WebTalksNI

Gareth catches up with Kevin McLaughlin, a lecturer at the North West Regional College. Kevin discusses how he runs the software fundamentals course in association with Kickstart IT. In addition to his unique route into teaching tech from never using a computer before the first day in his course to now being instrumental in developing the digital sector around the North Coast. 

Gareth catches up with Colin Manson, a previous cricket player and lecturer turned Cyber Security Analyst. Colin discusses his journey getting into the tech industry from courses he completed to landing his first job as a Cyber Security Analyst a year and 8 months ago. Colin also shares tips on how to stay secure while working from home, recommended password managers and advise those who wish to pursue a career in cyber security. Subscribe to our newsletter (receive new episodes, jobs and blogs every fortnight )- https://mailchi.mp/5da3ef4c4683/webtalksninewsletter More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right now in the NI market with WebTalksNI.

Chris McAtackney, CTO of Obbi Solutions, his journey from first getting into tech to becoming a CTO. Chris discusses how management isn’t a promotion but a career change. The impact of burnout is costing the World’s economy over a quarter of a Trillion pounds a year. Chris compares the work environmental factors for mental well-being to physical health hazards and how many issues stems from lack of trust.

"Progressing from Tech support to Lead Front End Developer in under 3 years" Gareth catches up with Christopher Mclaughlin, Lead Front End Developer at Learning Pool, to discuss his journey into tech and how he progressed through several different job titles in 3 years. Christopher also shares his advice to others seeking a career in tech and for those who are already in a tech capacity but want to change job titles. WebTalksNI is brought to you by Gareth Stirling; a tech recruiter at Corvus. www.corvus.jobs If you're interested in coming on the podcast in 2021, please get in touch on gareth@corvus.jobs. All podcasts are recorded virtually. Massive thank you to all our guests and listeners support this year. Have a relaxing Christmas and we will see you in the new year!

Belfast Design Week - 02–08 NOVEMBER 2020Meet Professor Paul Moore, Director of Future Screens NI and Co-Director of Ulster Creative Industries Institute (CII). Paul chats about Future Screens NI involvement in BDW and discusses his thoughts on this year's theme 'Environment' and what he spots in cities when exploring the role of design within our local environment.The BDW website - http://belfastdesignweek.com/Subscribe to our newsletter (receive new episodes, jobs and blogs every fortnight )- https://mailchi.mp/5da3ef4c4683/webtalksninewsletter More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right now in the NI market with WebTalksNI.gareth@corvus.jobs

Belfast Design Week - 02–08 NOVEMBER 2020John Cranney is a Head of Partnerships at Big Motive. John chats about Big Motives involvement in BDW, Creative Mornings; a networking event for designers and his background on how he got to where he is today.The BDW website - http://belfastdesignweek.com/Subscribe to our newsletter (receive new episodes, jobs and blogs every fortnight )- https://mailchi.mp/5da3ef4c4683/webtalksninewsletter More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right now in the NI market with WebTalksNI.gareth@corvus.jobs

Belfast Design Week - 02–08 NOVEMBER 2020Rick Monro is a Principal UX Designer at Puppet and also organises the UX Belfast meetup group. In this episode, Rick shares his background and how he got into design, his advise to designers who want to move into UX and his involvement in BDW 2020.The BDW website - http://belfastdesignweek.com/Subscribe to our newsletter (receive new episodes, jobs and blogs every fortnight )- https://mailchi.mp/5da3ef4c4683/webtalksninewsletter More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right now in the NI market with WebTalksNI.gareth@corvus.jobs

Belfast Design Week - 02–08 NOVEMBER 2020Tara Walsh, Director of Engagement & Innovation at MakeMatics discusses her role in Belfast Design Week. This year's Belfast Design Week theme is Environment. This means exploring the role of design within our local environment and it’s influence on how we live and work.The BDW website - http://belfastdesignweek.com/Subscribe to our newsletter (receive new episodes, jobs and blogs every fortnight)- https://mailchi.mp/5da3ef4c4683/webtalksninewsletter More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right now in the NI market with WebTalksNI.gareth@corvus.jobs

