Dhawal Shah

Ever wonder what it's like building remote teams of folks who have never worked in the position you're offering them on your team? Dhawal Shah joins us to talk about what it's like running a portal on online education with a creative approach to hiring and management.

Ever wonder what it's like building remote teams of folks who have never worked in the position you're offering them on your team? Dhawal Shah joins us to talk about what it's like running a portal on online education with a creative approach to hiring and management.

Building Class Central: Dhawal Shah

Jess Lee

We're taking a moment out of season 2 to return to one of our most popular episodes of season 1. We're joined by Jess Lee to look at what's been happening with the Dev.to team and community since we chatted to them last year.

We're taking a moment out of season 2 to return to one of our most popular episodes of season 1. We're joined by Jess Lee to look at what's been happening with the <a href="http://Dev.to" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dev.to</a> team and community since we chatted to them last year.

Revisiting Dev.to: Jess Lee

Kemdi Ebi

What if you're someplace that doesn't have the perfect tech job for you? Kemdi Ebi had an idea, saw a business opportunity and made his own dream job. Through Versus Africa Kemdi built a successful startup focused on supplying the world with African market intelligence. He joins us to talk startups, goals and more.

What if you're someplace that doesn't have the perfect tech job for you? Kemdi Ebi had an idea, saw a business opportunity and made his own dream job. Through Versus Africa Kemdi built a successful startup focused on supplying the world with African market intelligence. He joins us to talk startups, goals and more.

Founding Your Own Thing: Kemdi Ebi

Moyinoluwa Adeyemi

Remote

Finding a remote job can be a massive challenge. Android developer Moyinoluwa Adeyemi joins us to talk about the challenges that many looking for remote work will encounter, with a deeper look at challenges technologists in Nigeria face. She offers practical, structured advice on how to land a remote job from Lagos that should be helpful for devs around the world. She also gives us some insight into why companies should be looking to hire Nigerian technical talent and how they might get started.

Finding a remote job can be a massive challenge. Android developer Moyinoluwa Adeyemi joins us to talk about the challenges that many looking for remote work will encounter, with a deeper look at challenges technologists in Nigeria face. She offers practical, structured advice on how to land a remote job from Lagos that should be helpful for devs around the world. She also gives us some insight into why companies should be looking to hire Nigerian technical talent and how they might get started.

Finding Remote Work: Moyinoluwa Adeyemi

Gilbert Hill

After last week's episode on data breaches, we probably scared you enough about protecting your users' data against bad actors. We're going to try and help you better understand your day to day responsibilities for user data in the context of GDPR, Europe's data privacy regulations. TapMyData's Gilbert Hill joins us to talk about what GDPR is, what you need to do to stay compliant and how to exercise your own rights as users.

After last week's episode on data breaches, we probably scared you enough about protecting your users' data against bad actors. We're going to try and help you better understand your day to day responsibilities for user data in the context of GDPR, Europe's data privacy regulations. TapMyData's Gilbert Hill joins us to talk about what GDPR is, what you need to do to stay compliant and how to exercise your own rights as users.

GDPR and Data Privacy: Gilbert Hill

We're bringing you a bonus episode fresh from the headlines. Elissa Shevinsky and Brett Thomas from theFasterThanLight.dev security startup join us to talk about breaches from the basics to the aftermath. We talk passwords, user security, what may have happened in the Capital One breach and more. They offer targeted advice for how to approach data security, presenting us with guidance for early stage startups, well funded corps and individual developers wanting to learn more.

We're bringing you a bonus episode fresh from the headlines. Elissa Shevinsky and Brett Thomas from theFasterThanLight.dev security startup join us to talk about breaches from the basics to the aftermath. We talk passwords, user security, what may have happened in the Capital One breach and more. They offer targeted advice for how to approach data security, presenting us with guidance for early stage startups, well funded corps and individual developers wanting to learn more.

Data breaches, Capital One and Security: Faster than Light

Richard Bradshaw

If you're writing code of any kind, you're probably already aware that there should be some testing involved. This week the Ministry of Test's Richard Bradshaw joins us to talk about embedding testing into your software development, the roles open to folks interested in testing and the future of how we test what we build.

If you're writing code of any kind, you're probably already aware that there should be some testing involved. This week the Ministry of Test's Richard Bradshaw joins us to talk about embedding testing into your software development, the roles open to folks interested in testing and the future of how we test what we build.

