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Extend Women in Tech Podcast

By Extend Women in Tech Podcast by Jonah Andersson and Tsedey Terefe

Extend Women in Tech Podcast (prev. Extend Sweden) is a tech podcast community broadcasted from Stockholm and Sundsvall, Sweden. Hosted by Women in Tech Jonah Andersson and Tsedey Terefe, both in Sweden. Tsedey is a Frontend Developer. Jonah Andersson is a Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps Engineer, Microsoft Azure MVP, and Microsoft Certified Trainer. We interview tech people about technologies and the careers of software engineers and women in tech. We focus on inclusion and diversity and extend the tech industry and communities to everyone. "Music: www.bensound.com"
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Extend Women in Tech Podcast - Interview with Audrey Willis, Co-Founder and Code School Director of CodeCrew

Extend Women in Tech PodcastNov 07, 2023

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Extend Women in Tech Podcast - Interview with Audrey Willis, Co-Founder and Code School Director of CodeCrew

Extend Women in Tech Podcast - Interview with Audrey Willis, Co-Founder and Code School Director of CodeCrew

Welcome to another exciting episode of the Extend Women in Tech Podcast! In this episode, we are thrilled to bring you an inspiring and empowering story that celebrates the incredible achievements of women in the world of technology. Join us as we sit down with a true inspiration in the tech industry, Audrey, the co-founder and Code School Director of CodeCrew. She is also a Obama USA Leader, Technology Workforce Builder, LITE Memphis and STEM Influencer. Audrey's journey is a testament to the power of determination, passion, and the ability to break barriers by teaching programming and building a code school. Audrey, a visionary leader and tech enthusiast, has dedicated her career to bridging the gender gap in technology. She was vital in establishing CodeCrew, a remarkable initiative that transformed lives and fostered diversity in the tech community. In this episode, Audrey will take us on an incredible journey, sharing her personal experiences, challenges, and the driving force behind her commitment to empowering women in tech. Discover how Audrey's innovative approach and dedication have made CodeCrew a beacon of hope for aspiring female technologists. Learn how she has inspired and led countless others to pursue their dreams in coding and build a code school from such passion. Listen to the remarkable story of Audrey, who has not only paved her path as software engineer but has also illuminated the way for countless others. Her journey and this conversation will inspire you to welcome your passion for learning, overcome challenges, and make a lasting impact in the world of technology. Please take advantage of this exceptional episode of the Extend Women in Tech Podcast as we delve into Audrey's inspiring journey and discover the transformative power of CodeCrew. Be prepared to be motivated, encouraged, and empowered to follow your path in the tech world. Join us and let Audrey's story be the spark that ignites your tech journey! Stay tuned for this incredible episode, available now! Follow Audrey Willis and CodeCrew - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/audreypwillis - CodeCrew School: https://www.code-crew.org Follow Podcast Hosts Jonah & Tsedey: - Jonah Andersson ⁠⁠ ⁠ - Tsedey Terefe ⁠⁠⁠ Follow Extend Women in Tech Podcast:   - Anchor:⁠⁠⁠ https://anchor.fm/extendwomenintechpodcast ⁠ ⁠- Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/extendwomentech ⁠⁠ ⁠ - Instagram: ⁠⁠htt⁠ps://www.instagram.com/extendwomenintechpodcast/ ⁠⁠ ⁠ - Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3bXdNjZYomEg2FEwUkEFXB⁠ - Call for Speakers: ⁠⁠⁠https://sessionize.com/extend-women-in-tech-podcast ⁠


Nov 07, 202301:04:27
Extend Women in Tech Podcast- Interview with Jonah Andersson, Author of Learning Microsoft Azure (O'Reilly) Book

Extend Women in Tech Podcast- Interview with Jonah Andersson, Author of Learning Microsoft Azure (O'Reilly) Book

Join us for an insightful, interesting, inspiring and exciting conversation with Jonah Andersson, who is a Developer and Cloud & DevOps Engineer Lead. She works as a Senior Azure Consultant at Solidify and just started her own Azure training company Jonah Andersson Tech.


Jonah Andersson is also known as an International Public Speaker, a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Azure, a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and a Developer of the Year Finalist for Nordic Women in Tech Awards 2023.


