The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast

As software engineers we are constantly updating our skills and learning about new tools and technologies. Amy Chen, Systems Software Engineer at Heptio explains how she learned to use Kubernetes by building helm charts. We talked about common ways to learn Kubernetes by using the command line interface and later discussed the benefits of learning Kubernetes by building Helm Charts. We also talked...

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Every 98 seconds a person in the united states is abused. Every 16 hours a woman in the united states is murdered by her romantic partner or ex-partner. Unfortunately sexual abuse and harassment are still very common in the world. Manisha Mohan, a recent graduate from the MIT Media Lab, invented a sticker that can detect sexual assault. The sticker can detect, communicate and prevent sexual assaul...

The telecom industry has been around for over a hundred years. From radio, to television to the internet, it is crucial to how we work. Since it has been around for a long time, there are a lot of challenges in how hardware and software products are developed. Heather Kirksey, Linux Foundation VP, joins us to talk about this and explains how deployment of services is accelerated through network se...

As applications continue to move to the cloud, it is important to have systems that are easy to use and accessible to more people. This is what Bitnami is doing. Bitnami simplifies the process by managing a catalog of ready-to-run server applications, among other things. Ara Pulido, Engineering Manager at Bitnami, explains what ready-to-run applications in the server are and what it takes to desig...

Developers are the makers of marvels today. They are the ones that helped make technology and invaluable tool. Abby Kearns Executive Director of Cloud Foundry Foundation explained how they enable developers to be successful, leverage open source tools and be a part of a community. We talked about examples of products that are possible because of open source, collaboration, and the availability of...

The company’s culture has an important role in how engineers work. The success of Netflix is in part because of its culture. For example, they give engineers freedom and by doing so, interesting engineering systems have emerged. Dianne Marsh, Director of Engineering at Netflix explained some of the ways in which the culture impacts how products are developed. We talked about developer velocity and...

Tips and advice for programming interviews. Edaena explains the mistakes she has made at programming interviews and how she changed that. Edaena also talked about how to organize an answer to a problem, and things to consider when applying for a job.

Developer communities play an important role in product development. We learn from each other in developer communities and we help shape the development of the product. Bear Douglas, Developer Advocacy Lead at Slack, explains what a developer advocate is. We talked about her experience as a developer advocate at Facebook, Twitter and Slack. Bear explained how to build and nurture a developer commu...

In 2017, sensitive information from 140 million consumers in the United States was stolen as part of the Equifax data breach. We see this happen in different companies for example Yahoo and most recently Uber. Tarah Wheeler, Cybersecurity fellow at New America explains what the Equifax breach was, its impact, and why the breach wasn’t handled correctly. Tarah explained how to set up an effective i...

Tech conferences are a place where we can learn about the industry trends and projects that people at other companies are working on. We can also go there to speak about our own experiences. In this episode Michelle Noorali, explains how tech conferences are structured and gives tips on talk submissions. We talked about KubeCon, the largest Kubernetes conference in the world. Michelle is co-chair...

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Product demos are the theater of our industry. They engage and inspire the audience, and showcase the capabilities of a product. Erika Ehrli Director of Product Marketing at Microsoft gives an overview of how high profile keynote demos are created. We talked about story telling and the technical components of a demo. Erika also explained how a demo team is structured, what they work on, and the re...

Interviews are an essential component to get a job at a tech company. However they can also affect diversity and inclusion efforts from a company due to the biases preconceptions that the people involved have. Aline Lerner, CEO of interviewing.io is making bias-free hiring a reality. Aline explained how bias in hiring can be tackled using technology. We also talked about why resumes are not a grea...

Software development has evolved a lot in the last decades. From shipping software on magnetic tapes to just downloading it with a button, it has transformed the way organizations work. Paula Paul, Technology Principal at ThoughtWorks, explains what it was like to write software on punch cards and her recent work on cloud computing.

Images make websites rich and engaging, they are the biggest asset on a website. Because of this, they can be the main thing that’s affecting web performance. Una Kravets, Senior UI Engineer at DigitalOcean, explains how and why we should optimize images. We talked about several performance improvements, and accessibility on the web. Una is also a co-host on Toolsday, a weekly podcast about tech t...

What is serverless computing? What types of applications can we build with serverless computing? Manisha Sule, Director of Big Data Analytics at Linux Academy answers these questions. We also talked about big data pipelines, and how the Linux Academy is using them.

Virtual Reality is transforming storytelling and animation. Maureen Fan, CEO and co-founder of Baobab Studios, explains what VR is and its role in film making. We talked about the technical challenges, how the team works, and how she evaluates VR experiences.

CSS is all about how your website looks. From layout to animation, CSS has been used to make immersive web experiences. Rachel Andrew, co-founder of Perch and expert on the CSS working group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), explains how CSS has evolved since the 90s. We talked about the types of layouts in CSS and how mobile affected its evolution.

Brands express themselves through web animation. Some brands can appear playful, while others more serious by using animation effectively. Val Head, Design Evangelist of UX Innovation at Adobe, explains how animation style guidelines can be used to have consistent animation at a company. We also talked about design tools, what she learned from clients as an independent consultant, and how she’s bu...

Public speaking is not just about getting on stage and giving a tech talk. It’s also about communicating effectively in team meetings. Lara Hogan, VP of Engineering at Kickstarter presents a path to improving public speaking, especially for people in the tech field. We also talked about engineering teams and leadership and her latest book Demystifying Public Speaking.

Saron Yitbarek went from Pre-Med to learning to code, to founding CodeNewbie, the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. We talked about the things she did while learning to code, reading other people’s code and why she started a small code reading club. We also talked about methods of learning, code quality, and building a successful tech community.

Storytelling is not just something for the movies or TV. It plays an important role in how we interact with applications and brands through our phones and the web. Rachel Nabors, award winning cartoonist, and web developer, compares storytelling through comics with storytelling on the web. We talked about the different areas of design and web animation. Rachel is a Program Manager at Microsoft and...

What is Data Science? What is the difference between Data Science and Machine Learning? In this episode, Grace Huang, Data Science Manager at Pinterest answers these questions. We talked about complex data sets and building a recommendation system at Pinterest. Grace explained the core algorithms used in a recommendation system and the role of embeddings on this.