#44 Barry Ehigiator (BBC): Quality Isn't Just Testing - Culture Across iPlayer, Sounds, & Beyond
Season 2 Episode #25: Barry Ehigiator studied biochemistry, human rights, and development economics before a research project convinced him...
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Tech Effect is a podcast dedicated to software engineering. Joined by industry experts in each episode, podcast host Adrians Miņins tackles a testing or development-related topic, discussing...
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#43 Elena Coazzoli (Lingvano): One Codebase, Three Platforms, 4 Million Users - With a Team of Five?
Season 2 Episode #24: Elena Coazzoli went from studying radiology in Italy to leading product for a 4-million-user sign language learning ap...
#42 Adrián Bolonio (Kununu): No ARIA Is Better Than Bad ARIA - And AI Is Making It Worse
Season 2 Episode #23: Adrián Bolonio picked accessibility as a conference talk topic almost at random. It became a career-defining commitmen...
#41 Jan Daniel Sulaiman (1NCE): He Detects Network Outages Before the Operator Even Knows
Season 2 Episode #22: What happens when a kid whose only goal was to become his dad's boss accidentally falls into IoT through a missing sen...
#40 Ergo Esken (Microsoft): The Hardware and Science Behind Sounding Good on a Call
Season 2 Episode #21: What happens when a hi-fi hobbyist who was manufacturing driver's licenses gets a tip from his brother about a new aud...
#39 Dennis Thisner (Rebtel): Code First, AI Second - Why Knowing the Basics Matters More Than Ever
Season 2 Episode #20: Dennis Thisner quit his first job out of pride, called his mom to brag, and realized he had no plan. A friend's tip an...
#38 Fawzi Mesmar: A Burger King Booth to Award-Winning AAAs— 20+ Years in Game Design
Season 2 Episode #19: Fawzi Mesmar wrote "I want to make games in Japan" in kindergarten. That compass took him across five countries and st...
#37 Vaidas Kavaliunas (CUJO AI): Test Inflation, Flaky Tests & How AI Won't Save Test Automation
Season 2 Episode #18: The 2008 financial crisis forced Vaidas Kavaliunas to choose between switching to QA or losing his job. That decision...
#36 Aleodor Tabarcea (Stripe): AI, Burnout, & Why Great Work Doesn't Speak for Itself
Season 2 Episode #17: What happens when a kid whose family wanted him to become a priest falls in love with code and ends up managing engine...
#35 Luke Gill (Zego): The Hidden Complexity of Insurance Tech and What AI Makes Possible
Season 2 Episode #16: What happens when a Flash developer with a passion for problem-solving ends up reshaping how an entire insurance compa...
#34 Tsahi Levent-Levi (BlogGeek.me): The Hidden Infrastructure Behind Every Video Call You've Made
Season 2 Episode #15: Most of us use Zoom, Google Meet, or similar tools every day without thinking about what is actually happening under t...
#33 Kinga Asbóth (YouTube): What Users Say vs What They Do - A Psychologist PM's Perspective
Season 2 Episode #14: What happens when a trained psychologist takes on the fast-paced Tech Industry? Kinga, Product Manager at YouTube, sha...
#32 Boban Ljubinoski (Klarna): The "Vibe-Coding" Revolution & The New Technical Skills for PMs
Season 2 Episode #13: What happens when your mother’s career advice, “Have you tried computers?”, leads to a decade-long journey through foo...
#31 Fiona Ryder (Bonza Music): From Film School to Music Tech - Building for Creativity in the Age of AI
Season 2 Episode #12: What happens when an entrepreneur with roots in film, music, and physics sets out to solve one of music tech's hardest...
#30 Nikolaj Tolkačiov (Nord Security): We Are All Selfish: Game Theory, Trust, and Building Better QA Teams
Season 2 Episode #11: In this episode of Tech Effect, we meet Nikolaj Tolkačiov. Nikolaj is an Engineering Manager at Nord Security, an Inde...
#29 Gunnar Brune (Tricolore Strategy): Beyond ChatGPT Hype & Building Real AI Value
Season 2 Episode #10: In this episode of Tech Effect, we meet Gunnar Brune. Gunnar is a Business Strategy Consultant, Founder, and AI expert...
# 28 Uldis Tēraudkalns (NexPay, OkoRide): Leading Tech Innovation: Fintech, AI, & Beyond
Season 2 Episode #9: In this episode of Tech Effect, we meet Uldis Tēraudkalns. Uldis has extensive experience in fintech and crypto, having...
# 27 Varun Singh (Daily): Building Real-Time Communication & The Future Of Voice-AI
Season 2 Episode #8: In this episode of Tech Effect, we meet Dr. Varun Singh. Varun is the Chief Product Technology Officer at Daily, with o...
# 26 Danny Preussler (SoundCloud): From Android to Full Stack & Everything In-between
Season 2 Episode #7: In this episode of Tech Effect, we meet Danny Preussler. Danny has over 25 years of experience in software development...
# 25 Pekka Pönkänen (Wolt): Maintaining Quality While Scaling: Wolt's Experience
Season 2 Episode #6: In this episode of Tech Effect, we meet Pekka Pönkänen. Pekka has 10 years of experience in software testing and is the...