IT Career Energizer
415 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 97 ratingsWant to learn what it takes to start, develop and build a successful career in the Information Technology industry? The IT Career Energizer podcast enables you to find out how. More than 300 IT and tech professionals, consultants and experts have shared their career experiences and insights to help you to succeed. Previous guests have included Jeff Atwood (Stack Overflow), Troy Hunt (Have I Been Pwned), Nicole Archambault (La Vie en Code), April Wensel (Compassionate Coding), Kent Beck (Agile Manifesto), Chani Simms (SHe CISO Exec Founder), Danny Thompson (Community Leader), Sanjeev Sharma (DevOps Expert) and many more industry recognised figures.
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Learn to Lead and Develop a Successful Development Team with Cal Evans
January 16, 2019 00:00 - 24 minutes - 33.5 MBGUEST BIO: Cal has worked with PHP and MySQL on Linux, OSX and Windows. He has worked on a variety of projects ranging in size from simple web pages to multi-million dollar web applications. Cal is also a conference speaker as well as the author of several books including “Culture of Respect” and “Uncle Cal’s Career Advice To Developers”. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Cal Evans. Cal has had a long and successful IT career. He started by working as a developer ...
Learn About UX Engineering And Why Good Communication is an Essential Skill with Emma Wedekind
January 14, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBGUEST BIO: - My guest on today’s show is Emma Wedekind. She is a Software Engineer working on GoToMeeting. In February this year Emma quit her job as a Front-End Developer at IBM, sold everything, and moved from Austin, Texas to Karlsruhe, Germany. Emma enjoys blogging about her career and technology and is an avid reader. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest today is Emma Wedekind. She got her B.S. in computer science at Siena College and also studied at City University, London. Emma is a ...
Keep an Open-Mind And Learn to Communicate Empathetically And Effectively With Katrina Clokie
January 11, 2019 00:00 - 21 minutes - 29.7 MBGUEST BIO: My guest on today’s show is Katrina Clokie.Katrina leads a team of around 100 testers as a Test Practice Manager in Wellington, New Zealand. Katrina is also an active contributor to the international testing community as the author of “A Practical Guide to Testing in DevOps”, an international keynote speaker, a co-founder of the WeTest New Zealand Testing community, the founder of Testing Trapeze magazine as well as being a frequent blogger and tweeter. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: ...
See The Big Picture And Look For The Overlap to Become a Better Developer With Lee Byron
January 09, 2019 00:00 - 41 minutes - 57.4 MBGUEST BIO: Lee Byron is helping to lead web engineering at Robinhood having previously worked for Facebook for nearly ten years. He is also an open source contributor and was a co-creator of GraphQL whilst at Facebook, which is an open source data query and manipulation language for APIs. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Lee Byron. He spent the first 10 years of his career working at Facebook. While there he developed several new tools, mainly for mobile. His work...
Learn to Ask Questions And When to Say No with Simon Maple
January 07, 2019 00:00 - 19 minutes - 27.5 MBGUEST BIO: Simon Maple is the Director of Developer Relations at Snyk, a Java Champion since 2014 and was a JavaOneRockstar speaker in 2014 and 2017. Simon is also a Duke’s Choice award winner, the founder and organizer of Virtual JUG, co-leader of the London Java Community and a regular conference speaker. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Simon Maple. He is a developer advocate who spent 20 years working with IBM and is now involved with start-ups. Simon is well k...
Share Your Knowledge And be Your Own Advocate to Succeed within The IT Industry With Lisa Crispin
January 04, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 25.4 MBGUEST BIO: Lisa is a software tester who enjoys sharing her experiences and learning from others. She is also the co-author of “More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team” and “Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Agile Testers and Agile Teams”. And in 2012 Lisa was voted the most influential agile testing professional person. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Lisa Crispin. She has spent much of her career working within the testing sphere. Today, she...
Share What You Know to Help Other Developers And Progress Your IT Career Faster With Bruno Souza
January 02, 2019 00:00 - 26 minutes - 37.1 MBGUEST BIO: Bruno is a Java Developer and Open Source Evangelist at Summa Technologies and a Cloud Expert at Tools Cloud. He is the creator of Code 4 Life, helping Java developers to improve their careers and work on cool projects with great people. Bruno is also founder and organizer of SouJava, the Brazilian Java Users Society, which is one of the world’s largest Java User Groups, as well as a founder of the Worldwide Java User Groups Community where he has helped in the creation of hun...
