

Dev Leader Podcast
Dev Leader
I interview software engineers of all different levels, skillsets, and walks of life so they can share their unique journeys with YOU. See how diverse the field of software engineering is and how everyone has their own powerful story to share about their own career development.
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Sep 4, 2024 • 42min
Developing For Feature vs Platform Teams - Interview With Gaurav Rohatgi
Have you worked in feature teams developing products for end users?
What about working on a platform team where your customers are the ones building on top of your infrastructure?
In this interview, Gaurav Rohatgi discussed these topics in depth with me.
We went over his career journey with an EXCITING pivotal moment and then got right into what it's like to work on these different types of teams.
Thanks for the great discussion, Gaurav!
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You can find Gaurav at:
- Website: https://www.gauravrohatgi.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaurav-rohatgi-2a17071a
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- 📨 Weekly Newsletter
- 🏘️ Private Discord Community
- 📽️ YouTube Membership
🧠 Courses:
- All Courses
- Getting Started with C#
- Deep Dive C#
- Zero to Hero C# Bundle
- Refactoring For C# Devs
- [FREE] Intro to Software Development
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- All My Links
- Blog
- TikTok
- LinkedIn
- Threads
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Instagram
- GitHub
- Twitch
- YouTube

Aug 29, 2024 • 1h 8min
Test Driven Development & Developer Advocacy - Interview With Gui Ferreira
You're not a real developer unless you do TDD.
Gui Ferreira is a TDD expert -- but no, not even he would tell you this.
In our chat together, we covered a lot of ground. It was great to sit down with a fellow Dometrain course author to go over:
- His career journey
- Developer advocacy
- Test-driven development
- And MUCH more!
Huge thanks to Gui for the talk, and I'd love to do more in the future!
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You can find Gui at:
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@gui.ferreira
- Website: https://guiferreira.me/
- Courses: https://dometrain.com/author/gui-ferreira/?affcode=1115529_nl-teyzg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gferreira/
- Twitter: https://x.com/gsferreira
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- 📨 Weekly Newsletter
- 🏘️ Private Discord Community
- 📽️ YouTube Membership
🧠 Courses:
- All Courses
- Getting Started with C#
- Deep Dive C#
- Zero to Hero C# Bundle
- Reflection in .NET
- Refactoring For C# Devs
- [FREE] Intro to Software Development
🗣️ Social Media & Links:
- All My Links
- Blog
- TikTok
- LinkedIn
- Threads
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Instagram
- GitHub
- Twitch
- YouTube

Aug 29, 2024 • 1h 1min
AI Will Replace Developers... Or Will It? - Interview With Amichai Mantinband
You know it's right when it fits like a glove.
At least that's the case for Amichai Mantinband when he stumbled upon computer science! He knew right away that he had found the right career path.
I had a great discussion with Amichai, and we even went into the weeds on AI taking all of our software engineering jobs!
... Well, not quite.
But you'll enjoy our discussion about the impact of AI on software engineering. That's for sure!
Huge thanks to Amichai for the interview -- Looking forward to further discussions in the future!
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You can find Amichai at:
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@amantinband
- Courses: https://dometrain.com/author/amichai-mantinband/?affcode=1115529_nl-teyzg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amantinband/
- Twitter: https://x.com/amantinband
- GitHub: https://github.com/amantinband
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🔑 Membership & Subscriptions:
- 📨 Weekly Newsletter
- 🏘️ Private Discord Community
- 📽️ YouTube Membership
🧠 Courses:
- All Courses
- Getting Started with C#
- Deep Dive C#
- Zero to Hero C# Bundle
- Refactoring For C# Devs
- [FREE] Intro to Software Development
🗣️ Social Media & Links:
- All My Links
- Blog
- TikTok
- LinkedIn
- Threads
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Instagram
- GitHub
- Twitch
- YouTube

