Best Professional Engineer Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 61 - Compare To Win, Not To Lose 20:09

1d ago20:09

20:09

Decrease the amount of time you spend on comparing yourself to others in your career who are "further along" than you and collecting reasons why they have what you want. Instead, spend more time thinking about what actions they take consistently in getting there, then do those things. And don't let your mind trick you into thinking that they got th…

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SE Radio 627: Chuck Weindorf on Leaders and Software Engineers 57:07

27d ago57:07

57:07

Chuck Weindorf, a retired IT director and chief engineer with nearly 40 years' experience in software engineering, joins host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about the concepts in Chuck's book, Leaders & Software Engineers. Through personal anecdotes and insights gleaned from his extensive career, Chuck underscores quality assurance's critical ro…

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SE Radio 631: Abhay Paroha on Cloud Migration for Oil and Gas Operations 58:53

1h ago58:53

58:53

Abhay Paroha, an engineering leader with more than 15 years' experience in leading product dev teams, joins SE Radio's Kanchan Shringi to talk about cloud migration for oil and gas production operations. They discuss Abhay's experiences in building a cloud foundation layer that includes a canonical data model for storing bi-temporal data. They furt…

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SE Radio 630: Luis Rodríguez on the SSH Backdoor Attack 44:00

1h ago44:00

44:00

Luis Rodríguez, CTO of Xygeni.io, joins host Robert Blumen for a discussion of the recently thwarted attempt to insert a backdoor in the SSH (Secure Shell) daemon. OpenSSH is a popular implementation of the protocol used in major Linux distributions for authentication over a network. Luis describes how a backdoor in a supporting library was recentl…

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Episode 60 - Huge Growth Happens Outside Your Career Job - Interview w/ Ripple Intent 59:59

3h ago59:59

59:59

You even wonder why people outside of your job are always talking about leadership? And the skills they don't teach you in school? And how understanding each other and having "empathy" will increase your success and happiness at home and at work? Or "insert here" any other handful of skills discussed by others on LinkedIn. Well, because it's true. …

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SE Radio 629: Emily Bache on Katas and the Importance of Practice 51:52

5h ago51:52

51:52

Emily Bache, founder of the Samman Technical Coaching Society and author of several books about technical agile coaching, talks with SE Radio host Sam Taggart about katas and the importance of practice. They discuss how practicing in a safe environment helps developers to learn new skills and build new habits. They also talk about how Samman coachi…

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Episode 59 - Want To Be Impactful? Do This 27:00

4d ago27:00

27:00

If you and your organization could stand out in others' minds as the engineers that are stress free, solutions-oriented, organized AF, helpful, clear and concise communicating, bringers of problem resolutions -------- would you do it? Is that valuable? Or, As long as the job gets done, nothing else matters? Who cares what happens along the way? I f…

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SE Radio 628: Hans Dockter on Developer Productivity 56:46

6d ago56:46

56:46

Hans Dockter, the creator of the Gradle build tool and founder of Gradle Inc, the company behind the developer productivity platform Develocity, joins SE Radio host Giovanni Asproni to talk about developer productivity. They start with some definitions and an explanation of the importance of developer productivity, its relationship with cognitive l…

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Episode 58 - Engineering Careers Need This 20:09

8d ago20:09

20:09

People will choose to do business with those they know, trust, and respect. Even if their service they provide is not "top notch." We can argue all day long about who does what better (especially amongst ourselves and our competitiors), and it won't mean a damn thing. While we spend time thinking we are the best engineers around and provide the bes…

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Episode 57 - The Game w/ Steve Flanagan 54:02

25d ago54:02

54:02

I've known Steve for a few months. This guy amazes me with his generosity (and fiery attitude). He helps people help themselves, and advises them to play "The Game" so they can gain an audience, be seen, and win. linkedin.com/in/stevef1 If you could participate in a group of professionals to show them your stuff, make connections, and unlock job op…

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SE Radio 626: Ipek Ozkaya on Gen AI for Software Architecture 59:33

1M ago59:33

59:33

Ipek Ozkaya, Principal Researcher and Technical Director of the Engineering Intelligent Software Systems group at the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon, discusses generative AI for Software Architecture with SE Radio host Priyanka Raghavan. The episode delves into fundamental definitions of software architecture and explores use cases…

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Episode 56 - If You Can't Do This, You Won't Move Up 13:02

1M ago13:02

13:02

Your ability to take vague direction and turn it into a desired outcome of the business is so important in your engineering career, but it's something I had never thought of before (in that way). I have been doing this for a long time, since day one actually, but never quite connected the dots to this line of thinking. And I realized something... I…

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SE Radio 625: Jonathan Schneider on Automated Refactoring with OpenRewrite 52:45