Seize Opportunities, Stretch Yourself and Learn new IT Technologies to Fulfil Your Potential with Eric Vanderburg
December 31, 2018 00:00 - 15 minutes - 21 MBGUEST BIO: Eric Vanderburg is a cybersecurity leader, consultant, author and thought leader. He is Vice President of Cybersecurity at TCDI and Vice Chairman of the board of directors for the Technology Ministry Network. Eris is a continual learner who has earned more than 40 technology and security certifications and he has a strong desire to share technology insights with the community. He also the author of several books, a frequent writer of articles a regular presenter at conferenc...
How Simplifying Your Coding Can Solve Big Business Problems And Grow Your Career Fast With Adam Bien
December 28, 2018 00:00 - 18 minutes - 26.1 MBGUEST BIO: Adam Bien is a freelance architect and developer with a focus on Java. He has written several books including “Real World Java EE Patterns – Rethinking Best Practices”. Adam is also a Java Champion and was Java Developer of the Year in 2010. He is also a regular conference speaker and three times a year he organizes Java related workshops at Munich Airport. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Adam Bien. Having worked with JDK 1.0, EJB, JavaFX, J2EE, and J...
Share Your IT Knowledge And Simplify Software Development to Change the World With Dave Thomas
December 26, 2018 00:00 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MBGUEST BIO: Dave is a computer programmer and was an original signatory and author of The Manifesto For Agile Software Development. He has also co-authored several books, including “The Pragmatic Programmer”, and was a co-founder of the Pragmatic Bookshelf. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Dave Thomas is Phil’s guest on today’s show. He is a well-known programmer who works in numerous programming languages, in particular, Elixir, Ruby and agility. Dave is one of the original signatories and author...
Learn to Work Smarter to Become a More Effective Developer With Trisha Gee
December 24, 2018 00:00 - 21 minutes - 30.5 MBGUEST BIO: Trisha Gee is a developer advocate at JetBrains, where she gets to share all the interesting things she’s constantly discovering. Trisha has developed Java applications for a range of industries and for companies of all sizes. Trisha has expertise in Java high-performance systems, is passionate about enabling developer productivity and dabbles with open source development. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest today is Trisha Gee. She works as a developer advocate for Jet Brai...
Find Your Tribe And Learn to Love What You Do with Jess Dodson
December 21, 2018 00:00 - 16 minutes - 23.5 MBGUEST BIO: Jess Dodson is a Windows Administrator living in Queensland, Australia. Jess describes herself as a Microsoft fan girl and for the past couple of years she has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional. Jess is also keen to pass on information to others that is technically relevant, as well as other useful information for those in system administration. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Jess Dodson is Phil’s guest on today’s show. She has been supporting, managing and administering A...
Trade Your Freedoms Wisely to Create The Perfect IT Career For Yourself With Rob Lambert
December 19, 2018 00:00 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBGUEST BIO: Rob Lambert began his career as a tester, creating The Social Tester blog before moving into Engineering Management. He likes to share his experiences and the lessons he has learned in the hope that others won’t repeat common errors. Rob is also an occasional speaker, an author and a podcaster. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on his show, today, is Rob Lambert. He began his IT career working in the field of testing. He spent years building an agile team and coming up wit...
Move Your IT Career Forward And Play Your Part in Changing The World with Phil Burgess
December 17, 2018 00:00 - 21 minutes - 30.4 MBGUEST BIO: Phil Burgess is an independent consultant who helps companies to implement software applications and systems that support their business objectives. Phil has worked for independent software houses as well as large corporate companies across industry sectors including finance, utilities, legal and fine art. In 2017, Phil launched the I.T. Career Energizer podcast with the goal of helping others to start, develop and grow successful careers in tech. PRESENTER BIO: John Sonm...
Learn to be an Effective Communicator And Diversify Your IT Skillset With Lorna Mitchell
December 14, 2018 00:00 - 18 minutes - 25.9 MBGUEST BIO: Lorna is on the Developer Relations team for Nextmo. Before that, she was a developer advocate for IBM Cloud Data Services which meant that she got paid to play with and talk about open source database technologies. Lorna is also the author of the books “PHP Web Services” and “PHP Master” as well as being a regular conference speaker and writer. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest today is Lorna Mitchell. She has a software engineering background and has worked as a develope...
Get Involved With Open Source Projects to Improve Your Skill Set And Help The Community With Vicky Brasseur
December 12, 2018 00:00 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MBGUEST BIO: Vicky Brasseur has spent most of her 20 years in the tech industry leading software development departments and teams, and providing technical management and leadership consulting to small and medium-sized businesses. Vicky is also a Vice President of the Open Source Initiative, a winner of open source awards for contribution and a regular speaker at open source conferences. This year, has seen the publication of Vicky’s book “Forge Your Future with Open Source”, which I’m s...
