“I started listening to this podcast while I was at a very stagnant job that was not developing my skills as a software engineer. Freshly graduated with a comp sci degree, I was in a “data engineering” position that was anything but software development. The company/my team followed really bad practices, didn’t prioritize individual career growth, and stifled innovation. I wrote miserable SQL scripts all day long, which I hardly consider programming. Worried my skills would atrophy, I started listening to this podcast. It felt like a lifeline in that I could learn about trends & new tech in the coding industry, while deepening my knowledge of what I already knew. It really made a difference. It lifted my spirits when I felt I wasn’t learning anything at my job. I am particularly fond of their microservices episode — once i moved to a different company into a real software eng position, I was put on a team that works with microservices. I had already listened to the microservices episode months prior, before I was even searching for a different job. Amazingly, i found everything i learned from the episode was very applicable and helped me transition onto my new team. I have been with this new job for 7 months now, and I still listen to this podcast every week to continue learning.”
BarnabusNutslap via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/25/23