Happy Developer Podcast

Povilas Godliauskas
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Happy Developer Podcast

Conversations about the happiness and well-being of software developers and their organizations. Povilas is a psychologist, lecturer, and consultant.

  1. 13 MAY

    #19 - Algirdas Zalatoris: Career in Tech Recruitment

    Algirdas Zalatoris is a digital nomad and senior technical recruiter with a background in psychology. During his career, he worked at several famous technology companies, including Booking.com, Revolut, and Toptal." PODCAST LINKS: - Podcast website: https://en.coach.lt/podcast - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rjyBLyFAFdIln9gMND6ss?si=d31721bcbfce491d - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/happy-developer-podcast/id1609951211 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL2hhcHB5ZGV2ZWxvcGVyL2ZlZWQueG1s SOCIAL: - LinkedIn (company): https://www.linkedin.com/company/coach-lt/ - LinkedIn (personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/godliauskas/ - Facebook (personal): https://www.facebook.com/povilas.godliauskas CHAPTERS: (0:00) Intro (0:57) Who is Algirdas? (2:37) Algirdas as a developer (5:18) Recruiting Kotlin developers (7:57) Pulse of the talent pool (19:40) Standing out from the crowd (29:05) Standing out as an engineer (33:55) Considering ethical aspects (43:37) Challenging company's tactics (51:13) Dealing with unreasonable requests (55:15) Algirdas's biggest career mistake (59:06) Advice for (junior) tech recruiters (1:13:29) Challenging vs. getting into conflict (1:16:12) Recruiter vs. recruitment partner (1:28:14) Learning technical concepts (1:36:53) (Not) burning out as a recruiter (1:43:15) Life as a digital nomad (1:52:35) Favorite podcasts (1:54:17) Outro

    1h 58m

  2. 26 MAR

    #18 - Darja Šmite: Researching Remote Work

    Darja Šmite is a professor at Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden, Guest Researcher at SINTEF in Norway, and the Co-Owner of Future Steps consulting AB. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Latvia. PODCAST LINKS: - Podcast website: https://en.coach.lt/podcast - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rjyBLyFAFdIln9gMND6ss?si=d31721bcbfce491d - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/happy-developer-podcast/id1609951211 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL2hhcHB5ZGV2ZWxvcGVyL2ZlZWQueG1s SOCIAL: - LinkedIn (company): https://www.linkedin.com/company/coach-lt/ - LinkedIn (personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/godliauskas/ - Facebook (personal): https://www.facebook.com/povilas.godliauskas CHAPTERS: (0:00) Intro (1:20) Darja's professional background (2:53) Becoming a software engineer (11:29) Influence of Darja's parents (20:49) Human aspects of software engineering (24:53) Becoming a researcher (33:27) Mandatory office presence (40:10) Frustrations of software engineers (40:48) "My team is distributed, but I'm still forced to attend the office." (46:45) "I attend the office, but my team members don't like each other." (1:04:43) "We have co-presence online, but we still have to attend the office." (1:14:27) Key trends in research (1:20:34) AI in software engineering (1:27:34) AI's influence on creativity and art (1:35:39) Being an "IT mother" (1:46:34) Working with Spotify (1:51:08) Outro

    1h 53m

  3. 31 JAN

    #17 - Viltarė Valatkienė: Conscious Supervision

    Viltarė Valatkienė is an organizational psychologist, IT people manager, certified supervisor, and the co-founder of Conscious (“Samoningai.lt”), a project that offers supervision and coaching services for individuals and organizations. SUPPORT UKRAINE VIA: - "Blue/Yellow for Ukraine": https://blue-yellow.lt/en - "Stiprūs kartu": https://stipruskartu.lt - "Red Cross": https://www.aukok.lt/projektai/Musu-sirdys-ir-rankos-Ukrainai PODCAST LINKS: - Podcast website: https://en.coach.lt/podcast - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rjyBLyFAFdIln9gMND6ss?si=d31721bcbfce491d - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/happy-developer-podcast/id1609951211 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL2hhcHB5ZGV2ZWxvcGVyL2ZlZWQueG1s SOCIAL: - LinkedIn (company): https://www.linkedin.com/company/coach-lt/ - LinkedIn (personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/godliauskas/ - Facebook (personal): https://www.facebook.com/povilas.godliauskas CHAPTERS: (0:00) Intro (1:50) What is supervision? (14:29) Functions of supervision (14:38) Formative function: knowledge (17:32) Normative function: ethics (24:18) Restorative function: well-being (30:51) Who can become a supervisor? (35:03) Becoming an IT manager (43:12) Experiencing "glass ceiling" (54:05) Experiencing burnout (1:00:35) Project "Samoningai.lt" (1:02:45) Outro

