Rewire with Susan

Are you a newbie in software development and sometimes feel lost? Or are you a non-technical manager of developers and finding it difficult to navigate some of the conversations in your team? You are in the right place! Here, we simplify topics in software development and share tips to help build a career in technology

Season Finale: Quick Recap

0:16 - Welcome welcome! 0:23 - Time to say bye to this season 0:41 - Subscribe to my Youtube channel Catch up on my WWC talk on Women who code Youtube channel 1: 14 - Episode 1 recap 1:26 - Episode 2 recap 2:10 - Episode 3 recap 2:24 - Episode 4 recap 2:46 - Episode 5 recap 3:05 - Episode 6 recap 3:31 - Episode 7 recap 3:55 - Episode 8 recap 4:26 - Episode 9, 10, and 11 recap 5:02 - Episode 12 recap Social media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Tiktok, and In...

05-31
06:32

Dev Chat: GETTING PAST MY FEAR AND LANDING MY DREAM JOB with Adora Nwodo(Cloud Engineer, Microsoft)

00:14 - Introducing Adora 1:10 - The Inspiration behind the name "Big Nenz" 3:30 - How Adora got into tech 25:33 - Startup vs FAANG 26:21 - What Adora would do differently as a newbie 27:33 - Worst advice Adora has gotten 29:25 - How Adora deals with imposter syndrome 34:16 - About Adora's book 35:51 - Top 3 things Adora finds fascinating 39:50 - Adora's last words Social media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Tiktok, and InstagramSusan's Y...

05-24
41:35

HANDLING CONFLICTS IN A SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TEAM - PART 3

00:26 - Welcome! Listen to Part 1 and Part 2 of this series 1:14 - Check out my Youtube 2:30 - Create a safe place 2:57 - Face the problem and not the person 5:07 - Encourage dialogue and feedback 6:06 - Don't hesitate in identifying where you might have done things better 7:38 - Be respectful 8:54 - Sometimes sugar coat, sometimes, no coat Social media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Tiktok, and InstagramSusan's Youtube Email hello@rewirewithsusan.com Also, feel free...

05-17
13:32

HANDLING CONFLICTS IN A SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TEAM - PART 2

0:24 - Welcome newcomers and OGs 1:31 - Review of last week's episode. Listen to Part 1 of this series here 2:05 - Check out my Youtube 2:16 - Register for ConnectRecharge here 3:01 - Ways to resolve conflicts in software engineering teams 3:37 - Detect them early 4:59 - Bring up the conversation(technical debate) to a bigger group 6:01 - Hop on a call instead of being a keyboard warrior 7:41 - Involve your manager 8:35 - Bring in leadership/HR 9:37 - Say goodbye Social media Rewir...

05-10
11:11

HANDLING CONFLICTS IN A SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TEAM

0:25 - Welcome 0:36 - Gist about my bae-cation 1:58 - "Hilarious" response on Quora about handling conflicts in software engineering teams 3:23 - Forms of software engineering team conflicts 5:30 - Benefits of conflicts 6:58 - Pull requests as a major source of conflict 9:38 - Not being aligned with team standards as a cause of conflict 10:01 - Deciding on the app's architecture Social media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Tiktok, and InstagramSusan's Youtube Email he...

05-03
13:23

Dev Chat: WORK-LIFE BALANCE AS A PROGRAMMER with Emeka Ashikodi (Software Engineer, The Zebra)

0:24 - Welcome and Introducing Ashikodi 1:23 - How Ashikodi got into tech 2:11 - What work-life balance means to Ashikodi 5:04 - Is work-life balance really a thing? 12:34 - Some signs of burnout 13:15 - What ways can perfectionists get past always getting burnt out? 17:13 - How Ashikodi would identify a team member who is burnt out and how to handle the situation? 20:05 - How do you ensure you meet up with your goals while making sure an area of your life is not suffering? 21:16 - Mo...

04-19
27:36

Dev Chat: BUILDING A STARTUP IN NIGERIA AS A PROGRAMMER with Chijioke Ndubisi(Founder, Remote Africa)

0:24 - Welcome and Introducing Chijioke 1:37 - How CJ got into tech 7:31 - How his CS degree helped him as a Programmer 9:24 - The point where CJ decided to start building a product 12:40 - How he found the courage to start building full-time with no "backup plan" 14:46 - First challenges encountered when Remote Africa started 19:00 - How he finds the fine balance between low-level processes and managing big picture stuff 27:15 - CJ's advice for developers with an entrepreneurial strea...

04-12
48:24

Dealing with Imposter Syndrome (Rerun of Season 2, episode 14)

0:26 - Welcome, Tolu and Stephen!! 0:52 - About Tolu 1:17 - About Stephen 2:04 - What is Imposter Syndrome? 2:31 - Tolu's first encounter with Imposter Syndrome in tech 4:12 - Stephen's experience with Imposter syndrome in tech 7:31 - Signs that make you identify that you have imposter syndrome 13:41 - Different perceived expressions of the imposter syndrome 19:12 - How can you deal with imposter syndrome? 27:31 - Tolu's interest in Krav Maga 29:58 - Stephen's "pa...

04-05
41:47

SURVIVING LEGACY CODE

Book free mentorship sessions here 00:21 - Welcome welcome! 1:21 - Assumptions about legacy code writer 2:05 - Reasons for changing software 3:18 - Things to keep in mind when making the bold changes Take ownershipVisit code documentation and code commentsAdd tests before making changesAsk for helpKnow when to say goodbyeSocial media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Youtube, and InstagramEmail hello@rewirewithsusan.com Also, feel free to share your thoughts and feedback...

