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Weekly podcast with Michael, Mark, and guests, about software and business practices.
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Chris Knight from BT talks to us about Working with #Neurodivergence, how he built his career in data, telling his employers about his Neurodivergence, and so much more!

Web: www.ctrl-alt-expletive.com/15
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March 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We've got platform engineering guru Dave McNeill from Sky as a guest! Dave is a stalwart of innovation and progressive thinking in Ops, DevOps, Platform Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering - a hugely experienced veteran who has seen it all, done it all, and taught it all.

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March 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Our latest episode on #SAFe and #ScaledAgile, loads of fun talking to Raxit Ramani about the different roles he's had in public and private sector, as an Agile Coach.

Listen on our site: www.ctrl-alt-expletive.com/13

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March 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Have you considered engineering management as a career path? Or want to know what it's like to sit in the big seat?
Listen to Sam Jones, Director of Engineering @benifex.bsky.social, (previously Eng. Manager @monzo.com), talk about how she got there, how to improve, what good looks like, and more
March 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Ever wondered what it's like working in tech making games for a good cause? We've got @nikkistearman.bsky.social, BAFTA-winning Creative Director at Xploro® talking about how she creates games to educate kids about their upcoming hospital stay. Also our shortest episode to date!
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February 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ever considered a career change into tech? What the process looks like, and how to get started, and where you could be in a few years time? Or someone else who's considering the change?
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February 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ever considered contracting? Or how one gets into it?
What advice does an experienced contractor offer? Why inside or outside IR35? What are public vs. private sector roles like?
Listen to Marie Wigmore, who has seen and done it all, on this week's episode.
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January 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We've got a brilliant guest on this week, James Balloch!
We had an absolute blast, talking about #BigData, and job changes. Sadly no incidents big enough to take the hotspot on our breaking prod leaderboard. Here's some of our quickfire questions.
Wherever you get pods:
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January 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We're back for our first episode of the year, with Georgia L. Smith talking about Executive Strategy, Disability and Age care, and plenty more! Solid ranking on our "Breaking Prod" leaderboard as well, give it a listen on:
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January 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Episode 6 with JP, recruiter, director, and entrepreneur.
* CV review
* Getting going with a startup, and finding a technical founder
* Our most memorable candidates

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Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1aNR...
Website: www.ctrl-alt-expletive.com/6
December 21, 2024 at 12:40 AM
We’re talking about data centre repatriation, #kubernetes, public vs private cloud, self host vs. SaaS, and more.

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December 14, 2024 at 2:08 AM
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Episode 4 is out now, we've got jingles and an intro, we're talking about some our of biggest incidents, technical diagrams, many many subscriptions, the news, and much more.

#podcast #diagrams #subscriptions #news #AI #freysa
December 8, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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For episode 3, we're talking about home automation, Dishwasher APIs, cheap china gadgets, AI Jesus, and much more!
Something fun to listen on on your way to work for a laugh!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3JW7...
December 8, 2024 at 3:46 PM