In this episode, we will learn more about Jonah Andersson, not as a co-host of this podcast, but as someone who inspires many developers with what she does for the tech developers community, specially women in tech.


This episode focuses on the Jonah's journey in her first book technical book project and her journey of writing her first book "Learning Microsoft Azure: Cloud Computing and Development Fundamentals" at O'Reilly Media. It is a book for IT Professionals, IT Organizations, and Developers who wants to get started with the cloud computing and developing solutions with Microsoft Azure as a cloud computing platform.

Listen to this episode and be inspired by Jonah Andersson!


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Oct 05, 202343:54
Extend Women in Tech Podcast - Interview with Emilie Lundblad about GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Open AI and AI for Coding

Extend Women in Tech Podcast - Interview with Emilie Lundblad about GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Open AI and AI for Coding

Join us for an insightful, interesting, and exciting conversation with the Emilie Lundblad, based in Denmark, who works as the Managing Director at Amesto Nextbridge in Copenhagen.

She is a Microsoft Regional Director, Microsoft MVP, she has been nominated in 2023 for Hyperights Nordic top 100 for Data & AI, Director of Data and AI, and National Board Member of Pioneer Centre of AI.

Emilie holds a minor in Machine learning & AI with MIT, in addition, she is finishing up her executive master in IT management at ITU in Copenhagen, she holds a candidate in quantitative finance & econometrics, and 15+ certifications in data science, AI, ML, data engineering & BI. She has previously done research projects with MIT & DTU on ML for dynamic pricing, as well as Data & AI for sustainability.

In her career Emilie has been both head of BI, Data & AI Manager, speaker on Data & AI at Danish IT, as well as Microsoft, nominated for Berlingske’s talent 100 & Nordic women in Tech’s Diversity leader of the year.

In this episode, we had a great and interesting discussion about a lot of things about the following topics and more.

  • Emelie's Tech Story and how did she got started working into IT
  • AI technologies like Codex, GitHub Co-pilot, Chat GPT for development and coding
  • Using natural language and other great AI tools to write to help write code
  • How to properly give good instructions to AI tools like ChatGPT, GitHub Co-pilot for its learning and for assistance
  • Discussion on how developers find the balance of coding with with AI-powered developer tools like GitHub Copilot
  • Azure Open AI, Open AI Codex, AI & ML
  • Security considerations and Responsible AI when using AI-powered tools like ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, etc.
  • Biases in AI and how to we can help improve it
  • Daily Routine to keep balance at work
  • Deep work and switching focus between work tasks

Listen to the rest of the podcast episode and be inspired by the great and interesting topics we discussed!

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Sep 07, 202301:00:47
Extend Women in Tech Podcast - Interview with Steffi Anniefred Sylvester, Workday Solutions Manager at Cambio Group

Extend Women in Tech Podcast - Interview with Steffi Anniefred Sylvester, Workday Solutions Manager at Cambio Group

Join us for an insightful and exciting conversation with Steffi Anniefred Sylvester, based in Stockholm, Sweden. She works as a SaaS System Lead Implementation Consultant with in-depth knowledge of HCM and financial processes using ERP. She works as a Workday Solutions Manager at Cambio Group. In this episode, Steffi shared her tech story and how she ended up working in tech and ERP systems today.  Learn about what it is like working with ERP systems in IT and how you can get started with it. Find out about Steffi’s perspective on a process-oriented mindset based on her experience and its value and how it is used in cloud and integration systems today. Steffi transitioned to working with people and technology combined, which inspires her a lot in her work.  Listen to the rest of the podcast episode and be inspired by the great and awesome topics we discussed growing, learning, finding the best career in tech, soft skills, communication, mentorship, professional networking, and so much more!     Follow Steffi:  Steffi Anniefred Sylvester on LinkedIn ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffianniefred/   Follow Podcast Hosts, Jonah & Tsedey: Jonah Andersson ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahandersson ⁠⁠  Tsedey Terefe ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsedey-terefe ⁠⁠   Follow Extend Women in Tech Podcast:   Anchor:⁠⁠ https://anchor.fm/extendwomenintechpodcast ⁠⁠  Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/extendwomentech ⁠⁠  Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/extendwomenintechpodcast/ ⁠⁠  Spotify: ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3bXdNjZYomEg2FEwUkEFXB Call for Speakers: ⁠⁠https://sessionize.com/extend-women-in-tech-podcast/ ⁠⁠ 
Jul 06, 202349:20
Extend Women in Tech Podcast - Interview with Audrey Mengue, Software Engineer, Speaker and Community Leader

Extend Women in Tech Podcast - Interview with Audrey Mengue, Software Engineer, Speaker and Community Leader

Join us for an insightful and inspirational tech conversation with Audrey Mengue, a Software Engineer, Speaker, and Community Leader based in Gabon.

