Ardan Labs Podcast Bill Kennedy

Miriah Peterson is a data engineer at Weave, a founder of the Forge Foundation, and the founder for the Women Who Go Utah. If you think she’s busy now, just tune in to hear about her childhood. Miriah always kept herself busy with projects and learning new things. We discuss topics like video creation, quantum physics, quantum optics, getting your first software job, learning Go, GraphQL, and much more!

Connect with Miriah:
https://twitter.com/captainnobody1
https://twitch.tv/soypete01
https://miriahpeterson.com

Mentioned in today’s episode:
https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Go-Utah/
https://www.gowestconf.com
https://www.getweave.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_optics
https://graphql.org 

In this episode, we pick up where we left off with Steve Hoffman. Last we heard, he had just launched a few successful video games in the mid-90’s. Steve then started a new company focused on interactive TV games. It is during this time where he got a crash course in entrepreneurship. Tune in to hear tips on starting companies, raising venture funds, navigating crises, and more!

Connect with Steve:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/foundersspace/
https://twitter.com/FoundersSpace

Mentioned in today’s episode:
https://www.foundersspace.com/
https://www.lavamind.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapitalism
https://www.amazon.com/Make-Elephants-Fly-Process-Innovation/dp/1478992948
https://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Startup-Practical-Strategies-Overcoming/dp/1400223199

Want more from Ardan Labs?
You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Steve Hoffman is a CEO, author, angel investor, and above all a creator. Steve currently runs a global startup incubator called Founders Space but his life has taken many turns to reach this place. So many turns that we couldn’t fit it all in one episode!

Tune in to hear about a kid who followed his passions and wouldn’t take no for an answer. We hear about programming video games in high school, electrical engineering in college, film school, Hollywood, working for SEGA, and leaving it all behind to start his own game company!

Connect with Steve:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/foundersspace/
Mentioned in today’s episode:
https://www.foundersspace.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Make-Elephants-Fly-Process-Innovation/dp/1478992948

Want more from Ardan Labs?
You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Ronna Steinberg is currently the Chapter Lead for Women Who Go Berlin and Senior Software Engineer for Delivery Hero. In this episode, we hear how many unexpected events led Ronna into tech and even Go. Now she’s helping other women get into the industry and equipping them with the knowledge she wished she had at their age.

Connect with Ronna:
https://twitter.com/ronnax
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronnas/

Mentioned in today’s episode:
https://www.womenwhogo.org
https://www.deliveryhero.com

Want more from Ardan Labs?
You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Renee Richards is a Programmer Analyst for Carepoint, Inc. Renee has been a software developer for two years after spending most of her life as a pharmacy technician. We hear about how she made the tough decision to make a career change and the tricks she used to pull it off successfully. It just goes to show it’s never too late to get into tech if you really want to.

Connect with Renee:
https://twitter.com/Renee7076

Mentioned in today’s episode:
Pascal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_%28programming_language%29
Delphi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi_%28software%29
Want more from Ardan Labs?
You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Ukiah Smith is a Software Engineer at Apple, using Go to write API’s for internal teams. After graduating with an art degree, Ukiah’s path into tech was anything but traditional. Being a self-taught programmer, he didn’t always have the confidence in his skills. However, he was able to shift his career from design to front-end development to technical support. Eventually turning that into his current job at Apple.

Connect with Ukiah:
ukiahsmith.com
twitter.com/ukiahsmith

Mentioned in today’s episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button
https://www.louisvillehardcore.com
Want more from Ardan Labs?
You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!