Software Testing: Richard Bradshaw

Edoardo Rainoldi

What would a resource for junior designers look like if it were rendered as a beautiful online magazine? Edoardo Rainoldi was unsatisfied with the resources for budding developers and created rooki.design to find out. Interviews, tutorials and more make up this beautiful weekly-ish new publication. We'll learn more about this work, the future for Rooki and his advice for junior designers and for those looking to support them.

What would a resource for junior designers look like if it were rendered as a beautiful online magazine? Edoardo Rainoldi was unsatisfied with the resources for budding developers and created <a href="rooki.design" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rooki.design</a> to find out. Interviews, tutorials and more make up this beautiful weekly-ish new publication. We'll learn more about this work, the future for Rooki and his advice for junior designers and for those looking to support them.

Rooki Design: Edoardo Rainoldi

Julia Nguyen

How do we talk about, treat and work with mental illness within the tech industry. Julia Nguyen joins us to talk about her personal experience, offering both valuable insights into her journey and advice for those who may be working to manage their own mental health. While this episode will be looking at mental health in technology, the advice offered here is not intended to replace medical advice. Please seek appropriate support if you think you may be facing a mental health issue.

How do we talk about, treat and work with mental illness within the tech industry. Julia Nguyen joins us to talk about her personal experience, offering both valuable insights into her journey and advice for those who may be working to manage their own mental health. While this episode will be looking at mental health in technology, the advice offered here is not intended to replace medical advice. Please seek appropriate support if you think you may be facing a mental health issue.

Mental Health in Tech: Julia Nguyen

Scott Riley

Are you working with designers as part of your daily life? Or you're a designer yourself? Or perhaps you're interested in getting into working in design? Today's guest Scott Riley is joining us to talk in detail about what it means to design for the diverse needs of a global user base. Scott will be talking to us about design, his new book and his approach to life in general.

Are you working with designers as part of your daily life? Or you're a designer yourself? Or perhaps you're interested in getting into working in design? Today's guest Scott Riley is joining us to talk in detail about what it means to design for the diverse needs of a global user base. Scott will be talking to us about design, his new book and his approach to life in general.

Mindful Design: Scott Riley

The Pursuit Podcast offers advice and new perspectives on getting things done in tech through half hour conversations with tech's great thinkers each week. Want to learn to code? Land that great new job? Learn about how to manage your new reports? We've got you covered. This weekly podcast and carefully curated resources aims to leave you inspired and prepared to tackle that cool new thing.﻿

Content is great! Plenty of great information and gets me up to speed on tech topics I find interesting. Incredibly helpful.

Informative and fun!

So far, really interesting topics and great guests. Anyone working on tech, or considering it, will get something out of this podcast. Also, Jessica is delightful!

This is good stuff!

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Vaidehi Joshi

In the rush to learn the technical skills needed to get into work, many of us skip the deeper understanding of what makes our work possible. Vaidehi Joshi is the founder of BaseCS, a collection of podcasts, writing and videos aimed to teach you what you fear you should already have known about computers and computer science.

In the rush to learn the technical skills needed to get into work, many of us skip the deeper understanding of what makes our work possible. Vaidehi Joshi is the founder of BaseCS, a collection of podcasts, writing and videos aimed to teach you what you fear you should already have known about computers and computer science.

Computer science basics & BaseCS: Vaidehi Joshi

Sara Soueidan

Ever wanted to quit your job and work for yourself, on projects of your choosing? International speaker, trainer, consultant and front end expert Sara Soueidan joins us to talk about the benefits and challenges of becoming a contractor. We'll look at contracting advice born of her experiences that you can apply to your escape from the rat race or just to learn more about tech contracting.

Ever wanted to quit your job and work for yourself, on projects of your choosing? International speaker, trainer, consultant and front end expert <a href="https://www.sarasoueidan.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sara Soueidan</a> joins us to talk about the benefits and challenges of becoming a contractor. We'll look at contracting advice born of her experiences that you can apply to your escape from the rat race or just to learn more about tech contracting.

Contracting: Sara Soueidan

VM Brasseur is an international keynote speaker, renowned technologist and author of the newly released 'Forge Your Future With Open Source' joins us to talk about how open source can help you grow and grow into your career.

VM Brasseur is an international keynote speaker, renowned technologist and author of the newly released 'Forge Your Future With Open Source' joins us to talk about how open source can help you grow and grow into your career.

