Best Job Ever
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| 1 | VideoMeet David Carson, Winner of Dice's Best Interview Ever Contest | Meet David Carson, Winner of Dice's Best Interview Ever Contest | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoMeet Ian Milham, Art Director at Visceral Games | How to get into game development and build a portfolio that works. The design minds at EA's Visceral Games talk about what goes into the Dead Space series, how showing your worth as a designer is more than buttons and tools, and how if you can understand your place in the larger picture of building a video game, you can get the Best Job Ever. | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoMeet Brett Keintz, Director of Product Management at Groupon | How to raise your skills by doing some pair programming and social coding. Groupon's tech team sits down with Veronica to talk about how rapid growth and scale takes constant integration, testing, and flexibility from its engineers, about the importance of having an opinion in coding languages and process, and how pair programming is vital for learning and understanding the larger framework, and for getting you the Best Job Ever. | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoMeet Dr Nic Williams, VP of Technology at Engine Yard | How to get creative and have more fun by building in Rails and sharing your work. Ruby on Rails enthusiast Dr Nic Williams sits down with Veronica Belmont to explain some of the advantages of working in Rails, why it's a mistake not to know your own customer, and how sharing your work and open source projects can make you a better developer, and get you your Best Job Ever. | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoMeet Seth Hitchings, Dir. of Partner Integrations at Evernote - Best Job Ever with Veronica Belmont | How to bolster your resumé and hire-ability by utilizing a company's API. Veronica Belmont talks to the guys at super-syncing, multi-platform Evernote, about why staying current and getting great at the newest tools gives you a competitive edge, how a company that focuses on native software development needs experts for every platform, and how building your own great apps that work with a company's API can get your work seen...and get you hired. | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoHow to get a job engineering for streaming and content on the web. Best Job Ever with Veronica Belmont. | Veronica Belmont talks to Hulu’s CTO and tech team about developing around entertainment and video streaming, distributing across multiple devices and platforms, and how if you have the adaptability of the surprisingly small team that supports Hulu’s millions of viewers, you can land the Best Job Ever. | 4/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoHow to develop in the hyperlocal content web. Best Job Ever with Veronica Belmont. | How to develop in the hyperlocal content web. Best Job Ever with Veronica Belmont. Patch.com’s Editor-In-Chief, Brian Farnham ,and VP Product Management, Tony Brancato, discuss how their engineering team tackles hyperlocal content management, the shift of journalism in our changing tech landscape, and how paying attention to things at the local level can help you get the Best Job Ever. | 4/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoHow to get the best job in machine learning and personalization. Best Job Ever with Veronica Belmont | How to get the best job in machine learning and personalization. Tech minds Chris Dixon and Tom Pinckney, co-founders of Hunch.com, tell you how they’re trying to connect everything on the interwebs to recommend the best stuff for you, how being a better coder may be simpler than you think, and how statistics can raise the probability of getting your Best Job Ever | 3/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoHow to find the perfect fit in today’s tech world. Best Job Ever with Veronica Belmont | How to find the perfect fit in today’s tech world. Best Job Ever with Veronica Belmont. Thrillist’s co-founder Ben Lerer talks with Veronica Belmont about how most every company out there needs great technologists now, how Thrillist grew its tech team to keep up with 2.5 million subscribers, and how lining up your skills with a place you love can get you the Best Job Ever. | 3/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoHow to optimize skills for developing in today’s real time web environment. Best Job Ever with Veronica Belmont | How to optimize skills and focus for developing in today’s real time web environment. Best Job Ever with Veronica Belmont. Veronica Belmont talks with Tony Haile and Allan Beaufour at web analytics provider, Chartbeat, about what real time data is doing for businesses and content publishers, how work flow gets restructured in a dynamically fast web environment, and where you should be looking for the Best Job Ever. | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoHow to get a job in video and animation engineering. Best Job Ever with Veronica Belmont | Veronica Belmont talks to Red Giant Software’s Micah Sharp and Aharon Rabinowitz about optimizing skills for video and animation, the team mentality that keeps Red Giant developers happy, and how you can get the Best Job Ever. | 2/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoHow to get a job in mobile development. Best Job Ever with Veronica Belmont | Best Job Ever: Foodspotting.com talks about how to get hired developing for mobile apps. Veronica Belmont talks tech with Foodspotting.com co-founders Alexa Andrzjewski and Tedd Grubb about their hot, new geolocation-based food website and mobile app, what they look for in a software developer, and how you can get the Best Job Ever. | 2/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoMeet Akash Parikh, Software Engineer at Youtube | Ever wonder what it takes to work at a place like Youtube? Find out when we talk with User Experience Designer Elizabeth Windram and Software Engineer Akash Parikh as they tell us what its like working on the worlds largest video site, how they handle the 2 billion+ views a day, and what makes working there the Best Job Ever. | 9/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoMeet Thy Duong, Senior Team Lead at HP.com | Ever dreamed of working at the largest I.T. company in the world? As little girls, Scrum Master Melinda Stelzer and Senior Team Lead Thy Duong did. They now make HP and all their services accessible to the world by helping build HP.com. We're hanging out with both of