Gareth welcomes two of the organisers from the Northern Ireland Developer's Conference committee onto the podcast.May Cheung & Artemiy Kondratiev discuss how they got started at NIDC, a review of how the conference went, what they have learnt from 2020, some insights into the 2021 conference and this October's Hacktoberfest event.Twitter accounts: @NIDC @WebTalksNIhttps://www.nidevconf.com/WebTalksNI is brought to you by Gareth Stirling from Corvus -> www.corvus.jobs / gareth@corvus.jobs

This year, the Northern Ireland Developers Conference (NIDC) is doing things a little different; they are hosting their conference online. In collaboration with the conference, we have welcomed some of the speakers onto the podcast to discuss their talk and why they got involved.This episode features Richard Gibson and Garth Gilmour, a double act who have spoken at the conference on numerous occasions. This year they will be discussing, Not Your Mothers TDD - Type Driven Development in TypeScript NIDC - 9th-10th October 2020 | Tickets: FREE-> hopin.to/events/nidc2020

This year, the Northern Ireland Developers Conference (NIDC) is doing things a little different; they are hosting their conference online. In collaboration with the conference, we have welcomed some of the speakers onto the podcast to discuss their talk and why they got involved.Phil Wilkinson from Flexera will be discussing 'Journey to engineering leadership' NIDC - 9th-10th October 2020 | Tickets: FREE -> https://hopin.to/events/nidc2020

This year, the Northern Ireland Developers Conference (NIDC) is doing things a little different; they are hosting their conference online. In collaboration with the conference, we have welcomed some of the speakers onto the podcast to discuss their talk and why they got involved.We start the NIDC speakers series off with Andrew Gough who is discussing Slack Integrations, integrating with a 3rd party API and building a business on top of it. NIDC - 9th-10th October 2020 | Tickets: FREE -> https://hopin.to/events/nidc2020

Gareth catches up with Ellen MacPherson, a Consultant Software Developer at ThoughtWorks. Ellen was in the middle of interviews and trying to find a job in March this year when we forced into lockdown due to the pandemic. Against all odds, Ellen still managed to land a new job and even re-located to the other side of the world in Australia. Ellen shares her tips gaining a role in tech, landing a job remotely, joining a new team and relocating. If you are considering a move during this time or you are considering tech as a second career, this is well worth a listen. Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / Subscribe to get all WebTalksNI News / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Gareth Stirling from Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs / gareth@corvus.jobs

Gareth chats with Sarah Milliken from Alfac about how they have recruited and on-boarded 32 people over lockdown, including 13 people in one day. Sarah discusses the challenges, how the majority of her staff have now never met in person and how she now keeps them engaged. Aflac Inc. is an American insurance company and is the largest provider of supplemental insurance in the United States. The company was founded in 1955 and set up a base in Northern Ireland at the end of 2019. Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcasterFollow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

Gareth chats with Michael Hewitt about what has changed in the recruitment industry in Northern Ireland during 2020 and how clients should adapt to the pandemic when it come to recruitment. Michael works with Gareth at Corvus, he is a senior recruiter with over 7+ years' experience in Recruitment.They discuss what industries seem to be doing well during the pandemic, how clients should communicate with all stakeholders, how relationship with recruiters have adapted and how Corvus have adapted to remote recruitment. Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcasterFollow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

Ionic Framework 4: What's new?Gareth catches up with Rob Sinton, Head of Development for Scaffold Digital, to discuss what is new with Ionic framework 4. Scaffold (formally know as TeePee Design) was set up by Tim Proctor in 2008 and they are based in Lisburn. They specialise in bespoke software solutions across web and app to streamline processes and improve engagement.Rob also touches on his experience of growing Scaffold Digital, his early career and how he stays up to date on the latest trends or technologies. This is a follow up to a previous episode with Alan Montgomery on the Ionic framework. Rob will be discussing the latest version, Ionic 4. Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcasterFollow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

Alan Montgomery, a Full Stack Developer from Tascomi & founder of TrackMyLift, discusses the Ionic framework and how he uses it everyday for cross-platform mobile app development. Alan touches on his experience of using the platform, the benefits, new features in recent updates and more. WebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / Subscribe to get all WebTalksNI News / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

Former Ice hockey pro, Adam Cree, discusses his career into tech to now being Chief Revenue Officer in 3EN. Adam also touches on doing business during the current pandemic. Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

