André Eriksson is the CEO and Founder of Encore. Encore is a startup building the next generation platform for rapid backend development in Go. In this episode, André takes us through his journey from creating interface mods for World of Warcraft to becoming a Senior Software Engineer at Spotify and finally running his own company. 00:00 Introduction 03:15 What is André Doing Today? 12:50 First Memory with a Computer 24:27 Interests / Projects in Highschool 26:40 Studying Computer Science in Uni...
Jul 05, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Raechel Lambert is the Co-Founder of a product marketing agency called Olivine which focuses on positioning, messaging and product launches to SAS companies. She has built many different projects and applications and has started focusing her time on an application called All In Meetup. This stems from a podcast “All In Podcast '' which started during the pandemic. In this episode Raechel takes us on her journey through the tech industry. 00:00 Introduction 02:45 What is Raechel Doing Today 04:30...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 23 min
Anne is an Engineer for Adafruit Industries in Manhattan which is a small company that engineers electronics for hobbyists and open source software. In this episode, Anne takes us through her amazing journey from working in the State Department and traveling the world to utilizing her electrical engineering skills at Adafruit Industries. 00:00 Introduction 4:38 What is Anne Doing Today 16:10 Engineering Courses at Caltech 20:30 Most Interesting Projects at Caltech 27:23 Dream Job after Graduatin...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 23 min
Dom Hallan works at HashiCorp on the Terraform Enterprise Team and works on all aspects of Terraform. He is also an avid musician and plays the euphonium. In this episode, Dom takes us on his journey from pursuing a career in music, to joining a band in the Army, and finally continuing his career as a Software Engineer at Hashicorp. 00:00 Introduction 00:55 What is Dom Doing today? 4:10 First Memory of a Computer 11:01 Interest in Music During High school 16:03 Pursuing Music in College 34:40 Jo...
May 24, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Steven Wasylkiw is the CEO of Magna Vita Investments based in San Diego, California. They specialize in the acquisition, development, and management of multifamily and commercial properties. In this episode, Steven takes us on his journey to becoming a successful entrepreneur in real estate investments. 00:00 Introduction 00:50 What is Steven Doing today? 06:04 Interests Growing Up / Background 14:20 Graduating University in 2008 21:10 People and Sales 28:00 Deciding to Buy Real Estate 39:05 Buy...
May 10, 2023•1 hr 28 min
Chetan Conikee is the CTO and Founder of ShiftLeft. ShiftLeft specializes in using machine learning, cyber - defenders, and A.I to discover and prevent vulnerabilities in the applications of their clients in various languages. In this episode, Chetan takes us on his journey to becoming a successful entrepreneur in the tech industry. 00:00 Introduction 02:20 What is Chetan doing Today? 06:04 Integration of Cyber Security 21:31 Growing up in India 29:30 Entering University 37:00 Experiencing Y2K 4...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 37 min
Vanessa Nicole Naff is a Software Engineer for Warner Bros. Discovery. She works with the behind the scenes aspects of transcoding and live streaming video. In this episode, Vanessa takes us through her journey from growing up in a rural town to studying abroad in Japan and finally working with complex and advanced Go powered technology. 00:00 Introduction 02:50 First Memory of a Computer 08:24 Main Interests Before High School 12:57 Entering High School 20:20 Studying in Japan 24:40 Adjusting B...
Apr 12, 2023•1 hr 38 min
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 School 33:0...
Mar 29, 2023•1 hr 41 min
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 Memor...
Mar 15, 2023•1 hr 32 min
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 Computer 13:35 Interests in High School 21:50 Interest in College Major 36:31 Using CAD for Implants 40:42 Job Hunting After Graduation 50:50 Working Through th...
Mar 01, 2023•1 hr 26 min
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 Computer 23:22 Choosing a Major 27:40 Entering College 34:04 Discovering Networkin...
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 32 min
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 computer 23:17 Graduating High sch...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 27 min
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 computer 13:00 Technology in the family 19:00 Interests gro...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 31 min
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 timeline 14:25 What type of programs were you writing? 19:20 Did you struggle with math? 23:00 Bei...
