What counts as art, anyway? (Ep. 438)
The home team talks about Elon Musk’s big purchase, what counts as art, and why engineers become managers for the wrong reasons.
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
Would you trust an AI to be your eyes? (Ep. 437)
The home team is joined by friend of the show Adam Lear, a staff software engineer on the public platform at Stack Overflow, to discuss AR glasses that help the blind navigate IRL and how we might reimagine cities for remote work.
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
Meet the design system that lets us customize and theme Stack Overflow (Ep. 436)
The home team is joined by two folks who help us build and design our frontend platform: Ben Kelly and Aaron Shekey. They talk about the genesis of Stacks, Stack Overflow’s design system; this year’s April Fool’s Day gag; and the power of a consistent design system.
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
How a college extra-credit project became PHP3, still the bedrock of the web (Ep. 435)
The home team chats with Andi Gutmans, Google’s GM and VP of Engineering, Databases about the forgotten beauty of Pascal, why so many devs hate PHP, and why companies should prioritize the developer experience.
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
What’s the average tenure of an engineer at a big tech company? (Ep. 434)
While many devs see landing a FAANG job as a major achievement, the data shows many don't stay long after joining.
Ben Popper
Director of Content
Warning signs that hot startup hiring engineers might not last (Ep. 433)
Ben and Cassidy compare notes on Plex.tv, the rapid collapse of Fast.co, and why rigorous adherence to personal security protocols can make the FBI suspicious.
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
“Your salary shouldn’t be dictated by how good a negotiator you are.” (Ep. 432)
The home team discusses pay equity at New Relic, Okta’s security SNAFU, and the AI creating “wildly good” generative art.
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
Words of wisdom for self-taught developers (Ep. 431)
The home team chats with Jon Chan, Stack Overflow’s Director of Engineering, Public Platform, about his path from self-taught developer to director of engineering, why his management mantra is “Delegate and elevate,” the profound value of a diverse and inclusive workplace, and the Neopets-to-frontend-development pipeline. Plus, Jon gives excellent advice to all the self-taught developers out there.
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
Episode 430: The new version of React, great tools for learning CSS, and the double standard for female engineers
The home team discusses React’s major version upgrade, how women in software engineering are often shunted into marketing or project management roles, and the brilliant analogy Cassidy used to explain to her parents how software engineers still have jobs after they’re done building the app.
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
Embracing ambiguity in software with one of YouTube’s UX engineers (Ep. 429)
The home team sits down with Mattaniah Aytenfsu, a UX Engineer at YouTube, up-and-coming TikTok influencer, and creative technologist. They talk about our unfortunate tendency to divide kids into “science kids” and “art kids,” the difference between being a software engineer and a UX engineer, and why it’s important to be gracious with yourself when you lose focus on a project.
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
Give us 23 minutes, we’ll give you some flow state (Ep. 428)
A test to see if one could post an empty NPM package has taken on a life of its own.
Ben Popper
Director of Content