Let's Talk Day in the Life of a Software Engineer

In episode 6 we welcome Lisa, who talks about her journey from healthcare start-up to a big four consultancy, digital consultancy and finally landing at a Strategy Consultancy as a Management Consultant. She gives some great advice about how to transition between roles, how to leverage the functional skillset of your desired job and what mindset shifts you should make once you get there. We delved into mindset, behaviour change, culture and the psychology that drives technology change. Tune in and let us know what you think!

From a degree in Classics to becoming a Senior Software Developer, Celia shares her journey into tech and gives us a glimpse into her typical workday. In this conversation, we explore what her role looks like now compared to when she started out, the challenges companies consider when hiring a Junior Developer, why it’s important to write clean code, how diversity in tech is essential to building products that don't cause harm, and a surprise reveal that shocked Temi 😅 Join us for this really insightful and fun conversation about Software Development. Show Links Ruby Groups on Meetup - ⁠https://www.meetup.com/topics/ruby/⁠

Episode 4 of Let's Talk Tech is all about Software Engineering, and how a desire to create a website led Michael to this role. Find out how his day progresses from Stand-Ups to problem-solving, coding and much more. Are you interested in this career route? Tune in for a very insightful discussion about Software Engineering, routes into the role and how they're just one big supportive family 🥹. As always, we talk moneyy. We also touch on everyone's favourite Generative AI - ChatGPT and what it could mean for technology roles and how we think about intellectual property.  Listen to Michael's podcast Resources that Michael gave a shout-out to (they're free to use):  https://www.hackerrank.com - for Practice before interviews  https://www.freecodecamp.org and https://www.w3schools.com- to learn how to code 

In episode 3 of Let’s Talk Tech, we chatted with Chiedozie about how he became a Growth Marketer and what drives him every day to wake up at 4 am (we’re still wow-ing at that😅) and everything about his career to date. Join us for this enlightening conversation on what working as a Growth Marketer looks like. For all your Growth Marketing education - www.demandcurve.com For how to think - www.fs.blog/how-to-think/

In this episode, Charles discusses his career path, his journey to becoming a Product Designer and how he co-founded Spire. He also gives some insight into his work and offers advice for people looking to get into Product Design. Join us for this delightful conversation!

We're excited to be back for season 2 of Let's Talk Tech 🎉🎉🎉!  Join your hosts Oyin and Temi as they explore the lives and career paths of people working in various technology roles.  We will be talking about everything from what it takes to become a Developer to a Tech Recruiter, MONAYYY, and what we think about the current tech layoffs.  We hope you enjoy it, let's go!

Join us in the final episode of season 1 of Let’s Talk Tech as we discuss the various forms of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, exciting real-life applications and of course, the recently announced Metaverse. We share our personal opinions on Metaverse and would be interested in hearing your thoughts as well - Let us know what you think! Resources: Years and Years https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000539g/years-and-years

We've put in the work and in part 1 of Season 1's finale, your hosts Tolu and Temi take you through a breakdown of Quantum Computing! With visual descriptions utilising common principles - think flipping a coin, grains of sand and more. We use these illustrations to explain quantum principles: superposition, entanglements (not the Red Table Talk type lol) and interference.  Tune in to get a fairly unknown technology explained and simplified by a familiar voice. Let us know what you think! Resources: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/overview/what-is-quantum-computing/#how-it-works https://youtu.be/u1XXjWr5frE https://youtu.be/QuR969uMICM https://youtu.be/wE1OCXvaDtc https://youtu.be/jHoEjvuPoB8 https://youtu.be/OWJCfOvochA

We're back with another awesome tech breakdown! The 7th episode of this series features Oyinda Williams, who breaks down Human-Computer Interaction.  Although Oyinda started off as a computerphobe, she has conquered her fear and now works as a UX/UI researcher at The Honeycomb Works. She also recently completed her Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction. She has a cocktail of skills and has worked across a number of roles in tech: Developer, Digital Marketer, Graphic and Brand Designer and now a UX/UI Designer.  This episode is definitely a must-listen as Oyinda does an incredible job explaining what HCI is and how it applies to everyday life. Listen to learn why it's important that people know how to use technology and that it's easy for people to use. You’ll also learn more about some of your favourite apps like Candy Rush, Snapchat and the concepts behind leaderboards and Streaks Resources: Human AI interaction design. Google resource for  designing human-AI interaction UX/HCI - International design foundation has great courses.  Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/research-area/Human-Computer-Interaction

In the latest episode in our tech breakdown season we are joined by Gozie - CEO of Naija Crypto.  He does and excellent job breaking down Blockhain by introducing us to the Byzantine Problem and the problems that blockchain aims to solve.  This episode is packed full of current and futuristic applications.  Resources: Book - Digital is the new cash by Nathaniel Luz. Check out Gozie's properly tailored Crypto index at barwi30.com.