In this episode, we learned and were inspired to hear about Audrey's journey to working in the tech industry and how she got interested in working as a web developer. Learn about her inspiring story, career, and advice as a developer working with web application development technologies like React for the Frontend.

Find out how Audrey learns Azure through micro-learning and how much she values the communities. We also discussed the current situation of technology exposure, women in tech, and tech communities in Africa.

Finally, we shared insights about building a community regardless of where you are and choosing the job you love.

The advantages of using open-source technologies.

Listen to the rest of the episode to get inspired!


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LinkedIn: ⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/audreyhmmengue/

Twitter: Audrey Mengue (@la_mengs) / Twitter


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Jonah Andersson ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahandersson ⁠⁠ 

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May 17, 202301:11:27
Extend Women in Tech Podcast: Interview with Marija Genčić, Senior Software Engineer at H & M Group

Extend Women in Tech Podcast: Interview with Marija Genčić, Senior Software Engineer at H & M Group

Join us for an insightful conversation with Marija Genčić, based in Stockholm, Sweden, who is now a Senior Software Engineer at H & M Group. She has worked in different organizations as a software engineer and earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in computer science from the University of Belgrade.  

In this episode, we learned and were inspired to hear about Marija's tech story and how she started her journey to tech. Learn her inspiring story about her hobby of playing video games to become a software engineer today. She works with Machine Learning, developing Python, automation, and multi-cloud projects at her workplace.   

We talked about the automation of workflows on her project and micro-services, serverless, and other modern technologies used to create workflows with event-driven architecture.    

Marija also shared her advice to junior software engineers who are still starting their careers in tech.   

Listen to the rest of the podcast episode and be inspired by the great and awesome topics we discussed growing, learning, finding the best job for you, and so much more!  

 

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marija-gen%C4%8Di%C4%87-56b777132/  

 

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Jonah Andersson ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahandersson ⁠ 

Tsedey Terefe ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsedey-terefe ⁠ 

 

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Apr 07, 202346:54
Extend Women In Tech Podcast: Interview with Kristina Devochko, Microsoft MVP and Software Architect at Admincontrol

Extend Women In Tech Podcast: Interview with Kristina Devochko, Microsoft MVP and Software Architect at Admincontrol

Join us for an insightful conversation with Kristina Devochko, an expert in software architecture with a passion for cloud technologies, cybersecurity, and DevOps. As a Microsoft MVP for Azure and a Software Architect at Admincontrol. Kris shares her experiences and insights on developing with cloud-native technologies, Microsoft Azure, and AKS (Azure Kubernetes) development in her tech journey.

We also discuss Kris's involvement in various tech communities as a public speaker, board member of NNUG Olso, Moderator at StreamingClouds, Co-Organizer of Cloud Native and Kubernetes Oslo and DevReal. Jonah and Kris, as speakers and Azure MVPs also reflect on their experiences speaking at the Swetugg Stockholm Conference 2023.

Kris shares her story of overcoming challenges and her drive to share her knowledge to help others succeed in tech.

We delve into the importance of community engagement and mentoring, including Kris' involvement with StreamingClouds and other initiatives.

We also explore what Kris believes can be done to make the tech industry a more inclusive workplace for everyone.

Find out what are her advise developers who are still beginning their tech journey.


Tune in to gain insights and inspiration from Kristina's fascinating journey in tech.


