Codurance Talks

Women in tech Episode 2

As part of this year's International Women's Day celebration, Codurance Talks presents our Women in Tech edition, a two-episode series in which our software craftsperson Solange will interview different women from around the company. In this episode, our guests are Natalie Gray, Client and Partner Engagement Lead, Amelia Bampton, Regional Director in Manchester, and Emily Reboul, People Operations in Barcelona.
In an interesting and personal conversation, they will talk about their entry into the tech industry and their trajectory from different roles. Based on their experience, they will reflect on issues such as the support system in the workplace, female representation in technology and how to encourage girls to work in tech.
If you have not listened to the first episode of Women in tech yet, you would gain a developer's perspective thanks to our guests Aurelija Zubaviciute and Cherry Tsui, both craftsperson at Codurance with very different backgrounds.   

Women in tech Episode 1

As part of this year's International Women's Day celebration, Codurance Talks presents our Women in Tech edition, a two-episode series in which our software craftsperson Solange will interview different women from around the company. In this first episode, our two guests are Aurelija Zubaviciute and Cherry Tsui, both craftsperson at Codurance with very different backgrounds.
In an interesting and personal conversation, they will talk about their entry into the tech industry and their trajectory from different roles. Based on their experience, they will reflect on issues such as the support system in the workplace, female representation in technology and how to encourage girls to work in tech.
Don't miss the second episode of Women in tech if you would like to gain another perspective thanks to the different roles of Natalie Gray, Client and Partner Engagement Lead, Amelia Bampton, Regional Director in Manchester, and Emily Reboul, People Operations in Barcelona.

Episode 25: The challenges and opportunities of Platform engineering and DevOps

In today's episode of Codurance Talks Jose Huerta, Managing Director atCodurance Spain, will be joined by Markus Seebacher, CTO at Pagantis and Phil Taprogge, Principal Platform Engineer at Codurance that will be sharing their vision about why Platform engineers and Devops are becoming so trendy this days and where, how and why they fit inside a company.The three of them will be sharing thoughts about common mistakes such as not knowing who are your clients, coupling to services, coupling to custom implementations or team silos, and you will need to identify them rapidly. And they will share their own experiences on complex infrastructure migrations to more agile ones and useful tools.They also will be discussing different topics like how the overload of maintainability and management when you start moving from on premises infrastructures to the cloud.Are big events such as Black Friday or others measurable and actionable form this perspective?

Episode 24: Organisational design and networks analysis with Laura Weis

In this episode of the Codurance Talks podcast, José E. Rodríguez Huerta  has an interesting conversation with Laura Weis, Strategy Consultant at Satalia, a world-leading enterprise AI company.
Laura enlightened us tackling organisational design from a human and social capital perspective, considering her wide experience in psychology and network science.
This episode covers a very significant topic and Laura and Jose dove on why a human-centred organisational design makes companies improve their decision making processes at many levels. Along the talk, they covered important aspects such as:
Understanding people's dynamics for design organisation.
Companies working structure and how it has changed over time.
Challenges and opportunities of new organisation models.
How to approach different problems and ways of working with network analytics.
Tools to analyse the digital transformation impact and processing of data. How to measure information on different human aspects.
As we can see, translating analytics results into the company's reality, allows us to make the most positive changes for businesses.

Episode 23 - AI and the future of decision making

In this episode of the Codurance Talks podcast, José E. Rodríguez Huerta  chats to Riccardo Volpato, Data Scientist and Software Engineer at Satalia, a world-leading enterprise AI company. 
 
The fascinating conversation covered both the academic and business applications of Machine Learning, AI and Data Science with Riccardo helping to demystify what can be a complex topic to understand, especially for those that are just starting out in their journey.
Areas discussed during this fun and entertaining conversation included:
The history of AI and Machine Learning
The challenges around implementing Machine Learning compared to other enterprise solutions
Building integrity into data sets
The challenges that unintended changes can bring to algorithm results eg. Covid-19
Real-world practical applications of Machine Learning from ice cream sales to autonomous cars!
Understanding abstractions
Issues around ethics and bias in the algorithm 
Trends in Machine Learning, including Vision & Language, Forecasting & Modeling, Application within Science and Modeling Real World Phenomena
Recommendations on how to get started

Episode 22 - Working from Home

As we are in the middle of a pandemic that has forced many of us to change our normal routines. Some of our craftspeople join this episode of the podcast to talk about their varied experiences while working from home.
Our guests are Francesco Gigli, Aurelija Zubaviciute, and José Wenzel, and they explain about how they work, the tools they used, and other helpful tidbits with our host, Jorge Gueorguiev García.  
Interested in joining the team?You can find out about our open roles here: https://codurance.com/careers/#our_roles
 
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Episode 21 - Codurance Apprentice Program

In this episode of Codurance Talks, our craftspeople discuss the Codurance apprenticeship program. The apprentice program is an intensive 3 month program of learning for developers with commercial programming experience looking to take their craft to the next level. The program provides you with the skills required to become a productive craftsperson.
Our guests and former apprentices, Riccardo Toni, David Halewood, and José Wenzel, dive into every aspect of the program with our host and established craftsperson, Jorge Gueorguiev García.  
Interested in joining the team?You can find out about our open roles here: https://codurance.com/careers/#our_roles
 
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Episode 20 - Pair Programming

Welcome back to our first podcast of the new year, from a studio! In this episode, we are talking about something we all love: Pair Programming. Listen to Laurence, Alasdair, and Mattsi talk about its use during your normal workflow and as part of the interview process.
As part of the podcast, we mentioned the post by Birgitta Böckeler and Nina Siesseger: On Pair Programming
We would also like to give a special shout out to @jovchem who suggested the topic on Twitter.Photo: Prairie Dog by DigiPD is licensed under CC0Music: "Sweeter Vermouth" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under CC-BY 3.0

Episode 19 - Serverless

In this episode, we are joined by the Chief Architect at Cazoo, Bob Gregory who talks to us about serverless and how to use it to help in the delivery of your project. Jorge co-hosts with Chris Bimson.
 
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Episode 18 - Value Stream Mapping

In this episode of Codurance Talks, our craftspeople discuss value stream mapping. Our guests' deep dive into what value stream mapping is and how it is applied to both business strategy and software development. They also cover where value stream mapping originated, the different characteristics, the best way to reduce bottlenecks, and much more. 
Our guests on this episode are Mash Badar Co-Found of Codurance, Chris Bimson and Jorge Gueorguiev García seasoned craftspeople and our host seasoned craftswoman Solange Gasengayire.
Vocabulary:Lead time: One of the most important things, the time it takes for goods to enter your process and for the value or goods to come out of the process. Cycle time: How long a particular stage takesWait time: The time in between processes Queue time: Each stage would most likely not be synchronized with each other, so the previous stage is producing and is queueing up if the next stage is slower.
 
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