Verbose Mode Scott Salisbury

In this episode we're catching up on what pet projects we've been working on during the lockdown, including React Native, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing (Amazon Transcribe and Comprehend). 
Episode 3Intro
00:00:00 - Introductions and catch up
00:07:26 - What do we think new normal will look like after Covid-19
00:12:39 - Do we want to go back to the office or stay working from home?

Part 1: Our pet projects
00:30:22 - Scott is working on his first React Native app, what he's learned so far
00:48:09 - Ian is working on a project for D&D, working with Amazon Transcribe and Amazon Comprehend

Part 2: Machine Learning and notable topics
01:11:12 - Talking about applying supervised machine learning to a simple application
01:27:00 - Current world events and BLM
01:50:42 - Wrap up
01:56:00 - Signing off

In this episode we're mainly catching up on what has been happening over the last couple of weeks during the lockdown, how our development agency has coped with the transition to remote working and what we've been up to do keep busy.

Episode 2

Intro
00:00:00 - Introductions and catch up
00:06:40 - What we've been up to since the last podcast
00:09:10 - Ian hosting his own Dungeons and Dragons session with colleagues
00:16:40 - Impact of Covid 19 on us, what we're doing during the lock down
00:19:13 - Gym alternatives and exercising at home

Part 1: Transitioning a development agency to an all remote business in 3 days 
00:26:00 - What we did and how it went
00:33:05 - The changes we made
00:36:30 - Working remotely and expectations, pros and cons
00:53:51 - Video conferencing software, daily standups, what we did and didn't expect
01:06:14 - The remote hiring process, onboarding new team members remotely
01:18:43 - Expectations going forward

Part 2: Wrap up, future plans

01:23:20 - Wrap up, what we're up to over the next few weeks
01:26:00 - Saving money during lockdown
01:28:00 - Reading more books
01:23:30 - Work-life balance, podcasts, how to find inspiration and staying motivated
01:32:00 - Signing off

In this episode, we introduce ourselves, talk a bit about our background and why we wanted to start a podcast. Following that we discuss our general opinions of development agencies and what it's like to be a developer in 2020.

Episode 1

Intro

00:00:00 - Introductions
00:01:00 - What alcoholic beverage we're drinking today
00:03:35 - Our background, how we met
00:07:10 - Scott's first developer job and application process
00:11:00 - Ian's first developer job, working with Scott
00:13:00 - Ian going freelance and moving to Australia
00:15:30 - Ian returning back to Newcastle, rejoining the same company to work with Scott again.
00:16:30 - Why we wanted to start this podcast
00:23:00 - Discussing our drinks

Part 1: What is life like in a development agency?

00:25:30 - What is an agency
00:29:05 - Alternatives to agencies
00:30:05 - Working with product companies as an agency
00:32:50 - Pros and cons of development agencies for the customer
00:44:45 - Difficult clients to avoid
00:46:35 - The difficulties of getting customers to pay for maintenance
00:48:40 - Advantage of choosing an agency as a customer
00:50:00 - Pros and cons of development agencies for the developer
00:53:50 - Agencies vs Freelance
00:58:10 - Will the agency business model last?
01:07:00 - What is management like in an agency?

Part 2: Future plans and pet projects

01:18:30 - A review of our drinks
01:20:23 - Scott's plans for the next couple of weeks (React, Laravel APIs, pet projects)
01:20:40 - Ian's plans for the next couple of weeks (React, Serverless, API gateway)
01:23:30 - Work-life balance, podcasts, how to find inspiration and staying motivated
01:31:30 - Signing off

Recommendations and links

- https://syntax.fm
- https://darknetdiaries.com
- https://reactjs.org
- https://firebase.google.com
- https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway
- https://laravel.com
- https://serverless.com
- https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/