Best Skyscanner Podcasts (2024)

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Collaboration w/ CoinShares & Why it is Vital to Help Expand Low-Latency Trading Platforms | Enginears Podcast 32:24

9h ago32:24

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 00:50 - CoinShares Intro. 03:20 - Richard's background & current role at CoinShares. 06:52 - Does your role revolve around getting your systems more optimal by asking questions? 10:45 - Trading platforms starting to build in Rust. 11:45 - Latency: what do the first…

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How Qonto's Data Modelling Practices Improve Data Driven Decisions at Scale for 500k Businesses! | Enginears Podcast 40:57

6d ago40:57

40:57

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! https://qonto.com/en/careers https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpuleri/ 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:09 - David Intro. 04:28 - Qonto Intro. 08:14 - Where the value creation is that Qonto brings? 11:11 - Qonto 'under the hood' showcasing the engineering challenges. 18:03 - How is building a da…

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The Innovation of Narrative Protection: A Journey Against Misinformation w/ Blackbird.AI | Enginears Podcast 48:16

13d ago48:16

48:16

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:23 - Karim Intro. 05:55 - The problem Blackbird.AI are solving and how? 13:22 - Understanding the evolution of the technological journey. 18:28 - Businesses that utilise Blackbird.AI's technology. 22:55 - How big global clients are found? 24:43 - Top 3 engineeri…

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Exploring Google I/O Connect 2024: Highlights and Impressions | Maria Stylianou 53:42

13d ago53:42

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In this episode, we dive into Google I/O Connect Berlin 2024 🌐. We discuss Maria Stylianou's career journey, her progress, and goals 🎯. We explain what the Google Developer Group (GDG) is and highlight other Google programs like Google Developer Experts and Women Techmakers. We describe our experience at Google I/O Connect Berlin, detailing what Go…

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How to Build Efficient TA Teams – Experiences from Uber, Wise & Trainline | Enginears Podcast 44:49

20d ago44:49

44:49

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 00:40 - Rory Intro. 04:45 - Challenges with high volume recruitment/planning the start of the year (recruitment wise)? 06:50 - How do you work out how many people you want/need to hire? 10:42 - How many scenarios are played with? 12:33 - What do conversations with …

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Understanding Between Internal & External Employer Brand – Experiences from Meta & Spendesk | Enginears Podcast 48:05

27d ago48:05

48:05

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 00:39 - Laura Intro. 02:20 - What is Employer Brand? 05:08 - What does Internal Employer Brand/Employee Engagement look like? 09:07 - What is Facebook Connections? 11:20 - What is Internal Mobility? 15:42 - How did you (Laura) ensure the process was being followed …

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Helen Burge - Director of Accessibility @ Testlio 53:28

29d ago53:28

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Helen Burge is the Director of Accessibility at Testlio. In this episode, she chats with Joe about her journey within Accessibility, key assumptions we should try to avoid, utilising lived and learned experience, upcoming regulation changes and the avoidable fines and repurcussions associated with them. Resource Links: PCR Digital, Digital and Tech…

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From the beginning to 50 caps | Jamie Ritchie 45:29

1M ago45:29

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Scotland and Edinburgh backrower Jamie Ritchie is this week's guest on the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast. He talks to Caroline and Chris about his journey to winning his 50th cap for Scotland in Washington on Friday night. Scotland take on USA as part of the Skyscanner Americas Tour and Ritchie will reach another milestone six years on from winni…

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How to Build Relationships w/ Hiring Managers – Experiences from Google, Skyscanner & GetYourGuide! | Enginears Podcast 58:54

1M ago58:54

58:54

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 00:43 - Toby Barnes Intro. 03:13 - What Engineering ethos'/principles did you (Toby) use to scale at Google? 04:44 - G-Hire ATS explained. 05:18 - ATS discussion. 06:17 - Understanding different communication styles of tech/hiring managers & how to best align commu…

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At home with Ben Healy and Harry Paterson 22:03

1M ago22:03

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Before jetting out to Canada for the opening game of the Skyscanner Americas Tour, Ben Healy and Harry Paterson invited Caroline Blair over for a cup of tea and a chat at their flat in Edinburgh. The Scotland and Edinburgh backs have been living together for the past four months and in this special episode they chat about what they get up to away f…

