#08 | Positioning yourself for Software Engineering Jobs w/ Michael Gacha

#12 | Becoming a Google Developer Expert w/ Wayne Gakuo

In this episode, Wayne Gakuo, a Frontend Engineer and Angular GDE joins us to discuss how one can become a GDE and how the program can be of benefit. We explore community engagements and the importance to do things that provide value to our tech communities. Explore the Google Developer Experts program - https://developers.google.com/community/experts Find Wayne Gakuo on Twitter - https://twitter.com/wayne_gakuo Feel free to email us at concurrencypod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @concurrencypod Hosts: Jack McLeans - https://twitter.com/jack_the_nerd Harman Kibue - https://twitter.com/harmannkibue Steve Kibuika - https://twitter.com/the_kibuika

#11 | Generative AI: The how, the opportunities and the gloom w/ Tim Sankara

In this episode, Tim Sankara, a Software Engineer and AI researcher joins us to discuss Generative AI models. The opportunities that exist and the anxiety it brings. Links: Attention is All You Need - https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762 Transformers [Google Research, 2017] - https://ai.googleblog.com/2017/08/transformer-novel-neural-network.html The Age of AI has Begun [Bill Gates] - https://www.gatesnotes.com/The-Age-of-AI-Has-Begun Find Tim: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-k-sankara-932635141/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/tim_sankara Feel free to email us at concurrencypod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @concurrencypod Hosts: Jack McLeans - https://twitter.com/jack_the_nerd Harman Kibue - https://twitter.com/harmannkibue Steve Kibuika - https://twitter.com/the_kibuika

#10 | Open Source: The why and the How w/ Daniel Katungi

In this episode, Dan Katungi, a Software Engineer and a good friend of the podcast joins us, we have a very upbeat discussion on Open Source and why you as a developer should consider contributing and maintaining some OSS projects. Here are some of the links mentioned Runter Project - https://github.com/katungi/Runter Find Dan on Twitter @WarriorRapid https://twitter.com/WarriorRapid Feel free to email us at concurrencypod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @concurrencypod Hosts: Jack McLeans - https://twitter.com/jack_the_nerd Harman Kibue - https://twitter.com/harmannkibue Steve Kibuika - https://twitter.com/the_kibuika

#09 | The thing about WebAssembly w/ Njuguna Mureithi

In this episode, Geoff (@tweetofnjuguna), a Senior Rust Engineer joins us to discuss WebAssembly, what it is, why you should care, how to get started with it and some of its use cases. Find Geoff: Github - https://github.com/geofmureithi Twitter - https://twitter.com/tweetofnjuguna Feel free to email us at concurrencypod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @concurrencypod Hosts: Jack McLeans - https://twitter.com/jack_the_nerd Harman Kibue - https://twitter.com/harmannkibue Steve Kibuika - https://twitter.com/the_kibuika

#08 | Positioning yourself for Software Engineering Jobs w/ Michael Gacha

Michael Gacha, a Technical Recruiter at Volvo Cars joins us to discuss how Software Engineers can best position themselves to get jobs. 2023 started off rough with layoffs and so this is a very important conversation. Find Gacha: Twitter - https://twitter.com/Gashamwas LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gacha-recruiter/ Feel free to email us at concurrencypod@gmail.com Hosts: Jack McLeans - https://twitter.com/jack_the_nerd Harman Kibue - https://twitter.com/harmannkibue Steve Kibuika - https://twitter.com/the_kibuika