All Hands on Tech

Can we stop accidents by getting smart cars to talk to each other? Can robot swarms help us fight fires and build skyscrapers? And what happens when AI doesn't need us anymore? Join Lars Klint in a new Pluralsight series as he questions industry experts about where our current and emerging technologies might just end up, and what that actually means for us humans...including the good, the bad and the strange.

Veteran agile coach Kimbaly St. Matthew-Daniel breaks down how to help teams evolve from waterfall deployment to more agile methods, and how to have fun doing it. 

The open source space is consistently improving, with a growing number of initiatives and projects built in the open. Front-end developer and consultant Gift Egwuenu shares insights on the importance of open source as well as how you can get started as a contributor, including:  How to make your first open source contribution Ways to overcome awkwardness and conflict in the open source process Tips for finding and making meaningful contributions to the projects you love  And more!

Join Pluralsight author, Jeremy Morgan, as he discusses the steps to identifying and eliminating waste in software production with senior manager of software engineering at Jamf, Jan Trojanowski; development director at Electronic Arts (EA), Brian Pang and agile coach Kimbaly St. Matthew-Daniel.

Axel Robinson is the business solutions and implementation manager at T-Mobile. In this conversation, Axel highlights how operational excellence paves the way for delivering a world class customer experience, and how showing love for his team is key to his success. 

Join cloud strategist and Pluralsight author David Tucker for latest news, updates and resources you need to stay up to speed on in the fast-moving world of AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. For all the resources mentioned in this episode, please check out the video descriptions in the links below: GCP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0_7yf6b5wI&list=PLif6_xhXJh4TIL1r524qmORA9lb8wO18p&index=1 Azure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro2l-vFhX5U&list=PLif6_xhXJh4TIL1r524qmORA9lb8wO18p&index=2 AWS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JWhqwGTjEo&list=PLif6_xhXJh4TIL1r524qmORA9lb8wO18p&index=3 

For today’s episode, we chatted with Kristen Foster-Marks—director of engineering for Flow at Pluralsight—about imposter syndrome, embracing failure as a new engineer, Kristen’s journey into tech, and her unique research into the academic field of second language acquisition and what it can teach us about learning how to code. Kristen's article series on SLA and learning to code can be found here: https://www.pluralsight.com/blog/software-development/sla-learning-to-code-part-1 

Two members of Pluralsight security curriculum team discuss the implications of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, and what security leaders and companies can learn to protect themselves against similar attacks in the future. Pluralsight courses and paths mentioned in this conversation: Red Team Tools: https://app.pluralsight.com/paths/skill/red-team-tools  Blue Team Tools: https://app.pluralsight.com/paths/skill/blue-team-tools Security Event Triage: https://app.pluralsight.com/paths/skill/security-event-triage-skill  Malware: Prevention, Detection, and Response: https://app.pluralsight.com/paths/skill/malware-prevention-detection-and-response 

Rodney Cox, VP of engineering at Via breaks down his rapid rise into software leadership, how he’s building his team, incremental growth and his approach of stretching beyond his comfort zones.

Culture strategist Alice Meredith discusses how to build a culture of collaboration on your technology team, including being vulnerable and transparent as a leader, setting aside time for structured brainstorming where everyone has a voice, and meeting each member of the team where they are at.

Nylas director of engineering John Jung believes good software development comes from the inner weirdness of developers. That's why he's focused on creating the space needed for his team to find creative ways to solve problems. Learn how you can take a leaf out of his book and reap the benefits in this actionable interview.

The tech talent shortage is fueling a workforce development revolution.  With more and more companies unable to find software developers and IT pros to fill open positions, employers are taking radical steps to reskill non-technical talent for these roles.  For today’s episode, we’re sharing the audio of recent webinar featuring Don Jones, head of developer skills at Pluralsight, and Jessica Schneider, Vice President of marketing and product development at DevelopIntelligence. They’ll be discussing the innovative strategies companies are using today to rapidly build robust talent pipelines.

Three leaders in software development and IT share tips for making the jump from individual contributor to leader, including how to know when it's the right time, how to balance your workload, and navigating the slippage of your hard technology skills.

Jeremy Morgan chats with the Director of engineering at Fernish, Kim Burgaard; VP of engineering at Via, Rodney Cox; and Engineering Manager of business solution and implementations at T-Mobile, Axel Robinson. Together, they’ll dive in to help you better understand developer productivity.