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How In-House Payments Can Support Custom Monetisation Across +50 Tools w/ +10M Users @ Semrush! | Enginears Podcast 52:00

2M ago52:00

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:10 - Matteo Intro. 02:55 - Semrush Intro. 06:40 - Mindset of Semrush & role of Matteo. 11:05 - What are some of the engineering challenges Semrush (building payments system)? 16:00 - Why business logic is so important. 17:50 - Difference in technology usage betw…

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Exploring Al: From Basics to Future Trends | Xenia Miscouridou 1:33:59

2M ago1:33:59

1:33:59

On this episode of the hack{cyprus} podcast as we dive deep into the fascinating world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). We start by breaking down the basics of AI, data science, and their relationship with statistics. Discover the differences between machine learning and traditional statistics, and learn about the history and milestones of AI, from…

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Glasgow Warriors Win URC | Huw Jones & Peter Murchie 32:55

2M ago32:55

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Caroline Blair and Chris Paterson sit down with Huw Jones and Peter Murchie at Scotstoun to discuss Glasgow's win over the Bulls, which saw them win the URC in Pretoria on Saturday evening. Jones chats about how they had to come back from 13-0 down to win the title for just the second time in the club’s history. Murchie, the Warriors defence coach,…

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Ep. #71, Evaluating LLM-based Apps with Shir Chorev of Deepchecks 40:46

2M ago40:46

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In Episode 71 of o11ycast, Jessica Kerr and Austin Parker sit down with Shir Chorev to delve into the nuances of incorporating Generative AI into applications and testing the outcomes. Shir shares her journey from a data scientist to founding Deepchecks, driven by her vision to enhance the quality and reliability of machine learning and AI in real-…

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How monday.com Try To Be One Step Ahead Of The Scale! | Enginears Podcast 41:40

2M ago41:40

41:40

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 00:31 - Who are monday and what is their mission? 02:35 - Who is Chen and how did he join monday? 04:22 - What is monday’s developer platform? 06:55 - Where do the problems that monday solve, begin? 07:56 - What is MondayDB? 13:08 - What is the tech stack at monday…

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Inside Map Visualization at TomTom: Why it Matters & What it Takes with Rok Erjavec | Enginears Podcast 39:16

2M ago39:16

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:30 - Rok Intro. 03:30 - The evolution of TomTom. 05:26 - What is map visualisation? 07:07 - Thinking behind why it is Open Source (industry driven)? 08:49 - What is the plan with the Open Sourcing mapping data? 10:26 - What do the teams on map visualisation do? …

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Gregor Townsend | Skyscanner Americas Tour Squad Announcement 36:32

2M ago36:32

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Caroline Blair and Chris Paterson sit down with Scotland men's Head Coach Gregor Townsend to discuss the 37-man squad he has selected for the upcoming Skyscanner Americas Tour. Scotland will play Canada, USA, Chile and Uruguay in July and the squad selected includes 10 uncapped players. Townsend talks about the benefits of the tour, why he has chos…

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Regal.io Processing 10M Behavioral Events Daily to Create Personalized Conversations | Enginears Podcast 33:31

2M ago33:31

33:31

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:05 - Rebecca Greene Intro. 03:04 - Regal.io Intro. 05:00 - How AI is incorporated into Regal.io? 07:30 - How Regal.io is cleansing and processing the mass amounts of data? 10:35 - Achieving +3.5M positive ROI's per month. 13:38 - The Vision of Regal.io. 16:23 - …

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How BlaBlaCar Leveraged ML to Select Rides to Display & Generated 100k Monthly Extra Bookings! | Enginears Podcast 40:02

3M ago40:02

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:05 - Intro to Fabio. 05:54 - Who are BlaBlaCar? 09:30 - How have BlaBlaCar grown geographically? 11:09 - How does the ML platform work at BlaBlaCar? 18:14 - When does the journey of collecting data start? 21:47 - Can you explain the concept of ABC and can you gi…

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Pieter de Villiers | Scrum School 38:17

