ian Lewis is a developer advocate at Google Cloud. In this podcast episode, Ian shares some of his insights on how to be a productive engineer when the codebase is in another language, how to build a successful conference, navigating the job market, containers, security and more. Connect with Ian:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMLewisLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianmlewis/Website: https://www.ianlewis.orgMentioned in today’s episode:Google Cloud: https://cloud.google.com/Commodore 128: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_128Unibasic: https://www.unibasic.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/blogGithub: https://github.com/ardanlabs

Mark Thompson is a senior developer relations engineer at Google. Mark has a passion for teaching and sharing knowledge with younger engineers. We hear about his experience growing up in Chicago, overcoming adversity & peer pressure, navigating the job market, interviewing at Google, and much more!Connect with Mark:Twitter: https://twitter.com/marktechsonWebsite: https://marktechson.comEmail List: http://marktechson.dev/welcomeWant 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/blogGithub: https://github.com/ardanlabs 

Ken Wimberly is the founder of the Legacy of Love app, a parent-to-child journaling app designed to capture the moments that matter. Ken speaks about the challenges of building and growing an app as a non-technical founder, his entrepreneurial endeavors as the owner of a pizza place, in commercial real estate, and opening a chain of laundromats.Connect with Ken:Email: ken@legacyoflove.appFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lordwimberly Mentioned in today’s episode:Legacy of Love: https://legacyjournal.app/LaundryLuv: https://www.laundryluv.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 

Cathleen Turner is a senior software engineer at Perch and founder of Czero Grocery & CZero Foods (formerly listful.ai). We hear about how she first was introduced to programming through her studies of environmental science & oceanography. After realizing environmental consulting was not for her, Cathleen dove in head first to programming. We talk about coding bootcamps, working with startups, being a woman minority in tech, and more!Connect with Cathleen:Email: cat@listful.aiTwitter: https://twitter.com/_cat_turnerLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathleenturner/CZero Foods: https://twitter.com/czerofoodsMentioned in today’s episode:MatLab: https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.htmlLaunchCode: https://www.launchcode.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/blogGithub: https://github.com/ardanlabs

Ville Aikas is the founder of the supply chain security startup, Chainguard. We learn about foreign exchange student programs, early internet operating systems, working at Google, and working on projects like Kubernetes / Knative.  Connect with Ville:Twitter: https://twitter.com/AikasVilleLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/villeaikas/Email: vaikas@chainguard.devChainguard: https://chainguard.dev/Mentioned in today’s episode:Google Cloud: https://cloud.google.com/History of Google Voice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Voice#HistoryHistory of Kubernetes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubernetes#HistoryKnative: https://knative.dev/VMware: https://www.vmware.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/blogGithub: https://github.com/ardanlabs

Joonas Bergius is currently a co-founder at Statype and an early employee of Digital Ocean. We talk about the experience of attending multiple schools in different countries, military service, technology consulting, containers, Kubernetes, and advice for technical entrepreneurs.  Connect with Joonas:Twitter: https://twitter.com/joonasGitHub: https://github.com/joonasMentioned in today’s episode:Digital Ocean: https://www.digitalocean.com/VMware: https://www.vmware.com/Heptio: https://github.com/heptioWant 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/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alpLive Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alpBlog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blogGithub: https://github.com/ardanlabs

Ishuah Kariuki is a software engineer at Microsoft. We talk about what it was like growing up in Kenya, the struggle of learning about computers with limited access to them, changing jobs as a means for career advancement, and more. Connect with Ishuah:Website: https://ishuah.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/ishuah_LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishuah/Mentioned in today’s episode:Microsoft Expanding in Africa: https://news.microsoft.com/en-xm/features/furthering-our-investment-in-africa-microsoft-opens-first-africa-development-centre-in-kenya-and-nigeria/Windows 3.0: https://microsoft.fandom.com/wiki/Windows_3.0Radio Africa Group: https://radioafricagroup.co.ke/BRCK: https://brck.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/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alpLive Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alpBlog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blogGithub: https://github.com/ardanlabs 

Tim Boring is a senior software engineer at Voltus and author of the book “Build an Orchestrator in Go.” Tim’s story shows us that many programming careers are far from linear. We learn about his struggles with Fortran in college, getting a masters in literature, a career pivot to programming, working at Google, and how things came full circle with his new book on orchestration in Go. Manning is offering our listeners 35% off any of their products! Use the code: podardan22Get Tim’s book: https://www.manning.com/books/build-an-orchestrator-in-goConnect with Tim:Website: https://timboring.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timboring/GitHub: https://github.com/timboringEmail: me@timboring.comMentioned in today’s episode:Fortran: http://fortran-lang.orgWant 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/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alpLive Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alpBlog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blogGithub: https://github.com/ardanlabs

Blain Smith is a senior software engineer at Subspace. From a young age, Blain knew he wanted to pursue a career in tech. We hear about his tough decision to leave university, working for Harvard, using Go for IoT wearables, entrepreneurship, and much more.Connect with Blain:Twitter: https://twitter.com/blainsmith LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blainsmith/Website: https://blainsmith.com Mentioned in today’s episode:Subspace: https://subspace.com Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: https://rpi.edu Want more from Ardan Labs?You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!