Front End Happy Hour

Software Engineers deal with migrations at some point or another, and there are always a lot of lessons learned afterward. In this episode, we are joined by Sumana Mohan and Joe King from Netflix to talk about their recent migration to TypeScript on the Netflix website signup flow. Guests: Sumana Mohan - @sumana_mohan Joe King Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy Lon...

Recruiting and interviewing isn’t a new topic, it’s one we’ve covered a few times, but this episode focuses on the changes that have happened with the landscape for jobs and interviewing during the pandemic. In this episode, we are joined by Taylor Desseyn, and Jono Grayson to talk with us about ways to stand out and navigate the job search in 2022. Guests: Taylor Desseyn - @tdesseyn Jono Grayson...

Happy New Year! We are back with more episodes in 2022 and to start off the year, we want to reflect on changes that happened in 2021. In this episode, we cover technology changes, our lives, and our career changes that happened in 2021. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Ryan Burgess - Rolling Like Thunder Ryan Bu...

In this episode, we are joined by Loren Sands-Ramshaw to talk with us about education paths for software engineers. There are so many options out there and it's really hard to know what's the right path to take. Guests: Loren Sands-Ramshaw - @lorendsr Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Loren Sands-Ramshaw - The GraphQL Guide Loren Sands-Ramshaw - The 5 Personality...

There’s no way around, at some point, you will likely be interviewing. Why not be prepared? In this episode, we share our thoughts and experiences interviewing and how we approach preparing for an upcoming interview for a new role. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Augustus Yuan - @augburto Picks: Ryan Burgess - You Season 3 Ryan Burgess - Netlify Stacy London -...

If you've listened to past episodes, you've likely heard Ryan and Jem disagree about smart home devices or IoT. In this episode, the two of them have a friendly debate around their thinking of smart homes and what the pros and cons are. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Ryan Burgess - Starling Home Hub Ryan Burgess - Only Murders in the Building Jem Young - NanoL...

We've often talked about micro-services and monolithic architectures on previous episodes. In this episode, we are joined by Katherine Peterson to talk with us about her experience working with a monolithic codebase. Guests: Katherine Peterson - @katherinecodes Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Katherine Peterson - Hydro Flask Cooler Cup Katherine Peterso...

It’s always hard to know when is the right time to make a career change. There’s likely never a perfect time, but in this episode, we talk about how we have made decisions and what’s worked and what hasn’t. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Fig Ryan Burgess - The Culture Map - Erin Meyer Augus...

Who’s ever had to deal with burnout? In this episode, we are joined by two guests, Vaidehi Joshi, and Eli to share their experiences dealing with burnout. We all share how burnout has shown up for us throughout our careers and how we’ve found ways to deal with it or prevent it. Guests: Vaidehi Joshi - @vaidehijoshi Eli Fitch - @EliFitch Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung...

In this episode, we talk about what it’s like to go from an individual contributor engineer, to an engineering manager. With Jem recently moving into a manager role, Nazanin Delam and Dan DiGangi joined us to share more about their experiences moving into management. Guests: Nazanin Delam - @NazDelam Dan DiGangi - @dandigangi Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Naz...

With a lot of companies now hiring more remote employees, we wanted to talk about what it’s like to join a new team being fully remote. In this episode, we are joined by Laurie Barth and Lucero Carmona to share their thoughts on what the experience joining a remote team has been like. Guests: Laurie Barth - @laurieontech Lucero Carmona Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung...

Releasing a successful product in production requires testing. In this episode, we are joined by Preethi Sitaraman to talk with us about test engineering and how developers and test engineers can collaborate. Guests: Preethi Sitaraman - @preethisraman Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Ryan Burgess - Sand cloud towel beach Ryan Burgess - Bissell Little Green Jem Y...

This was a live panel discussion at the Tech(K)now Day conference that took place on March 8, 2021. We did a live episode with the conference organizer, Gen Ashley, who joined us to talk about diversity and inclusion in tech. Guests: Gen Ashley - @coderinheels Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Shirley Wu - @sxywu

In previous episodes we've talked about how to choose a technical stack and figure out what works best for you and your team. In this episode, we are joined by Jason Lengstorf to talk about how the choice of stack and infrastructure reflects the company culture. Guests: Jason Lengstorf - @jlengstorf Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Shirley...

A big way to help make a more inclusive tech industry, we need strong allies. In this episode, we are joined by Better Allies, Karen Catlin, to talk with us about allyship. Guests: Karen Catlin - @kecatlin Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Karen Catlin - Genius Series Ryan Burgess - Inclusion resources Ryan Burgess - Stream Deck Stacy...

As you build your career, it’s helpful to think about your personal brand and how you promote yourself in the industry. In this episode, we are joined by Alice Lee, to talk with us about how each of us approach branding and self-promotion. Guests: Alice Lee - @byalicelee Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Alice Lee - C...

Our very own Shirley Wu and her friend, Nadieh Bremer recently wrote a book called, Data Sketches so we wanted to learn more about what it’s like to write a technical book. In this episode, we are joined by Nadieh to talk with us about the process of writing and having a book published. Guests: Nadieh Bremer - @NadiehBremer Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Nadieh...

Optimizing websites for a quality user experience is key to the long-term success of any site on the web and Core Web Vitals is an initiative Google has provided as a unified guidance for quality signals that are essential to delivering a great user experience on the web. Addy Osmani and Kristofer Baxter, from Google, join us to talk more about Core Web Vitals. Guests: Addy Osmani - @addyosmani Kr...

Not everyone starts their engineering career with a Computer Science degree, there are a lot of ways to start an engineering career. In this episode, we are joined by David Simmer from Netflix to talk with us about non-traditional backgrounds. Guests: David Simmer - @_simmerer Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: David Simmer - Peter Gregson: Bac...

When it comes to estimating the time it takes to build any software project, it’s never easy. There’s a lot of factors that go into estimating. In this episode, we talk about our experiences with estimating and ways we’ve improved it over the years. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Stacy London - @stacylondoner Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Ryan Burgess - Rebuild Blac...

How important is documentation? In this episode, we share our thoughts and opinions on how we approach documentation and the tools that have helped us. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Stacy London - @stacylondoner Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Ryan Burgess - Quevos Chips Ryan Burgess - Oreo ID cookies Augustus Yuan - Warrior Augustus Yua...

How do developer teams stay productive? In this episode, we are talking with Kathryn Koehler and Andy Glover from the Netflix Productivity Engineering team to learn more about what a Productivity Engineering team does to help improve productivity. Guests: Kathryn Koehler - @kejkoehler Andy Glover - @aglover Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner...

At some point or another, we’ve all had to move to a new role or a new company. In this episode, we are joined by special guests Tara Ellis and Jared Jordan to help us discuss things we’ve learned to help transition to a new role or job. Guests: Tara Ellis - @maverick_mind Jared Jordan - @jaredjordan Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks:...

In this episode, we are joined by Evan Payne to talk with us about how we each approach side projects. Evan also shares a side project he’s built in Angular. Guests: Evan Payne - @evanfuture Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Evan Payne - The Adventure Zone Evan Payne - CriticalRole Ryan Burgess - The Undoing Ryan Burgess - Euphoria Jem Young -...

In this episode, we will be reflecting on the past year and how things have drastically changed for how we work and how our companies have had to adapt during a pandemic. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Ryan Burgess - A Teacher Ryan Burgess - Big Sky August...