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Episode Synopsis
We're back with another Q&A episode! 🙌
Tons of great questions and a very special guest jumps in here and there as well!
The man with many names, my friend and producer: Roald Willemsen
🎙Enjoy! 🤗
Full episode on YouTube ▶️https://youtu.be/srJp0N9_iLc
New episodes every Wednesday with me 🎙Patrick Akil!
Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible!
OUTLINE:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:47 - If you could start your career over what would you do differently?00:05:00 - How valuable did you find the podcast in terms of personal development and giving back to the community?00:05:07 - Personal Development00:10:07 - Giving back to the community00:11:49 - What’s next for the podcast?00:13:05 - Patrick Akil Podcast00:14:55 - Are you a native English speaker?00:17:33 - How much do you work remote and how much do you go to the office?00:20:31 - If you couldn’t do the podcast anymore what would you do?00:22:17 - How does a new software engineer make themselves valuable as an employee in this era of AI and machine learning?00:27:12 - As a software engineer, what is the one thing you'll never actually want to do?00:29:23 - Who or what has inspired you in your career?00:33:53 - How would your 10 year old self react to what you are doing now?00:35:14 - What do you remember most about your first job?00:43:53 - Outro
Tons of great questions and a very special guest jumps in here and there as well!
The man with many names, my friend and producer: Roald Willemsen
🎙Enjoy! 🤗
Full episode on YouTube ▶️https://youtu.be/srJp0N9_iLc
New episodes every Wednesday with me 🎙Patrick Akil!
Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible!
OUTLINE:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:47 - If you could start your career over what would you do differently?00:05:00 - How valuable did you find the podcast in terms of personal development and giving back to the community?00:05:07 - Personal Development00:10:07 - Giving back to the community00:11:49 - What’s next for the podcast?00:13:05 - Patrick Akil Podcast00:14:55 - Are you a native English speaker?00:17:33 - How much do you work remote and how much do you go to the office?00:20:31 - If you couldn’t do the podcast anymore what would you do?00:22:17 - How does a new software engineer make themselves valuable as an employee in this era of AI and machine learning?00:27:12 - As a software engineer, what is the one thing you'll never actually want to do?00:29:23 - Who or what has inspired you in your career?00:33:53 - How would your 10 year old self react to what you are doing now?00:35:14 - What do you remember most about your first job?00:43:53 - Outro
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