Podcasts
2023
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21 Mar, 202321 Mar, 2023Published a podcast episode
Today's episode is with Liz Acosta, Developer Advocate at Skyflow. We have discussed several topics from how to get into developer advocacy, getting into a bootcamp from a non-tech background, and much more.
00:00 Intro
00:42 Liz's introduction
01:49 Liz's current position at Skyflow
03:50 What Skyflow offers
05:44 Use case of handling something on your own versus using a managed service
10:54 Role of a developer advocate
16:07 Advocating a product based on needs
21:28 Authenticity when advocating for a product and knowing your audience
28:01 Liz tells Mohamad that he would be a great developer advocate
29:11 How to get into developer advocacy when not being comfortable around people
34:07 Using developer advocacy as a way to get a job while writing code as a hobby
39:52 Her experience at Twilio working as a software developer after joining a coding bootcamp + Twilio's apprenticeship program called "Hatch"
44:44 Current employment conditions for people starting out
48:25 Coding bootcamps taking advantage of non technical people who are trying to get a tech job
57:18 Companies hiring bootcamp grades but on lower conditions to fit their needs
01:03:27 Personal Experience with coding bootcamps
01:08:57 Shifting from Software development towards Developer Advocacy
01:15:48 Neo-divergence and ADHD affects on learning
01:22:14 Possibility of a career change in the future where Liz considered the idea of becoming a snowboard instructor
01:25:25 Sean's introduction of Liz from her being a dog-walker towards becoming a developer advocate + not working in the film industry
01:31:39 Liz's experience being a cancer survivor
01:40:09 General mental health question
01:44:15 Outro
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Read More28 Jan, 202328 Jan, 2023Published a podcast episodeToday's episode is with Wesley Faulkner, Senior Community Manager at AWS. We have discussed several topics ranging from community management, community ops, becoming a devrel, and much more!
Video: https://youtu.be/0rCO46uCcD0
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Site: https://www.reconfigured.coRead More03 Jan, 202303 Jan, 2023Published a podcast episodeToday's episode is with Tiffany Jachja, Engineering Manager at Vox News and Career Success Coach at Correlation One. We have discussed the following:
- What is the role of a Career Success Coach
- What is the role of an Engineering Manager
- Difference between Engineering Manager and other roles like Tech Lead
- The role and responsibilities of being hired as a consultant
- Hierarchies within companies and how roles are structured
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20 Dec, 202220 Dec, 2022Published a podcast episodeToday's episode is with Karl Hughes, Founder and CEO of Draft Dev. We have discussed the following:
- What Draft provide
- Marketing content with a content marketing engine
- His adventures of being a CTO
- Difference between Tech Lead and Head of Engineering
- The feeling of being the first employee twice in two different startups
- and much more
Video: https://youtu.be/oeYpVeSXT_8
Audio: https://podcast.reconfigured.coRead More25 Oct, 202225 Oct, 2022Published a podcast episodeToday's episode is with Alexandra-Irina Nicolae, Senior Product Owner at Axel Springer. We have discussed the following:
- What Axel Springer is
- What Axel Springer offers
- What is Product Ownership
- Her shift from English and History and Academia towards Product Management as Product Owner
- The Ideas Engineering Division at Axel Springer
- The Ideas Council Initiative at Axel Springer
- and much more
Video version: https://youtu.be/aBuWOsBG9lU
Audio version: https://www.reconfigured.streamRead More19 Oct, 202219 Oct, 2022Published a podcast episodeToday's episode is with Virginia Zuloaga, Founder of Brieffin Consulting and Co-Founder of CreaGeen. We have discussed the following topics:- Being a Career Mentor at Westminster University- What Brieffin offer when it comes to digital marketing- How Virginia cooperate with her co-founder digitally while she never met her co-founder in person- Setbacks of digital marketing- and much moreVideo version: https://youtu.be/C67vuYupXXcAudio version: https://www.reconfigured.streamRead More27 Sep, 202227 Sep, 2022Published a podcast episodeToday's episode is with Eddie Hinkle, Engineering Manager of the Design Systems & Front-End Foundations Team at Glassdoor and host of the WebJoy Podcast. We have discussed the following:- What Glassdoor provides- Role of an Engineering Manager- Frontend Foundations and management- User Experience- People management in small and big teams- His core values- and much moreVideo version: https://youtu.be/Y26XMpviXDQAudio version: https://www.reconfigured.streamRead More20 Sep, 202220 Sep, 2022Published a podcast episodeToday’s episode is with Jason St-Cyr, Director of Developer Relations at Sitecore. In this episode we have discussed the following:- What is Sitecore and what it offers
- Role of a Director of Developer Relations
- What is Developer Relations all about
- Similarities and differences between Developer Relations, Advocacy, Technical Evangelism
- Being a Solution Architect
- And much more
Read More30 Aug, 202230 Aug, 2022Published a podcast episodeToday’s episode is with Dan Moore, Head of Developer Relations at FusionAuth and author of the book “Letters to a New Developer” which is published by Apress . In this episode we have discussed the following:- What is FusionAuth and what it offers
- Difference between implementing your own auth and using an existing service
- Role of a Solutions Architect
- His experience working in the consultancy world
- And much more
