Q&A #1: Podcasting, Tech Layoffs and First Job as Developer & More with Patrick Akil

First of its kind on the beyond coding podcast, an episode with just me answering your questions. Let me know if I should do more of these 💬 New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible! Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/Q6VJg98ERoU OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:43 - Should I go for a master's degree in computer science? 00:02:35 - How do I get my first job in the tech market? 00:04:35 - Why don't you tweet more? 00:04:50 - How do new engineers entering the tech field cope with the recent layoffs from companies? 00:07:05 - Favorite podcast episode so far? :) 00:08:13 - Hi Patrick, would love to know what was the inspiration behind the podcast? 00:11:33 - Podcast names we didn't end up going with 00:12:19 - Back to how we created the podcast 00:17:59 - Committing to the podcast too quickly 00:19:20 - Curious to know what goes into creating a podcast episode 00:23:25 - When is person X coming on? :( 00:23:51 - What’s your favorite podcast? 00:25:24 - What’s it like being a guest on a podcast? 00:26:40 - What’s your take on hiring in tech? 00:28:53 - Do you hate your own voice? 00:29:56 - How did you get into software development? 00:40:05 - Wrapping up