Share Your IT Skills with Others And Watch Your Career Grow with Annyce Davis
December 10, 2018 00:00 - 14 minutes - 20.3 MBGUEST BIO: Annyce Davis is a software developer and an Android Google Developer Expert which means she spends a lot of time developing videos, blog posts and conference talks. She has also created several courses for Caster, O’Reilly and LinkedIn Learning. Annyce is currently the software lead for mobile development at Off Grid Electric, a social impact startup. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Annyce Davis. She has already had a varied career. Annyce spent 7 yea...
Challenging Yourself And Learning to Work Collaboratively to Succeed With Chris Wahl
December 07, 2018 00:00 - 19 minutes - 27.6 MBGUEST BIO: Chris is the author of the award-winning Wahl Network Blog and host of the Datanauts podcast. Chris focuses on creating content that revolves around virtualization, automation, infrastructure and evangelizing products and services that benefit the technology community. He is also co-author of “Networking for VMware Administrators”, has published hundreds of articles and a conference speaker. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: The guest on today’s show is Chris Wahl who has been working i...
Crush Your Self-Doubt And Unleash Your Creativity With Denise Jacobs
December 05, 2018 00:00 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MBGUEST BIO: Denise is a web design and development industry veteran and author of the book The CSS Detective Guide which is about troubleshooting CSS code. Denise is also founder & CEO of The Creative Dose, helping individuals to unleash their creativity by banishing their inner critic and hacking their creative brains, as well as being a regular speaker at conferences around the world. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Today, Phil’s guest is Denise Jacobs. She has been working in the IT industry ...
Use Public Speaking to Push You, Learn More and Advance Your Career with Joe Birch
December 03, 2018 00:00 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MBGUEST BIO: Joe Birch is an Android Engineer, working as part of the Android team at Buffer. He is passionate about coding and loves creating robust, polished and exciting projects for mobile, the web, TV, wearables and whatever the latest thing is. Joe is also a keen writer and public speaker, enabling him to share his learnings and experiences with others. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Joe Birch. Currently, he is working as a Senior Android Engineer at Buffer....
Exploring Space With NASA to The AWS Cloud With Randall Hunt
November 30, 2018 00:00 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MBGUEST BIO: Randall Hunt is a Senior Technical Evangelist and Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services. Randall spends most of his time building demos and writing about new services and launches on the AWS News Blog. Python is his favourite programming language but he can sometimes be found in the dark realm of C++. Prior to working at AWS, Randall launched rockets at NASA and SpaceX but he found his programming passion at MongoDB. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is...
Understanding Your Tools and Communicating Effectively with Eric Lippert
November 28, 2018 00:00 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBGUEST BIO: Eric Lippert is a programmer who builds tools for other programmers. He’s worked on Visual Basic, JavaScript and C# at Microsoft, designed code analyzers at Coverity, and is now working on a variety of programming language design problems at Facebook. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Eric Lippert. His career has been a long and varied one. He was a Principal Developer at Microsoft and a member of the C# language design team. Eric was also involved in the...
Communicate Effectively to Produce Impressive IT Systems with Stefan Tilkov
November 26, 2018 00:00 - 16 minutes - 23.2 MBGUEST BIO: Stefan Tilkov is a co-founder and principal consultant at INNOQ, a technology consulting company with offices in Germany and Switzerland. He has been involved in the design of large-scale, distributed systems for more than two decades, using a variety of technologies and tools. He has authored numerous articles and a book and is a frequent speaker at conferences around the world. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Stefan Tilkov who is a co-founder of, and t...
You Need To Be Creative & Innovative with Kelsey Hightower
November 23, 2018 00:00 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MBGUEST BIO: Kelsey Hightower has worn every hat possible throughout his career in tech, and enjoys leadership roles focused on making things happen and shipping software. Kelsey is a strong open source advocate focused on building simple tools that make people smile as well as an occasional conference speaker. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this episode Phil speaks to Kelsey Hightower, who is known in the industry as an innovator who makes things happen. He strongly believes in the power of th...