Video: https://youtu.be/anOYzU3On4ARead More05 Jul, 202205 Jul, 2022Published a podcast episodeToday’s episode is with Luciano Mammino, Senior Architect at fourTheorem and co-author of the well known book “Nodejs Design Patterns” that is published by Packt. In this episode we have discussed the following:- What fourTheorem offers (and why they chose AWS as cloud provider of choice)
- Transitioning from just writing code to adopting the cloud
- Challenges being a CTO
- The challenges of co-writing a book
- Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program
- And much more
Show transcript and notes: https://www.technolaaji.com/blog/luciano-senior-architectRead More23 Jun, 202223 Jun, 2022Published a podcast episodeToday’s episode is with Jackson Gabbard, CTO at Cord and ex-Facebook employee who started the engineering team for Facebook in the UK. In this episode we have discussed the follow:- What Cord offers
- Requirements for someone to be qualified as a CTO
- Challenges coordinating a team of developers
- Refactoring code and real life examples of refactoring in production
- Hiring process of developers from high profile companies
- Facebook’s timeline implementation
- Facebook’s data capturing implementation + patent registry
- Facebook UK engineering team story
- Facebook’s Integrity and Safety measures
- And much more
Video version of the episode: https://youtu.be/uPTvAi5iLegRead More13 Jun, 202213 Jun, 2022Published a podcast episodeToday’s episode is with Rawad Assaf, Founding Partner at RAMS services and CTO of UK Tech Hub Lebanon. In this episode we have discussed the following topics:- What RAMS offers
- When it is time to start your own business
- Picking the right partners for your startup
- Why RAMS chose Clojure as programming language of choice
- Common issues startups faced when starting out when he was a CTO at UK Tech Hub
- Finding suitable candidates to hire for your company/startup
- Requirements for becoming a mentor/coach
- Interview processes and should companies adopt the typical interview process
- His adventures at Murex and why he stayed there for more than 10 years
- And much more
Read More07 Jun, 202207 Jun, 2022Published a podcast episodeToday’s episode is with William Collins, Principal Cloud Architect at Alkira. In this episode we have discussed the following:- His role at Alkira
- Multi Cloud connections and how Alkira provides a reliable solution
- Multi Cloud in companies that adopt a one cloud provider
- When to use a monolith and when to use micro services
- Hybrid Cloud and how it operates (through his experience in Humana)
- Automating cloud resources with Terraform
- Certifications
- And much more
Video version: https://youtu.be/zhpIoPtRaQEAudio version: https://www.reconfigured.streamRead More14 May, 202214 May, 2022Published a podcast episodeToday’s episode is with Sean Falconer, head of developer relations at Skyflow. In this episode we have discussed the following:- His role as Head of Developer at Skyflow
- What Skyflow offers and how it can impact businesses on a large scale
- His adventures at Google
- The benefits Google provides to its employees
- His position being a CTO and founder to a startup
- His experience being a Postdoc at Stanford
- And much more
Show notes of the episode: https://www.technolaaji.com/blog/developer-relation-cto-founder-exgoogle-with-sean-falconerRead More04 May, 202204 May, 2022Published a podcast episodeToday’s episode is with Maysaa Ajjan, journalist at Arab News. We have discussed the following topics:- Her contributions to Al Annahar on the “Startup City” segment
- How Arabnet had the ability to track some startups in details
- Funding mechanism for startups from BDL (circular 331), bootcamps, competitions, and angel investing
- Lebanese startups conditions before the 2019 economic crisis (failed, operating, exited, migrated)
- Lebanese startups conditions after the 2019 economic crisis
- Success stories of certain startups
- Migration of talents and startups
- The rising new economy of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin being used in current Lebanese startups
Video version of the episode is available on: https://youtu.be/RNDs4ki0YtYShow notes and sources are available on: https://www.technolaaji.com/blog/startups-in-lebanon-with-maysaa-ajjanRead More19 Apr, 202219 Apr, 2022Published a podcast episodeToday's podcast episode is with Faz, a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS. We have discussed some interesting topics ranging from:- how AWS supports developers to adopt the cloud
- his experience being a Senior Solution Architect at AWS
- the challenges he faced when iterating and optimizing software at Randstad (a 24.5 billion dollar scale company that has multiple high scaled clients and offices all over the world)
- his shift from corporate to independent consulting on his own then back to the corporate world
- his experience acquiring the Scrum Master and PMP certifications
- his shift in his career working in India, China, Malaysia, and UAE
- and much more
I really enjoyed recording this episode with Faz and I hope it benefits you in your career
Video: https://youtu.be/uhImsA8mQTE
Audio: https://www.reconfigured.stream
Show notes and transcript: https://www.technolaaji.com/blog/advocating-on-aws-with-fazRead More12 Apr, 202212 Apr, 2022Published a podcast episodeI have launched a podcast episode with Nicolas David, Senior Startup Solutions Architect Middle East at Amazon Web Services!
We have discussed some interesting topics ranging from:
- How startups receive guidance and support from AWS
- His adventures on being a Technical Trainer for AWS
- His shift from software develop and IT towards business management and consulting
- and much more
I really enjoyed recording this episode with Nicolas and hope it brings value to you in the future.
the entire episode is available at: https://youtu.be/jZWGr1BNZ5Q
audio version of the podcast is available at: https://www.reconfigured.stream
and the entire transcript is available at: https://www.technolaaji.com/blog/startups-on-aws-with-nicolas-davidRead More