Untold Developer Stories
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Welcome to Untold Developer Stories, where we talk with popular developers to uncover the stories and tips you never knew. Burnout, mentoring, fun with side projects... we cover it all.đŻ Support us by checking out Honeypot.io to find your next dev job.đŻ
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Cassidy Williams: TikTok & Social Media Queen, Keyboard Aficionado
September 16, 2021 12:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBCassidy Williams first made waves as one of Glamour's 35 Women Under 35 Who Are Changing Tech.... now she's making waves in roughly 100 different ways, including Twitter and TikTok. Join our chat with this very friendly meme-lady and dev advocate, who has a lot to say on everything from mechanical keyboards to how to stay active without getting exhausted. Timestamps 1:48 Learning by teaching 4:00 What's a developer advocate? 12:00 What's her biggest TikTok flop? 15:00 - Trumpets and the...
Catalin Pit: Technical Writing Tips & the Importance of Dev Mental Health
August 19, 2021 12:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBCatalin Pit is a technical writer, YouTuber and tweeter of knowledge. He's known for his writing and tutorials, but he also has a great ability to speak candidly about being a developer and what's happening in the community. In this episode, we cover his experiences as a technical writer (including a lot of tips to help anyone else who wants to start making content) as well as his personal experiences and learnings. We also talk about construction work for a few minutes. Timestamps  6:...
Tim Bourguignon: Insights from a Serial Mentor and Chief Learning Officer
July 27, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBTim Bourguignon is a Chief Learning Officer as well as a podcast host, which means he not only has plenty to say... he also says it in a radio voice. Join us as we talk about what it means to be a mentor as well as some of the many tips and insights Tim has come across during his time as a mentor and podcast host. Also, brief mentions of D&D. Learn more about Tim here:Â https://twitter.com/timothep https://devjourney.info/
Linda Liukas: the Mary Poppins (or Bjork?) of Computer Science
July 13, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBWe're back with season 2 of Untold Developer Stories, the podcast where we talk with popular developers to uncover the stories and tips you never knew. This time we're here with Linda Liukas, the children's book author, mediocre programmer (her words!!) and winner of like 15 awards, including Technology Playmaker of the Year 2019 and Forbes Top 50 Women in Tech Europe 2018. Timestamps 3:23 - Going back to school: What is Hive Helsinki? 6:55 - How do you teach children vs adults? 7:30 - Ori...
#06 - Alison Spittel
November 26, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBAli Spittel is a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS, co-host of the LadyBug podcast and blogger at We Learn Code. In this episode of Untold Developer Stories, Ali shares her journey into tech, divulges her thoughts on the place of education in tech and her passion for teaching code. Make yourself a cuppa, kick back and get ready to get inspired!
#05 - Emma Bostian
October 22, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBEmma Bostian is a developer at Spotify (former IBM), podcaster, and dev influencer. In this episode of Untold Developer Stories, Emma goes full-force, talking about everything sheâs been up to from writing a book to being a dev influencer to collabing with Egghead, and finally to starring in Honeypotâs upcoming mini-documentary. Oh yeah â Emmas also got a great story about her WORST interview which is pretty damn relatable. With her interesting background, honest take, and unique perspect...
#04 - Taylor Otwell
October 05, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBThis week on Untold Developer Stories we talk to the creator of Laravel and space pilgrim, Taylor Otwell, about who and what inspires him, what stresses him out, and how he balances the wants of the Laravel community with his own. Keep up with all the cool stuff heâs doing over at his Twitter and see more about Laravel on his website! Here are some other things weâve made with Taylor: Advice to Tech Entrepreneurs VueJS: The Documentary
#03 - Tomasz Ĺakomy
September 22, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBEver wondered if imagining the audience naked while public speaking works to calm nerves? Tomasz Ĺakomy, senior frontend engineer and well-seasoned tech speaker, has tried it â and it really, really doesnât. In this episode of Untold Developer Stories, we chat to Tomasz about his experiences as a tech speaker and how anyone can do it, his thoughts on what makes a good software dev and how developers should be more consumer-focused (oof). Check out more of Tomaszâs work over at his Twitter ...
#02 - Jason Lengstorf
September 22, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBJason Lengstorf, principal developer experience engineer at Netlify, has been on quite the coding adventure. In this episode of Untold Developer Stories, we chat about his journey from music to code, his take on nailing a developer job interview, the struggles of working as a one-man team and why he lost parts of his beard working in a job he didnât like. Find out more about Jason over at his Twitter and his show LearnWithJason.
#01 - Roy Derks
August 04, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBJoin Julian and Amsterdam-based, serial entrepreneur, developer and author, Roy Derks, as they discuss team leading, overcoming the fabled CS degree, and finding love in times of Corona⌠(I made that last one up because I'm lonely.) Also, we're looking for some tunes for our next DevWave (VueJS edition), so if you have any original beats which you think would compliment these voice snippets send them through to [[email protected]]. For some inspiration, you can check out our previous DevWave...