Front End Happy Hour

In this episode, Jem and Ryan each toss out frontend terms, languages, technologies, and patterns to debate if they are underrated or overrated. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Ryan Burgess - Martha & Bros. Coffee Ryan Burgess - True Detective Season 3 Jem Young - Losers

In past episodes we’ve shared our thoughts on helping others grow or how to help interns in your company, but we haven’t discussed our thoughts on our own career growth. In this episode, we’ll share our thoughts and opinions on career growth. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Photos with iCloud Ryan Burgess - Workin’ Moms Ryan Burgess - The OA season 2 Augustus Yuan - Silicon Valley Smash Augustus Yuan - Chrome 73 update (installing PWAs via Chrome in Mac!) Augustus Yuan - three.js/editor Jem Young - Casper Glow Jem Young - Oakley Prizm Jem Young - Love, Death, and Robots Stacy London - Screenshots in Chrome (Cmd+Shift+P with DevTools open then type ‘screenshot’) Stacy London - Daniel Avery’s Song for Alpha album

Bandersnatch is an exciting Netflix interactive film that’s not only an amazing story, it has seamless experience that Netflix engineering teams have created. In this episode, we are joined by engineering managers, Maria Kazandjieva, Maxine Cheung, and Courtney Kennedy to talk about the work their teams have done to make Bandersnatch possible. Guests: Maria Kazandjieva - @stranger_quark Maxine Cheung Courtney Kennedy Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Maxine Cheung - Tidying Up with Marie Kondo Maria Kazandjieva - Sour Beer - Alvarado Street Brewing Maria Kazandjieva - Autotune Cats Maria Kazandjieva - Amusing Ourselves to Death Maria Kazandjieva - Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Maria Kazandjieva - Scott Manley Courtney Kennedy - Quincy Documentary Courtney Kennedy - The Upside of Stress Ryan Burgess - Foam Back Roller Jem Young - The Umbrella Academy Jem Young - Young Blood

In this episode, we are joined by Jeeyun Linn, and Cole Turner to talk with us about building and using component libraries in a company. Guests: Jeeyun Linn - @jeeyunit Cole Turner - @coleturner Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Picks: Jeeyun Linn - Learn Git Branching Jeeyun Linn - Flexbox Froggy Cole Turner - Russian Doll Ryan Burgess - FYRE Ryan Burgess - Atomic design Jem Young - Good UI Blog Jem Young - It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Ryan Anklam - Counterrpart Ryan Anklam - Elevate for Strava

We’ve talked about interviewing for engineering jobs, but once you have an offer, how do you negotiate the salary? In this episode, we’re joined by Matthew Gerstman, an engineer from Dropbox to talk with us about salaries, and stock. Guests: Matthew Gerstman - @MatthewGerstman Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Matthew Gerstman - Be More Chill Musical Matthew Gerstman - Puffs the play Ryan Burgess - Double your salary with this one simple trick - Matthew Gerstman Ryan Burgess - Engineering Management: The Pendulum or the ladder Augustus Yuan - Fearless Salary Negotiation Augustus Yuan - Project Alias Jem Young - 2018 Logo Trends Jem Young - Hired Stacy London - 2nd World by HVOB Stacy London - Phaedra - 1995 Remaster by Tangerine Dream

There are a lot of great solutions available to support a native mobile experience for your application, but what’s the best option? In this episode we are joined by Jordanna Kwok from Netflix, to talk with us about some of the solutions and how to think through the best solution. Guests: Jordanna Kwok - @jordeewok Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Jordanna Kwok - Veronica Lewis Birdbox Tweet Ryan Burgess - You Ryan Burgess - Black Mirror Bandersnatch Ryan Burgess - Netflix UIE JavaScript Talk Bandersnatch Jem Young - The Gymkhana Files Jem Young - ForwardJS

Creating performant websites and applications continues to be really important, but what about engineering performance. How do we make sure we are improving our productivity as engineers. In this episode, we are joined Jacques Favreau and Michael Paulson from Netflix to hear more about their thoughts on being more productive.

Creating performant websites and applications continue to be more and more important. In this episode, we are joined by Addy Osmani to talk with us about web performance and some future web platform APIs that help improve performance. Guests: Addy Osmani - @addyosmani Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Addy Osmani - The Great British Baking Show Addy Osmani - Chrome User Experience Report Ryan Burgess - Addy’s Netflix Case study Ryan Burgess - PhotoPills Ryan Burgess - Final Table Jem Young - Yoshi App Jem Young - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Ryan Anklam - All Systems Red Ryan Anklam - Android Call Screening Mars Jullian - Guides by Lonely Planet Stacy London - React Profiler Stacy London - Daydream by Shelf Nunny

We are often asked, what makes you a Senior Software Engineer. It’s not an easy answer, there are a lot of interesting thoughts and responses. In this episode, we are joined by Lauren Tan to help discuss our thoughts on what makes someone be a Senior Software Engineer over a Software Engineer. Guests: Lauren Tan - @sugarpirate_ Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Picks: Lauren Tan - DotJS Ryan Burgess - React JS Hooks - Harry Wolff Ryan Burgess - Joy Buolamwini: How I'm fighting bias in algorithms Jem Young - Haunting of Hill House Jem Young - El Mal Querer Jem Young - The Fifth Season Ryan Anklam - Code Runner plugin for VSCode Ryan Anklam - Redux Sagas

Starting your career is a daunting task. You’ve learned these brand new skills, but how do you apply them and get experience? In this episode, we are joined by Moira Huang, to help us talk about internships and how best leverage an internship into a full time job. Guests: Moira Huang - @MoiraHuang_ Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Moira Huang - Chihuly Garden Moira Huang - Priscilla Chan Ryan Burgess - Tales by Light Ryan Burgess - Github Actions Augustus Yuan - Code Black Augustus Yuan - The Mentorship Ryan Anklam - Recovery - August Bell Ryan Anklam - Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 35 Mars Jullian - Spotify workday lounge playlist Mars Jullian - Moleskine Voyageur notebook