Tech Career Talk

Latest Episodes:

Tech Career Talk - Greg Jensen Jul 27, 2019

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In this episode, we talk to technology leader Greg Jensen. He shares some guidance for new technology leaders and some pain points we might encounter.

Greg and I's book Tech Survival 101

Finding the right fit for you Jul 20, 2019

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In this episode, we discuss "Finding the right fit for you" from the book Tech Survival 101 I co-wrote with Greg Jensen from CDS Global. We discuss a few items in this chapter including:

Technical Breadth
Tools or Systems vs Applications
People Management

The book is available on Amazon so check it out there!

Code Smells Jul 13, 2019

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In this episode, we discuss code smells. These are signs that your computer program might need some changes as it is producing a bad odor.

https://sourcemaking.com/refactoring/smells

https://blog.codinghorror.com/code-smells/

Powerful Python Jul 06, 2019

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We discuss what the Python programming language is and why it is so popular. It has a great community behind it and strong data-structure support making it in-demand for Big Data positions.

Onboarding Developers Jun 29, 2019

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In this episode, we discuss how we can effectively onboard developers quickly. From hiring, to offer acceptance up to when they have fully integrated to the team.

Scrum of Scrums Jun 22, 2019

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In this episode, we discuss the Scrum scaling technique know as the Scrum of Scrums. This is a way of having many Scrum teams coordinate work together.

Tech Career Talk - Agile Online Meetup Announcement Jun 17, 2019

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In this special announcement for the June Agile Online Meetup, we share about how you can hear from Doc Norton about “Escape Velocity: Better metrics for Agile teams” on June 25th at 2 PM! Register here

What is .Net? Jun 15, 2019

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We discuss what the .Net Framework is and what are some of its benefits. The architecture has a few key parts that we detail and we compare it to Java.

What is XML? Jun 08, 2019

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We define what XML is. Why it was invented and how it is used. We also discuss how to work with it and some history of XML.

Agile Aggravations Jun 01, 2019

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Let's discuss some of the Agile Aggravations many teams will encounter as they move to Scrum.