We talk with Kelby Zorgdrager, CEO of DevelopIntelligence about his journey into tech, from software developer to CEO. We talk about the journey and the challenges and techniques of managing tech teams in 2021.

We sit down with Barry Luijbregts to talk about getting started in the cloud, new things coming with Azure and the changing culture of tech.  

Experts Janani Ravi, David Tucker and Casey West discuss specific tools and strategies impacting cloud architecture, management and security, and provide actionable insight to help technologists and leaders strengthen their organization’s cloud muscle.

Daniel speaks with Pluralsight author Bismark Adomako about how big data is impacting the financial industry, best practices for creating a big data strategy at your company, and more. Bismark's Pluralsight author page

Jeremy speaks with Chris Sells, who is a Senior Product Manager at Google with the Flutter team. They discuss progressive web apps, Flutter, and online backgammon over Telnet.

Pluralsight author Lyron Andrews explains the background and benefits of his recently released BeST framework. He also talks about how the principles of the framework can apply across different industries and teams. Business established Service Taxonomy (BeST) Framework: Human-Centered Alignment of Services, Products, and Actions to the Mission Securing the Vote: Everything You Need to Know About Election Security

Adam Boswell, Director of Engineering at Kount, explains the 3 pillars he uses to foster engineering excellence.

Linda Kovac's goal of becoming a software developer took her around the world and dropped several obstacles in her way. But her dedication and desire to help others won out. Linda’s story is as motivating as it is realistic. As Linda herself says, if you’re committed to improving, you need to "be ready to suffer." Linda's LinkedIn Linda's Twitter A web developer’s dreams, drive, and a big reward in the era of COVID-19

Daniel speaks with Pluralsight author and cybersecurity professional Aaron Rosenmund about the SolarWinds supply chain attack. Aaron explains how it happened, what the response has been and what lessons can be learned. Aaron's Pluralsight courses Aaron's LinkedIn profile

Pluralsight author Barry Luijbregts speaks with developer Scott Hanselman about becoming an impactful teacher, the importance of humor in presenting, and much more. This episode originally aired on The Developer Weekly Podcast. Scott's website and blog The Hanselminutes podcast Scott's YouTube channel

Jeremy speaks with Pluralsight author and Microsoft MVP Jeff Hicks about Powershell, DevOps and skill development.

With the arrival of a new year, we wanted to take the opportunity to look back. This episode brings together a collection of clips from five of our most popular guests: Scott Allen, Kelsey Hightower, Deborah Kurata, Troy Hunt and Filip Ekberg.

Today's episode is a conversation between Jeremy Morgan and Mike Place. Mike is a Senior Engineer on the Elastic developer productivity team, and former lead on the Salt Open project. They talk about DevOps, Elastic Stack, and the tactics for effectively managing developers.

We bring you the audio from our recent state of JavaScript panel with Pluralsight authors John Papa, Joe Eames and Jeremy Morgan. Their fun conversation covers topics including: JavaScript’s bad rap Do low code/no code advancements threaten developers? Is there a right or wrong JS framework to use Which JavaScript frameworks = which Star Wars characters

We speak with Scott Lewis, who's VP of Engineering at APiO. He discusses the importance of taking care of technology teams, how to optimize team structure and the process of identifying new business opportunities brought by disruption.

Jeremy speaks with Jennifer Robison (Director Of Engineering at Echobind) about React Native, Agile, and career development.

With JavaScript turning 25 years old this month, Jeremy Morgan provides a look back at the language's fascinating history. Join our month long #JavaScript25 celebration

After using Pluralsight to learn PowerShell a couple years ago, developer James Hart has embraced the process of gaining new skills. If you've been trying to figure out how to progress in your own career, James’ story is for you. James' LinkedIn profile James' GitHub profile James' GitHub blog

This episode is all about networking, Cisco, and certifications. Jeremy speaks with Katherine McNamara, a Technical Solutions Architect in Cybersecurity with Cisco Systems, and Ross Bagurdes, a Pluralsight author and IT industry veteran. Both discuss their careers, the future of networking and more.

