
Frontier Podcast by Gun.io
After over a decade of working with highly skilled developers and businesses of all sizes, we've discovered that there is some pretty good advice just waiting to be shared. We've also learned that learning is something we just can't get enough of. This season of the Frontier Podcast, we'll be talking to experts from every walk of the technical life, while also taking a peek into the tech history that has gotten the world to where it is today.Gun.io is a global talent agency that specializes in pairing the world's best software professionals with world-class companies. Interested in getting in touch? Come check us out at Gun.io. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

Aug 2, 2019 • 20min
Drone software and cognitively diverse remote teams
Eric Hauser has spent his entire career working in software engineering. Beginning with stack development and ending up in management, Eric is currently working for Drone Deploy, a San Francisco based startup that develops drone technology. Ledge and Eric sat down to discuss Drone Deploy’s business model, and how the company focuses on developing drone software as opposed to drone hardware. With commercial drones becoming increasingly affordable, the focus has shifted to developing more advanced software for data collection purposes. Eric also offers his perspective on remote working, noting how he’s glad it’s brought ‘cognitive diversity’ to his team. With a geographically diverse workforce comes an array of perspectives that ultimately leads to products that work great for a diverse user base. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 1, 2019 • 27min
Machine Intelligence and the Future of AI
A 20-year veteran of software engineering, Oren Boiman’s Bay Area-based Magisto has reached 100 million users over the last decade. Oren has been a visionary in his field, understanding the importance of AI well ahead of the curve. Magisto is a pioneering video editing app, which employs AI to assist with the editing process.This fascinating chat with Ledge covers the future direction of AI and user interfaces, and the importance of the younger generation ‘needing to know’ everything!If you want to harness AI in order to better understand customers then this podcast is a great place to start. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 31, 2019 • 33min
Innovating a mature product: making email smarter, easier and safer
With over 50 years of existence, email is one of those things we just take for granted. But it is by no means solved: there is an ongoing conflict between security, control, and user experience. Who hasn’t struggled to organize all the information scattered through emails ahead of an important call?Alexis Panagides is the CEO of mxHero, which specializes in improving the email experience for businesses and end users through easier access, better control, and enhanced safety.Alexis shares his vast experience around email, from his beginnings in Brazil to his ongoing challenges as an innovator in this space. He and Ledge also talk about the benefits of remote teams. Alexis shares his favorite tools and tips for working with distributed teams and his thoughts on why right now is the best time to become an entrepreneur. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 30, 2019 • 27min
Driving traffic that converts for B2B sales through video
ideo ads for B2C are all the ra ge in 2019: we expect our favorite brands to reach out to us through engaging, high quality video content. But what about B2B? Can video help move your customers through your funnel faster?Graeme McLaughlin is the Head of Strategy at Explainify, where he helps B2B companies communicate better with their audience to drive sales.In this podcast, Graeme and Ledge talk about marketing strategy and how sales and marketing can work together to bring in more revenue. Graeme shares some ideas to help you avoid paralysis by (data) analysis and instead focus on asking the questions that truly matter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 29, 2019 • 35min
Health tech, subscription boxes, and streaming video
Ryan Yockey has accrued an enviable résumé, after over 15 years of working with a wide variety of cutting-edge companies. A self-taught dev, Ryan founded his own art business, DNA Imprints, in 2006, and currently works as Director of Engineering at FabFitfun; an innovative firm that dispatches boxes packed with health-related goodies to mostly female clients.Ryan has always been at the epicenter of commerce, sales and connecting with customers throughout his career, and he shares with Ledge his ideas on how this works in the contemporary climate. Don’t miss this inside view into the subscription box business with a healthy dose of tech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 26, 2019 • 24min
Measuring the Impossible with Data Science
John Feland attempts to measure the impossible! In a world in which the consumer market is increasingly defined by data, John Feland assists companies with enhancing their social capital; the trust that consumers place in their brand. Over a diverse and impressive career, beginning with research posts at Stanford, Feland has continually refined his understanding of data, how to intelligently identify the important data, and how to gain insight from it.Today, Argus Insights, which he founded in 2009, leverages agile analytics to deliver powerful social influencing. And Feland is also active in teaching at The Nueva School, providing students with insight into a diverse range of technology, data, and commerce-related topics, as well as the intersection between them. Ledge sat down with John for this fascinating chat with a data expert who has the very heart of modern business at his fingertips. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 25, 2019 • 34min
The inside story of Gun.io from its founder and CEO
For our special 100th episode, Ledge sat down with Gun.io’s founder and CEO, Teja Yenamadra for a first-time telling of the history of the company going all the way back to the dorm room days and tracing a winding road of pivots and relationships to today’s premium developer and client experiences.You can also watch this interview on our youtube channel by searching The Frontier: Gun.io.Thanks to Cosair Distillery for sponsoring and hosting a whiskey tasting to make this one go down smooth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 24, 2019 • 24min
The myth of junior developer risk and how to create a balanced engineering team
Lee Warrick wasn’t satisfied with the standard storyline regarding junior developers. A career-changing bootcamp graduate himself, Lee heard the same tired explanations over and over again about how hiring juniors was rife with expense, risks, and headaches that from his experience just weren’t true.He started the Tech Jr podcast to support junior devs, along with a series of meetups where juniors could get together and share advice and approaches for their careers. Along the way Lee developed a compelling framework to help employers understand how to get high ROI out of recruiting, employing, and retaining junior developers. In this episode he sits down with Ledge to share the highlights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 23, 2019 • 27min
The global future of sensor technology on the smart edge
CEO and President Becky Oh started her career as an Apple chip designer and quickly realized she wanted a bigger view of how her products played into the broader business. She took a role in Field Application Engineering and thus began her journey into business development, which she continued to advance until joining PNI Corporation when the now-global sensor company was in its startup phase.PNI has advanced it’s position under Becky’s leadership into a global player in the smart edge and IoT sectors. Becky and Ledge discuss the path new network technologies take to adoption, when your competitors are your friends, and how to form fruitful alliances that create a rising tide for all companies in the space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 22, 2019 • 32min
Organizing a tech conference; advice from the pros
Tech conference veterans Sarah Withee and Colin Dean joined Ledge in this episode to talk about their combined dozen years of organizing tech conferences, what they personally get out of it, and the value the events provide when done well. We talked through all the stakeholder groups, how to take good care of them, and how to think about budgeting, speakers, and more.Colin and Sarah are two members of the Abstractions.io conference team in Pittsburgh coming up in August 2019 where over 2000 software pros of all types will convene for learning, community, and more. Tickets are still available so don’t miss it. And don’t miss this episode for evergreen advice on running great conferences when you get the itch to start your own. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.