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Super happy to collaborate with Stuart Day from Quality talks podcast! We dive into my journey through tech, my experience in different roles and the challenges of influencing change within organisations and some tips on how to succeed regardless of your role title. Thanks for inviting me Stuart! It's been a pleasure.  Thank you for listening! 

Welcome back!!! Season 2 episode 1! Let's go! Listen to Ridvald's inspirational story. Ridvald went from studying engineering to working for Mitsubishi Power Europe and moved on to become a Product Owner at Nationwide Building Society. What does it take to go from engineering to Tech and how does it work? Listen to him talk about moving from Albania to Greece and then to UK and how he li...

Hello my dear listeners! This week, my guest is Roman Frolov. Roman’s story is proof that if you really want something in life, you can achieve it with passion and hard work. How did he learn how to code while working in his mum’s restaurant? What and who motivated him? Does he believe in the imposter syndrome? Becoming a founder and his current career. Don’t miss it!

Welcome back to the Verified Geek podcast ! This week, my guest is Glenn Jacobs. Glenn has an incredible journey in Tech, starting from a young age by learning how to code using magazines. He created the first Spice Girls website while studying computer science at university! He eventually found out that the website was ranking no 1 in Atlavista. Yes! Before Google! Eventually, he started his own...

Welcome to the first episode of 2022!!! This is the story of Karrie Liu. Karrie Liu is the founder of Hypatia Analytics Ltd and mathematician with 10+ years of experience in UK healthcare and life sciences, focused on providing additional value to clients through driving end-to-end consulting engagements to enable business transformation through impactful and actionable insights.  Karrie sets up H...

Welcome to the last episode of 2021! Christian Lüdemann recently made a post on linkedin that went Viral. 'How I made my first million dollars as a software engineer at 27 years old. What does such a journey look like?'  Well, let's hear it from him! You can find Christian on linkedin as Christian Lüdemann or visit his course website here https://christianlydemann.com/ Enjoy the epi...

 Nicos Marcou, Talent consultant at EY  takes us through his career journey and discusses recruitment and talent acquisition.   Part 2  (current episode) What should companies do to keep their employees happy. Why do people leave their jobs? What makes a successful leader? Part 1 (previous episode) What are the soft skills to prioritise before hiring? What does a recruitment consultant actually do...

You are in for a treat! Nicos Marcou, Talent consultant at EY  takes us through his career journey and discusses recruitment and talent acquisition.  What are the soft skills to prioritise before hiring? What does a recruitment consultant actually do? What makes a successful CV and much more. And that is only Part 1! Stay tuned for Part 2 --> What should companies do to keep their employees hap...

Hello and Welcome back our fellow listeners! This week, we have with us, an exceptional guest that didn't always work in Tech but has a fascinating journey. David started his career at Bloomberg and is now a founding partner at Blue Lake, a UK based early-stage VC that invests in startups.   What happened to UK investing in Ukrainian companies and startups? How was Blue Lake Accelerator creat...

All the way from San Fransisco, Ryan Wisnesky takes us on a journey of his career in Tech. Starting as a QA Engineer, moving to programming and eventually starting a company as a co-founder that was based on his final dissertation for his PhD at Harvard. Do Mathematicians need to know programming these days? How has his company, Conexus, helped Uber? What are the main responsibilities of a CTO and...

Welcome back! This week's episode is all about Nathalia Rus. A successful co-founder that went from political studies to learning how to code through a coding bootcamp and eventually running a company named Custodian. Custodian will digitise your car ownership experience. It will keep all your car's important documents, photos and reminders in digital format. Nathalia is in charge of the...

Ever wondered how it is to switch jobs from Technology to Business or the opposite? Joseph has done it and he shares his tips and experiences with us. Once a programmer, always a programmer? What does a Product Owner and Product Manager do, and much more. Stay tuned! 

 This week, all the way from New York City, I have with me, Keith Selvin a talented iOS developer that managed to make his passion a reality and is now a founder of K LABS NYC, a company that makes peoples ideas into apps. Keith is sharing his incredible journey with us. We also touch on subjects like being a CTO, the skills that we think a developer should have in order to get hired and how maste...

I found out about Vadim through his Youtube channel (Vadim Savin) and I was amazed by his journey at such a young age. In this episode, he shares with us his experience of briefly working for Amazon, moving on to become a CTO of an app called Fitenium and eventually a YouTube creator/tutor that quickly replicates apps like Netflix or Youtube using technologies like React Native and AWS Amplify. In...

Federico is the Partnership manager for Hack Your Future. HackYourFuture is a coding school for people that have limited access to education and the labor market. The organisation was founded in 2016 and it provides a 7-month teaching program in web development. It is based in Amsterdam and over 150 people have now graduated. More than 85% of them found a high quality job as a developer.  You can...

Hello and Welcome back to the Verified Geek podcast! It's mental health awareness week and I have a special episode with a special guest for you. Shashika has worked in the Tech industry as a project manager and she decided to leave everything behind and pursue a career in medicine. She is on her way to becoming a psychiatrist! Are companies doing enough for their employees and their mental h...

This week, I am accompanied by Lorna. A passionate programmer in Leeds. We talk about our love for programming and writing documentation. Lorna is a founding member for Tech Ladies. What is Tech Ladies and how can we get involved? Check them out here --> https://www.hiretechladies.com/

I had the pleasure of collaborating with the host of the "Women in Data" podcast, Karen! A really nice conversation which made us realise how similar our lives have been so far. We talk about our career paths, hosting podcasts but also how much of an impact our past in sports has made in our lives. Join us!

Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain! Foteini is an expert on the matter and she will be explaining in simple words what bitcoin and blockchain is. What's the future of blockchain and what's the research behind its biggest disadvantages? Join us! 

Bridging the gap between IT and the business! Abby is a talented Business Analyst and she will be talking to us about her experience with Development Methodologies like Waterfall, Agile and SAFe along with the challenges she has encountered. What does she think about getting a degree in order to work in Tech? How is training for the army and working full time? and much more! 

My guest for this episode is Fil! He will be taking  us high up in the clouds discussing how Cloud Computing became so popular, the importance of it, but also which qualifications matter and tips to succeed in the exams! You can find the useful links he shared with us on instagram at verified_geek but also on Youtube at "Verified Geek". Don't forget to follow us! AWS https://www.aws...

Christina is taking us on a journey into the world of Data! What is Data Science? How can you get a job in Data Science? What is the future of Data Science? Can a data scientist teach Swing Dancing? yes! and lot's more. Don't miss it!

I am very excited to welcome to the show two exceptionally talented web developers, Jeff and Dan. We talk about topics like  Do you need a computer science degree to work as a programmer?  How was working as a web developer in 1999 before the Millennium Bug?? :D What happened to contracting in UK? Is full stack development the new way to get a good job? Have running apps gamified the concept of ru...

In today’s episode my guest is Ines! She does Visual effects and she has even worked for multiple series for Netflix. She shares with us how she got into Visual Effects, her opinion of how easy or difficult it is to get a job in this industry. Her day to day life at work, how she is coping with the multiple London lockdowns and much more.. Let’s do it! 

Danny is a talented games producer and has a lot of passion for gaming. We'll be chatting about his journey in the gaming industry, how he is coping with the pandemic, his future plans and more.. Let's hear it!