Jan 04, 2023•1 hr 21 min
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 Introduction 08:00 What is Rich doing today 17:25 First memory of a computer 22:10 Interests in high school 29:40 Thoughts for after high school 33:20 First semester of college 37:32 Graduating college 41:28 Being involv...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 34 min
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 Introduction 05:50 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...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 33 min
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 interests 19:30 After High school decisions 23:00 Entering the workforce 27:10 Getting into game engine design 38:15 What was your first task at Kajabi? 42:00 How...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr 23 min
John Doak is a Principal Engineer at Microsoft and also the author of the book “Go for DevOps”. In this episode he takes us through his journey from martial arts and cinematography in high school and college to becoming a published author and master at networking. 00:00 Introduction 03:08 What is John Doing today 05:37 Writing “Go for DevOps” 14:00 Graduating high school 16:15 First memory of a computer 23:00 High school interests 28:40 Post high school thoughts 32:50 Triple majoring in college ...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 29 min
Tracy Holmes is a Technical Community Advocate at Isovalent who takes us through her path to reaching her present position. In this episode we can watch her story develop from being involved in music and theater in high school to working for a prestigious technology company. 00:00 Introduction 05:40 What is Tracy doing today? 08:55 First memory of a computer 14:00 Interests in high school 22:22 Growing up / raising kids 30:00 Struggles in college / anxiety 36:25 Switching Majors in college 42:25...
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 40 min
Colby Fayock is currently a Senior Developer Experience Engineer at Cloudinary who teaches the tools of the web and Cloudinary implementation. Colby takes us on a journey through creating websites in highschool to using cloud technologies and landing a job at Cloudinary. Connect with Colby: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/colbyfayock Twitter: https://twitter.com/colbyfayock Github: https://github.com/colbyfayock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colbyfayock/ Mentioned in today’s episode: Clo...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 29 min
Anna-Katharina Wickert is currently pursuing her PhD in computer science with a focus on security and organizer for the Golang User meetup in Frankfurt, Germany. From programming at the age of 13 to deciding to pursue a PhD, she provides valuable insight into her journey through years of education. 00:00 Introduction 04:53 First Memory Using a Computer 09:53 Interests and College Decisions 25:09 Takeaways from the degree 27:06 Why Decide to Stay In School 32:31 Mastering in Security 37:33 After ...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Episode Description: Brian Terry is a senior solutions architect on the ISV Integrations team at AWS (formerly with the Cloud Formation team). We hear about his unique journey from being a star athlete, to racing motorcycles, and eventually completing 2 master’s degrees and landing his dream job. Connect with Brian: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ineedhelpbrian LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-t-b3276250/ GitHub: https://github.com/brianterry Mentioned in today’s episode: AWS Cloudforma...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 21 min
Sonja Price is a career strategist, salary advisor, leadership coach, and the founder of Dynamo Careers. We learn all about Sonja’s journey from being employee #2 at a startup in the early 2000’s to finding her passion for helping others to advance their career. You’ll hear tips on negotiating, how to ask for a raise, and how to get to where you want to go in your career. Connect with Sonja: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonjaprice/ Dynamo Careers: https://dynamocareers.com/ Mentioned in...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Ron Minnich is the President of the Plan 9 Foundation and a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google. Ron has been on the forefront of many technologies, starting his journey with computers as a kid in the 1960’s. We hear stories of building relay computers, cluster infrastructure research, supercomputing, LinuxBIOS (coreboot), Plan 9, & his present day work at Google. Connect with Ron: Email: rminnich@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/coreboot LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronm...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 55 min
Florent Biville maintains the official Go driver at graph database company, neo4j. We talk about the challenges and benefits of constantly learning new languages, interviewing at large companies, consulting life, and the importance of building trust through consistency. Connect with Florent: Twitter: https://twitter.com/fbiville Website: https://florent.biville.net GitHub: https://github.com/fbiville Mentioned in today’s episode: neo4j: https://neo4j.com Go Driver Documentation: https://neo4j.co...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 33 min
Steve Wade is a founding engineer at KSOC Labs, a cloud-native SaaS platform built to remediate Kubernetes security risks in real time. We talk about the struggles around playing professional soccer, the importance of saying yes to opportunities, finding fulfillment in your career, and LOTS of Kubernetes chat. Connect with Steve: Twitter: https://twitter.com/swade1987 Website: https://www.stevenwade.co.uk/ GitHub: https://github.com/swade1987 Mentioned in today’s episode: KSOC Labs: https://www....
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 29 min
Daniel Whitenack is a co-host of the Practical AI podcast and a data scientist with SIL International. In one of our more technical episodes, we hear about Daniel’s journey from computational physics in college to using artificial intelligence for language processing. Tune in for a conversation on ethical AI, endangered languages, real-time translation, and more! Connect with Daniel: Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwhitena Website: https://datadan.io/ Email: dan_whitenack@sil.org Practical AI podc...
Jul 06, 2022•1 hr 32 min
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_addetz LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelina-simion/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/adelinas...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 30 min
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/IanMLewis LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianmlewis/ Website: https://www.ianlewis.org Mentioned in today’s episode: Google Cloud: https://cloud.google.com/ Commodore...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 23 min
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/marktechson Website: https://marktechson.com Email List: http://marktechson.dev/welcome Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Doc...
May 25, 2022•2 hr 4 min