We sat down with Raina Kumra to discuss the crucial topic of ethics in technology. Raina is a partner at The Fund LA, an early stage venture firm, and she just released two Pluralsight courses. This interview was conducted by Mitch Dumke, Pluralsight One’s Senior Operations Director. Raina's LinkedIn profile Raina's Pluralsight courses

Today we’re bringing you the audio from our recently released course, Securing the Vote: Everything You Need to Know About Election Security. With all of the speculation surrounding this year’s U.S. presidential election, Pluralsight author Lyron Andrews covers the past, present and future of election security. Watch the free course that inspired this episode Dr. Andrews' Pluralsight author page

With new consoles on the horizon and the holidays approaching, we sat down with Thomas Winkley to discuss all things video games. Thomas is a Unity certified instructor and developer as well as a Pluralsight author. In this casual conversation, we discuss the games that most impacted our childhoods, what we’re playing now, and what the future of game development might look like. Thomas' Pluralsight author page @ThomasWinkley on Twitter

At last week’s Pluralsight LIVE, we unveiled several new product experiences. This episode offers you an inside look at how three of these products came to be, and the challenges faced during development. We speak with Lilac Mohr about Delivery Module, Josh Garcia about Priorities and Jon Ng about Cloud Labs. Learn more about our new product experiences Re-live Pluralsight LIVE 2020

As part of Pluralsight LIVE 2020, we chat with Jeff Sandquist, who's Corporate Vice President of Developer Relations at Microsoft. Jeff speaks about the importance of honestly listening to your customers, how Microsoft is helping enterprises move quickly, and even the similarities between beekeeping and software development. Jeff's LinkedIn profile Learn more about Pluralsight LIVE

Ada Lovelace Day will be observed on October 13th this year. While a lot of us probably know the name Ada Lovelace, we're devoting this episode to taking an in-depth look at her life and contributions. Difference Engine photos Analytical Engine photos Faster than Thought by B.V. Bowden Lovelace's diagram which includes the first computer algorithm Shelley Benhoff's Pluralsight author page

Ryan Chasteauneuf had always dreamed of being a soldier. But after disaster struck in Afghanistan, his military career came to an abrupt end. He eventually discovered the power of online resources like Pluralsight and began a successful new career in IT. Jeremy Morgan spoke with Ryan about his powerful story, the challenges of IT and his advice for anyone looking to take that next big step in their career. Help for Heroes

We speak with Jonathan Rayback, Evernym’s VP of Engineering, about how he evolved his leadership to make working from home sustainable, and the challenges he encountered along the way. Evernym's website Jonathan's LinkedIn profile

We talk with Douglas Starnes, who has years of experience building and teaching Python. He shares his perspective on the current state of Python, why it's such a powerful language and more. Douglas' Pluralsight author page @poweredbyaltnet on Twitter

We speak with Heidi Helfand, author of the book Dynamic Reteaming, and Director of R&D at Procore Technologies. Heidi explains her roadmap for leaders going through organizational change as she shares the five different models of reteaming. Dynamic Reteaming on Amazon Webinar: The balance of bottom-up leadership

Mobile applications power our world. Hundreds of million of people use these apps every day without realizing how they are developed. In this episode, Jeremy Morgan explores the history and evolution of mobile software development.

Jeremy talks with Piotr about decades of working with Python, DevOps and learning new technologies.

Julie Lerman chats with Jeremy about: Domain-Driven Design Event storming Julie's new Pluralsight course about building .NET applications on AWS.

Despite a successful communications career, Matt Wojtkun realized that something was missing. After a lot of hard work and dedication, he successfully transitioned his career into software development. He talks about the importance of learning *how* to learn, his experience with coding bootcamps and why continual growth is essential. Matt's portfolio and personal website A blog post documenting the experience of building his first iOS app using Swift  "The Simple Chess Clock" in the Apple App Store Matt's current company, LeageApps

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome talks about the intersection of sports and technology, what cycling can teach you about teamwork and what’s on the horizon for cycling tech. Join Tour de Tech (ends August 6, 2020) Chris' Wikipedia page

It's estimated that 8.2 million developers use Python. That's almost the population of Switzerland, and it's getting more popular by the day. Where did this language come from? Why is it so popular? Enjoy this deep dive into Python’s fascinating 29-year history.

Pietro Galli (CIO of Norwegian Refugee Council) and Lindsey Kneuven (Chief Impact Officer of Pluralsight) discuss the global displacement crisis, the impact of COVID-19 on those who are forced to flee their homes and the important role of technology in the response. Please visit NRC.no and consider becoming a friend of the NRC. Episode 033: Aaron Skonnard interviews Jan Egeland, Secretary General of NRC

As a continuation of our previous episode, this week we’re bringing you five additional sections from the audiobook of Perspectives on Technology Skill Development. Download Perspectives on Technology Skills Development for free in variety of formats