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Show me “code nerd” in the job requirements

Is passion really a must to succeed in the tech world?Grace, a coding apprentice, gets called out for not being “passionate enough” about her work. But what does “passionate enough” look like and is that really what matters most in tech?In this episode, we challenge this stereoty ...  Afficher plus

Simon says, "let AI do it all"

What happens when our most senior engineer stops writing code altogether and lets AI handle everything? Well, you can expect projects and productivity to go out the window. Meet Simon, who is about 30+ years into the game and fully convinced that AI will fully replace the develop ...  Afficher plus

This FAANG ruined my family

Imagine sibling rivalry at its finest, but now dip it into tech.Meet Julian and Ava, two Ivy League computer science students with very different career paths. One’s endlessly stacking internships at Amazon, Google, and other big names, while the other’s soaking up Europe, partyi ...  Afficher plus

Great at code, dating not so much

A date so bad, it felt like a work meeting? Yeah, that happened.Meet Rochelle, who thought she was going on a quirky first date with a software engineer - until an 8-minute voice memo, an unhinged rant about remote work, and a very questionable boss threat turned everything upsid ...  Afficher plus

You said to use AI, you didn’t say to use it well

Ever looked at a pull request and thought…welp. Meet Raj, a tech lead just trying to do his job, until his team is buried under an avalanche of AI-generated chaos. We’re talking 10,000-line PRs, hallucinated services, broken tests, and a very real security scare. All in the name ...  Afficher plus