Alexandra McCoy is currently a Site Reliability Engineer at VMware.  With four years of experience in the field and six years within open-source and cloud environments, Alexandra shares insightful anecdotes and valuable expertise. From leading large-scale software projects to mastering Kubernetes and Docker for container orchestration, her story is filled with innovation and dedication. In this episode, Alexandra takes us on a journey through her time in the tech industry while sharing...

Tobias Weingartner plays a pivotal role in Google's Traffic Control Team, where he specializes in optimizing the global system load balancer (GSLB). As an integral member of this team, he collaborates closely with the development team responsible for crafting the intricate code that powers Google's internal load balancing infrastructure. Specifically, Tobias focuses his expertise on the SRE aspect, ensuring the seamless operation of Google's vast network traffic.  In this episode, Tobias...

Rita Iglesias is a Software Engineer currently employed at a startup called Topi. Lately, Rita has been creating projects using React for the frontend and Go for the backend. She also creates some awesome content relating to the tech world! In this episode, Rita takes us on a journey through her time entering the tech industry while sharing valuable insight and entertaining stories along the way. 00:00 Introduction 01:55 What is Rita Doing Today?   09:22 First Memories of a Computer 21:10...

Brit Myers is currently the VP of Engineering at System Initiative. Prior to System Initiative, she was a member of the executive team at Hyland Software where she led global engineering teams responsible for building multiple cloud product lines. In this episode, Brit takes us on a journey through her time in the tech industry while sharing valuable insight and entertaining stories along the way. 00:00 Introduction 02:24 What is Brit Doing Today?   07:42 First Memories of a Computer 12:20...

 Dr. Vladyslav Ukis is the Head of R&D at Siemens Healthineers. Vlad has 18 years of experience in large-scale software platforms, leadership, digital transformation, continuous delivery, SRE, Devops, and more. In this episode, Vlad takes us on a journey through his time in the tech industry while sharing valuable insight and entertaining stories along the way. 00:00 Introduction 00:56 What is Vlad Doing Today?   09:13 First Memories of a Computer 19:55 Entering University for CS 26:40...

Jay Conrod is currently a Software Engineer at EngFlow. EngFlow is a startup providing remote build and execution for Bazel, Cmake, Reclient and more, dramatically speeding up builds and tests for large software projects. Jay was previously part of the Go Team at Google and has had a large impact in the Software Industry.  In this episode, Jay takes us on a journey through his time in the tech industry while sharing valuable insight and entertaining stories along the way. 00:00...

Jesús Espino is a Senior Staff Engineer at Mattermost specializing in Full Stack Development on the API side of the platform. Mattermost is an open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle. Mattermost’s platform powers over 800,000 workspaces worldwide with the support of over 4,000 contributors from across the developer community.  In this episode, Jesús takes us on a journey through his time in the tech industry while sharing valuable insight...

Miki Tebeka is the CEO of 353solutions and an Instructor at Ardan Labs where he specializes in teaching effective hands-on workshops all over the world and solving tough problems as a Consultant. He is also the organizer of Gophercon Israel and Pydata Israel Meetup and a published author. In this episode Miki takes us on his journey through the tech industry and shares his experiences along the way.  00:00 Introduction 07:17 What is Miki Doing Today? 13:19 First Memory of a Computer 16:30...

Brad Peabody is a Senior Software Engineer who has been coding for over 20 years. He is involved in the Go community and has been coding in Go for many years. Brad is currently working on multiple startups and also works as a contractor developing Go code for clients. In this episode, Brad tells us his story leading up to where he is today.  00:00 Introduction 00:43 What is Brad Doing Today? 06:57 First Memory of a Computer 14:25 High School Hacking 17:00 Thoughts after High School 22:40...

Teiva Harsanyi is  a software engineer at Google, specializing in backend development and distributed systems. He has extensive experience in designing and implementing resilient, responsive, scalable, and maintainable systems. He is also the author of the book “100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them”. In this episode, Teiva discusses his journey to becoming a published author and Software Engineer at Google.  00:00 Introduction 00:53 What is Teiva Doing Today?  04:05 First Memory of a...

