SELECT*: Your Resource for Innovative Tech & Developer Topics Hosted by HarperDB

SELECT*: Your Resource for Innovative Tech & Developer Topics Hosted by HarperDB

di Margo McCabe

Educazione Tecnologia

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The Path to Tech Lead w/ Randy Kinne

This episode of the Select* podcast features Randy Kinne, Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead at Mailchimp. Questions covered include: Tell us about who you are, your background and journey in tech What are you doing now / what's your day to day like? What kind of challenges do you face in your role and how do you overcome them? Any tips for other folks trying to get to a similar place in their career? Do you have any side projects / contribute to any OSS projects? What tools / technologies are you really excited about right now? Randy is a Senior software engineer & new tech lead at Mailchimp. He cares a lot about developer experience and non-traditional paths into tech.

Tech By Choice Founder Story w/ Valerie Phoenix

This episode of Select* features Valerie Phoenix, Founder of Tech By Choice & Engineering Manager. Questions covered include: Tell us a bit about you / your background / journey in tech What are you focused on now? What is Tech By Choice? How/why was it created? How can people get involved? Any tips for managing engineering teams? What other tools / technologies are you super excited about right now? Valerie Phoenix is the Founder & CEO of Tech By Choice and an Engineering Manager at a mental health startup. She holds a BS in Psychology & Art. Valerie is passionate about creating secure human-centered digital experiences.

Women Who Code & Big Tech w/ Ritika Kanade

This episode features Ritika Kanade, Network Director for WomenWhoCode. Questions covered include: Tell us a bit about who you are, your background and journey in tech What is Women Who Code? How did you get involved in WWC and what do you do with the org? How does WWC impact the community? How far have we come and what challenges still need to be addressed in the tech community? What's it like working for a tech giant? Any tips for other folks trying to get to a similar place in their career? What tools / technologies / or tech trends are you excited about right now? Ritika is a Software Engineer based in Seattle. She has worked at Rakuten in Fukuoka, Japan for ~3 years and was an Openlab Intern at CERN's IT-DB department in the summer of 2015. She is well travelled and enjoys learning new languages and cultures. She believes in equal opportunities and strongly advocates for education to all. She volunteers as a Network Director for WomenWhoCode in Seattle.

Becoming an AWS Hero & Pursuing a Dream Job w/ Hiroko Nishimura

In this episode we chat with Hiroko Nishimura about her non-traditional journey in tech, what it means to be an AWS Hero, her recently published book titled "AWS for Non-Engineers," and how she accidentally ended up in her dream job. She also shares a bit about overcoming unique challenges and learning to ultimately use those challenges to her benefit. Hiroko Nishimura is a Technical Author and Technical Instructor with background in corporate IT and special education. She teaches "Introduction to AWS for Non-Engineers" at LinkedIn Learning, published "AWS for Non-Engineers" at Manning Publications, and is an AWS Community Hero.

Machine Learning, AI, & Future Predictions w/ Santiago Valdarrama

Kicking off the new season of Select* with Santiago, a well-known Machine Learning Engineer and content creator. Questions covered include: Share a bit about who you are / your background and journey into tech What are you working on now? What is bnomial.com and how was it created? Why is machine learning so important today? How can it help organizations, what problems does it solve? What do you predict with machine learning in 5-10 years? What are some of the biggest mistakes when it comes to machine learning? Pieces of advice to avoid headaches? Can you explain bias and variance in simple terms? What technologies or tools or frameworks are you really excited about right now? Santiago is the Director of Computer Vision at Levatas. He has a Master's in Machine Learning from the Georgia Institute of Technology and two decades of experience building software for some of the largest companies in the world. He co-founded bnomial.com, where he publishes daily Machine Learning questions and competitions.

