In this episode, Arjan discusses the hard-earned lessons from his failed startup and how they informed his successful pivot to YouTube. Learn about the realities of startup risks, the value of user engagement, and the strategies that helped him grow a digital audience. Connect with Arjan Egges: https://www.youtube.com/@ArjanCodes https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjanegges References: The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/SpFQYgB1kf4 Beyond Coding Podcast...
Feb 21, 2024•57 min•Ep. 145
Jelle Niemantsverdriet joins us in this episode to discuss how the mindset around security is evolving, both from organisations and from professionals. My favourite takeaway is that security is on the same path as testing and becoming part of quality in software development. Connect with Jelle Niemantsverdriet: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jelleniemantsverdriet https://twitter.com/jelle_n References: Digital Defense Report - https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/security/security-insider/microsoft-digi...
Feb 14, 2024•49 min•Ep. 144
Roman shares his insight and experience in field of Product Management and People Management. We discuss the attributes of a great product manager. Crucial skills to learn and attributes that are harder to learn. Next to that, Roman shares he's had many roles in the tech industry. Some with people management responsibilities and some fully without. Luckily all experience matters, but what drives him to switch roles in the first place? Listen in to find out! Connect with Roman Arcea: https://www....
Feb 07, 2024•52 min•Ep. 143
Massi shares his insight and experience in field of Data Science and AI. We discuss how the field has evolved and how you can distinguish yourself, build up your network and grow as fast as possible. If you're just starting out as a data scientist, or in the tech field, this episode is for you! Connect with Massimiliano Ungheretti: https://linkedin.com/in/massimilianoungheretti Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/qMD5lJ5iiFA Beyond Coding Podcast with 🎙P...
Jan 31, 2024•55 min•Ep. 142
In this episode, Dennis and I and discusses his transition to Microsoft, the impact of developer productivity, and the evolution of the architect's role in tech. Tune in for insights on creating value in cloud-native technology and navigating the balance between autonomy and structured platform engineering. Connect with Dennis van de Laar: https://linkedin.com/in/dennis-van-de-laar-0374b4 References: Pace-layered Application Strategy - https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology/glossary/p...
Jan 24, 2024•47 min•Ep. 141
Connect with Ruben Spruijt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rspruijt https://twitter.com/rspruijt Mentioned References: Videos from Ruben's digital twin - https://www.youtube.com/@dizzion-frame/videos Dizzion - https://www.dizzion.com Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/AfPxmTQT7ZI Beyond Coding Podcast with 🎙Patrick Akil Powered by Xebia! ! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro ...
Jan 17, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 140
Connect with Dr. Cara Antoine: https://linkedin.com/in/caraantoine https://twitter.com/carainholland Literature References: The Second Mountain by David Brooks Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/LZLG7sxVM_g Beyond Coding Podcast with 🎙Patrick Akil Powered by Xebia! ! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:26 - Cara's podcasting experience 00:01:59 - Seeing the learning 00:0...
Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 139
Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/7iBLidwN49o Beyond Coding Podcast with 🎙Patrick Akil Powered by Xebia! ! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:29 - Getting ready! 00:00:45 - What new hobby would you like to try for 2024? 00:01:52 - What tech trends are you anticipating for 2024? 00:04:37 - My favourite Christmas gift 00:04:44 - How do you see the future of the IT indust...
Jan 03, 2024•57 min•Ep. 138
Connect with Julia Sullivan: https://juliasullivan.nl https://www.linkedin.com/in/jusullivan Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/0EjMupALvOo Beyond Coding Podcast with 🎙Patrick Akil Powered by Xebia! ! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:21 - Perfectionism and writing 00:02:58 - It has to be good 00:05:25 - Allow yourself to be a learner 00:06:55 - I should know what I'm doin...
Dec 27, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 137
Connect with Malcolm Matalka: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malcolm-matalka-a6527382 Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/htpxkxyCX9I Beyond Coding Podcast with 🎙Patrick Akil Powered by Xebia! ! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:25 - Where to dock your boat? 00:02:49 - Patrick's friends bought a boat 00:03:31 - Malcolm sold his house and bought a boat 00:05:52 - Relaxing on a boat...
Dec 20, 2023•53 min•Ep. 136
Connect with Yu Guo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yu-guo-yguo TomTom at CES: https://www.tomtom.com/events/trade-show/ces-2024 Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/Jip8CG1Mqi4 Beyond Coding Podcast with 🎙Patrick Akil Powered by Xebia! ! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:31 - How Yu ended up at TomTom 00:01:45 - Leveraging generative AI 00:03:56 - ChatGPT location plugin 00:07:1...
Dec 13, 2023•41 min•Ep. 135
Connect with Bandan Jot Singh: https://twitter.com/bandanjot https://www.linkedin.com/in/bandan https://substack.com/@productify Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/Qg1kaCaS9pE New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:20 - How to find like-minded people 00:02:36 - Creating content creates rel...
Dec 06, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 134
Connect with Keeya Wang-Jones: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keeyawangjones Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/tVNt6img4mU New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:23 - Ingka and enabling coworkers 00:02:51 - Customer journey mapping 00:04:16 - Keeya used to be a coworker on the floor 00:05:28 - 8...
Nov 29, 2023•52 min•Ep. 133
Connect with Francisca Dias: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisca-dias Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/FLOxOU_lK54 New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:26 - Francisca's day 00:02:23 - How Francisca got great at public speaking 00:03:44 - Educating others 00:04:47 - Patrick's siblings and gro...
