Comedians Bryan Yang and Josh Rosen choose a friend to hang out with for an hour! Hooray!
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A show about not just the technologies, but the people and stories behind them. In every episode, Ronak and Guang sit down with engineers, founders, and investors to chat about their paths, lessons they’ve learned and of course, the misadventures along the way.
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When late night talk show host Amber Ruffin teamed up with her sister Lacey Lamar they became New York Times Best Selling Authors. But their new podcast pits them against each other! They invite a new, exciting guest on every week! It's quizzes, it's games, it's sibling rivalry. It's fun, it's weekly, it's cute, it's silly. It's a lot of things but mostly it's what you'll be listening to! Lucky you!
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What do you stan? Hosted by real Pop-Culture Professors, Caitlin Bitzegaio and Lauren Brickman, We Stan Together podcast is smart people about dumb topics. The history of pop culture is a rich, wild, and ever expanding playground. Not to mention, a full time job. Who has time to read every Insta post, think piece, and Twitter thread? Don’t worry, we did, so you don’t have to. We’ll be your CliffsNotes to pop culture. Listen in each week and you’ll be a hit at whatever happy hour, office func ...
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In You Are a Storyteller, Belief founder and executive creative director, Jesse Bryan, and chief storyteller, Brian McDonald, discuss the elements that make for a good story. Listen as they analyze classic films, talk through the nuance of structure, stress the importance of the armature, and cover things like outer boundaries and the dark night of the soul.
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The Morning Upgrade podcast, with Ryan Cote, features casual conversations with entrepreneurs about personal development, morning routines, business and growth.
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Lacey starts off on a literal high note. It's that time of year, and you can find her at the nearest outdoor jazz fest. Amber’s rolling up with her lawn chair and a vodka and Sprite. They’re having a blast chatting about who they’d wanna hang out with when the world goes kaput. And speaking of good times, let’s talk about Sasheer Zamata. This super…
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RE-RELEASE: It's Christmas Time! w/ Matt Rogers
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Amber & Lacey are kicking off the holiday season. Their friend for the festivities is Las Culturistas’ Matt Rogers, who brings his Christmas Album “Have You Heard of Christmas” in tow. There is plenty of caroling, roasting, and even bells ringing… or maybe that was Amber’s laundry machine? Nonetheless, the Celebrity Expert Quiz tests everyone’s Chr…
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From "AI mid-life crisis" to the "time of my life" | Steve Yegge (Sourcegraph)
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A Silicon Valley veteran and known for his writings like "The Death of the Junior Developer", Steve Yegge joins the show to chat about his "AI Midlife Crisis", the unique writing process he employs, and building the future of coding assistants. Segments: (00:00:00) The AI Midlife Crisis (00:04:53) The power of rants (00:09:55) “You gotta be able to…
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This week, Amber and Lacey are joined by their new favorite person -- Chris Duffy! They go over lacey's DMs, make some sister court rulings, and more! Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: https://apple.co/amberandla…
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This week, Amber and Lacey are joined by their bff PEPPERMINT! They fight over who is Peppermint's real best friend, go over lacey's DMs, make some sister court rulings, and more! Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free…
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Early Twitter's fail-whale wars | Dmitriy Ryaboy
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A veteran of early Twitter's fail whale wars, Dmitriy joins the show to chat about the time when 70% of the Hadoop cluster got accidentally deleted, the financial reality of writing a book, and how to navigate acquisitions. Segments: (00:00:00) The Infamous Hadoop Outage (00:02:36) War Stories from Twitter's Early Days (00:04:47) The Fail Whale Era…
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The State of the Situation w/ Gabby Bryan
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This week, Amber and Lacey are joined by the beautiful and talented Gabby Bryan! They chat summer, spicy food, Lacey’s DMs, sister court, and more! Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: https://apple.co/amberandlacey…
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Discovering the power of story-telling in engineering | Adam Gordon Bell (CoRecursive)
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Known for hosting the CoRecursive podcast, which dives into the stories behind the code, Adam joins the show to chat about discovering that the great engineers he had looked up to are actually great communicators, his framework for building one of the best storytelling engineering podcasts, and the journey getting into DevRel. Chapters: (00:00:00) …
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This week, Amber and Lacey catch up from two separate cities, go through Lacey's DMs, sister court, and more! Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: https://apple.co/amberandlacey. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv…
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Behind designing Kubernetes' APIs | Brian Grant (Google)
