Podcast Ruined by a Software Engineer
Episodes
A Million Dollar Lesson with Sze Wong | Ep. 58
Contributed by Lukas
Sze Wong is the Founder and CEO of Zerion Software, a software development company building technology to help teams perform better field data collect...
Experiencing Incubators and Accelerators with Jeroen Corthout | Ep. 28
Contributed by Lukas
Jeroen Corthout is the co-founder and CEO of Salesflare, a software company reinventing how to manage client relationships.Dive into topics such as wh...
Defining a Senior Software Engineer Mindset with Swizec Teller | Ep. 27
Contributed by Lukas
Swizec Teller is a senior software engineer at Tia, an in-person and virtual care startup for better women healthcare, as well as the author of Server...
Building Software Infrastructure with Abhay Venkatesh | Ep. 26
Contributed by Lukas
Abhay Venkatesh is a software engineer at Anduril, a defense technology startup building surveillance, networking, robotics systems among others.Dive ...
Trailer
Contributed by Lukas
I've got an idea; now what? Techies, entrepreneurs, parties of one and many—Perry Tiu invites passionate guests to look back at how they got to wher...
Chunking and Scandals with Dr. Alexander Kihm | Ep. 59
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Alexander Kihm is the Founder and CEO of POMA AI, a chunking technology that intakes large libraries of data (PDFs, JSONs, images), chunks it with...
Overcoming Career Plateaus with Uma Subramanian | Ep. 57
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Uma Subramanian is the Founder and CEO of Limitless Leaders, a personalized mentoring program for individuals willing to overcome their career plateau...
Multichain Orchestration with Rowland Graus | Ep. 56
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rowland Graus is a Director of Product Management at Agoric, a startup developing open-source software to help create a better experience building app...
Solving User Authentication with Julianna Lamb | Ep. 55
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Julianna Lamb is the Co-Founder and CTO of Stytch, a user authentication platform providing solutions for user logins management as well as fraud and ...
Mastering the Presentation Stage with Geoffrey Huck | Ep. 54
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Geoffrey Huck is a professional speaking coach who helps tech leaders learn how to embrace any presentation stage.Listen to Geoffrey talk about the im...
Data Security and Secrets Management 101 with Brian Vallelunga | Ep. 53
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Vallelunga is the Founder and CEO of Doppler, a cloud-based secrets management platform captivating DevOps enthusiasts around the world.Listen t...
Building for Developers and Leading by Efficiency with Sophia Willows | Ep. 52
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sophia Willows is the Head of Engineering at Rye, a one-stop shop API allowing its users to build e-commerces with any products on the internet.Listen...
Tax Mastery and Financial Wisdom with Michael Scarpati | Ep. 51
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Scarpati is the Founder and CEO of RetireUS, a financial wellness platform educating everyday people about systems-based financial strategies....
Ask Me Anything #5 | Ep. 50
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Perry answers your questions about tech, career, life, travel, food, and everything in between.Dive into topics such as how to keep up with the develo...
How to Refactor Your Brain and Excel in Tech with Dagna Bieda | Ep. 49
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dagna Bieda is an engineer turned coach for engineers and author of the book Brain Refactor.Listen to Dagna talk about when she helped build emergency...
Career Readiness Academies and Open Data for Schools with Lindsey Dixon | Ep. 48
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsey Dixon is the Vice President of Product & Innovation at NAF, a nonprofit organization offering career readiness programs in over 600 academies ...
Solving Infertility with Amy Beckley | Ep. 47
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Beckley is the Founder and CEO of Proov. Proov develops a suite of products to let you track your hormones and help you achieve your fertility goa...
Creating Unique Dining Experiences with Fisayo Oluwadiya | Ep. 46
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fisayo Oluwadiya is the Founder of OKAO and the Creator of Resactly, an intelligent app that foodies can use to share their taste profiles and receive...
Uptime Monitoring as a Service with Tomas Koprusak | Ep. 45
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tomas Koprusak is the Chief Product Officer of UptimeRobot, an array of uptime monitoring services catering to millions of developers around the world...