3M ago38:17

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Scotland assistant coach, Pieter de Villiers joins Chris and Caroline on this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast to chat all things scrums. Ahead of this weekend's Community Game Conference at Scottish Gas Murrayfield, where Pieter is hosting two scrum workshops, he speaks about the link between the physical, tactical and physiol…

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From Twitch to Amazon Acquisition and Beyond: A Chat with Twitch Founding Member Jonathan Shipman! | Enginears Podcast 1:09:02

3M ago1:09:02

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:29 - Intro into Jonathan and career dissection. 18:44 - What are 3 takeaways from your experience at Twitch? 26:09 - What is frugality and how can it be applied to engineering? 32:56 - Did you have an opportunity to work closely with Jeff Bezos and what was that…

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Ep. #70, Evangelizing Observability with Dan Gomez Blanco of Skyscanner 45:48

3M ago45:48

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In episode 70 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Dan Gomez Blanco of Skyscanner. Dan shares his expertise on evangelizing better observability practices at Skyscanner and offers insights from his experience on the OpenTelemetry governance committee. Discover how observability can minimize organizational costs, the future of auto-instrumentatio…

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How Deepnote Democratizes Data Analysis with Autonomous AI | Enginears Podcast 41:14

3M ago41:14

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:03 - Intro into Vojtech and the Czech Republic engineering boom. 02:40 - What sells Deepnote? 05:30 - What makes Deepnote’s product innovative? 10:35 - How does being customer centric and having an open communication channel work at Deepnote? 13:52 - What techno…

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Hollie Davidson & Chelsea Gillespie | Same game, different shirt 35:25

3M ago35:25

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Scottish Rugby referees, Hollie Davidson and Chelsea Gillespie join Chris and Caroline on this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast. Hollie talks about her recent appointment to referee world champions South Africa this summer, when they take on Portugal in a summer Test. It is another major milestone in Davidson’s career which saw…

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Building Accessibility in the US: Insights from Telehealth & More! | Enginears Podcast 28:20

3M ago28:20

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 02:26 - Who are RO? 07:33 - What is digital accessibility? 08:43 - What is the process that a company or individual can take to make digital accessibility more accessible? 11:24 - Has the idea of accessibility changed the way you think about engineering? 13:25 - Ar…

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Men’s Premiership Final + Season Review 42:16

3M ago42:16

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Chris Paterson, Dale Clancy & Calum Johnston review the 2024 Men's Premiership and National Leagues as the end of season approaches. They also preview this Saturday's Men's Premiership Final between Hawick and Currie Chieftains and Calum speaks to Shawn Muir from Hawick and Jamie Forbes from Currie ahead of the big game at Mansfield Park.…

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Delving into How Freestar Handle 137 BILLION Requests to Their API's Monthly! | Enginears Podcast 47:36

4M ago47:36

47:36

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:35 - Who is Nick? 06:30 - Who are Freestar and what do they do? 12:07 - What product and engineering challenges do you face and what does a day at Freestar look like? 18:07 - What automation features are used at Freestar? 20:36 - What technologies and tools do y…

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Rachel Malcolm | One to one with Caroline Blair 27:16

4M ago27:16

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Scotland captain Rachel Malcolm sits down with Caroline Blair to review their Guinness Women's Six Nations campaign to date, including last weekend's win against Italy in Parma - the first time in 25 years Scotland women have won on Italian soil. She looks ahead to their final match against Ireland in Belfast this weekend - a match which if they wi…

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How Catawiki Strategically Invests 20% of its Engineering Capacity to Manage Long-Term Tech Health! | Enginears Podcast 49:00

4M ago49:00

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:25 - Who is Tyler and what is his background? 06:35 - What do Catawiki do? 12:45 - How tough is objective 1 to reach for a CTO? 15:49 - What changes has Tyler brought to Catawiki and what impact has it had on the teams? 28:53 - How does team communication work a…

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Ep. #69, Collecting Cybercrime Data with Charles Herring of WitFoo 49:01

4M ago49:01

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In episode 69 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Charles Herring of WitFoo. Together they dive deep into the world of cybercrime investigations. Discover the intricate processes of data collection and analysis in the realm of cybersecurity, all while balancing the imperative of cost-effectiveness and citizen privacy. The post appeared first on…