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As the original architect and API design lead of Kubernetes, Brian joins the show to chat about why "APIs are forever", the keys to evangelizing impactful projects, and being an Uber Tech at Google, and more. Segments: (00:03:01) Internship with Mark Ewing (00:07:10) “Mark and Brian's Excellent Environment” manual (00:11:58) Poker on VT100 terminal…
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RE-RELEASE: What’s Your Final Fantasy? w/ Bowen Yang
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Amber & Lacey are reminiscing about some childhood house rules one should abide by when visiting their parents. After laying down the law, they roll out the red carpet for none other than Bowen Yang, the SNL sensation and host of Las Culturistas. Bowen's genuine love for Final Fantasy takes center stage as he tackles trivia in the 'Celebrity Expert…
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Ditching the rules to build a team that lasts | Bryan Cantrill, Steve Tuck (Oxide)
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From building a new kind of server to building a new kind of company, co-founders Bryan and Steve join the show to chat about their "meet cute" and the origin story of Oxide, their unconventional recruiting process, transparent and uniform salaries, and their solution to the "N+1 shithead problem". Segments: (00:03:03) Bryan and Steve's "meet cute"…
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Soft Pitching A Second Family w/ Ian Lockwood
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This week, Amber and Lacey are joined by their new favorite friend Ian Lockwood! They do karaoke, Lacey’s DMs, Sister Court, Rank the best summer jams, and more! Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: https://apple.co…
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Grokking Synthetic Biology | Dmitriy Ryaboy (Twitter, Ginkgo Bioworks)
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From building a data platform and Parquet at Twitter to using AI to make biology easier to engineer at Ginkgo Bioworks, Dmitriy joins the show to chat about the early days of big data, the conversation that made him jump into SynBio, LLMs for proteins and more. Segments: (00:03:18) Data engineering roots (00:05:40) Early influences at Lawrence Berk…
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End of Second Date Energy w/ Chris DeRosa
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This week, Amber and Lacey are joined by incredibly funny Chris DeRosa! They chat celebrity drama, Lacey’s DMs, the Cheesecake Factory, JLo, and more! Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: https://apple.co/amberandla…
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Growing and selling an indie business | Michael Lynch (TinyPilot)
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Having quit Google in 2018 to bootstrap indie software businesses, Michael is known for writing very transparently about the ups and downs of his journey. After recently selling his hardware business TinyPilot for $600K, Michael returns to the show to chat about the misconceptions about running an indie business, the hardest part of selling a compa…
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Turds On A Plane w/Zaron Burnett and Elizabeth Dutton
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This week, Amber and Lacey are joined by some of their new favorite people --- Zaron Burnett and Elizabeth Dutton! The four chat ridiculous crimes, talk Lacey's love life, do Sister Court, and more! Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get t…
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Breaking distributed systems for fun and profit | Kyle Kingsbury (Jepsen)
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Well-known for his insightful and meticulous write-ups on testing distributed systems, Kyle (aka Aphyr) joins the show to chat about the origins of Jepsen, how he built a business around testing distributed systems, his writing process, favorite databases, and more. Segments: (00:03:29) From Physics to Software Engineering (00:07:47) The origins of…
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Can You Woo Woo Woo? w/Lizz Winstead and Moji Alawode-El
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This week, Amber and Lacey are joined by fellow incredible besties --- Lizz Winstead and Moji Alawode-El! The four go so far off the rails, talk Lacey's love life, and more! Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: http…
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The 3 traps of open source funding models | Wes McKinney (pandas, Voltron Data, Posit)
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From creating one of the Python’s most influential libraries to co-founding Voltron Data, Wes joins the show to chat about why the book cover of the pandas book doesn’t feature a panda, open source pitfalls to avoid, the pros and cons of hiring engineers at a non-profit, and more. Segments: (00:02:50) Guang’s complaint about the pandas book cover (…
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This week, Amber and Lacey are joined by their newest bestie Morgan Jay! The ladies gush over musical improv, do "can you stand it," and RANK some jingles! Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: https://apple.co/amber…
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Impact Driven Development | Matt Klein (Envoy, bitdrift)
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From creating Envoy to co-founding bitdrift to reimagine mobile observability, Matt joins the show to chat about being told to simply “write some proxy in Python” in the early days of building Envoy, early influences from building “shrink wrap” software at Microsoft, the process of spinning bitdrift out of Lyft, and much more. Segments: (00:03:10) …
