Podcasts

Mads Torgersen on C# 7 and Beyond

In this week's podcast QCon chair Wesley Reisz talks to Mads Torgersen who leads the C# language design process at Microsoft, where he has been involved in five versions of C#, and also contributed to TypeScript, Visual Basic, Roslyn and LINQ. Before Microsoft he worked as a university professor in Aarhus-Denmark, doing research into programming language design and contributing to Java generics.

Adrian Cockcroft on Microservices, Terraservices and Serverless Computing

For our inaugural podcast QCon chair Wesley Reisz talks to Adrian Cockcroft, who works for Battery Ventures where he advises the firm and its portfolio companies about technology issues and also assists with deal sourcing and due diligence. Topics include microservices, "serverless" computing, persistent memory and other potentially disruptive trends.

Josh Evans on DevOps at Netflix

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Josh Evans, former engineering manager at Netflix on how Netflix does DevOps and the freedom and responsibility culture that undermines their way of working.

Sean Dunn & Chris Edwards on Ethics and Professionalism in Software Engineering

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Sean Dunn and Chris Edwards about professionalism, licensing and ethics in software engineering.

Don Denoncourt on Aging in IT and Being a Lifelong Learner

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, talks to Don Denoncourt about remaining an engineer as one ages.

Andrea Goulet & M. Scott Ford on the Marriage of Communication & Code

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, talks to Andrea Goulet & M. Scott Ford about their journey working together as a married couple and business partners, learning to collaborate and communicate despite having vastly different communication styles and viewpoints.

Pavneet Saund on Practical Empathy

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, talks to Pavneet Saund about his ideas on making empathy a superpower and effective team leadership.