Defining Market Signals with George Kailas | Ep. 44
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
George Kailas is the CEO of Prospero.Ai, a financial intelligence platform providing hedge fund-level key signals and AI-driven insights—all in the ...
Building Data Tooling with Sandy Ryza | Ep. 43
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sandy Ryza is the lead engineer at Dagster Labs, the group behind the popular developer tool Dagster which allows data practitioners to see all their ...
Reimagining File Systems with Björn Kolbeck | Ep. 42
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Björn Kolbeck is the co-founder and CEO of Quobyte, a scalable and distributed file system that can be installed on your servers in minutes.Dive into...
Serial Entrepreneurship with Steve Taplin | Ep. 41
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Taplin is the CEO of Sonatafy, a software development company highlighting the talent of nearshore software developers.Dive into topics such as ...
Ask Me Anything #4 | Ep. 40
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Perry answers your questions about tech, career, life, travel, food, and everything in between.Dive into topics such as simple tech concepts that anyo...
Venture Capital 101 with Dana Oshiro | Ep. 39
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dana Oshiro is a general partner at Heavybit, a venture capital fund investing in startups focused on building great developer tools.Dive into topics ...
Building Applications for Non-Technical Founders with Natalie Kaminski | Ep. 38
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Natalie Kaminski is the co-founder and CEO of JetRockets, a software development company that helps non-technical founders build their dream applicati...
Solving "It Works On My Machine" with Ramiro Berrelleza | Ep. 37
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reach out to [email protected] for a free session on how to improve your developer's experience.Ramiro Berrelleza is the Founder and CEO of Okteto, a...
Bridging Web Development and Web Designing with Steven Schkolne | Ep. 36
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Schkolne is the founder and CEO of MightyMeld, a web development tool that bridges the gap between web development and web designing like we've...
Redesigning Luxury Traveling Hardware with Camryn Leibowitz | Ep. 35
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Camryn Leibowitz is the co-founder and Product Designer of Royce and Rocket, a luxury travel brand featuring suitcases with an intuitive, modular inte...
Deciding What Technologies to Invest In with Jennifer Perrotta | Ep. 34
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Perrotta is the Chief Technology Office of WeWork, a coworking space company designed to foster a creative community.Dive into topics such as...
Exploring Data Science, Computer Science and Project Management with Maddy Chen | Ep. 33
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maddy Chen is a Product Manager at Visa and the host of Tech Gals, a podcast highlighting women and their journey in tech.Dive into topics such as wha...
Going from Med School to Software Engineering with Grace Moore | Ep. 32
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Grace Moore is a Software Engineer at Notable Health, a healthcare startup enhancing the American healthcare experience for patients, physicians and e...
Breaking Down Two-Pizza Teams | Ep. 31
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring engineers Andy Dam and Stan Liu, dive into topics such as what makes a team a "Two-Pizza" team, why is it called a "Two-Pizza" team, what ar...
Ask Me Anything #3 | Ep. 30
09 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Perry answers your questions about tech, career, life, travel, food, and everything in between.Dive into topics such as how to get into the tech indus...
The 24 Hours of a Software Engineer | Ep. 29
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring engineers Andy Dam and Stan Liu, dive into topics such as how much time a software engineer actually spends coding, what do software enginee...
The Never-Ending Software Development Cycle | Ep. 25
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring engineers Andy Dam and Stan Liu, dive into topics such as where does software engineering work comes from, what to look for during code revi...
How to Build Software Engineering Teams with Ben Turner | Ep. 24
04 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Turner is a director of software engineering at Enbala Power Networks, a company providing a software platform to manage and optimize power grids ...
The Different Software Engineering Teams with Sidharth Eleswarapu | Ep. 23
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sidharth Eleswarapu is a software engineer at Uber, a ride-sharing startup disrupting the transport industry.Dive into topics such as life at Georgia ...
Teaching People How to Code with Nicole Ayalon | Ep. 22
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Ayalon is a full stack developer at Bell Canada, a telecommunications company providing wired and wireless technology services.Dive into topics...