Contributing to Open Source: VM Brasseur

Quincy Larson

For people learning programming languages for the first time moving beyond in browser tutorials can be a major hurdle to success. Quincy Larson joins us to look at his free, open source learning platform FreeCodeCamp.org and talks us through the challenges he faced founding the project. We also look at common challenges to learners and how the tech industry can better support new coders.

For people learning programming languages for the first time moving beyond in browser tutorials can be a major hurdle to success. Quincy Larson joins us to look at his free, open source learning platform <a href="https://FreeCodeCamp.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FreeCodeCamp.org</a> and talks us through the challenges he faced founding the project. We also look at common challenges to learners and how the tech industry can better support new coders.

Learning to Code: Quincy Larson and FreeCodeCamp.org

Karla Fraguada

Finding angel investment can be a mission for early stage startups. But what should you do if you want to be one of the investors? Karla Fraguada joins us to give tips on getting into angel investment and how to best pitch your project to angels. She also offers a guided tour of the Pipeline Angels program, designed to help women and femme nonbinary folks enter angel investment.

Finding angel investment can be a mission for early stage startups. But what should you do if you want to be one of the investors? Karla Fraguada joins us to give tips on getting into angel investment and how to best pitch your project to angels. She also offers a guided tour of the Pipeline Angels program, designed to help women and femme nonbinary folks enter angel investment.

Angel Investment and Pipeline Angels: Karla Fraguada

Chris Hartjes

Mozilla's Chris Hartjes joins us to talk about testing, language snobbery, PHP and what life is like as a (lovable) tech grump.

Mozilla's Chris Hartjes joins us to talk about testing, language snobbery, PHP and what life is like as a (lovable) tech grump.

Grumpy PHP: Chris Hartjes

What if the way we build software could be more focused on human needs? What if the way we build and run teams could be more sustainable and healthy? These are the questions April Wensel sought to answer in founding Compassionate Coding. She joins us to look at how tech could better to work to serve humans in an outside the industry.

What if the way we build software could be more focused on human needs? What if the way we build and run teams could be more sustainable and healthy? These are the questions April Wensel sought to answer in founding Compassionate Coding. She joins us to look at how tech could better to work to serve humans in an outside the industry.

Compassionate Coding: April Wensel

Anthony Stanley

Serverless can't possibly mean there are no servers, right? Anthony Stanley joins us to unpick the unmagical magic of serverless and help us discover just who the hell Jeff is.

Serverless can't possibly mean there are no servers, right? Anthony Stanley joins us to unpick the unmagical magic of serverless and help us discover just who the hell Jeff is.

Serverless: Anthony Stanley

Keziyah Lewis

Working in tech can be hard, but for folks just starting out the challenges are often compounded. How do you build a network? What advice can you trust? Keziyah Lewis joins us to talk about the challenges of being a junior technologist and the community she built to help them out. Check out juniorsintech.com to learn more

Working in tech can be hard, but for folks just starting out the challenges are often compounded. How do you build a network? What advice can you trust? Keziyah Lewis joins us to talk about the challenges of being a junior technologist and the community she built to help them out. Check out <a href="https://juniorsintech.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">juniorsintech.com</a> to learn more

Juniors in Tech: Keziyah Lewis

Gloria Kimbwala

Negotiations let you get more out of that new job offer, raise or the promotion you've been angling for. But they can be difficult to navigate. Join Amy and Gloria for an episode packed with practical advice you can start applying to your negotiations.

Negotiations let you get more out of that new job offer, raise or the promotion you've been angling for. But they can be difficult to navigate. Join Amy and Gloria for an episode packed with practical advice you can start applying to your negotiations.

Negotiation: Gloria Kimbwala and Amy Codes

Kim Crayton

One of the hardest parts of working for yourself can be moving on from an idea or project you love. This week, internationally renowned speaker and consultant Kim Crayton joins us to talk about her moves through several industries into technology, onto conference stages around the world and her most recent pivot into business skills consulting.

One of the hardest parts of working for yourself can be moving on from an idea or project you love. This week, internationally renowned speaker and consultant <a href="KimCrayton1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kim Crayton</a> joins us to talk about her moves through several industries into technology, onto conference stages around the world and her most recent pivot into <a href="https://twitter.com/Biz4SocialCHG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">business skills</a> consulting.

