162 episodes

Beyond Coding is a weekly podcast with conversations that go "beyond coding" in a fireside chat format.
Common topics are tech, entrepreneurship, and career journeys.

Authentic, informative and inspiring. That's the aim for each episode.

New episodes every Wednesday 🎙

Beyond Coding Patrick Akil

    • Technology

Beyond Coding is a weekly podcast with conversations that go "beyond coding" in a fireside chat format.
Common topics are tech, entrepreneurship, and career journeys.

Authentic, informative and inspiring. That's the aim for each episode.

New episodes every Wednesday 🎙

    When to start Freelancing with Andrea Giardini

    When to start Freelancing with Andrea Giardini

    Connect with Andrea Giardini:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/giardiniandrea

    https://andreagiardini.com



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    Effective Product Development Teams with Anne Kooijman

    Effective Product Development Teams with Anne Kooijman

    Connect with Anne Kooijman:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-kooijman-98588110a



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    • 45 min
    Software Development and Sustainability with Brendan Kamp

    Software Development and Sustainability with Brendan Kamp

    Connect with Brendan Kamp:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-kamp-757e



    With Google as My Neighbor, Will There Still Be Water? -

    https://algorithmwatch.org/en/protests-against-data-centers/



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    OUTLINE00:00:00 - Intro00:00:28 - What is sustainable tech?00:02:29 - Sustainability in programming languages00:05:13 - Optimizing a few hot paths00:07:26 - Is it worth optimizing algorithms?00:10:50 - Optimizing for readability00:13:26 - The Zen of Python00:15:58 - Underutilized infrastructure00:17:54 - Reducing infra by 40-50%00:19:59 - Cloud providers are damaging the planet00:22:44 - Offsetting emissions and green washing00:26:21 - Distributed datacenters in hotels and swimming pools00:30:07 - A datacenter that has more rights than citizens00:31:55 - Who is at fault00:33:34 - Microsoft's emissions growing since AI boom00:34:45 - Fit for 5500:35:12 - What is greenwashing?00:37:39 - You have to adhere to sustainability practises00:39:13 - Emission scopes00:41:50 - Saving costs on cloud resources00:45:06 - Why overspend happens00:48:20 - People problems00:51:12 - The power to implement00:53:45 - Everlearning

    • 55 min
    AI in Software Development with Roy Derks

    AI in Software Development with Roy Derks

    Connect with Roy Derks:

    https://www.youtube.com/@gethackteam

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/gethackteam

    https://twitter.com/gethackteam



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    OUTLINE00:00:00 - Intro00:00:28 - Starting as software engineer00:03:23 - Putting together something from IKEA00:05:40 - Starting a project from scratch00:09:04 - AI usecases00:11:30 - Prompt engineering00:13:07 - RAG explained00:15:48 - GPT agents explained00:19:04 - Developer way of working with AI00:22:17 - AI taking away jobs00:26:26 - Handling hallucination00:28:32 - Knowledge gaps with AI00:31:01 - Companies need to pivot00:34:23 - Personalization and AI00:36:22 - AI and data privacy00:40:02 - LLMs are just an API call away

    • 42 min
    Senior Software Engineers and LeetCode With Ilya Pimenov

    Senior Software Engineers and LeetCode With Ilya Pimenov

    Connect with Ilya Pimenov:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilya-pimenov



    Full episode on YouTube ▶️

    https://youtu.be/wN6aolC_YCM

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    OUTLINE

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:00:27 - Starting your career as full stack developer?

    00:02:57 - Learning every day

    00:04:45 - Product managers talk to A LOT of people

    00:07:31 - Ilya's career path

    00:11:31 - Staff engineer challenges

    00:13:34 - Patrick's next career steps

    00:15:45 - Entrepreneurship and individual contributor skills

    00:19:24 - Listening to internet traffic

    00:25:05 - Comfort with ambiguity

    00:27:45 - Fully understanding LLMs

    00:29:58 - The biggest impact is in backend development

    00:31:33 - Great Frontend engineers

    00:33:05 - Why people use LeetCode in interviews

    00:38:21 - LeetCode exercises transfer to software development

    00:39:23 - Hiring for potential

    00:40:56 - Investing in LeetCode opens doors

    00:42:33 - System design interview

    00:44:26 - Getting better at LeetCode

    00:47:39 - Why people hate LeetCode

    00:48:27 - Legendary LeetCode solver couldn't deliver as engineer

    00:50:02 - What makes a great senior engineer

    00:54:00 - Dealing with ambiguity is a life skill

    00:56:41 - Buying and renovating

    00:59:55 - Modular home

    01:03:20 - Startup failures and learnings

    01:07:18 - Hustling and executing

    • 1 hr 12 min
    Strategic Empathy in Leadership with Josine Muurling & Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg-Mestwerdt

    Strategic Empathy in Leadership with Josine Muurling & Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg-Mestwerdt

    Connect with Josine Muurling:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/josinemuurling



    Connect with Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg-Mestwerdt:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotteschouwenburg



    More on Bravely:

    https://www.meetbravely.co



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    https://youtu.be/PaXyDUalFL8

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    OUTLINE00:00:00 - Intro00:00:24 - New leadership pitfalls00:03:17 - Vulnerability builds trust00:04:54 - Chimpanzees and empathy00:06:07 - Improving empathy00:08:45 - Think friend00:10:08 - Psychological safety00:12:02 - Memorable conversations00:15:09 - Strategic empathy00:17:52 - Soft on the relationship, tough on the content00:19:19 - Active listening skills00:21:32 - Autonomy and ownership pitfalls00:24:42 - Similarity bias and personal approach00:26:07 - Quality, autonomy and risk00:29:47 - Peter principle00:35:05 - Mentor vs. Manager00:36:58 - The "team" in leadership teams00:39:52 - When inspiration works00:41:03 - The responsibility weight of leadership00:43:10 - Your team is your tribe00:46:40 - Authentic leadership00:49:23 - Vulnerability invites vulnerability00:51:06 - Rose of Leary00:53:15 - On a mission to put empathy back in the workspace

    • 55 min

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