Ben Gohlke and Brian Gates discuss how to get started and get ahead in the ever changing industry of software development. Current senior developers in their respective fields and former bootcamp instructors, Brian and Ben help to decipher the myriad options available to new engineers just starting out and how to navigate the educational and institutional challenges of the tech industry.
On the latest episode, Podcast Brian interviews his former student Testing Brian on his career, from starting out in the kitchens of Alabama to going back to school in his late 30's, to becoming a successful QA engineer. The guys chat about testing and its importance to the modern software ecosystem, and the challenges involved with learning how to break things in a structured manner.
NOTE: This episode was recorded at the end of February. The live company event mentioned in this episode was cancelled and the hosts are WFH full time now. Fortunately the podcast was always remotely recorded, so no interruption to our schedule!
Please stay safe and hopefully this podcast gives you something fun to listen to while you're staying inside.
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:47 - Bama's backstory
00:06:11 - Back to school later in life
00:08:45 - Swamp coolers to dev jobs
00:16:38 - How to write your own job description
00:24:49 - What is QA?
00:30:31 - What is automated testing?
00:41:17 - Bama's latest challenge
00:52:18 - Don't be the deer?
00:58:26 - Outro
18 Mar 2020
35: The Old Man and the SQL
Ben's dad Joe just had to make it a three-peat. He's back again with updates on what it's like to look for a new job at 60, how to deal with recruiters, how to promote yourself online, and most importantly, whether the advice we gave him was actually any good! Advice and experience is shared that's applicable for professionals at any point in their career.
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:42 - Job search update
00:10:54 - 20th vs. 21st Century job searching
00:23:45 - Getting practice at finding a job
00:38:59 - Emotional journeys
00:41:32 - We actually give good advice?
00:55:08 - Outro
2 Mar 2020
34: Almost Software
The guys continue their tour of software and software-adjacent roles within an organization. Today's show is all about the roles that are integral to the success of a software product, but aren't directly involved with producing code.
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:37 - UI/UX Designer
00:16:34 - Testing/QA
00:28:00 - DBA
00:42:22 - Dev Ops
00:49:08 - Product Owner
00:59:23 - Project Manager
01:07:00 - Outro
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