 Shahar Azulay is the CEO and co-founder of groundcover and a multi-time R&D leader, bringing in a lot of experience in the world of machine learning having worked as a leader in companies such as Apple, DayTwo, and Cymotive Technologies. In this episode, Shahar takes us on his journey through the tech industry leading up to the creation of groundcover.  00:00 Introduction 01:37 What is Shahar Doing Today? / Tech Talk 16:30 First Memory of a Computer 20:15 Thoughts of University and the...

Steve Francia is a highly accomplished technology executive and entrepreneur. Steve is a Managing Director at Two Sigma, serving as the Product Lead for the Investment Management Platform. Two Sigma is a technology-driven investment firm based in New York City. Steve is widely known for his involvement in MongoDB, Hugo, and the Go community. In this episode, Steve takes us through his journey in the tech industry discussing various projects and companies he participated in so far in his...

Tobias Theel is a Software Engineer for Denic and author of the book “ Creative DIY Microcontroller Projects with TinyGo and WebAssembly “. Denic manages more than 17 million domains, and is considered one of the largest Internet endings or "Top Level Domains" in the world. In his off time, Tobias also works with microprocessors and TinyGo to power low-memory devices for various tasks. 00:00 Introduction 05:57 First Memories of a Computer 12:45 Interests as a Teen 17:30 Studying Computer...

Robert Ramos is the CEO of AGRITECH, a company that is developing proprietary technology to bring traceability, transparency, sustainability, and scalability to the global food market. In this episode, he takes us through his experiences from military logistics and robotics to cracking the code to the global food markets' traceability and accountability issues. 00:00 Introduction 01:12 What is Robert Doing Today? 11:50 Interests in High School 18:00 Deciding to Join the Army 23:00 Working...

Colin Hodge is the creator of the popular dating app “Down” on IOS. He comes from a Computer Science background and has spent time with major companies like Amazon and Microsoft. In this episode, he takes us through his experiences leading up to building a successful company.  00:00 Introduction  00:49 What is Colin Doing Today?  11:55 First Memory of a Computer 16:20 Interests in High School / Early Programming 23:50 College Experience 32:30 Applying for Internships / Starting a...

Capt’n Amy is a Systems Engineer Supervisor for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center. Her mission is to make sure that the facilities are always mission ready. Her team also provides support for launch operations. In this episode, Amy takes us through her journey from studying electrical engineering in college and designing sprinkler systems to becoming a supervisor at NASA.    00:00 Introduction  01:23 What is Amy Doing Today?  09:55 First Memory of a Computer 13:55 Interests in High...

Ian Molee is a Software Developer at a cryptocurrency firm called Falcon X. His day to day languages include Python and Go with various other languages mixed in. In this episode, Ian takes us through his extensive journey through various companies in the tech industry and his experiences along the way.   00:00 Introduction  03:23 What is Ian Doing Today?  14:46 Interests in High School 22:37 Going to University / Value of a Degree 35:45 Joining the Workforce / First Tech Jobs 48:00 Moving...

 Philippe Charrière is a Customer Success Engineer at Gitlab who helps customers with the technical aspects of Gitlab adoption and usage. GitLab is an open source code repository and collaborative software development platform for large DevOps and DevSecOps projects. In this episode, Philippe takes us through his journey from windsurfing to programming in Go and Java and finally landing at Gitlab. 00:00 Introduction  02:30 What is Philippe Doing Today 10:00 First Memory of a Computer 15:30...

 Lane Wagner is an experienced leader with a demonstrated history in engineering software systems. He is the Founder of Boot.dev and has a deep passion for teaching Computer Science and Software Engineering to others. Boot.dev is an educational platform which offers hands-on coding courses and multiple projects to teach their students back-end development. In this episode, Lane takes us on his journey through the tech industry and how his interest in tech has evolved. 00:00...

Matt Boyle is an Engineering Manager for Cloudflare based out of London. His team's goal is to create tools that increase the productivity and efficiency of other engineers. He is the author of “Domain-Driven Design with Golang” and speaks about his experience and motivation for writing the book. In this episode Matt takes us through his journey through the tech industry.  00:00 Introduction  03:30 What is Matt Doing Today? 12:20 First Memory of a Computer 17:20 Education in the United...

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...

 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...

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...

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...