    1h 6m

  4. 29/12/2023

    #16 - Šarūnas Dignaitis: Career in Education Tech

    Šarūnas Dignaitis is a consultant, educator, and the CEO of various startups and organizations, including Moxliukas, TechSavvy.lt, and EdTech Lithuania. SUPPORT UKRAINE VIA: - "Blue/Yellow for Ukraine": https://blue-yellow.lt/en - "Stiprūs kartu": https://stipruskartu.lt - "Red Cross": https://www.aukok.lt/projektai/Musu-sirdys-ir-rankos-Ukrainai PODCAST LINKS: - Podcast website: https://en.coach.lt/podcast - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rjyBLyFAFdIln9gMND6ss?si=d31721bcbfce491d - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/happy-developer-podcast/id1609951211 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL2hhcHB5ZGV2ZWxvcGVyL2ZlZWQueG1s SOCIAL: - LinkedIn (company): https://www.linkedin.com/company/coach-lt/ - LinkedIn (personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/godliauskas/ - Facebook (personal): https://www.facebook.com/povilas.godliauskas CHAPTERS: (0:00) Intro (1:28) Who is Šarūnas? (4:20) Studying geography in the UK (13:18) Kitesurfing for stress management (17:09) Feeling homesick abroad (20:32) Becoming the CEO of a nonprofit (28:33) Problems with corporate training (44:30) Should education be entertaining? (53:31) Becoming the COO of a bootcamp (1:02:14) Being a freelancer/co-founder (1:08:03) The purpose of stuff/money (1:14:35) Šarūnas's project #1: "Moxliukas" (1:22:14) Šarūnas's project #2: "EdTech Lithuania" (1:24:35) Different forms of happiness/well-being (1:30:35) Education in the prison system (1:34:52) Šarūnas's project #3: "Tech Savvy" (1:37:06) Šarūnas's project #4: "Technologijų ritmu" (1:37:50) Outro

    1h 40m

  5. 24/09/2023

    #15 - Jonas Simanavičius: Leading a Blockchain Startup

    Jonas Simanavičius is a software engineer, entrepreneur, and the Co-Founder and CTO at Syntropy, a multi-chain data availability layer, providing a decentralized and scalable way to access, retrieve and interact with real-time and historical on-chain data. SUPPORT UKRAINE VIA: - "Blue/Yellow for Ukraine": https://blue-yellow.lt/en - "Stiprūs kartu": https://stipruskartu.lt - "Red Cross": https://www.aukok.lt/projektai/Musu-sirdys-ir-rankos-Ukrainai PODCAST LINKS: - Podcast website: https://en.coach.lt/podcast - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rjyBLyFAFdIln9gMND6ss?si=d31721bcbfce491d - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/happy-developer-podcast/id1609951211 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL2hhcHB5ZGV2ZWxvcGVyL2ZlZWQueG1s SOCIAL: - LinkedIn (company): https://www.linkedin.com/company/coach-lt/ - LinkedIn (personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/godliauskas/ - Facebook (personal): https://www.facebook.com/povilas.godliauskas CHAPTERS: (0:00) Intro (4:35) Average day in Jonas's life (6:53) Jonas's hobbies/free time (11:00) Jonas's interest in music (16:01) Work-life blending (25:56) Managing ADHD symptoms (33:10) Managing stress and burnout (44:38) Turning stress into growth (48:15) Dealing with intimidation (57:33) Jonas's upbringing/childhood (1:11:08) Jonas's definition of success (1:16:16) Purpose of entrepreneurship (1:38:46) Purpose of innovation (1:41:36) Purpose of life (1:49:40) Outro

    1h 52m

  6. 30/08/2023

    #14 - Adas Bradauskas: Becoming a Product Person

    Adas Bradauskas is a product manager with a background in psychology, currently leading the Head of Guild at Wix Lithuania. Attention: due to some technical issues with my microphone, the audio quality of the recording at 1:52:06 decreased. Sorry for that! SUPPORT UKRAINE VIA: - "Blue/Yellow for Ukraine": https://blue-yellow.lt/en - "Stiprūs kartu": https://stipruskartu.lt - "Red Cross": https://www.aukok.lt/projektai/Musu-sirdys-ir-rankos-Ukrainai PODCAST LINKS: - Podcast website: https://en.coach.lt/podcast - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rjyBLyFAFdIln9gMND6ss?si=d31721bcbfce491d - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/happy-developer-podcast/id1609951211 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL2hhcHB5ZGV2ZWxvcGVyL2ZlZWQueG1s SOCIAL: - LinkedIn (company): https://www.linkedin.com/company/coach-lt/ - LinkedIn (personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/godliauskas/ - Facebook (personal): https://www.facebook.com/povilas.godliauskas CHAPTERS: (0:00) Intro (2:01) Who is Adas? (3:42) Having a background in psychology (12:33) Talking about needs at work (16:41) Adas's interest in ethics (25:01) Adas's interest in superheroes (29:04) Ethics of gratitude (31:58) Ethics of parenting (37:10) Ethics of toy "smartphones" (42:31) Adas's career path (43:34) Getting into tech recruitment (48:20) Getting into product marketing (52:15) Getting into product management (1:03:20) Expressing gratitude (1:08:33) Product roles and areas (1:10:17) Product Manager (PM) (1:12:00) Product Owner (1:16:42) Technical Product Owner (1:19:58) Business Analyst (1:24:55) Project Manager (1:33:09) Who does user research? (1:37:45) Who does wireframes? (1:39:46) Is PM a jack of all trades? (1:46:49) How to build trust? (1:52:06) Outro