Hi Webtalkers! I am writing this message from the comfort of my own home. Like many of you, working from home will be the new norm for the next few weeks. We are living in unprecedented times. The outbreak of the Coronavirus will change all our lives during the upcoming months. Yes, it will have an affect on all aspects of our lives including economically and socially. The good news is that it will pass. In the meantime, we must support each other in every possible way. WebtalksNI will also be changing during this period. Our focus has always been to bring you ‘good news’ stories from the tech industry in Northern Ireland. We focused on self-taught developers and brought you background information on jobs like SCRUM Masters and Product Owners. We highlighted certain technologies and what hiring managers are currently looking for. Now we must change tactics. We have already started recorded a mini-series on career tips. We recorded one a few weeks ago on ‘Why you should use a recruiter’ and in this week’s episode we are covering ‘Counteroffers’. We will also be bringing you episodes on how to stay connected with your team, recruit and on-board staff remotely. We will be talking to candidates who secured jobs in a fully remote recruitment process. We will be talking to clients so we can share their experiences. We would still like to highlight individuals and companies in the tech sector so please do reach out to me if you have a story to share. If you would like to see a certain topic covered then we would love to hear your ideas. Life will go on and when this is all over, hopefully, we will be in a stronger position. In the meantime, stay safe and stay healthy. Gareth Stirling Web Development Recruiter and Host of WebTalksNI gareth@corvus.jobsGet new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

As WebTalksNI, is a a career podcast we thought we should tap into Gareth's expertise and start a series of short episodes on career advise. Alex, the producer of WebTalksNI, discusses with Gareth why candidates would use a recruiter and the benefits of it over directly applying for a role. If you'd like a certain career topic to be covered in future episodes, please get in touch on gareth@corvus.jobs or tweet us at @WebTalksNI

Breakfast Talk 3 of 3 from Belfast Design week featuring:Host: Mark Devlin - Ux Designer at Fathom_Panel guests:Bronagh Smyth - User Researcher Consultant at Kainos Una Mulgrew -Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Laura Sweeney - Product Design Manager at AllstateBecca Hume - TapSOSGet new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

For our first podcast for 2020, we caught up with Niall McLoughlin & Stuart Greenless to discuss the Java scene in Belfast, the JUG meetup (Java User Group) and their plans for 2020. What is Java?'Java was designed to have the look and feel of the C++ programming language, but is simpler to use and enforces an object-oriented programming model. Java can be used to create complete applications that may run on a single computer or be distributed among servers and clients in a network.' - theserverside.com Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

Breakfast Talk 2 of 3 from Belfast Design week featuring: Host Gareth Dunlop – CEO at Fathom_ Panel guests Cat drew – Chief Design Officer at Design Council Fiona Bennington – Proprietor at hug & & Product Development Manager at Shnuggle Philip McAleese - Co founder & CEO at see.sense

Following on from our series on accessibility at Belfast Design Week we thought we should learn more about web accessibility from the perspective of developers. Gareth catches up with Nicholas Murray, Senior User Interface Engineer, and Gareth Frazer a Front End Engineer from Allstate Northern Ireland. Nicholas and Gareth discuss web accessibility concerns drawn from their experience in their work from screen readers trying to translate HTML, The Equality Act 2010 and the best tools to check your website's accessibility.Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

A Belfast Design Week special!Host Andy Robinson –UX researcher & Marketing Executive at Fathom_Panel guests Cara D’Arcy – Manager UX at CME GroupJohn Savage – CTO / Technical Director at Action Point Technology GroupGerry Scullion - Founder of The Human-Centered-Design Network Patrick Thompson - Communications Manager at The Bytes ProjectTerry Robb, Head of Personal Banking NI Ulster bank Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

Gareth caught up with Tina Pollock, Director of Brain and Nerd, a local gaming development company. Learn about the thriving game development community right here in Belfast, how Tina got into this industry and what the process is to publish a game. Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / Subscribe to get all WebTalksNI News

Gareth caught up with Victoria Porter, a current Software engineering student at Queen's University. Learn how Victoria decided not to pursue a career in medicine and is now studying in a course which resembles an apprenticeship structure.Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