Pivoting: Kim Crayton

Janet Liberman

Dame Products set out to rethink how technology could enable sexual experiences in accessible, meaningful ways. The brainchild of a clinical psychologist and a mechanical engineer, Dame's offerings are wearable sextech built and tested in data driven, iterative ways. Co-founder and CTO Janet Liberman joins us to talk about their journey.

Dame Products set out to rethink how technology could enable sexual experiences in accessible, meaningful ways. The brainchild of a clinical psychologist and a mechanical engineer, Dame's offerings are wearable sextech built and tested in data driven, iterative ways. Co-founder and CTO Janet Liberman joins us to talk about their journey.

Sextech Wearables: Janet Liberman and Dame Products

Michelle Glauser

After a long holiday break, we're joined by Michelle Glauser to talk about her project to take involved, ethically responsible steps to help women and nonbinary folks in the bay area move into software engineering roles. Techtonica offers six month, full time engineering apprenticeships to low income learners with a living stipend and laptop provided. We'll hear about what they've accomplished, what's next and how you can help.

After a long holiday break, we're joined by Michelle Glauser to talk about her project to take involved, ethically responsible steps to help women and nonbinary folks in the bay area move into software engineering roles. Techtonica offers six month, full time engineering apprenticeships to low income learners with a living stipend and laptop provided. We'll hear about what they've accomplished, what's next and how you can help.

Techtonica: Michelle Glauser

Abby Sassel

This week Clojurian and functional programming expert Abby Sassel joins us to teach you all about the joys of functional programming and point you at resources to learn yourself.

This week Clojurian and functional programming expert Abby Sassel joins us to teach you all about the joys of functional programming and point you at resources to learn yourself.

Learning Functional Programming: Abby Sassel

Coming back into the tech industry from a career break can seem like a daunting task. Select companies like CapGemini have begun returnship programs, internship-like support programs aimed at getting talented technologists back into work. Tricia Driver joins us to teach us more about the structure of these programs and what those on a career break should look for when coming back. We also look at the value of these programs and how companies can leverage these for new talent and perspectives.

Coming back into the tech industry from a career break can seem like a daunting task. Select companies like CapGemini have begun returnship programs, internship-like support programs aimed at getting talented technologists back into work. Tricia Driver joins us to teach us more about the structure of these programs and what those on a career break should look for when coming back. We also look at the value of these programs and how companies can leverage these for new talent and perspectives.

Returnships: Tricia Driver 

Naomi Freeman

Coraline Ada Ehmke

Some of the most persistent problems in tech are human issues. Coraline Ada Ehmke and Naomi Freeman took a break from writing their upcoming book The Compassionate Coder to speak to us about empathy in technology.

Some of the most persistent problems in tech are human issues. Coraline Ada Ehmke and Naomi Freeman took a break from writing their upcoming book The Compassionate Coder to speak to us about empathy in technology.

Empathy in Tech: Naomi Freeman & Coraline Ada Ehmke

Peter Aitken

We're joined by founder of the Scotland JS and Scotland CSS conferences to talk about what it takes to run big scale events and how to source speakers. As a part of sourcing speakers for his events, Peter started a global speaker training and outreach program designed to help underrepresented minorities from across technology get on stage and share their ideas with the world.

We're joined by founder of the Scotland JS and Scotland CSS conferences to talk about what it takes to run big scale events and how to source speakers. As a part of sourcing speakers for his events, Peter started a global speaker training and outreach program designed to help underrepresented minorities from across technology get on stage and share their ideas with the world.

Scotland JS, CSS and Global Diversity CFP: Peter Aitken

For folks looking to enter the tech industry, learning to code is often presented as the one sure fire route in. But what happens when learning to code doesn't work out? We're joined by tech journalist and accessibility technology specialist Kit Englard to talk about her experiences. As a Deaflblind student Kit found materials and working practices in physics and programming poorly adapted for her needs. She went on to carve out her own space in the tech industry.

For folks looking to enter the tech industry, learning to code is often presented as the one sure fire route in. But what happens when learning to code doesn't work out? We're joined by tech journalist and accessibility technology specialist <a href="https://twitter.com/mathnskating" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kit Englard</a> to talk about her experiences. As a Deaflblind student Kit found materials and working practices in physics and programming poorly adapted for her needs. She went on to carve out her own space in the tech industry.

Not Learning to Code: Kit Englard

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