03-28
07:07

WRITING JAVASCRIPT LIKE A PRO

Book free mentorship sessions here 00:27 - Welcome ! 1:05 - console.time() and console.timeEnd() 3:18 - Asynchronous Javascript 5:27 - Destructuring 6:45 - Numbers to String and String to Numbers 7:48 - Short circuit conditionals 9:36 - Sets 10:12 - Equality Social media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Youtube, and InstagramEmail hello@rewirewithsusan.com Also, feel free to share your thoughts and feedback here Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/rewirewithsusan) ...

03-22
12:33

GOING LIVE WITH YOUR WEBSITE

00:27 - Welcome welcome! 00:57 - What you need to do to put your website online 1:19 - Get a custom domain name 1:42 - Why we use domain names - https://www.rewirewithsusan.com/1161119/4733081-what-happens-when-i-visit-google-com 1:59 - Types of domain endings 3:06 - Get a web hosting service 4:03 - Wire up domain and hosting service 4:19 - Now, go live with your website! Support the show

03-15
04:53

5 THINGS JUNIOR DEVELOPERS SHOULD BE DOING

00:24 - Welcome 00:36 - Russia/Ukraine crises 1:49 - Mentorship 4:12 - Constructive criticism 7:50 - Be a part of the why and not just the how 10:01 - Read the documentation 11:17 - Don't be sentimental about your code Support the show

03-08
13:47

TOP 4 TECH TREND PREDICTIONS FOR 2022

Book free mentorship sessions here 00:26 - Welcome back !! 1:51 - Web 3.0 2:42 - What is Web 1.0 & Web 2.04:23 - What is Web 3.0 doing differently?6:02 - Blockchain8:38 - AI-Powered chatbots 9:10 - Dark mode UI 10:05 - Immersive technologies 10:25 - Information age to Imagination age11:00 - Virtual reality11:31 - Augmented reality12:01 - Mixed realitySocial media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Facebook, and InstagramEmail hello@rewirewithsusan.com Also, feel free ...

03-01
14:03

Wierd Developer Stories

Join RWS Slack community here Book free mentorship sessions here Find Remote Africa here Social media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Facebook, and InstagramEmail hello@rewirewithsusan.com Also, feel free to share your thoughts and feedback here Support the show

09-21
19:01

Dev Chat: Engineering Management with Matt Kantor (Principal Architect, Propellerhead)

Join RWS Slack community here Book free mentorship sessions here 0:40 - Welcome Matt! 0:57 - A peek into Matt's background 1:58 - What made Matt move from being an individual contributor to management? 3:11 - Matt's management style when he started out VS now 4:22 - How Matt stays fresh with fast-changing technologies while actively managing people 7:15 - Matt's thoughts about a non-technical person leading an engineering team 9:41 - What else could Engineers talk about during ...

09-14
27:27

Do I really need to test my code?!

Share your crazy work story here Join RWS Slack community here Book free mentorship sessions here 00:27 - Welcome Welcome! 00:48 - Dad joke of the day 1:06 - What is testing in Software development? 1:30 - What is a software bug? 2: 10 - Quick ad on "Wierd developer stories" 2:46 - Unsettling situations in history as a result of software bugs 4:28 - Different types of bugs Security bugFunctional bugPerformance bugError handlingRegression bug8:14 - Things to look out for when te...

09-07
13:14

So you think your code is clean? (Rerun of Season 1, episode 11 + Some tea)

This episode is a rerun of episode 11, Season 1 from September 2021 with a little peek into what's coming up in the final episode. You definitely want to listen till the end! Share your crazy work story here Join RWS Slack community here Book free mentorship sessions here Social media Rewire with Susan - InstagramSusan's Twitter, Facebook, and InstagramEmail hello@rewirewithsusan.com Also, feel free to share your thoughts and feedback here Support the show Become a Patreon S...

08-31
09:01

Dev Chat: From Developer to CEO and Everything in between with Rebecca Egger(CEO at Little Otter)

Join RWS Slack community here Book free mentorship sessions here 1:11 - Welcome Rebecca! 1:33 - A peek into Rebecca's world 3:10 - Rebecca's experience transitioning through programming, design, and management and the hard parts 7:15 - How transitioning between these paths has impacted her values, processes, and decision making as a CEO 8:57 - How to deal with situations where product managers are not aligned with engineers on building solutions. 11:36 - Rebecca's vision fo...

08-24
27:07

Improving Communication for the Introverted Engineer

0:25 - Welcome Welcome! 0:40 - Am I an extroverted introvert or an introverted introvert? 1:38 - What differentiates an introvert from an extrovert? 2:12 - Reasons why Introverted engineers might not contribute much verbally 2:47 - The importance of having a diversity of personalities within a team 3:33 - Why communication is important for the software engineer 6:11 - How to improve your communication skills Active listeningAdd structureDon't run away from public speakingTry not t...

08-17
13:09

Progressive web apps

Join RWS Slack community here 0:24 - How is your August going? 1:54 - How did Progressive web apps come about? 4:14 - PWAs give us the best of both worlds - Web applications and native apps 4:55 - Benefits of PWAs Could save you the need to build a native appReliabilityInstallabilityAlways have the most updated versionPush notifications6:33 - Companies that have introduced PWAs 8:30 - Criteria for a web application to be a PWA Secure contextService workersManifest file11:00 - Drawbacks of PW...

08-10
13:35

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