Puzzle Solving and Enjoying Your Development Work with Tim Warner
November 21, 2018 03:46 - 17 minutes - 23.7 MBKEY TAKEAWAYS: (1.02) – So Tim, can I ask you to expand on some of those things and tell us a little bit about yourself? Since Tim was a boy he has had a fascination with all things tech. This is part of the reason he is now a generalist with a deep understanding of everything from the hardware to the software. Over the past couple of years, he has focused on the public cloud, in particular Microsoft Azure. (1.50) – Phil asks Tim for a unique IT career tip. Tim explains that developin...
Learning to Focus on the Problem Rather Than Just the Tech with Simona Cotin
November 19, 2018 00:00 - 12 minutes - 18 MBGUEST BIO: Simona Cotin is a Developer Advocate for Microsoft and an Angular enthusiast. She is passionate about knowledge sharing and has mentored at workshops for Women Who Code and NgGirls, and is also co-organiser of the JavaScript London meetup. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Today, Phil is speaking to Simona Cotin a Developer Advocate for Microsoft. She is a passionate mentor in the NgGirls, codebar and Women Who Code workshops. Over the years, she has hacked all kinds of projects in Delp...
Use Repetition And A Continuous Learning Mindset To Achieve Developer Excellence With Wes Bos
November 16, 2018 00:00 - 16 minutes - 22.3 MBGUEST BIO: In this episode Phil talks to Wes Bos. Wes is a Fullstack web developer and designer who spends most of his time working with JavaScript, CSS3 and HTML5. Wes is also a lead instructor at HackerYou, an instructor for Ladies Learning Code and a regular conference speaker on everything from Front End Dev to ServerSide JavaScript. KEY TAKEAWAYS: (1.00) – Phil asked Wes to tell the audience a bit more about himself? Wes says he has been a Fullstack web developer for about 10...
Growing And Progressing as a Developer And a Person With C# Legend Jon Skeet
November 14, 2018 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBGUEST BIO: Jon Skeet is a Staff Software Engineer at Google, working from the London office on the Google Cloud Client Libraries for .NET. He's probably better known for his contributions on Stack Overflow and his book, C# in Depth. Jon is married to Holly Webb, a prolific children's author, and they have three children together. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this episode Phil interviews Jon Skeet who is a senior software engineer for Google. He is the author behind C# in Depth, a book that ...
Discovering The True Value of Agile And The Team With Justin Searls
November 12, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBGUEST BIO: Justin is co-founder of Test Double, an agency of highly skilled developers on a mission to fix what’s broken in software. As well as running Test Double, Justin is also an occasional conference speaker. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Today, Phil is talking to Justin Searls who is the co-founder of Test Double. An agency that embeds their developers into businesses to deliver the software they really need. Their approach includes refactoring legacy code, where appropriate, and mentor...
You Need To Understand The Business Impact with James Shore
November 09, 2018 00:00 - 18 minutes - 25.4 MBToday, Phil chats with James Shore. James teaches, writes and consults on Agile development processes. He is a recipient of the Agile Alliance’s Gordon Pask Award for Contributions to Agile Practice, co-creator of the Agile Fluency Model, and co-author of “The Art of Agile Development”. James has also been named as one of “the most influential people in Agile” by InfoQ. KEY TAKEAWAYS: (0.31) – Phil started by asking James to tell everyone a bit more about himself. James explained that...
Secrets For Achieving Your IT Goals With Python Expert Michael Kennedy
November 07, 2018 00:00 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBGUEST BIO: Michael Kennedy is known best for being a Python expert. He is a Python Software Foundation fellow. His two podcasts Talk Python to Me and Python Bytes are well regarded, as are his developer training courses. Michael has been working in the developer field for more than 20 years and has spoken at numerous conferences including NDC and DevWeek. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this episode, Phil interviews Python Specialist Michael Kennedy. He is the host of Python Bytes and Talk Pyt...
Understand How and Why Things Work with Kevin L. Jackson
November 05, 2018 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this episode Phil’s guest is Kevin L Jackson, who is a senior information technologist specializing in information technology solutions that meet critical business and mission operational requirements. Kevin is founder and CEO of Gov Cloud Network. He is also a published author and a regular speaker. Over the years, he has worked with many different companies including IBM, JPMorgan Chase &Co, and the SENTEL Corporation. He also enjoyed a 15-year US Navy career as a pilot and aeronaut...
Connect, Learn, Diversify And Innovate To Succeed With Michael Bolton
October 29, 2018 00:00 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBIn this episode, Phil talks to Michael Bolton, a consulting software tester and testing teacher who helps people to solve testing problems that they didn’t realize they could solve. Michael is also the co-author of Rapid Software Testing, a methodology and mindset for testing software expertly and credibly in uncertain conditions and under extreme time pressure. Michael has more than 25 years of experience testing, developing, managing and writing about software. And for almost 20 years he...