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How Attune Built up to Insure OVER 56,000 SME’s | Enginears Podcast 40:43

4M ago40:43

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:10 - Intro in Azeem & Attune. 04:05 - Commercial mindset software engineers are adopting - why? 06:15 - How customers interact with Attune? 09:10 - Is Attune industry-wide? 09:57 - What challenges are Attune tackling and solving? 13:27 - How Machine Learning Mod…

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2024 FOSROC Super Series Sprint | Preview Show 35:50

4M ago35:50

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On this week's Offical Scottish Rugby Podcast, Caroline and Chris catch up with some of the players who will be involved in the upcoming FOSROC Super Series Sprint, which gets underway this weekend. Tom Currie from Edinburgh A, Kerry Johnstone from Glasgow Warriors A, Ross McKnight from Stirling Wolves, Corey Tait from Boroughmuir Bears, Finn Duraj…

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Louise McMillan | It's all about Lou 20:35

4M ago20:35

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Scotland international Louise McMillan joins us on this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast to reflect on her 50th cap for Scotland against France last month. Louise chats to Caroline and Chris about the upcoming sold-out match against England at Hive Stadium this weekend and why their first ever sell out means so much to the play…

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From 0 to 50 MILLION Contracted Accounts in Less Than 10 Years w/ Kraken Tech! | Enginears Podcast 30:15

4M ago30:15

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 01:27 - Intro to Fred. 02:50 - When did the transition from Data Science to Software Engineering happen? 04:40 - Who are Kraken? 07:21 - What has the growth been like at Kraken and how are the engineering standards maintained? 09:29 - What are conventions and what …

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The Value of CPTO in Scale-Ups w/ Dimitra Retsina | Enginears Podcast 33:29

4M ago33:29

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears Intro. 00:33 - Background into Dimitra. 03:37 - Where has the CPTO role emerged from? 05:51 - How can the structure of an organisation change with the introduction of a CPTO? 08:13 - How does implementing “Winning by design” benefit the organisation? 10:32 - Where is the …

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Meryl Smith | Seeking home comforts 22:57

5M ago22:57

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Scotland full-back Meryl Smith joins Caroline and Chris on this week's podcast to chat about the historic win against Wales in Cardiff. Smith, who plays for Bristol Bears, also looks ahead to Saturday's match against France in the Guinness Women's Six Nations at Hive Stadium and talks about some of the differences playing full-back, compared to cen…

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Next-Gen HealthTech: How Thoughtful's Bots are Outpacing Humans by 95%! | Enginears Podcast 30:21

5M ago30:21

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Intro to Enginears. 01:16 - Intro to Thoughtful. 02:44 - Who is Jesal? 06:48 - What is the difference between a bespoke platform compared to an all-in-one platform product? 08:57 - What challenges do Thoughtful face in the HealthTech industry? 11:45 - Why is developer experience so…

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Heather Hepburn - Head of Accessibility @ Skyscanner 57:14

5M ago57:14

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Heather Hepburn is the Head of Accessibility at Skyscanner. Here she chats with Joe about her journey within Accessibility, how to get an Accessibility program started within a large company, upcoming challenges in the space and how we can start to bridge the skills gap here in the UK. Resource Links: PCR Digital, Digital and Technology Recruitment…

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Matt Banahan | International rugby player to international rugby coach 27:00

5M ago27:00

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Scotland women's attack coach Matt Banahan joins Caroline and Chris on this week's podcast. The former England international, who played for Gloucester and Bath, hung up his boots in 2021 and joined Bryan Easson's coaching team in 2023, ahead of their successful WXV 2 campaign in South Africa. Ahead of this year's Guinness Women's Six Nations, whic…

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Understanding Hyper-personalization & Future Data Privacy Law Impacts w/ Crosshatch | Enginears 27:24

5M ago27:24

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Enginears intro. 01:16 - Introducing Soren and his past career. 03:20 - What can users expect from Crosshatch? 06:25 - What is hyper personalisation? 10:20 - What is meant by the rise in data portability? 14:10 - How do you think changes in data privacy law will impact Crosshatch? …

