From Music to Open Source with Jeremy Saenz
11/23/22 • 82 min
Jeremy Saenz is a Senior Software Engineer at Synadia who works with maintaining an open source messaging platform called NATS. In this episode he takes us on his journey from music production and product management to becoming an accomplished engineer.
00:00 Introduction
06:15 What is your first memory of a computer?
08:50 High school interests
19:30 After High school decisions
23:00 Entering the workforce
27:10 Getting into game engine design
38:15 What was your first task at Kajabi?
42:00 How does Go end up on your radar?
47:00 Writing Martini
52:35 What is Product Management?
55:10 The velocity of change
1:03:58 Moving away from product
1:09:35 Deciding to work on NATS
1:17:30 Jeremy’s workshop topics
1:20:40 Contact Info
Connect with Jeremy:
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/thecodegangsta
Mentioned in today’s episode:
NATS: https://nats.io
Kajabi: https://kajabi.com
Synadia: https://synadia.com
Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!
Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/
Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/
Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog
Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs
Jeremy Saenz is a Senior Software Engineer at Synadia who works with maintaining an open source messaging platform called NATS. In this episode he takes us on his journey from music production and product management to becoming an accomplished engineer.
00:00 Introduction
06:15 What is your first memory of a computer?
08:50 High school interests
19:30 After High school decisions
23:00 Entering the workforce
27:10 Getting into game engine design
38:15 What was your first task at Kajabi?
42:00 How does Go end up on your radar?
47:00 Writing Martini
52:35 What is Product Management?
55:10 The velocity of change
1:03:58 Moving away from product
1:09:35 Deciding to work on NATS
1:17:30 Jeremy’s workshop topics
1:20:40 Contact Info
Connect with Jeremy:
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/thecodegangsta
Mentioned in today’s episode:
NATS: https://nats.io
Kajabi: https://kajabi.com
Synadia: https://synadia.com
Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!
Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/
Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/
Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog
Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs
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John Doak is a Principal Engineer at Microsoft and also the author of the book “Go for DevOps”. In this episode he takes us through his journey from martial arts and cinematography in high school and college to becoming a published author and master at networking.
00:00 Introduction
03:08 What is John Doing today
05:37 Writing “Go for DevOps”
14:00 Graduating high school
16:15 First memory of a computer
23:00 High school interests
28:40 Post high school thoughts
32:50 Triple majoring in college
36:00 Battling migraines through university / odd jobs
46:13 Moving to San Francisco
51:08 What happens after 5 years
57:52 Looking into Google
1:04:10 How long were you at Google?
1:06:40 Networking Skills
1:13:04 What do you think about Tailscale?
1:14:21 Leaving Google
1:20:10 Would you write another book?
1:23:29 Current interests in Tech?
1:28:40 Contact Info
Connect with John:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnsiilver?lang=en
Email: [email protected]
Github: https://github.com/johnsiilver
Mentioned in today’s episode:
Tailscale: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale
Find Johns Book Here: https://www.amazon.com/Go-DevOps-language-Kubernetes-Terraform/dp/1801818894
Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!
Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/
Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/
Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog
Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs
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From 3D Design to Full Stack Engineer with Lee Trout
Lee Trout is a Full Stack Engineer who works with start-ups, small businesses, and large companies specializing in DevOps / front and backend development. In this episode he takes us through his journey from being obsessed with firefighting and 3d design in highschool, to finally finding his place in his present day job.
00:00 Introduction
05:50 What are you doing today?
08:22 What is your favorite tooling for routine and structure?
10:01 What is your first memory of a computer?
18:40 Growing up with tech and mining
21:30 Interests going into high school
26:03 Being interested in Computer Animation/Graphics
30:49 Finding 3D Studio
36:00 Obsession with the fire department
41:50 The plan after high school
46:20 Jobs after University
1:00:25 The first start-up
1:07:20 Working at Mailchimp
1:12:38 Moving to North Carolina
1:19:00 Applying at HashiCorp
1:23:45 Getting to the present day
1:31:28 Contact Info
Connect with Lee:
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecodewritesme
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leetrout/
Mentioned in today’s episode:
GitHub: https://github.com/features/issues
Linear.app:https://linear.app
Hookdeck: https://hookdeck.com
Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!
Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/
Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/
Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog
Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs
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