Succeed by Listening And Working Collaboratively With Kent Beck
October 22, 2018 00:00 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBEPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this episode, Phil talks to software developer Kent Beck, director of Three Rivers Institute (TRI) and author of multiple programming books. Kent shares his thoughts on how he looks at software development, the value of community and the untapped potential of engineering talent that exists in different areas of the world. KEY TAKEAWAYS: (1.39) - Phil opens by asking Kent to expand on the introduction and tell everyone a bit more about himself. Kent expla...
Focus In On The Needs Of The Business with Spencer Schneidenbach
October 15, 2018 00:00 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBIn today’s episode Phil chats with Spencer Schneidenbach. Spencer is a software engineer and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, specialising in ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript and Angular JS. Spencer is passionate about software engineering, sharing his knowledge within the community and is a regular speaker at conferences and user groups. Spencer tells us why it’s important to be able to experiment and why we should not undervalue the value of networking. Spencer also shares his worst career m...
It’s All About Learning and Communication with Andy Hunt
October 08, 2018 00:00 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBIn today’s episode, Phil chats with Andy Hunt. Andy is a programmer turned consultant, author and publisher. He’s authored a dozen books including the best-selling “The Pragmatic Programmer,” and was one of the 17 authors of the Agile Manifesto and founders of the Agile Alliance. He also co-founded the pragmatic bookshelf, publishing award-winning and critically acclaimed books for software developers. Andy shares his story about why he chose I.T as his career and reveals his best and wors...
Own Your Writing and Speaking Skills with Jeff Atwood
October 01, 2018 00:00 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MBGuest Bio: Jeff Atwood is an experienced software developer with a particular interest in the human side of software development. In 2004 Jeff started the blog “Coding Horror” which led to him founding Stack Overflow and subsequently the Stack Exchange network, now one of the 150 largest sites on the internet. Episode Description: In this episode, Phil chats with Stack Overflow Founder and writer of the blog “Coding Horror”, Jeff Atwood. Jeff shares his career journey from startin...
Make Time To Try Something New with Mitchell Hashimoto
September 24, 2018 00:00 - 18 minutes - 26 MBDESCRIPTION Welcome to episode 76 of the I.T. Career Energizer, a weekly podcast where your host Phil Burgess chats with inspiring I.T. professionals, consultants and experts from around the world. On today's episode Phil interviews founder of HashiCorp, creator of Vagrant, Packer, Serf, Consul, Terraform, Vault, and Nomad, Mitchell Hashimoto. Mitchell is a passionate engineer and professional speaker whose goal is to make the best DevOps tools in the world. Mitchell is also an O’Reilly au...
Your Code Doesn’t Have To Be Perfect with Sam Jarman
September 17, 2018 00:00 - 25 minutes - 34.8 MBGuest Bio: Sam is a software developer who lives in Wellington, New Zealand. He started his software development journey with C and later Objective-C creating Apps for iOS. Sam is also a keen blogger and writes a blog series called “Junior Dev Diaries” where he talks about what he’s learnt in the first few years of his career. In addition to blogging, Sam is an improv actor, public speaker, writer and future thinker. Episode Description: In this episode, Phil talks with software ...
What Matters Is Who Knows You with Emily Freeman
September 10, 2018 00:00 - 19 minutes - 27.5 MBWelcome to the I.T. Career Energizer Podcast. In today’s episode, your host Phil Burgess interviews curator of JavaScript January, vice president of developer relations and product marketing for Kickbox and developer advocate Emily Freeman. After many years of ghostwriting Emily made the choice to switch careers to software engineering. Learn more about her journey on today's episode. KEY TAKEAWAYS from Phil Burgess (05.53) It’s all about branding and positioning and it’s simil...
Find Joy in Your Work with Gojko Adzic
September 03, 2018 00:00 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBGuest Bio: Gojko is a partner at Neuri Consulting. He is the winner of several awards, including the 2016 European Software Testing Outstanding Achievement Award and the Jolt Award for his book, Specification by Example. Gojko is also a frequent speaker at software development conferences. Episode Description: In this episode, Phil chats with Gojko Adzic about experiencing the joy of coding and programming, but also recognizing the importance of seeing the big picture when it comes...