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Ep. #68, Observa-What? with Michele Mancioppi of Dash0 47:17

5M ago47:17

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In episode 68 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Michele Mancioppi of Dash0. This talk examines what it takes to make observability more accessible to non-experts in the space. Additional topics explored include the differences between monitoring and observability and Michele's shift from staff engineering to product management. The post appea…

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How to Create a Great Developer Experience While Managing Digital Challenges w/ Plumery | Enginears Podcast 32:38

5M ago32:38

32:38

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us! 00:00 - Intro to Enginears. 01:15 - Who is Ben and who are Plumery? What are they building? 04:46 - What does developer experience mean to Plumery and why? 06:10 - What impact does good developer experience have on engineering and product teams? 09:35 - What are your thoughts around measur…

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Dr James Robson MBE | End of an era 33:25

5M ago33:25

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Scottish Rugby’s former Chief Medical Officer and current Scotland Team Doctor, Dr James Robson MBE joins Caroline and Chris on this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast ahead of his final game this weekend. Robson will retire following this weekend's match against Ireland, after 33 years at Scottish Rugby. He reflects on some of t…

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Andy Christie, Rachel Malcolm & Emma Orr 41:04

5M ago41:04

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On this week's podcast Chris and Caroline are in the Scotland men's team hotel to speak to backrower, Andy Christie, who has made an impact off the bench during the last couple of rounds of the Guinness Men's Six Nations. Andy talks about coming back from injury, the win over England and looks ahead to this weekend's match against Italy in Rome. He…

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How Preply Have Innovated the Learning Space Through Experimentation Culture! | Enginears Podcast 45:30

6M ago45:30

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00:00 – Intro to Enginears. 01:24 – Intro to Ihor. 02:14 – Intro to Vadym. 03:06 – Is there a crossover between divisions? 04:12 – Background to Preply. 06:02 – What changes have you seen in consumer and user behaviour and how it has impacted Preply? 08:00 – How are you able to assess what features customers want? 09:44 – What technology changes ha…

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Ep. #67, Managing Infrastructure Costs with Performance Engineering 43:31

6M ago43:31

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In episode 67 of o11ycast, Martin, Jess, and Liz dive deep on performance engineering. Pulling heavily from Liz’s extensive experience in the field, they share insights on utilizing data to balance resources like developers’ time and infrastructure costs. Listeners can expect to learn helpful lessons on infrastructure optimization, performance data…

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Bev Newing - Accessibility Lead @ MoJ 46:06

6M ago46:06

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Bev Newing who is the Head of Accessibility at The UK's Ministry of Justice chats with Joe about their journey within Accessibility, Burnout, Challenges for 2024 and hiring effective teams. Resource Links: Accessibility Scotland talk recording: https://vimeo.com/863697428 PCR Digital, Digital and Technology Recruitment: https://www.pcrdigital.com/ …

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Rory Darge & Ewan Ashman | Leadership, friendship & Calcutta Cup 25:27

6M ago25:27

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Scotland co-captain Rory Darge and hooker Ewan Ashman join us on this week's Official Scottish Rugby Podcast. Chris Paterson and Caroline Blair chat to them about leadership, their friendship and look ahead to this weekend's highly-anticipated Calcutta Cup match against England at Scottish Gas Murrayfield. If selected it will be their first involve…

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Six Nations catch up with Chris and Caroline 29:33

6M ago29:33

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This week our hosts Chris Paterson and Caroline Blair chat about the recent matches in both the U20 Six Nations and Guinness Men's Six Nations. Scotland men are one from two after the first two rounds of matches and next up they host England at Scottish Gas Murrayfield on Saturday 24 February. Meanwhile, Scotland U20 have narrowly lost their first …

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Kenny Murray | Developing the next generation of Scotland players 27:43

6M ago27:43

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Scotland Under-20 Head Coach Kenny Murray joins Chris and Caroline this week to chat about the upcoming home games against France and England at Hive Stadium in Edinburgh. Kenny looks back on the game against Wales and chats about his excitement at helping to develop the next generation of Scotland players.…

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