Nov 22, 2023•47 min•Ep. 132
Connect with Mahdi Fanidisfani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahdifanidisfani Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/geoUh6Tdl3Y New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:23 - Mahdi's new role as CEO at Kruso 00:02:53 - Typical consultancies 00:04:36 - Value delivery squad 00:06:17 - First months as CEO 00:07...
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 131
Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/bKKQm6A1jJ8 New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:35 - Dutch IT market salary and engineering efforts 00:03:36 - Not feeling valued 00:04:19 - How do you manage your time? 00:05:23 - Learning off the job 00:06:21 - How would you build your own team? 00:08:40 - Technical skills 00:09:42 - How do you kn...
Nov 08, 2023•35 min•Ep. 130
Connect with Tom Siebeneicher: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-siebeneicher Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/XEdICT5kSCA New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:25 - Tom ran his first marathon 00:02:42 - Running long distance 00:04:47 - Connecting with others through running 00:05:48 - We hate swimming 0...
Nov 01, 2023•59 min•Ep. 129
Connect with Joseph Muli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-muli Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/l__mtnOduoU New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:25 - Levent Tutar 00:02:16 - Losing everything 00:05:30 - Survival mode 00:06:30 - Seeking help 00:08:12 - Telling your story 00:11:15 - What truly matters 00...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 128
Connect with Michael Doye: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdoye Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/zyebooludUo New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:26 - Barbecuing 00:03:02 - Back to the office policies 00:06:32 - Enforcing back to the office 00:07:57 - Logging all your time policy 00:09:34 - Dutch perspective 00:...
Oct 18, 2023•52 min•Ep. 127
Connect with Andrew Snare: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asnare https://toot.community/@ajs https://twitter.com/asnare Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/h4O3up5m0PU New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:25 - Disagreeing how things work 00:03:18 - Understanding 99% 00:05:44 - Comfortably being the expert 00:06:47 - ...
Oct 11, 2023•57 min•Ep. 126
Connect with Marleen Kappert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marleenkappert Connect with Sebastiaan Bekker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastiaanbekker Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/CwiDLWboAvs New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:28 - Work and holidays 00:03:03 - Hotel and restaurant industry 00:04:54 - Differences...
Oct 04, 2023•56 min•Ep. 125
Connect with Lindsay Faller: https://cloudfields.cc https://www.instagram.com/cloudfields.cc https://www.lindsayfaller.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-faller-2277243 Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/1vPDA54Yg9k New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:23 - Podcasting experiences 00:02:10 - Comparing yourself to oth...
Sep 27, 2023•57 min•Ep. 124
Connect with Rens Dimmendaal: https://rensdimmendaal.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/rensdimmendaal https://twitter.com/R_Dimm Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/2VOGakc2qvk New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE 00:00:25 - Hosting and being a guest 00:01:42 - Day to day of Rens 00:03:29 - Generative AI: Where do we stand? 00:06:18 - Honeycomb.io usin...
Sep 20, 2023•52 min•Ep. 123
Connect with Eva Zahrawi Ruiz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evazahrawi http://the2ndhalf.nl https://twitter.com/evaza Check out her podcast! https://podcasts.apple.com/en/podcast/the-2nd-half-your-guide-to-a-more-fulfilling-career-and-life/id1493425732 Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/oldZF_jgy9I New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 0...
Sep 13, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 122
Connect with Alyona Volkova: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvol Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/jW3xmo27144 New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:25 - Echo-free chambers 00:01:00 - Calming yourself down 00:03:15 - Overthinking things with public speaking 00:05:29 - Recognising yourself in footage 00:06:34 - Receiving compliments 00:...
Sep 06, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 121
Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/KtJILlRIPOc New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:29 - How do you manage your own expectations 00:02:41 - If you could change one thing from the past, what would that be? 00:05:37 - What is the best piece of advice you've ever gotten? 00:07:33 - Why did you transition from ops to development? 00:11:54 - ...
Aug 30, 2023•41 min•Ep. 120
Connect with Georges de Boeck: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgesdeboeck Blinkist article (called it Blender, oops): https://uxplanet.org/how-solving-our-biggest-customer-complaint-at-blinkist-led-to-a-23-increase-in-conversion-b60ad514134b Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/M1EkMTauIBU New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:22 - Preshow baby...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 119
Connect with Carlos Kelkboom: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-k-4016b8225 Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/6QfyY9ffz6M New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:23 - YouTube recommendation system 00:02:15 - Innovation on YouTube 00:03:37 - Starting up something new 00:05:12 - Disrupting your own organisation 00:07:08 - Big companies should inves...
Aug 16, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 118
Connect with Lian Li: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lian-li https://twitter.com/lianmakesthings https://lianmakesthings.dev Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/tuIxuiG2MIY New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:25 - Reminiscing about older videos 00:02:46 - Standing on stage 00:04:22 - The impact of developer advocacy 00:06:04 - Measuring your impact 00:...
Aug 08, 2023•51 min•Ep. 117
Connect with Raphael de Lio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaeldelio https://raphaeldelio.medium.com https://www.youtube.com/c/raphaeldelio Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/aF7Pcvn0CdI New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil ! Big shoutout to Xebia for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:23 - YouTube channels and making videos 00:03:10 - Giving advice and downsides 00:06:43 - How Raphael got into cont...
Aug 02, 2023•55 min•Ep. 116