28d ago52:45

52:45

Jonathan Schneider, the cofounder of Moderne and the creator of OpenRewrite, talks with SE Radio's Gregory Kapfhammer about automated software maintenance. In addition to exploring the design and implementation of OpenRewrite, Schneider explains how the tool can automatically support software maintenance tasks such as framework migration and securi…

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SE Radio 624: Marcelo Trylesinski on FastAPI 41:04

28d ago41:04

41:04

Marcelo Trylesinski, a senior software engineer at Pydantic and a maintainer of open-source Python tools including Starlette and Uvicorn, joins host Gregory M. Kapfhammer to talk about FastAPI. Their conversation focuses on the design and implementation of FastAPI and how programmers can use it to create web-based APIs. They also explore how to cre…

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Episode 55 - Success Through Delegation 27:34

1M ago27:34

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Delegation for engineers. Ah yes, that endless debate on whether you should just do the work yourself. Are you in camp delegate, or camp do everything yourself? A healthy mixture of both? It's OK to be in either one, and there are seasons to this just like anything else. But if you are looking for support in moving up roles, expanding your team, an…

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Episode 54 - Your Weaknesses & Your Strengths: The Actions Everyone Can Benefit From 27:29

1M ago27:29

27:29

There is a long term and short term strategy around weaknesses and strengths in your engineering career that can have a huge impact if done correctly. Do you think about those weaknesses that you don't know about? How about the strengths you don't know about? How do you identify those, and once identified, what do you do with that knowledge? These …

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SE Radio 623: Michael J. Freedman on TimescaleDB 1:05:43

1M ago1:05:43

1:05:43

Michael J. Freedman, the Robert E. Kahn Professor in the Computer Science Department at Princeton University, as well as the co-founder and CTO of Timescale, spoke with SE Radio host Gavin Henry about TimescaleDB. They revisit what time series data means in 2024, the history of TimescaleDB, how it integrates with PostgreSQL, and they take the liste…

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Episode 53 - The Ultimate Priority For Career Success 31:49

2M ago31:49

31:49

Co-elevation is the key to an impactful career within an organization. How to achieve this is a broad subject that you can only "learn" so much about before you just have to dive in and start practicing it. We give you what we've learned to be the most effective tactics. I mention a great book called "Leading Without Authority" in this episode. It …

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SE Radio 622: Wolf Vollprecht on Python Tooling in Rust 55:10

2M ago55:10

55:10

Wolf Vollprecht, the CEO and founder of Prefix.dev, speaks with host Gregory M. Kapfhammer about how to implement Python tools, such as package managers, in the Rust programming language. They discuss the challenges associated with building Python infrastructure tooling in Python and explore how using the Rust programming language addresses these c…

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Episode 52 - Can Your Influence Really Help That Stuck Person At Work? 21:47

2M ago21:47

21:47

We all know that someone that appears to be resistant to change, thinks they know everything, seems to be a brick wall to any influence, and definitely doesn't think they are the problem. I mean, I've definitely never been that person before :). Yeah right. While there are many reasons behind this perception (and let's be real, actuality), there ar…

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SE Radio 621: Xe Iaso on Fly.io 47:33

2M ago47:33

47:33

Xe Iaso of Fly.io discusses their hosting platform with host Jeremy Jung. They cover building globally distributed applications with Anycast, using Wireguard to encrypt inter-service communication, writing custom code to handle load balancing and scaling with fly-proxy, why serving EU customers has unique requirements, letting users use docker imag…

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Episode 51 - What We Think of "Fake It Till You Make It" 23:31

2M ago23:31

23:31

It's not a sense of delusion or hubris, it's a strategic plan to get where you want to go. But how? Let's dive in! The Impactful Engineering Project's purpose is to bring awareness, access, success, and mentorship to all new and aspiring engineers. But it doesn't stop there. What we talk about on this podcast applies to seasoned engineers as well. …

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SE Radio 620: Parker Selbert and Shannon Selbert on Robust Job Processing in Elixir 59:42

2M ago59:42

59:42

Shannon Selbert, co-founder of Soren and developer of Oban, and Parker Selbert, creator of the Oban background job framework, chief architect at dscout, and co-founder of Soren, speak with SE Radio host Gavin Henry about robust job processing in Elixir. They explore the reliability, consistency, and observability in relation to job processing, to u…

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Episode 50 - How To Make The Most Out of Your First 3 Years 35:07

2M ago35:07

35:07

Steve would say that the most important thing to the beginning of your career is to "consider all options" as you search to land your first job and as you work your way through your first three years. Steve covers why he believes that choosing the right company may be better than choosing the right job. Let's dive in! The Impactful Engineering Proj…

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SE Radio 619: James Strong on Kubernetes Networking 49:55

2M ago49:55

49:55

Infrastructure engineer and Kubernetes ingress-Nginx maintainer James Strong joins host Robert Blumen to discuss the Kubernetes networking layer. The discussion draws on content from Strong’s book on the topic and covers a lot of ground, including: the Kubernetes network's use of different IP ranges than the host network; overlay network with its o…