Aug 25, 2024 • 49min
Architecting Systems at Startups and Beyond - Interview With Raul Junco
You've surely seen his system design and software architecture content, right?
You know the man -- Raul Junco!
I really enjoyed our chat, and navigating how software architecture looks whether you're at big or small companies.
When you're trying to move fast, there's not as much time for these things -- so how do you balance it with your team?
Huge thanks to Raul for making the time to chat with me!
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You can find Raul at:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raul-junco/
- Twitter: https://x.com/RaulJuncoV
- Newsletter: https://systemdesignclassroom.substack.com/
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🔑 Membership & Subscriptions:
- 📨 Weekly Newsletter
- 🏘️ Private Discord Community
- 📽️ YouTube Membership
🧠 Courses:
- All Courses
- Getting Started with C#
- Deep Dive C#
- Zero to Hero C# Bundle
- Refactoring For C# Devs
- [FREE] Intro to Software Development
🗣️ Social Media & Links:
- All My Links
- Blog
- TikTok
- LinkedIn
- Threads
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Instagram
- GitHub
- Twitch
- YouTube

Aug 25, 2024 • 1h 7min
Key Values and Dealing With Clients - Interview With Emily Jowers
It's all about delivering value to the customer. But do they even know what they want?!
I was fortunate to sit down and chat with Emily Jowers where we talked about her career journey up to staff software engineer.
We chatted through her core values that she aims to embody and promote in software engineering teams -- and life in general. We also got a glimpse of how to navigate user requirements between groups of users that are hands-on and hands-off!
Thanks for the great discussion, Emily!
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You can find Emily at:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyjowers/
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🔑 Membership & Subscriptions:
- 📨 Weekly Newsletter
- 🏘️ Private Discord Community
- 📽️ YouTube Membership
🧠 Courses:
- All Courses
- Getting Started with C#
- Deep Dive C#
- Zero to Hero C# Bundle
- Refactoring For C# Devs
- [FREE] Intro to Software Development
🗣️ Social Media & Links:
- All My Links
- Blog
- TikTok
- LinkedIn
- Threads
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Instagram
- GitHub
- Twitch
- YouTube

Aug 25, 2024 • 58min
Work Life Balance, AI Tools, and Junior Devs - Interview With Andrew Peacock
Woodworking, building a side-SaaS, having a full-time job, helping educate others, and supporting a happy family... This is a full plate.
Not only full in terms of time allocation, but also a sense of fulfillment.
How could your heart not also be full from focusing on the things you're passionate about?
In this video interview, I sat down with Andrew Peacock who shared his (un)fortunate journey to becoming a software developer and how he balances EVERYTHING going on in his world.
There are many actionable tips for junior developers and senior devs who find their plates are full. Something for everyone!
Thanks, Andrew, for all of your great insights!
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You can find Andrew at:
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@_andrewpeacock
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-peacock-029a10b5/
- Threads: https://www.threads.net/@_andrewpeacock
- Community: https://www.subbb.me/andrewpeacock
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- 📨 Weekly Newsletter
- 🏘️ Private Discord Community
- 📽️ YouTube Membership
🧠 Courses:
- All Courses
- Getting Started with C#
- Deep Dive C#
- Zero to Hero C# Bundle
- Refactoring For C# Devs
- [FREE] Intro to Software Development
🗣️ Social Media & Links:
- All My Links
- Blog
- TikTok
- LinkedIn
- Threads
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Instagram
- GitHub
- Twitch
- YouTube

Aug 16, 2024 • 43min
Be The Luck For Other Software Engineers - Interview With Scott Hanselman
Arguably the coolest thing I've been able to do in my content creation journey for software engineers to date:
I got to sit down and chat with Scott Hanselman.
I bet that the overwhelming majority of my audience knows Scott. It's almost impossible to be in this area of tech and not know him! If you've seen a 3d printer online you definitely know Scott.
Scott is the VP of Developer Community of Microsoft -- but if you ask him, he's happy to simply say "I'm a teacher".
For those of us who know him, we've all learned a great deal from him. If this is your introduction to Scott, then I'm sure you'll be hooked on his content.
Thanks for being the luck that so many software engineers need, Scott.
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You can find Scott EVERYWHERE on the Internet:
- Hanselminutes Podcast: https://hanselminutes.com/
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@shanselman
- Website: https://www.hanselman.com/
- TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@shanselman
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanselman
- Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@shanselman
- Twitter: https://x.com/shanselman
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- 🏘️ Private Discord Community
- 📽️ YouTube Membership
🧠 Courses:
- All Courses
- Getting Started with C#
- Deep Dive C#
- Zero to Hero C# Bundle
- Refactoring For C# Devs
- [FREE] Intro to Software Development
🗣️ Social Media & Links:
- All My Links
- Blog
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- LinkedIn
- Threads
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Instagram
- GitHub
- Twitch
- YouTube