Progressing to Senior Engineering Roles with Mark Snyder | Ep. 21
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Snyder is a director of product development at Circa, a talent acquisition company focused on building high-performing teams.Dive into topics suc...
Ask Me Anything #2 | Ep. 20
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Perry answers your questions about tech, career, life, travel, food, and everything in between.Dive into topics such as how did I get a job in differe...
What to Say to a New Developer with Dan Moore | Ep. 19
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Moore is the head of developer relations at FusionAuth, a startup simplifying authentication and user management for developers, as well as the au...
Repaying Tech Debt with Alexandre Omeyer | Ep. 18
10 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandre Omeyer is the co-founder and CEO of Stepsize, a project management startup helping streamline project deliveries.Dive into topics such as ma...
Producing Podcasts with Jonathan Chan | Ep. 17
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Chan is a mechanical engineer at Slab Innovation, a construction technology company changing the concrete industry with robotics, as well as ...
Choosing Your Software Engineering Adventure | Ep. 16
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring engineers Andy Dam and Stan Liu, dive into topics such as the different kinds of software engineers, the tools they work with, how they fit ...
Do Job Titles Really Matter? | Ep. 15
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring engineers Andy Dam and Stan Liu, dive into topics such as software engineering job titles, the software engineering ladder, the Individual C...
Coding Bootcamps: Yay or Nay? | Ep. 14
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring engineers Andy Dam and Stan Liu, dive into topics such as coding bootcamp costs and expected salaries, how to apply for them, what are the r...
Beating Your Technical Interview | Ep. 13
09 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring engineers Andy Dam and Stan Liu, dive into topics such as how to apply for a tech job, what to prepare, what interviewers evaluate and much ...
Savings and Investments for Developers | Ep. 12
05 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring engineers Andy Dam and Stan Liu, dive into topics such as personal debt, different methods of saving, how to start investing and much more. ...
Everything You Need to Know About Side Projects | Ep. 11
14 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring engineers Andy Dam and Stan Liu, dive into topics such as where to find ideas, the lifecycle of a side project, how to project manage it, he...
Ask Me Anything | Ep. 10
22 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Perry answers your questions about tech, career, life, travel, food, and everything in between.Dive into topics such as how I got into tech, how to be...
Data Engineering vs ML Engineering with Kevin Huang | Ep. 9
16 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Huang is an ML and AI engineer at Notable Health, a healthcare startup enhancing the American healthcare experience for patients, physicians and...
Recruiting for a Fortune 500 with Rich Do | Ep. 8
26 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rich Do is a technical recruiter at Scoop, a car-share startup optimizing carpooling for workers.Dive into topics such as becoming a technical recruit...
Designing for Mobile and Web Applications with Tom Wicks | Ep. 7
17 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Wicks is a product designer at Run An Empire, a fitness mobile application in the form of a strategy game for runners and walkers.Dive into topics...
Finding the Right Co-Founder with Will Swannell | Ep. 6
03 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Will Swannell is the co-founder and CEO of Hire Space, an events startup connecting UK's best venues with event planners.Dive into topics such as co-f...
Managing Corporate Finance with Amin Rizwan | Ep. 5
20 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amin Rizwan is a finance manager at Avocet, an ad-tech startup building tools to optimize digital advertisement.Dive into topics such as the finance b...
Doing Tech without a Tech Background with Joe Summerhayes | Ep. 4
06 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Summerhayes is a junior software engineer at Hire Space, an events startup connecting UK's best venues with event planners.Dive into topics such a...
Demystifying Tech Interviews with Carlos Baraza | Ep. 3
22 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Carlos Baraza is a senior software engineer at DAZN and the founder of Wisertag, a technology startup connecting real life objects with data.Dive into...
Bootstrapping vs Fundraising with Tiernan Mines | Ep. 2
08 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tiernan Mines is the co-founder and CEO of Hello Lamp Post, an interactive communication startup connecting cities with their communities.Dive into to...
Breaking Down Great Products with Balint Szeplaki | Ep. 1
25 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Balint Szeplaki is the head of product at Poq, a startup focused on building great mobile apps for businesses.Dive into topics such as startups in Lon...