Follow Kris:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisde/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/kristhecodingu1 

Blog: https://kristhecodingunicorn.com/  

Linktree https://linktr.ee/guidemetothemoon


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Call for Speakers: https://sessionize.com/extend-women-in-tech-podcast/ 





Mar 18, 202353:59
Extend Women In Tech Podcast: Interview with Marilag Svennevig and Michelle Anne Tabirao - Filipinas in Tech and ULAP.org Founders

Extend Women In Tech Podcast: Interview with Marilag Svennevig and Michelle Anne Tabirao - Filipinas in Tech and ULAP.org Founders

In this last episode of the year 2022 and Christmas edition, we interviewed Filipinas in Tech and the founders of ULAP.org. As a non-profit organization, ULAP.org wanted to motivate, prepare and guide passionate young IT aspirants by providing a neutral, trusted hub for learning and sharing cloud, IT, and innovative technologies through their scholarship programs in the Philippines. Aside from learning about ULAP.org through founders Marilag and Michelle, we also learned about their tech stories and journey from building non-profit organizations to starting up their businesses, also how they built them with the mission of leading for people and community. We also discussed the value of finding our WHYs to drive us with our goals and passion. Find out Michelle and Marilag’s advice to underrepresented groups and youth. Follow ULAP.org, Marilag and Michelle: ULAP.org website: https://www.ulap.org Email: info@ulap.org Marilag Svennevig is the Founder of ULAP.org, Co-Founder of Dewise Denmark & Philippines, Founder of Azure User Group Manila, Organizer at Azure User Group Denmark, Microsoft MVP for Azure LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilag Twitter https://twitter.com/marilag Dewise: http://dewise.com/ Michelle Anne Tabirao is a Data Solutions Product Manager at Canonical,  Founder of ULAP.org, Founder of Mariba Tech ApS and an OpenSource Community Leader LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-tabirao Mariba Tech  https://www.linkedin.com/company/mariba-tech Follow Podcast Hosts: Jonah Andersson https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahandersson Tsedey Terefe https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsedey-terefe   Follow Extend Women in Tech Podcast: Anchor: https://anchor.fm/extendwomenintechpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/extendwomentech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/extendwomenintechpodcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3bXdNjZYomEg2FEwUkEFXB
Dec 22, 202201:08:31
Extend Women In Tech Podcast - Interview with Nikos Delis, Senior Cloud Engineer at Helo
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Extend Women In Tech Podcast - Working as Developers: Frontend, Backend, Fullstack, DevOps and Cloud
Aug 28, 202250:57
Extend Women in Tech Podcast is back with a new host Jonah Andersson

Extend Women in Tech Podcast is back with a new host Jonah Andersson

Extend Sweden is back with a new host, Jonah Andersson. This is our first episode in 2022, where we talk about Jonah Andersson taking a role as a host, remote working and our plans for upcoming podcast episodes.
Mar 20, 202227:38
Interview with Smriti Mishra, head of AI at Earthbanc

Interview with Smriti Mishra, head of AI at Earthbanc

Smriti is on a mission to battle the climate crisis with Artificial Intelligence (AI). She has been using neural networks for research and applications in healthcare and mental health, in the industry, and as part of research at KTH. We spoke about her work and research, ethics in AI, and how her growth mindset and attitude helped her to develop meaningful connections.

Apr 11, 202158:02
Interview with Linda Almqvist, Tech Lead at Prototyp

Interview with Linda Almqvist, Tech Lead at Prototyp

Linda Almqvist shared with us her insights about pair programming, getting into new technologies, transforming a PoC to a scalable production product, Tailwind, and career switches.

Feb 27, 202152:00
Interview with Jonah Andersson, Fullstack Software Developer, Azure Hero, Public Tech Speaker
Jan 04, 202143:37
Interview with Varsha Singh, a iOS Developer at Apegroup

Interview with Varsha Singh, a iOS Developer at Apegroup

In this episode  we will be discussing about Mobile App development technologies, about immigration and return after maternity leave.

Nov 26, 202051:30
Interview with Paula Dozsa, a lead developer and co-founder at imagiLabs

Interview with Paula Dozsa, a lead developer and co-founder at imagiLabs

Paula started working with imagiLabs, who help kids to learn how to code from their mobile phone, from Hong Kong. In our first episode, she tells us what led her to moving to Stockholm, how she overcomes the challenges that are part of her work, and share with us precious tips from her career.


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Oct 04, 202044:17