Every episode, Ian shares a high-low-piccolo about his learnings as a software intern: a success, a challenge, and something interesting.
High Low Piccolo with Ian Steyn
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Every episode, Ian shares a high-low-piccolo about his learnings as a software intern: a success, a challenge, and something interesting.
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5/20/2026
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Recent Episodes
July 30, 2026
6 - New Projects! Updated Knowledge! Peculiar PEMs! (w/ Head of Customer Success Helen Ryles)
<p>In Episode 6, Ian is joined by his supervisor: Helen Ryles, Transistor’s Head of Customer Success!</p><p>Both are excited about the start of new projects; Helen is planning the company’s annual retreat, and Ian has just finished the first phase of work on updating a WordPress theme for the Podcast Standards Project.</p><p>They also reflect on how hard it is to find time for these projects, given the rapid product changes and complex customer queries that have been coming in lately. The fight to reach “inbox zero” and keep documentation up to date continues!</p><p>Helen also tells of some recent side projects and the quest to update her technical skillset, which she is starting to do by building small, useful, local apps. And finally, Ian presents a peculiar case where data is stored in a file name.</p><p>Timestamps:<br></p><ul><li>(00:00) - Intro </li> <li>(02:39) - HIGH - Helen </li> <li>(05:24) - HIGH - Ian </li> <li>(10:38) - LOW - Helen </li> <li>(15:52) - LOW - Ian </li> <li>(23:39) - PICCOLO - Helen </li> <li>(29:02) - PICCOLO - Ian </li> <li>(32:20) - Wrap-up</li> </ul><br>Links:<ul><li>The Podcast Standards Project: <a href="http://podstandards.org">podstandards.org</a> </li><li><a href="http://transistor.fm">Transistor.fm</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>P.S. — This description is not AI-generated, because I like to practice synthesizing my ideas ;) (the same goes for all HLP episode descriptions)</p><p><br></p>
July 21, 2026
5 - Waitlist Whittling! Link Legwork! Production Ponderings!
<p>In this episode, Ian discusses Week 8 and 9 at Transistor, where he’s whittled down the large video podcasting waitlist and completed the somewhat arduous task of finding dozens of old listing URLs for a customer. He also reflects on how such work can be helpful for getting acquainted with systems and problems. And finally, he looks back on last episode’s production process to consider why video podcasts take a little bit more to make.</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p></p><ul><li>(00:00) - Intro </li> <li>(01:03) - HIGH </li> <li>(03:54) - LOW </li> <li>(09:10) - Discussion: How can a manual slog be helpful? </li> <li>(11:10) - PICCOLO </li> <li>(15:45) - Wrap-up</li> </ul><br>
July 4, 2026
4 - Video! Video! Video! (w/ Transistor Co-founder Justin Jackson)
<p>In the show's first ever video episode, Ian is joined by Justin Jackson, the CEO and co-founder of Transistor.fm (and the reason this podcast exists)! As it turns out, video has found its way into every corner of the company in the past few weeks, and together Ian and Justin reflect on lessons learned through video's impact on customer support, engineering, product design, and business growth.</p><p>Justin talks customer calls, while Ian reflects on gaining so-called "expertise" in video questions and docs. Both feel the tension of mediating between customer expectations and engineering priorities, and reflect on how that tension can be used towards forward progress. Finally, Justin discusses what indicates that a new product really is in demand, and Ian celebrates the launch of his own little product (the integration project has been deployed!). </p><p>Timestamps:<br></p><ul><li>(00:00) - Intro </li> <li>(02:04) - HIGH - Justin </li> <li>(05:11) - Discussion: Get out of the way </li> <li>(07:01) - HIGH - Ian </li> <li>(09:01) - Discussion: What is needed for continued growth? </li> <li>(14:12) - LOW - Justin </li> <li>(17:11) - LOW - Ian </li> <li>(19:40) - Discussion: How can we reduce the friction? </li> <li>(23:25) - PICCOLO - Justin </li> <li>(26:47) - PICCOLO - Ian </li> <li>(30:18) - Wrap-up</li> </ul><br>Links:<br>- <a href="https://transistor.fm">Transistor.fm</a>
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