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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 likes to engage in politics. Enjoy!

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 agency doing websites and e-commerce services. Glenn's latest creation is GetCandy. What is it?  and how can you use it for your own benefit? What is Laravel? Enjoy!You can find Glenn on linkedin as Glenn Jacobs and take a look at GetCandy at https://getcandy.io/

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 Hypatia Analytics in 2019, in hope of getting the balance between working as freelance data scientist in corporate assignments and spending time into pro bono projects and charities. She believes data and mathematics are at the heart of better decision-making and is important to apply these insights into their planning.So please listen to her journey and ideas and if you are a Python, R programmer or a data scientist and want to get involved into some volunteering work, please reach out to Karrie on Karrie@hypatiaanalytics.com or find her on linkedin as Karrie Liu.We also talk about women in STEM and Karrie's 2019 Top 100 Women in Tech award win!Enjoy!

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 episode and please don't forget to leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Thank youSee you in 2022!!

 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?What makes a successful CV and much more.Stay tuned!

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 happy. Why do people leave their jobs? What makes a successful leader? 

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 created? What mistakes do founders do? How easy is it to find investors and how do you do it? All these questions answered by David here. If you want to contact David you can find him on linkedin as David Gilgur or email him at d.gilgur@vimesvc.comDavid on Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisoncoleman/2020/02/09/the-entrepreneur-helping-ukraines-startup-talent-to-go-global/?sh=5b41766f7736Enjoy!

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 much more. Enjoy! and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes.Here are some links that Ryan shared with us.How academic start-ups differ: https://www.kauffman.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/fromlabbenchtoinnovation.pdf Work with Uber: paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.04881 and community outreach: https://eng.uber.com/dragon-schema-integration-at-uber-scale/  and https://www.meetup.com/Category-Theory/events/zpvmgsyccfbhc/ General audience article on category theory: https://www.quantamagazine.org/with-category-theory-mathematics-escapes-from-equality-20191010/ 

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 hiring process, the Front end, the Back end of the application and pretty much everything around Custodian. She is very knowledgable of all new technologies and she explains how to successfully run a company remotely. Nathalia is also an artist! Don't miss this week's episode and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes! 

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 mastering one programming language is enough to take you anywhere.Below you can find a list of apps made by K LABShttps://www.klabs.nyc/plagoodhttps://www.klabs.nyc/chatterhttps://www.klabs.nyc/moodcaster

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 this episode we also talk about cross platform app technologies, cloud providers and how to become a successful programmer. Don't miss it! Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thank youuuu

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 find more about the organisation and how to volunteer here https://www.hackyourfuture.net/

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 health?  Are employees not afraid or embarrassed to talk about their mental health anymore? What qualities create a supportive manager? Are employees encouraged enough to speak about their mental health? Mental health in 2020 and 2021. What's the future? Don't miss this episode! 

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!

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?? :DWhat happened to contracting in UK?Is full stack development the new way to get a good job?Have running apps gamified the concept of running?

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!

Neha shares with us her journey in the tech industry - getting a job at uber, how she is coping with the covid lockdowns but also how she ended up taking up sports like barefoot running and crossfit!