Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett

Episode #46 - Final - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Host: Taylor Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://twitter.com/yodorsetthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/taylordorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com Contact dorsetttaylordev@gmail.com

Episode #45.5 - John Dugaw - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett John is the Principal Architect at LionKube which focuses on FinOps and DevOps and Kubernetes work. John has previously worked Walgreens, Amazon, and T-Mobile in engineering leader roles. He is also a voice over artist. Video: https://youtu.be/jr5RR8E-rjQ Part One: https://youtu.be/jr5RR8E-rjQ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: John Dugaw https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-dugaw-b287021/https://lionkube.com/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

Episode #45 - John Dugaw - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett John is the Principal Architect at LionKube which focuses on FinOps and DevOps and Kubernetes work. John has previously worked Walgreens, Amazon, and T-Mobile in engineering leader roles. He is also a voice over artist. Video: https://youtu.be/m3kEkusjSqU Part Two: https://youtu.be/jr5RR8E-rjQ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: John Dugaw https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-dugaw-b287021/https://lionkube.com/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

Episode #44 - Chris Love - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett Chris is the Managing Partner at LionKube which focuses on FinOps and DevOps and Kubernetes work. Chris is also a published author of Core Kubernetes. Video: To be posted Part Two: To be posted Audio only: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Chris Love https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrislovecnm/https://lionkube.com/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

Episode #44 - Chris Love - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett Chris is the Managing Partner at LionKube which focuses on FinOps and DevOps and Kubernetes work. Chris is also a published author of Core Kubernetes. Video: To be posted Part Two: To be posted Audio only: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Chris Love https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrislovecnm/https://lionkube.com/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

Episode #43 - William Smith - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett William is a Managing Director at Technical Paradigm where hes been for the last five years working with large companies like Microsoft. Before that he worked at a number of companies including Deloitte. He's also the author of The Future of Tech. Video: https://youtu.be/PXGg5fcv6IU Audio only: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: William Smith https://www.linkedin.com/in/emergingtechwill/https://blog.wsctechconsulting.com/https://wsctechconsulting.com/future-tech-ebook/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

Episode #42.5 - Rebecca Bailey - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett Rebecca is a Engineering Manager at Formidable where she has been for the last three years. Before that she worked at a number of Chicago based companies including 8th Light. Video: https://youtu.be/Bz0LoXYBHAQ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Rebecca Bailey https://www.linkedin.com/in/beccamakesthings/https://beccabailey.substack.com/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

Episode #42 - Rebecca Bailey - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett Rebecca is a Engineering Manager at Formidable where she has been for the last three years. Before that she worked at a number of Chicago based companies including 8th Light. Video: https://youtu.be/Bz0LoXYBHAQ Part Two: https://youtu.be/X1-3ZZcgGCg Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Rebecca Bailey https://www.linkedin.com/in/beccamakesthings/https://beccabailey.substack.com/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

Episode #41 - LaunchPad Lab - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett LaunchPad Lab is a consulting companies based in Chicago that primarily focused on Ruby on Rails, React, and Salesforce work. Brendan Hennessy (Co-Founder and CTO) and Conor Hawes (Engineering Manager) are both coding bootcamp graduates and have been with LaunchPad Lab for many years. Video: https://youtu.be/SnND1H4bEho Part Two: https://youtu.be/XP-YsVPqHuw Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Brendan Hennessy & Conor Hawes LinkedIn (Brendan): https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjhennessy/ LinkedIn (Conor): https://www.linkedin.com/in/conorhawes/ Website: https://launchpadlab.com/ Careers: https://launchpadlab.com/careers/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://twitter.com/yodorsetthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

Episode #40 - Matt Wilson - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett Matt is an engineering manager in the Chicago land area. Most recently he's worked at Farmers Fridge as the Manager of Platform Engineering and he was with ShopperTrak for many years before that. Video: https://youtu.be/1iPlY-6qTNw Part Two: https://youtu.be/YksAbgLZNB8 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Matt Wilson https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-wilson-5b598941/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://twitter.com/yodorsetthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

Ross is an Engineering Manager at Elastic in Chicago. Previously he was the CTO and co-founder of Pixavo and an engineering manager at a number of other Chicago tech companies. Video: https://youtu.be/dh3KdAyS6lw Part Two: https://youtu.be/abD7MemNBzc Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Ross Bell LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossallenbell/ Website: https://www.elastic.co/ Elastic Careers: https://www.elastic.co/about/careers/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://twitter.com/yodorsetthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

