Vancouver Tech Podcast
108 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Vancouver Tech Podcast is a weekly show focusing on the growing tech industry in the city of Vancouver. Get caught up on the events and meetups around town, startups, new businesses, developers, designers, community programs, and news. Each episode includes an interview with an outstanding member of our community.
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Episodes
Episode 8: Joe Lynch
January 11, 2016 08:00 - 48 minutes - 30.8 MBDrew and James discuss some resolutions and predictions for 2016, as well as the upcoming events for the week of January 11th. The second part of the show is an interview with Joe Lynch. Joe recently returned from a 1 year trip around Asia and Europe. He is currently looking for work, and talks about why he picked Vancouver as a place to live, as well as some of the challenges that have come up with having a 1 year gap in his resume. He also discusses some of the trouble with recruiters and...
Episode 7: Tammam Kbeili of Code Core
December 21, 2015 08:00 - 1 hour - 40 MBDrew and James look back on 2015, as well as what is coming in 2016. They discuss the next 2 weeks of events. Due to the holidays, the next show will be in the middle of January. In the second part of the show is an interview with Tammam (Tam) Kbeili, the founder and lead instructor at CodeCore. Tammam (Tam) Kbeili if the founder and lead instructor at CodeCore. We discuss the state of bootcamps, success and failure rates, getting good students, running a boot camp business, and the landsca...
Episode 6: David Luecke of Bitovi
December 14, 2015 08:00 - 52 minutes - 33.4 MBDrew and James had a light week before this show. So we mainly speak about the upcoming week, things to expect, and some history of some of the companies who host them. We also speak to David Luecke from Bitovi in the second part of the episode. On this episode, we talk to David Luecke. David grew up on a goat farm in Bavaria, Germany. David is a developer at Bitovi, and works on a lot of open source projects like donejs, canjs, Feathers, and his new personal project mysam: an open-source "...
Episode 5: Chris Nicola of WealthBar
December 07, 2015 08:00 - 46 minutes - 29.7 MBDrew and James talk about the past week, and mention the new events for the week of December 7th. The second part of the show is an interview with Chris Nicola, Co-founder & CTO of WealthBar, as well as a co-organizer of the Polyglot Vancouver events. On this episode, we talk to Chris Nicola. Chris is the co-founder and CTO of WealthBar, a service for personalized investments, financial planning, and portfolio consultations. He talks about growing up in Vancouver, some of the companies he h...
Episode 4: Alex Taylor and Jade Tong
November 30, 2015 08:00 - 45 minutes - 29.5 MBDrew and James talk about the past week of events, as well as the new ones for the week of November 30th. As we continue discussing some of the education opportunities around the city, we speak with Alex Taylor and Jade Tong, both of whom are currently at Code Core. Alex and Jade are both attending CodeCore’s full-time coding bootcamp. The idea is to get a sense of who they are, what their background is, and why they decided to take the bootcamp. Then, in one year, we plan to follow up and ...
Episode 3: Gabe Scholz
November 23, 2015 08:00 - 51 minutes - 32.7 MBDrew and James talk about the large number of events for the week of November 21st. The second part of the show includes an interview with Gabe Scholz, creator of Yolk.js, developer at Brewhouse, co-organizer of VanRuby, and instructor at Code Core. Links Gabe Scholz (github, twitter) Yolk.js VanRuby Brewhouse Goodbits CoreCore Event Week VanRuby Lightning Talks Mogo Technology Open House Docker Meetup - "When one container was not enough; Life with Docker-Compose" Startup Drinks ...
Episode 2: Jason Tam from Wishpond
November 16, 2015 08:00 - 50 minutes - 32.6 MBDrew and James talk about some more past events, as well as some upcoming events for the week of November 16th. The second part of the show includes an interview with Jason Tam from Wishpond. Links Jason Tam Email: [email protected] Wishpond & Wishpond Careers Wishpond Open House CoreCore Event Week Code & Coffee & Code & Coffee Twitter Open Coffee November 24 Istuary & Istuary Pitch Competition Results Contact We welcome feedback for the show. We are still in the early stages of ...
Episode 1: Events
November 10, 2015 18:30 - 21 minutes - 14 MBThis is the first ever episode of the show. In this episode, Drew and James go over some of the most popular recurring events in the downtown Vancouver area. If you are new to the city, or you are looking for something new, check this episode out. If we missed your favourite event, don't worry, we will keep doing announcements for events that are new - or at least - new to us. Links HackerNest HackerNest Twitter Code & Coffee Code & Coffee Twitter Open Coffee Startup Drinks Wishpond...