    1h 54m

  7. 18/07/2023

    #13 - Ieva Vasionytė: Career in Health Tech

    Ieva is a health psychologist at Kilo Health and psychotherapist at “Gali būti”. Attention: due to some technical issues, Zoom recorded the audio not from the mic, but from the camera, which is why the audio quality is poor. Sorry for that! SUPPORT UKRAINE VIA: - "Blue/Yellow for Ukraine": https://blue-yellow.lt/en - "Stiprūs kartu": https://stipruskartu.lt - "Red Cross": https://www.aukok.lt/projektai/Musu-sirdys-ir-rankos-Ukrainai PODCAST LINKS: - Podcast website: https://en.coach.lt/podcast - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rjyBLyFAFdIln9gMND6ss?si=d31721bcbfce491d - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/happy-developer-podcast/id1609951211 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL2hhcHB5ZGV2ZWxvcGVyL2ZlZWQueG1s SOCIAL: - LinkedIn (company): https://www.linkedin.com/company/coach-lt/ - LinkedIn (personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/godliauskas/ - Facebook (personal): https://www.facebook.com/povilas.godliauskas CHAPTERS: (0:00) Intro (2:17) Who is Ieva? (5:50) Getting into psychology (18:57) Living in an unsafe district (28:35) Losing a grandmother (37:17) Experiencing bullying (51:33) Getting into health tech (1:00:17) Ethics of app engagement (1:02:32) Digital detox (1:07:50) Apps for ADHD (1:12:57) Apps for mindfulness (1:21:33) Apps for well-being (1:25:04) Internal/external motivation (1:42:47) Meaning/values (1:46:58) Outro

    1h 50m

  8. 23/04/2023

    #12 - Tomas Peluritis: Becoming a Data Person

    Tomas Peluritis is a data engineer, team leader, and the founder and host of Duomenu Dede (Uncle Data), a podcast about all things data: engineering, analytics, science, and leadership. SUPPORT UKRAINE VIA: - "Blue/Yellow for Ukraine": https://blue-yellow.lt/en - "Stiprūs kartu": https://stipruskartu.lt - "Red Cross": https://www.aukok.lt/projektai/Musu-sirdys-ir-rankos-Ukrainai PODCAST LINKS: - Podcast website: https://en.coach.lt/podcast - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rjyBLyFAFdIln9gMND6ss?si=d31721bcbfce491d - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/happy-developer-podcast/id1609951211 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL2hhcHB5ZGV2ZWxvcGVyL2ZlZWQueG1s SOCIAL: - LinkedIn (company): https://www.linkedin.com/company/coach-lt/ - LinkedIn (personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/godliauskas/ - Facebook (personal): https://www.facebook.com/povilas.godliauskas CHAPTERS: (0:00) Intro (3:00) Optimism (7:27) Growing up (12:50) Proving others wrong (17:04) Hating programming (24:34) Hating university (36:55) Hating your first job (38:22) Falling in love with SQL (44:07) Data roles and areas (45:14) Data engineer (47:23) DWH developer (49:58) Data developer (55:37) Data analyst (58:50) Data engineer vs. analyst (I) (1:01:27) Analytics engineer (1:03:35) Data engineer vs. analyst (II) (1:05:02) Data scientist (1:07:55) Data science modeling (1:10:12) Academia vs. business (1:18:58) Machine learning (1:21:01) Deep learning (1:21:16) Artificial intelligence (1:23:04) Abusing the term "AI" (1:25:26) Machine translation (1:28:26) Career lessons learnt (1:29:30) Having fun with data (1:30:18) Trying out new things (1:36:08) Taking long walks (1:40:56) Waking up early (1:41:22) Spending time with family (1:45:12) Open communication (1:46:19) "Uncle Data" (1:48:34) Outro

    1h 50m
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Conversations about the happiness and well-being of software developers and their organizations. Povilas is a psychologist, lecturer, and consultant.

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  • Creator
    Povilas Godliauskas
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Povilas Godliauskas
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    Happy Developer Podcast

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