Episode #38 - Brian Montana - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett Brian is an Engineering Manager and Senior Software Engineer at UHC Technology previously Rally Health in Chicago. He runs Chicago CodePen and converted it to a platform agnostic creative coding Meetup called computer.art. He mentor and TA for Code Platoon to support other veterans starting a career in technology. Video: https://youtu.be/QFWAnLD13sY Part Two: https://youtu.be/OTpjFL0Z3GU Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Brian Montana LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmontana/ Website: https://www.optum.com/ Code Platoon: https://www.codeplatoon.org/ computer.art: https://www.meetup.com/computer-dot-art/?_cookie-check=cxXLQ9tPq3N45I6P If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://twitter.com/yodorsetthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

Episode #37 - Gregg Walrod - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett My guest today is Gregg Walrod who is currently an Engineering Manager at Aclaimant. Previously he was Senior Manager of Engineering Operations at Inspire11 and Head of Software Engineering at Nerdery. Video: https://youtu.be/wHi132yeo00 Part Two - Resume Review: To be posted Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Gregg Walrod LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greggwalrod/ Website: https://www.aclaimant.com/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://twitter.com/yodorsetthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

My guest today is Zachary Lome, Senior Software Engineering Manager at Amount where he has been for the last seven years. Previously he was with Bank of America. Video: https://youtu.be/sfujcEMA3CQ Part Two - Technical: https://youtu.be/_QrmRiNTje4 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Zachary Lome LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-lome-816b16b7/ Website: https://www.amount.com/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://twitter.com/yodorsetthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

Episode #35 - Bijan Vafaei - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett My guest today is Bijan Vafaei, Product Manager at Expedia and previously Head of Product Management at Wage. Before moving into product Management he was Software Engineer and Software Engineering Manager Video: https://youtu.be/RB_7fT4gfR8 Part Two: https://youtu.be/qlKSQXmglAg Audio Only: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wtxjh-1295fec Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Bijan Vafaei LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bijanvafaei/ Website: https://www.expedia.com/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://twitter.com/yodorsetthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

My guest today is Bijan Vafaei, Product Manager at Expedia and previously Head of Product Management at Wage. Before moving into product Management he was Software Engineer and Software Engineering Manager Video: https://youtu.be/RB_7fT4gfR8 Part Two - Technical: To be posted Part Two - Technical - Audio only: To be posted Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Bijan Vafaei LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bijanvafaei/ Website: https://www.expedia.com/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://twitter.com/yodorsetthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

Episode #34 - Nathan Reynolds - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett My guest today is Nathan Reynolds, VP of Engineering at InMoment which recently acquired ReviewTrackers where Nathan has spent the last 6 years. Video: https://youtu.be/_Zs3wvH17VE Part Two - Technical: https://youtu.be/VNBI_p49mAk Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Nathan Reynolds LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nvreynolds/ Website: https://inmoment.com/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://twitter.com/yodorsetthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

My guest today is Jorge Coca who is the Head of Engineering at Very Good Ventures and a Flutter advocate. He also runs the Chicago Flutter meet up community. Video: https://youtu.be/LixRBj9tutQ Part Two - Technical: To be posted Audio only: To be posted Part Two - Technical - Audio only: To be posted Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Jorge Coca LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorgecocaramos/ Website: https://verygood.ventures/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

My guest today is Chris Powers who is currently the Director of Engineering at Chegg (Thinkful), before that he was Director of Engineering and Engineering Manager at Sprout Social and Groupon. Chris also regularly speak at technical conferences. Video: https://youtu.be/IR0QyGYYTb0 Part Two - Technical: https://youtu.be/HY0t7XYl1rE Audio only: https://professionaltechnicalintervieweewithtaylordorsett.podbean.com/e/episode-32-chris-powers-professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Chris Powers LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-powers-b415a4122/ Website: https://www.chegg.com/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com

Episode #31.5 - Arne Saupe - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett My guest today is Arne Saupe, VP of Technology at Farmers Fridge. Arne has helped Farmers Fridge scale their engineering team and previously helped Trunk Club scale their team as their Chicago Director of Engineering. Video: https://youtu.be/PSMOWYaHNXI Part Two - Technical: https://youtu.be/4DfFxhfp95A Audio only: Episode #31 - Arne Saupe - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett Part Two - Technical - Audio only: Episode #31.5 - Arne Saupe - Professional Technical Interviewee with Taylor Dorsett Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7zvt9QZWMUGsQ27NM8XuMd?si=272649053fbf4c03 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-technical-interviewee-with-taylor-dorsett/id1557937961 Guests: Arne Saupe LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnesaupe/ Website: https://www.farmersfridge.com/ If you enjoyed the show please subscribe, thumbs up, and share the show. Episodes released on the first four Thursdays of each month. Host: Taylor Owen Dorsett dorsetttaylordev@gmail.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordorsett/https://github.com/TaylorODhttps://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett Editor: Dustin Bays dustin.bays@baysbrass.com