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Episode 49 - Your Life & Career Success Is A Formula - The Lion Attitude - Our Interview With Kirby Lee 1:03:21

3M ago1:03:21

1:03:21

The IMPACT formula. Know it, learn it, live it. Kirby has about 3 decades worth of engineering experience in the AEC workforce that goes into the Lion Attitude System and the IMPACT formula. You don't wanna miss insights from a veteran in the space looking to make huge changes as we enter the new world of work and beyond. Check out all of what Kirb…

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SE Radio 618: Andreas Møller on No-Code Platforms 53:53

3M ago53:53

53:53

Andreas Møller, founder of Toddle, a no-code tool for building scalable performant web applications, speaks with SE Radio's Brijesh Ammanath about no-code platforms. They discuss the role of developers in a no-code ecosystem and explore scalability and performance considerations, as well as enterprise adoption of no-code tools. Andreas also expands…

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Episode 48 - One of Those Life Moments That Changes Everything - Steve's Interview 33:06

3M ago33:06

33:06

Steve's story will inspire you to take action on that one thing you KNOW should be addressed now, instead of when your body chooses for you. And that one THING will help you unlock some serious success in your career. Let's dive in! The Impactful Engineering Project's purpose is to bring awareness, access, success, and mentorship to all new and asp…

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SE Radio 617: Frances Buontempo on Modern C++ 1:11:16

3M ago1:11:16

1:11:16

Frances Buontempo, author of the new book Learn C++ by Example, discusses the C++ programming language, a widely used general-purpose programming language. Host Philip Winston spoke with Buontempo about where C++ fits into the landscape of existing programming languages and how recent C++ standards have changed things. They talk about specific lang…

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Episode 47 - WW Jake - Why Aren't We Focusing On "The How" More? 11:47

3M ago11:47

11:47

Most companies (I could only imagine based on my experience) miss this my a country mile! I hit on something I am very passionate about. I couldn't even wait until I got home to record, so I put in the ear bud, and let it rip while I was on my way home. Hope you enjoy it and that you start implementing the concept right away. Let's dive in! The Imp…

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Episode 46 - Leadership or SME? Which One Are You Tracking? 26:48

3M ago26:48

26:48

A great discussion around the two most common general paths in an engineering career. We talk about what our experiences have been and it may be surprising to you where we weigh in on these! We expect this discussion to help engineers build their big picture perspective or create a reframe around where they are in their career and how they may be m…

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SE Radio 616: Ori Saporta on the Role of the Software Architect 54:56

3M ago54:56

54:56

Ori Saporta, co-founder and Systems Architect at vFunction, joins host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about the role of the software architect. The episode begins with Ori’s thoughts on what is typically missed or overlooked regarding this role. The conversation then explores aspects of both hard and soft skills required of software architects. …

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Episode 45 - Consider Getting Rid of That One Thing - Jake's Interview 25:45

3M ago25:45

25:45

I'm happy to share one of the greatest level-ups in my life that I have ever experienced. I hope it resonates with someone and that it helps someone else do the same. Let's dive in! The Impactful Engineering Project's purpose is to bring awareness, access, success, and mentorship to all new and aspiring engineers. But it doesn't stop there. What we…

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SE Radio 615: Kent Beck on "Tidy First?" 1:01:51

3M ago1:01:51

1:01:51

Kent Beck, Chief Scientist at Mechanical Orchard, and inventor of Extreme Programming and Test-Driven Development, joins SE Radio host Giovanni Asproni for a conversation on software design based on his latest book "Tidy First?". The episode starts with exploring the reasons for writing the book, and introducing the concepts of tidying, cohesion, a…

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SE Radio 613: Shahar Binyamin on GraphQL Security 56:17

3M ago56:17

56:17

Shahar Binyamin, CEO and co-founder of Inigo, joins host Priyanka Raghavan to discuss GraphQL security. They begin with a look at the state of adoption of GraphQL and why it's so popular. From there, they consider why GraphQL security is important as they take a deep dive into a range of known security issues that have been exploited in GraphQL, in…

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Episode 44 - Do More Work!!! 29:02

4M ago29:02

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Everyone runs into that point in their career where they are expected to do more and more. Or so it seems. When the work is piling up, it's a good sign. You are counted on to do the important stuff and are known as the person that can get it done. Then something happens. Even though you are great at your job, you can't handle the work. Things start…

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SE Radio 614: Wouter Groeneveld on Creative Problem Solving for Software Development 51:10

3M ago51:10

51:10

Wouter Groeneveld, author of The Creative Programmer and PhD researcher at KU Leuven, discusses his research related to programming education with host Jeremy Jung. Topics include evaluating projects, constraints, social debt in teams, common fallacies in critical thinking, maintaining flow state, documenting and retaining knowledge, and creating e…