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GitOps, Kubernetes, & Komodor w/ Itiel Shwartz

This episode of Select* podcast features Itiel Shwartz, the CTO and co-founder of Komodor. Topics covered include: Share a bit about you, what led you to found Komodor and what problem are you trying to solve? Let’s take a dive into GitOps - can you describe the main benefits and challenges of GitOps? Should developers have the same expertise in Kubernetes as DevOps/Platform folks? We’ve seen a big shift left trend in the security space - do we expect to see the same here? Should Dev’s be also responsible for troubleshooting K8s? What do they need to succeed? Looking ahead: What trends do we expect to see in the next 12 months in this space? Itiel is the CTO and co-founder of Komodor, a startup building the next-gen troubleshooting platform for Kubernetes. Previously, he worked at eBay, Forter, and Rookout as the first developer. He's a backend & Infra developer turned ‘DevOps’, and an avid public speaker who loves talking about infrastructure, Kubernetes, Python observability, and the evolution of R&D culture.

QA & Software Testing w/ Marcin Wosinek

This episode features Marcin Wosinek, JavaScript developer with more than 10 years of experience, for a discussion on QA / software testing, remote work, and more! Questions covered include: Share a bit about who you are, background, journey into tech What are you working on now? Let's talk about software testing / QA, why is it important? What are the different types/methods? What's the best process? What are some issues / roadblocks to avoid with QA? You've been working remote for a while, what are your biggest tips for staying successful while working remote? What languages / frameworks / tools are you really excited about right now? Marcin's blog: https://how-to.dev/

Everything You Need to Know About NATS w/ Byron Ruth

This episode features Byron Ruth, Director of Developer Relations at Synadia, for a discussion on NATS, Jetstream, open source, and more. Questions covered include: Share a bit about who you are, your background, what you’re focused on now What is Synadia, what is NATS, Jetstream? Why / how are the HarperDB and NATS technologies integrated? What are some other examples of projects where NATS is used? In your opinion, what are some pros and cons of open source? Tips on ensuring success in open source? Moving forward, future predictions, what are you excited about? Byron is currently the Director of Developer Relations at Synadia. Prior to joining Synadia, he spent 14 years building software and systems in support of pediatric biomedical research. Outside of work, Byron enjoys running, cooking, yard work, and spending time with his wife and two daughters. Software applications and services need to exchange data. NATS is an infrastructure that allows such data exchange, segmented in the form of messages.

Life on the Edge with Akamai & HarperDB

This episode features a panel discussion with Yair Greenbaum, Major Account Executive at Akamai Technologies, and Kyle Bernhardy, EVP of Engineering at HarperDB. Topics covered include: Share a bit about who you are, your background, what you’re focused on now What is Akamai? Why / how are HarperDB and Akamai working together? Discuss the history of the Internet and different phases from on-prem, to cloud, to edge/cloud How are Akamai and HarperDB both enabling solutions like edge computing? Moving forward, future predictions ___ Yair Greenbaum is a Major Account Executive at Akamai Technologies. Yair joined Akamai in 2010 and held various positions in the Professional Services and Sales organizations. Over the past 13 years Yair worked with some of Akamai’s largest media customers including NBC, Disney, IBM and many more. Yair lives in NJ with his wife and three kids. He loves spending time outdoors – hiking and climbing. He is also a long distance runner. He ran over 25 marathons and ultra-marathons in the past 15 years. Kyle Bernhardy has over 20 years of experience in the industry and has held leadership roles in product development, support, and consulting at companies ranging in size from startup to publicly traded. Kyle is the co-inventor of 2 patents with Stephen and Zachary. He is an expert in cloud architecture as well as multiple programming languages.

Non-Traditional Paths into Engineering w/ Shaundai Person

This episode features Shaundai Person, Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, for a discussion on non-traditional paths into engineering. Questions covered include: Tell us about you / your background / journey into tech What are you working on now? Tell us what it's like taking a non-traditional path into engineering? what are some of the challenges and how to overcome them? what are the positives that come out of it? Advice you would go back and give your younger self if you could? Tools / languages / frameworks that you're super excited about now? Goals for the next 6 months? Shaundai is a Senior Software Engineer (Netflix) and TC39 Delegate based in Atlanta, GA, US. She is passionate about making programming interesting and approachable for all, and does that through her work as a course instructor (http://tsforjs.com), co-lead for React Robins (http://reactrobins.com), and technical blogger. In her spare time, Shaundai loves to go hiking, jogging, and listen to audiobooks. Find her on Twitter at @shaundai

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