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This week, Amber and Lacey are joined by the iconic actor Michael Beach! The ladies divulge their burning questions, do "can you stand it," get Beach's opinion on Lacey's sauciest DM's yet, and more! Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get …
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Build the scary stuff | Bryan Cantrill (Oxide)
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From being a distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems to co-founding Oxide Computer Company to build a new kind of server, Bryan joins the show to chat about being told that he’s on a suicide mission when starting Oxide, the moment he felt “I’m actually living HBO Silicon Valley”, and lessons from Sun. And much more. Chapters: (00:02:24) The Orig…
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Lip Balm Party! w/ Rashida "Sheedz" Olayiwola
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This week, Amber and Lacey are joined by Amber's daughter "Sheedz"! The three go through some icebreakers, can you stand it?, fight during sister court, and rank some characters! Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free:…
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On this episode Amber and Lacey hangout with their dear friend Jenny Hagel. They reminiscence on some of their most tender friendship moments and introduce a new segment — drawing Lacey’s potential suitors! Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts …
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Lessons from the early days building Kafka and Confluent | Jay Kreps
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From writing the first lines of Kafka over a Christmas break as a LinkedIn engineer to running a public company as the CEO of Confluent, Jay joins the show to chat about how he and his co-founders convinced investors to take a chance on their vision, what many engineers get wrong about communication, and why engineers can make great CEOs - even whe…
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This week Lacey and Amber rank some of their favorite theme songs, and get into some juicy DMs. Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: https://apple.co/amberandlacey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio…
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Building 2 Iconic OSSs Back-to-Back | Maxime Beauchemin (Airflow, Preset)
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If you’ve worked on data problems, you probably have heard of Airflow and Superset, two powerful tools that have cemented their place in the data ecosystem. Building successful open-source software is no easy feat, and even fewer engineers have done this back to back. In part 2 of the conversation, we talk about Max’s journey in open source. Segmen…
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Met Gala Madness: This Week's Unbelievable Story From Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar
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Lacey and Amber dish on their favorite Met Gala looks! Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: https://apple.co/amberandlacey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Big Money Players Network and iHeartPodcasts
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This week Lacey and Amber fight to see who can be Rebecca's new sister! The three go through icebreakers, can you stand it, get into Lacey's DMs, and read some listener letters. Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: …
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Become a LLM-ready Engineer | Maxime Beauchemin (Airflow, Preset)
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If you’ve worked on data problems, you probably have heard of Airflow and Superset, two powerful tools that have cemented their place in the data ecosystem. Building successful open-source software is no easy feat, and even fewer engineers have done this back to back. In Part 1 of this conversation, we chat about how to adapt to the LLM-age as engi…
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This week Lacey and Amber reflect make a new best friend in Daphnique Springs! The three swap dating disasters, discuss Daphnique's new special and rank their favorite dating apps. Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-fre…
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This week Lacey and Amber get into some juicy dating stories, and give some of their best advice! Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: https://apple.co/amberandlacey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat…
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Life as a Distinguished Engineer | Joakim Recht (Uber)
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Out of thousands of engineers at Uber, there’s only a handful of Distinguished Engineers and Joakim was one of them. In this conversation we chat about Why software engineering is a lot like a sausage factory. Considerations for leaving big tech for a startup. “How to beat the promo commitee”. How can one effectively shape engineering culture? “Men…
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#169 - Business and Marketing with Annie Yang
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In this episode of the Morning Upgrade podcast I talk with Annie Yang about her morning routine, starting a side business, creating online courses, marketing strategy and much more.By Ryan Cote
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A Bridge Over Troubled Waters: This Week's Unbelievable Story From Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar
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Lacey and Amber dig deep into some of their craziest uber stories! Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: https://apple.co/amberandlacey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Big Money Players Network and iHeartPodcasts