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Episode 43 - WW Steve - Resume Tips 3:41

4M ago3:41

3:41

Get a great tip for you resume to implement right away. Cut through the noise of everyone telling what to include on your resume and get it straight from a hiring manager. A resume is a living document that is important to keep up to date. Even if you are not planning to change jobs, keep that resume up to date with major accomplishments. This will…

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Episode 42 - If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It - Jake & Steve 19:08

4M ago19:08

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In this episode, we discuss the old adage and how it applies to you career, what it can tell you about the company you work for, and how you can be proactive in making sure you don't fall into some of the traps it can create. Let's dive in! The Impactful Engineering Project's purpose is to bring awareness, access, success, and mentorship to all new…

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Episode 41 - Mastering Confrontation w/ John "Goose" Dunham 47:40

4M ago47:40

47:40

By Steve & Jake Maxey - The Impactful Engineers

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SE Radio 612: Eyal Solomon on API Consumption Management 53:30

4M ago53:30

53:30

Eyal Solomon, CEO and co-founder of Lunar.dev, joins SE Radio’s Kanchan Shringi for a discussion on tooling for API consumption management. The episode starts by examining why API consumption management is an increasingly important topic, and how existing tooling on the provider side can be inadequate for client-side issues. Eyal talks in detail ab…

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Episode 40 - It's Just One of Those Days - An Important Message 17:47

4M ago17:47

17:47

In this episode, we are actually deploying our own mode of thinking, which includes discipline and a gain-focused mindset around continuing to do what we know we should be doing in order to win, even when we don't feel like it. Sometimes, you just have one of those days, and your energy is low. Well, in this episode, we do our best to bring the ene…

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SE Radio 611: Ines Montani on Natural Language Processing 1:11:32

4M ago1:11:32

1:11:32

Ines Montani, co-founder and CEO of Explosion, speaks with host Jeremy Jung about solving problems using natural language processing (NLP). They cover generative vs predictive tasks, creating a pipeline and breaking down problems, labeling examples for training, fine-tuning models, using LLMs to label data and build prototypes, and the spaCy NLP li…

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Episode 39 - AI In Engineering - How To Use It 27:12

5M ago27:12

27:12

This episode we discuss what we are currently learning about AI in the workplace and what we are doing to integrate it. We talk about everything from using it in your every day to how we think of the technology compared to recent history and what we expect in the future. The episode was prompted from a question we received from the community! Let's…

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SE Radio 610: Phillip Carter on Observability for Large Language Models 1:05:06

4M ago1:05:06

1:05:06

Phillip Carter, Principal Product Manager at Honeycomb and open source software developer, talks with host Giovanni Asproni about observability for large language models (LLMs). The episode explores similarities and differences for observability with LLMs versus more conventional systems. Key topics include: how observability helps in testing parts…

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SE Radio 603: Rishi Singh on Using GenAI for Test Code Generation 49:02

4M ago49:02

49:02

Rishi Singh, founder and CEO at Sapient.ai, speaks with SE radio’s Kanchan Shringi about using generative AI to help developers automate test code generation. They start by identifying key problems that developers are looking for in an automated test-generation solution. The discussion explores the capabilities and limitations of today’s large lang…

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Episode 38 - Intrapreneurship 20:21

5M ago20:21

20:21

Do you have that entrepreneurial spirit, but not sure whether you wanna be an entrepreneur? Well, besides taking the leap and leaving the W2 world behind, you could focus that energy into a great company and help build it! In this episode, we discuss the why and the how you can become successful in an intrapreneurial journey that will lead to great…

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SE Radio 609: Hyrum Wright on Software Engineering at Google 56:48

5M ago56:48

56:48

Hyrum Wright, Senior Staff Engineer at Google, discusses the book he co-edited, “Software Engineering at Google,” with host Gregory M. Kapfhammer. Wright describes the professional and technical best practices adopted by the software engineers at Google. The wide-ranging conversation investigates an array of topics, including measuring engineering …

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Episode 37 - Quiet Engineers 30:12

5M ago30:12

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This episode covers our recommended approach to maintain visibility and be heard as an engineer on the more "quiet" side as well as how these engineers hold tremendous value for an organization that sometimes goes unseen or unappreciated (and how you can avoid that situation yourself). We give tips for those engineers themselves that appear to be "…

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SE Radio 608: Lane Wagner on Revisiting the Go Language 1:08:23

5M ago1:08:23

1:08:23

Lane Wagner of Boot.dev speaks with host Philip Winston about Go, the programming language that's popular for web, cloud, devops, networking, and other types of development. In addition to discussing existing features such as structs, interfaces, concurrency, and error handling, Lane and Philip take a deep look at generics, a recent addition to the…

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