Aug 3, 2024 • 1h 10min
License To Code With The People Whisperer - Interview With Taha Hussain
I laughed FAR more than I have in any interview so far. But I also managed to pocket more lessons along the way.
In this interview with Bond, James B... wait. Wait no. That's the infamous Taha Hussain!
Taha was an absolute pleasure to talk with for this interview. Truly, I spent so much time laughing and being engaged by his amazing story-telling.
But it's not just some fictional tale -- These are lessons from Taha's impressive career journey. Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft. Senior Director. Head of Engineering.
And now -- Career Coach.
You're going to love this one. Thanks so much, Taha!
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You can get in touch with Taha Hussain:
- Brain-Powered Goal Setting: https://www.topengineermethod.com/offers/S9pRMBKs
- Top-Engineering Method: https://www.topengineermethod.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tahahussain/
- Links: https://linktr.ee/Tahasmethod
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- 📨 Weekly Newsletter
- 🏘️ Private Discord Community
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🧠 Courses:
- All Courses
- Getting Started with C#
- Deep Dive C#
- Zero to Hero C# Bundle
- Refactoring For C# Devs
- [FREE] Intro to Software Development
🗣️ Social Media & Links:
- All My Links
- Blog
- TikTok
- LinkedIn
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- Facebook
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- GitHub
- Twitch
- YouTube

Jul 19, 2024 • 1h 5min
Remote Work And Being A Better Dev - Interview With Eric Roby
There's one thing for sure that I know about Eric Roby.
This guy knows how to do remote work.
He also:
- Understands how to navigate customer interactions
- Knows the benefits of soft skills for developers
- Has success with digital courses
- Is an awesome content creator
- Has my next haircut
Eric was an absolute pleasure to talk to in this interview, and I'm sure you'll learn a lot from his experiences. Many engineers go most if not all of their careers without ever having to directly interact with customers.
It's a shame.
You can hear first-hand from Eric what these experiences are like along with all of his great advice!
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You can get in touch with Eric Roby:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/codingwithroby/
- Website: https://www.codingwithroby.com/
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🔑 Membership & Subscriptions:
- 📨 Weekly Newsletter
- 🏘️ Private Discord Community
- 📽️ YouTube Membership
🧠 Courses:
- All Courses
- Getting Started with C#
- Deep Dive C#
- Zero to Hero C# Bundle
- Refactoring For C# Devs
- [FREE] Intro to Software Development
🗣️ Social Media & Links:
- All My Links
- Blog
- TikTok
- LinkedIn
- Threads
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Instagram
- GitHub
- Twitch
- YouTube

Jul 13, 2024 • 1h 4min
Keep Your Mind HUNGRY - Interview With Alex Zajac
Fuel that brain with interesting topics to stay on top of! And that's exactly what Alex Zajac does with his approach for Hungry Minds!
I had the pleasure to sit down with Alex and hear his story about how he found an interest for coding. He was able to take that interest and transform it into starting his career at Amazon with some of his close friends.
Not only that!
Alex is a successful content creator focusing on software engineering and artificial intelligence! He's been doing an awesome job with his newsletter, Hungry Minds, so make sure you check it out!
Thanks for the talk, Alex!
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You can get in touch with Alex Zajac:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-zajac/
- Newsletter: https://www.hungryminds.dev/
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🔑 Membership & Subscriptions:
- 📨 Weekly Newsletter
- 🏘️ Private Discord Community
- 📽️ YouTube Membership
🧠 Courses:
- All Courses
- Getting Started with C#
- Deep Dive C#
- Zero to Hero C# Bundle
- Refactoring For C# Devs
- [FREE] Intro to Software Development
🗣️ Social Media & Links:
- All My Links
- Blog
- TikTok
- LinkedIn
- Threads
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Instagram
- GitHub
- Twitch
- YouTube