I thought I’d try a new feature for the end of each month: A listing of the month’s episodes from Tampa Bay tech podcasts! Here are the ones I know about, listed from newest podcast on the block, to one that’s been around for years.
Friends That Code
Friends that Code is the newest podcast on this list, and it’s hosted by Mike Traverso, whom locals may know from the Tampa Bay Google Developers Group meetup and other Google-y events. In this podcast, he showcases…
…some amazing people I know that just happen to write code for a living. Whether they started off intending to code or just happened into it, we get to hear about the types of people you’ll meet, things you’ll get to do, jobs you’ll have along the way, and advice from some awesome coders along the way!
Here are the episodes from August:
- 10 – Being a polymath, community, creating, facilitating, welding art together and running a B&B ft. Christi Kapp
Developer, Project Manager, Bed and Breakfast proprietor, Community organizer, Conference organizer, Artist of multiple mediums, Polymath. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Christi Kapp! - 09 – Helping new and established developers ft. Jenell Pizarro
Developer. Speaker. Teacher. Community organizer. Podcaster. And my first guest with Pink Hair. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Jenell Pizarro. - 08 – Data science in Baseball, advice for interviews and show tunes ft. Ben Gilman
Math guru, Former College Athlete, Web & Mobile App Developer. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Ben Gilman! - 07 – Always learning, building communities, Flutteristas and Sketchnoting ft. Nitya Narasimhan
Polymath. Developer Expert. Developer Advocate. Community Organizer. Sketchnoter Supreme. Person you need to follow on Twitter. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Nitya Narasimhan! - 06 – Friends That Code ft. Katherine Trammell
Developer, Teacher, Project Coordinator, Tech Community Volunteer and Supporter, Operations Unicorn, Suncoast Developer Guild Campus Director, Conference Organizer. And all around awesome lady. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Katherine Trammell!
The Mike Dominick Show
The Mike Dominick Show is the second-newest of the podcasts in this list, and it has an open source focus.
Here are the episodes from August:
- Episode 35: Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba
Mike sits down with Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba to discuss the state of independent macOS development in 2020, a little Objective-C and more. - Episode 34: Jay LaCroix of LearnLinux.tv
Mike sits down with Jay LaCroix of LearnLinux.tv to talk all things Linux and community. - Episode 33: The Undercroft
Mike sits down with Adam & Chris from The Undercroft to talk tech education, cyber-security and the Tampa tech scene. - Episode 32: Mailbag #2
Mike responds to mail from the listeners. - Episode 31: Chris Sells of Google
Mike sits down with Chris Sells Sr Product Manager of Flutter at Google.
The 6 Figure Developer
At the time I’m writing this, The 6 Figure Developer — hosted by John Callway, Clayton Hunt, and Jon Ash — has posted 158 episodes. It’s…
…a show dedicated to helping developers to grow their career. Topics include Test Driven Development, Clean Code, Professionalism, Entrepreneurship, as well as the latest and greatest programming languages and concepts.
Here are the episodes from August:
- Episode 158 – Project Tye with Glenn Condron
Glenn is a Program Manager on the Application Platform team at Microsoft, where he spends most of his time working on the ASP.NET 5 core runtime. Before joining Microsoft Glenn was a developer in Australia where he worked on software for various government departments. - Episode 157 – BlazorCMS & SpeakerMeet
This week we’re going to talk about some of our personal projects. I have been working on a CMS in Blazor and John has a site for Technology Speakers. - Episode 156 – Data Engineer Role with Dwight Goins
Dwight is an industry luminary focused on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Augmented and Mixed Reality, IOT, and Emerging User Experiences. He is the Chief Algorithm Officer of Thoth Speed Engineers, Senior Adviser to NEDD Tech Inc. as well as an Application Delivery Manager at JM Family Enterprises. - Episode 155 – Burnout & Change Mgmt with Rob Bogue
Rob is a speaker, author, and consultant. As owner of Thor Projects, a premiere consulting organization in Indianapolis (Indiana), he helps clients make the complicated simple.
Thunder Nerds
Of the podcasts in this roundup, Thunder Nerds — “A conversation with the people behind the technology, that love what they do… and do tech good” — has been around the longest, with 271 episodes over five seasons to date. You’ve probably seen the hosts at local meetups and conferences; they’re Sarrah Vesselov, Frederick Philip Von Weiss, and Brian Hinton.
Here are the episodes from August:
- 271: Getting Into Tech & Being a Developer Advocate with Sam Julien
In this episode, we get to talk with Sam Julien, Sr. Developer Advocate Engineer at Auth0. We discuss what it’s like to get into the technology industry and dive into Sam’s personal journey. We also explore what it’s like being a developer advocate in today’s remote world. - 270: A Conversation About Design with Pablo Stanley
In this episode, we get to speak with Design Leader, YouTuber, and Co-founder & CEO at Blush Pablo Stanley. We discuss the fundamentals of design thinking, and how to improve your craft. We also talk about Blush, and how it allows you to customize every piece of an illustration to create your own compositions.