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This week Lacey and Amber reflect on the opening of The Wiz with dear friend Shantira Jackson! The ladies have a ball about their favorite treats, Lacey's chaotic dating life, and Sister Court with Judge Jackson. Want advice answered on the show? Write to Amber&Lacey: AmberAndLaceyAdvice@gmail.com Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Pod…
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Lacey and Amber are joined by the hilarious, musically talented comedian Daniel Thrasher! The three talk Daniel's new show DINNER WITH THE PARENTS that airs on Amazon Freeve April 18th, as well as shenanigans involving real dinner experiences bringing people home to their parents! Then the ladies go through Lacey's DMs, hold Sister Court, and RANK …
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We’re super excited to have Kelsey back on the show! Our last conversation was around his incredible career journey - from working at McDonald’s after school to starting his own computer store, to hacking on python infrastructure with the core developers, to meeting Satya Nadella for an interview. In part two of this conversation, we dive deep into…
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Lacey and Amber catch up in separate places as Lacey dodged her flight back to New York due to some rocky turbulence. Amber lets the world know why she's fallen of the face of the Earth as she lost her phone and wallet. Meanwhile, the ladies go through Lacey's steamy DMs, hold Sister's Court, give out financial advice, and rate their favorite cockt…
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Engineer's guide to startup advising | Kelsey Hightower
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We’re super excited to have Kelsey back on the show! Our last conversation was around his incredible career journey - from working at McDonald’s after school to starting his own computer store, to hacking on python infrastructure with the core developers, to meeting Satya Nadella for an interview. In part one of this conversation, we dive deep into…
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Bailing on A Flight & Is Diddy in Mo'tigua?: This Week's Unbelievable Story From Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar
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Lacey's flight back to NY was just as risky as the one headed to 'Mo'tigua. . Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: https://apple.co/amberandlacey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Big Money Players Network and iHeartPodcasts
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The hard power of management and the soft power of senior ICs | Josh Wills
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As a self-described “gainfully unemployed data person”, Josh Wills is an angel investor and has worked on and led data teams at Slack, Cloudera, WeaveGrid and Google. We discuss: How to get started with angel investing without a ton of $$ Attributes that define great engineering managers What’s it like transitioning from management back to IC Chall…
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5th Graders & Senior Citizens: This Week's Unbelievable Story From Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar
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Lacey is utterly floored that her 5th-grade teacher greenlit a day where kids buddy up with seniors for a PBS documentary! Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: https://apple.co/amberandlacey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Big Money Players Network and iHeartPodcasts
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Lacey finds herself swept away by emotions while watching a documentary on redlining, a project she helped narrate, while Amber gushes over Julio Torres and his latest comedy gem "Problemista." Multi-talented Dave Hill joins the mix and the fun goes up to 11. With Dave's latest book on ice hockey in the spotlight, Amber and Lacey throw down the gau…
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Front Row Seat To A Crime: This Week's Unbelievable Story From Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar
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Lacey and Amber share some criminal behaviors they've witnessed. Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free: https://apple.co/amberandlacey See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Big Money Players Network and iHeartPodcasts
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Amber gets it from her mama… her sense of humor, that is. Meanwhile, Lacey's jaw drops at the sight of the NYPD dance team and Wendy's sky-high surge pricing. Their day's brightened by the presence of the incomparable ray of sunshine, Joyelle Nicole Johnson. Joyelle graces them with relationship wisdom when Lacey exposes the DMs she has been gettin…
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From High School Suspension to US Chief Data Scientist | DJ Patil
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Known for coining the term “Data Scientist”, DJ is a renowned technologist with a diverse background spanning academia, industry, and government. Having led product teams at companies like RelateIQ and LinkedIn, DJ was appointed by President Obama to be the first U.S. Chief Data Scientist where his efforts led to the establishment of nearly 40 Chie…
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In this episode of the Morning Upgrade podcast I talk with Dana Diaz about her morning routine, work life balance, managing your customers and much more.By Ryan Cote
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