them at HP's Palo Alto headquarters learning the art of Scrum, a bit about business management, and what it takes to live the dream. | 8/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoMeet Erik VanBragt, Dir. of Technology at Zynga | From Mafia Wars to Farmville to PetWorld, Zynga has become one of the worlds largest online gaming companies. And it takes people like Erik VanBragt and his boss Scott Koenigsberg to make it all happen. We hang out with both at their San Francisco headquarters to get the scoop on why working at Zynga could possibly be the Best Job Ever. | 7/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoMeet Anoop Ranganath, Software Engineer at FourSquare | Foursquare is revolutionizing the mobile socializing scene and we're meeting up with a couple folks from the team who make it all happen. Anoop, one of Foursquares Software Engineers and his boss Harry discuss where this new technology is taking them, and how they're taking over the world one check in at a time. | 6/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoMeet Andre and Eric SVP of Creative and Director of Applications Development for the NHL | “Eric is the Man” says Andre Mika, SVP of Creative at NHL.com. Eric is Andre’s right hand man when it comes to Application Development. He's helping bring the NHL to emerging social media platforms and revolutionizing real time sports on the web…and that's just before lunch. Watch and see how they're changing the game for sports online. | 5/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoMeet Andy and Josh, CTO and Lead Developer at Outside.In | Andy and Josh are changing the way the world gets their news. Working together in the past they've helped save companies from utter disaster and now as CTO and Lead Developer of Outside.In, they're helping create the worlds leading Hyper Local News Platform. Not exactly sure what that means? Watch to find out, and see what makes this one of the best jobs ever. | 4/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoMeet John McKinney, Lead Developer at NextNewNetworks | NextNewNetworks is a company that makes television for the Internet viewed by more than 10 million people per month. John was brought on to help revamp the entire family of NextNewNetworks sites and make sure that the sites perform well whether they are viewed by 10 people or 10 million. Coming from an advertising and marketing technology background, John navigates the entire company from the “nerdy tech guys” to the creative folks. | 9/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoMeet Robert Yawn | Robert’s a Web Designer at Vonage. He tells us that there is a lot more that goes into web design than most people assume: graphic design, HTML, DHTML, java script, SEO techniques, backend data platforms and more. Today’s Web Designers are jacks-of-all-trades who interface with the entire company. | 7/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoMeet Helen Shine, Senior Software Engineer at Associated Content | Helen is a PHP engineer responsible for the publishing and content management systems at Associated Content. What does she love about her job? She’s changing people’s lives by providing an outlet to express themselves and make money at the same time. | 6/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoMeet Nicole Yankelovich, Project Lead at Sun Microsystems | If you’re in tech, then you know that working remotely is a new phenomenon sweeping the workforce. That’s where Nicole comes in. She leads Project Wonderland, a Sun Microsystems toolkit for building 3D virtual worlds that help people work remotely. Someday we may all gather in an all-staff meetings in a world created by Nicole. | 6/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoMeet Chad Robertson, Technical Director, Mythic Entertainment | As the Technical Director for Mythic’s incredibly popular game Warhammer, Chad wrangles a team of engineers to eliminate performance bottlenecks and ensure architectural integrity to produce a solid product. He may not sit around playing games all day but his role combines project and people management with fun and creativity. | 5/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoMeet Dr. Tara Estlin, Mars Rover Driver, NASA-JPL | As a Mars Rover Driver Dr. Tara Estlin programs the Rovers computers to tell it where to drive and how to maneuver it’s robotic arm. She and the team at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab are using technology to answer some of today’s most pressing scientific questions like Is there water on Mars?. Tara is proof that a career in space exploration could be your best job ever. | 5/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoMeet Ha Nguyen, Product Manager at Oodle | As the Product Manager for Oodle, an online classifieds aggregation website, Ha Nguyen has her hands in just about every nook and cranny of the business: design, engineering, marketing, development, QA and on and on. The job requires her to work across diverse teams of professionals, but that’s just one of the rewarding challenges she faces everyday. | 4/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoMeet Bobby Johnson, Director of Engineering at Facebook | Bobby is responsible for making one of the most popular sites on the Web run smooth and run fast. His days are spent running a team of programming geniuses responsible for cool projects like Facebook Video and Facebook Chat. What does Bobby like most about his job? "The chance to actually change the lives of 200 million people." | 4/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoMeet Ramiro Corbetta, Game Designer at Powerhead Games | Ramiro has turned his philosophy degree and quality assurance experience into one of the best jobs ever: Game Designer. While playing video games is a key part of Ramiro's job (you gotta know your product!) the workday of this game designer is spent driving the design process from pitch document to finished profit-making product - and doing intense industry research. | 4/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoMeet Marco Arment, Lead Developer at Tumblr | Marco doesn’t like to take things sitting down, so he has a special desk that allows him to work while standing. He found an online posting, started as a consultant, and became a key player in just a few weeks. Hear his thoughts on training vs. aptitude, using personal projects to advance your career, and picking the company most suited to you. | 4/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 28 Episodes |