Be Authentic and Make Your Background Your Advantage with Chloe Condon
August 27, 2018 00:00 - 20 minutes - 27.7 MBGuest Bio: Chloe Condon is a former musical theater actress and Hackbright Academy graduate. She is now a developer evangelist for Sentry. She’s passionate about bring people from non-traditional backgrounds into the world of tech, and in February of this year, Chloe was named one of the “200+ Thought Leaders in Crypto and Blockchain.” And yet, she claims to know absolutely nothing about them. Episode Description: In this episode, Phil interviews Chloe Condon, an engineer who has w...
Learn to Value Your Skills and Focus on Your Personal Growth with Jennifer Wadella
August 20, 2018 00:00 - 13 minutes - 18.6 MBGuest Bio: Jennifer is a JavaScript developer, international speaker, foodie, fitness geek and community organiser, most well known for her work creating innovative and highly sought-after programs for women in technology. Jennifer is also the founder of Kansas City Women in Technology, an organisation aimed at growing the number of women in technology careers in Kansas City. And, amongst other things, Jennifer is Missouri’s Coolest Woman, according to Pure Wow. Episode Description: ...
Find a Problem You Care About and Think Differently About Solving It with Dylan Beattie
August 13, 2018 00:00 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MBGuest Bio: Dylan is a software architect, conference speaker, and musician. He designs APIs and distributed systems based on Microsoft .Net and he also helps to run the London .Net User Group. Episode Description: In this episode, Phil talks with software architect Dylan Beattie about everything from understanding that software is not always the solution to a problem, avoiding getting burnt out, how writing websites can eventually get you speaking at conferences halfway around the ...
Build Strong Work Relationships and Keep Moving Forward With Ben Stopford
August 06, 2018 00:00 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MBGuest Bio: Ben is a technologist working in the Office of the CTO at Confluent Inc (the company behind Apache Kafka), where he has worked on a wide range of projects, from implementing the latest version of Kafka’s replication protocol through to developing strategies for streaming applications. Before Confluent, Ben led the design and build of a company-wide data platform for a large financial institution, as well as working on a number of early service-oriented systems, both in finance a...
You Need To Experiment With Your Skillset With Daniel Bryant
July 30, 2018 00:00 - 18 minutes - 26.1 MBGuest Bio: Daniel Bryant is a technology specialist with expertise in the design, development, and deployment of enterprise-grade software applications and platforms. Daniel also excels in leading teams that build these systems, and regularly shares his knowledge by presenting at international conferences and writing for well-known technology websites. Episode Description: In this episode, Phil talks with Daniel Bryant about the benefits of working in a variety of areas across IT ...
Get Excited About The Future Of IT With Dan North
July 23, 2018 00:00 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MBGuest Bio: Dan North is the originator of Behaviour-Driven Development and Deliberate Discovery. He has been coaching, coding, and consulting for over 25 years and uses his knowledge to help CIOs, businesses, and software teams to deliver quickly and successfully. Dan is also a frequent speaker at conferences and has contributed to a number of books, including 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know. Episode Description: In this episode, Dan shares his excitement on how wide open ...
Stay Creative and Step Outside Your Comfort Zone with Shawn Rakowski
July 16, 2018 00:00 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBGuest Bio: Shawn Rakowski is a seasoned software developer with Gullview Technologies out of Brainerd Minnesota, where he specializes in delivering full stack .NET solutions. Shawn is also a husband, father, conference speaker, blogger, former podcaster, aspiring entrepreneur, and game dev hobbyist. Episode Description: In this episode, Shawn explains the value of taking time for personal creative projects to challenge yourself and create a more diverse portfolio and skills set. Sh...
Learn Foundational Concepts & Principles First with Nicki Watt
July 09, 2018 00:00 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MBWelcome to episode #065 of the I.T. Career Energiser, a weekly podcast where your host Phil Burgess chats with inspiring I.T. professionals, consultants and experts from around the world. To find out more about the podcast visit itcareerenergizer.com And remember to Subscribe to get new episodes automatically downloaded to your device. In today’s episode, Phil chats with featured guest, Nicki Watt. Nicki is an experienced software engineer and consultant and is currently the Chief Tech...
Embrace Change and New Challenges with Gualtiero Bazzana
July 02, 2018 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBIn today’s episode, Phil chats with featured guest, Gualtiero Bazzana. Gualtiero is past president of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board, more commonly known as the ISTQB(r). He is also president of the ITA-STQB, the Italian chapter of ISTQB(r) and Southern Europe regional director of Alten, which is a technology and engineering group operating world-wide. KEY TAKEAWAYS (01.26) Gualtiero begins by explaining more about his responsibilities as Regional Director of the ...