Gareth catches up with Andrew McCrea a UX strategist at Fathom.Andrew shares the importance of Diversity of a UX team, what a UX interview entails and the future of UX.Follow @WebTalksNI on Twitter | TalksNI Podcasts brought to you by corvus.jobs

Gareth caught up with Andrew Bolster to tell the story of how Belfast's first hackerspace, Farset Labs, was created, what the space is currently used for and what new expansion plans mean for users of the space. Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

WebTalksNI has teamed up with 'Bring IT On' to share the success stories of some of the talented local developers who've been inspired by the Bring IT On initiative and are now working in a relevant IT role.We've started off with Michael Sage, after not getting the grades to go to University, Michael tells his story of how he is now actively working in a business as a developer and in part-time education.Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

Gareth chats to CEO of Fathom, Gareth Dunlop. From a career starting in web development to what attracted Gareth to the aesthetics of design and design performance, Gareth discusses two decades of digital. Gareth also touches on setting up his own company, Fathom, and his all-time favourite UX projects. Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / Learn more about fathom here

Gareth catches up with Mark Allan and Zoe Gardon-Thompson from the organising committee of the Northern Ireland Developer's Conference. Find out what the conference is, who should attend and their hopes for next year's conference. Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

Brian Mullan, a local javascript contractor, discusses what GraphQL is, why it was created and how Brian himself learned more about GraphQL. WebTalksNI is a career podcast for web specialists in Northern Ireland. To keep to date with all the latest episodes subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on twitter @WebTalksNI

Gareth caught up with Jonathan from Signaturize, a local start-up at DigitalDNA2019 to find out what Signaturize is and how it's different from other competing software available on the marketFollow WebTalksNI on Twitter

Gareth caught up with the director of Xerofone, Paul Jenkins, at DigitalDNA 2019 to find out what Xerofone is and how it can help schools and businesses around the world. Find @WebTalksNI on Twitter to join the conversation #webtalksni - Sorry if the sound quality is not the best in this particular episode (Alex forgot the memory card so we had to record on a mobile instead of our equipment! )- Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

Gareth caught up with Sara Lyon at DigitalDNA 2019 from Bring IT On to discuss this initiative to try and get more people interested in a career in IT.Find @WebTalksNI on twitter

Narelle Height, Education Outreach Manager at PwC, discusses her career journey to date and her initiative the 'Hive Academy' is helping school kids all over Northern Ireland to learn about computing skills.Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

Gareth meets up with three of the four leaders who are launching Ladies That UX Belfast on 11th June. Marie-Therese McCann, Kelsey Bonnes and Karishma Kusurkar all discuss their career journey to UX, how the UX process actually works, favourite projects from working in the industry and of course the new Belfast UX meetup; Ladies that UX.Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

From junior web developer to CTO before 40 year's old, Gareth Burns discusses his career journey from moving to Belfast from Scotland to how he decided during his career when it was time to move on from a position. Gareth Burns is the CTO of Selazar and organiser of Belfast's .NET meetup. Find WebTalksNI on Twitter or sign up to our newsletter.

Gareth met up with Beth Glenfield, Software Engineer and Director of Women Who Code Belfast. Learn how Beth works in a DevOps culture and how she believes it benefits workflow. In addition, Beth discusses her journey to becoming Director of Women Who Code Belfast and upcoming events to keep an eye out for. Follow us on Twitter for all WebTalksNI news or sign up to our newsletter here

Steven McComb a SCRUM master in Belfast comes in to discuss with Gareth what a SCRUM master actually does. Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

Learn what Xamarin is and the benefits of using this particular software for mobile app development with Mark McGaigue. Mark McGaigue is the Lead Client Developer at TheAppBuilder in Belfast. For career/podcast enquiries contact Gareth on gareth@corvus.jobs or follow us on Twitter @WebTalksNI

A special episode highlighting Gareth Stirling; the host of WebTalksNI. Learn Gareth's career journey and his daily job as a recruiter, find out why he started a podcast and his thoughts about the market in Northern Ireland.Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs

Neil McCallion, co-organiser of meet up group BelfastJS discusses using web browsers for creative web development.

Gareth met up with Marie-Louise Quigg a Global Account Manager at Options Technology. Learn how Marie-Louise went through the Options technology graduate scheme four years ago and hasn't looked back since.