Podcast Episodes

#245 - What Developers Get Wrong About Interviews

I spent a few years as an engineering manager, and my buddy Zubin, a former Google engineer, is currently hiring developers at his company. Between t…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

#244 - From Zero to Software Engineer After 30: My Journey and What You Need to Know

Ever feel like you missed your chance to break into tech? That 30 marks some invisible deadline for career reinvention? I've been there—and I'm here …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

#243 - The 70% Problem: When AI Coding Falls Short

What happens when software engineers rely too heavily on AI-assisted coding tools? Brian and Zubin (an ex-Google engineer) dive deep into what they c…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

#242 - How Anne Got a Developer Job WITHOUT LinkedIn or LeetCode

What happens when a music educator with performance anxiety decides to become a software developer?

Anne discovered coding through The Odin Project an…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

#241 - The Bootcamp Era Is Dead — And That’s Great News for Developers

AI didn’t kill bootcamps — shallow learning did.

So what skills actually matter now that building a CRUD app is a commodity?

And can you learn them wit…

7 months, 4 weeks ago

#240 - Navigating the Front-End Landscape: A Senior Developer's Perspective on AI Tools, Front End interviews and What Makes You "Senior"

Yasemin, a senior front-end developer with a decade of experience, shares insights on career progression in front-end development and how the transit…

8 months ago

#239 - Is Learning to Code Still Worth It? A Senior Developer's Perspective

Chris, a mentee at Parsity was feeling a bit down and asked me straight up what I think about the future of coding careers.

I had to really think abou…

8 months ago

#238 - My Experience in Vibe Coding Hell

A rant on the myth of developer productivity with AI and my experience in vibe coding hell with a team of senior engineers.

- Why Vibe Coding is great…

8 months, 1 week ago

#237 - Don't Learn to Code for the Money, But If You Do...

You want to learn to code because you want more money. Let's just be honest about it.

First off - there are many other ways to make a desirable income…

8 months, 1 week ago

#236 - Developer Internships: The Good, The Bad, and The “Wait, They Threw Out My Code?”

What’s it really like to go from coding alone to working on a real dev team?

 Dean Fox shares his raw experience navigating TypeScript, Git, team dyna…

8 months, 2 weeks ago