
This Dev Life
By Dara Oladapo

This Dev LifeMay 11, 2023

Developer Onboarding for Buddies and Managers
In the previous episode, we spoke on Developer Onboarding Culture. Today, we are looking at the same topic but from a manager's and buddy perspective. Enjoy listening.
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Employee perspective on developer onboarding culture
Developer onboarding culture is the set of values, practices and expectations that shape how new developers join and integrate into a software team. It includes aspects such as training, mentoring, feedback, code review and collaboration. A good developer onboarding culture can help new developers become productive, confident, and engaged members of the team. Let's hear the discussion on today's episode of This Dev Life.
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The docs are your bible
In this new and refreshed episode of This Dev Life, we look at an interesting topic - The docs. Should you use official documentations only or some blog posts or video content as reference for your work? Let's hear it on today's episode.
Link to the tweet mentioned on today's episode: https://twitter.com/raznerd/status/1025802371904036864?t=EotQC3WrzjzSTLsNlReVOQ&s=19
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Career Journey into M365 Development with Alistair Pugin
Alistair has worked in various capacities in multiple verticals from retail – manufacturing to government, spanning 50 to 50000 users utilizing all aspects of pure Enterprise Information Management.
His current role as a Microsoft Azure and Office Apps and Services MVP in South Africa provides him with a mechanism to assist companies with designing their Cloud collaboration environment using “best of breed”, proven methodologies to foster innovation and growth through a Content Services framework while incorporating a Knowledge Management strategy.
It is with this vision that he strives to provide customers with a platform for Business Productivity Enrichment, establishing communities of practice through proper analysis and building a knowledge economy that is both quantifiable and achievable.
Follow Alistair on Twitter: @alistairpugin
Get certified: https://aka.ms/TrainCertPoster
Power of Community: https://incite.video/videos/power-of-community-documentary/
Other links
http://regarding365.com

Beyond SharePoint M365 Development Explained with Alistair Pugin
Alistair has worked in various capacities in multiple verticals from retail – manufacturing to government, spanning 50 to 50000 users utilizing all aspects of pure Enterprise Information Management.
His current role as a Microsoft Azure and Office Apps and Services MVP in South Africa provides him with a mechanism to assist companies with designing their Cloud collaboration environment using “best of breed”, proven methodologies to foster innovation and growth through a Content Services framework while incorporating a Knowledge Management strategy.
It is with this vision that he strives to provide customers with a platform for Business Productivity Enrichment, establishing communities of practice through proper analysis and building a knowledge economy that is both quantifiable and achievable.
Follow Alistair on Twitter: @alistairpugin
Get certified: https://aka.ms/TrainCertPoster
Power of Community: https://incite.video/videos/power-of-community-documentary/
Other links
http://regarding365.com

STEM for Sustainable Development with Emmanuel Emechete
Emmanuel Michael Emechete is an SDGs Advocate and a Technology enthusiast, He is the founder of a business and career Consulting firm called An-ointed Consult, and Orupa a renewable energy and climate change organization, which focuses on the use of technology in achieving the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and solving global issues; one of his recent initiatives is called STEM for SDGs (#STEM4SDGs). He is the Regional Focal Point for SDG8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) and SDG7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth, and was one of the first Global Schools Advocates for the Global School Program by UN SDSN Youth.
Over the last three years, he has been actively involved in the technology, and Innovation sectors, and empowering young people with digital skills. He strongly believes in the use of sustainable technology and Innovative tools, in achieving the SDGs, reducing climate change and improving economic growth across the nations. His works have reached over 10,000 young people within and outside Africa.
Get in touch with Emmanuel.
https://facebook.com/Emeisrael
https://twitter.com/Eemechete
https://instagram.com/Emmanuelemechete
https://linkedIn.com/in/Emmanuelmichaelemechete
https://stem4sdgs.org

Power Platform Demystified with David Abu
David is a Cloud Advocate for Power BI, he is currently based in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a community builder and also part of the Power Platform Community leaders in Nigeria. David is a business intelligence Associate with comprehensive accomplishments applying visualizations, data modelling, data structuring and data analytics to ensure success and achieve goals. His goal is to make people fall in love with Power BI. Today, we demystify the Power Platform together.
David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidAbu_
David on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZjkOIDOiTtBNvZWPuWklJQ
David on GitHub: https://github.com/David-abu
David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidabu/

Day in the Life of David Abu - A Power Platform Cloud Developer Advocate
David is a Cloud Advocate for Power BI, he is currently based in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a community builder and part of the Power Platform Community leaders in Nigeria. David is a business intelligence Associate with comprehensive accomplishments applying visualizations, data modelling, data structuring and data analytics to ensure success and achieve goals. His goal is to make people fall in love with Power BI. Today, we get insights into his daily life as a Cloud Advocate.
David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidAbu_
David on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZjkOIDOiTtBNvZWPuWklJQ
David on GitHub: https://github.com/David-abu
David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidabu/

Software Engineering Ethics with Frank Odoom
Frank is a software consultant with a demonstrated experience in designing, developing, and managing the continuous delivery of modern web, mobile, and cloud solutions.
As a member of the .NET Foundation and the organizer of Accra.Net, he spends his free time helping in outreach programs to promote .NET Technology in West Africa through the facilitation of meetups and virtual events for both individuals and corporates.
He was awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in Developer Technologies in 2020 for my contribution to the Microsoft .NET Developer Ecosystem.
He joins us today to talk about Software Engineering Ethics.
Links:
Software Engineering Ethics: https://ethics.acm.org/code-of-ethics/software-engineering-code/
Frank on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fodoom/
Frank on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mr_odoom
Accede Ghana: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accedeghana/

Chat with Pneuma Care: healthcare redesigned, powered by technology
Ayodele is the CEO and Cofounder of PneumaHealth. A digital health company redesigning healthcare for everyone through a patient centric, relationship based and technology empowered care delivery model. At PneumaCare, he is responsible for leading product and business development efforts of the company whilst helping to develop a patient centric culture across the organization.
Prior to running PneumaCare, Ayodele has worked with highly rated local and international organizations such as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, eHealth Africa, World Health Organization and University of the California Los Angeles (UCLA) in different capacities helping to build capabilities to leverage data and analytics for informed decision making across various health service delivery areas. He is well known for his data analytics and product management expertise which has been demonstrated in the various projects he has worked on in the past.
With Ayodele’s current work at Pneuma, he is driven by a mission to ensure that Africans can live their dreams by being healthy and happy through a redesigned delivery model that ensures quality care is affordable, accessible and equitable.
Check out Pneuma Care at https://pneuma.care.
Developers check out https://www.pneuma.care/developers

Time out with Foyin B: A power platform developer and consultant
Today, we have Foyin Olajide-Bello joining us on the show.
Foyin is a Cloud Consultant with over 12 years of quality work experience. She has deployed and administered Software Projects across various industry verticals which includes Banking, Manufacturing, Education, Health, Oil & Gas and Public Sector.
Having worked directly with professionals in world leading companies like Fujistu (India), KnowledgeLake (US), and DICOM (Germany), she has learnt and has been acquainted with international industry best practices.
Foyin excels in a fast-paced challenging environment, and possesses excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, negotiation, and problem-solving skills. She has an in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in Service & Delivery Management.
Foyin has a deep "love" in the Power Platform with wide experience structuring and implementing impactful organizational projects around them. This empowers people to do more with less. She is currently driving an initiative that enables employees discover how the Microsoft's stack (Microsoft Azure + Office 365) comes together to enable the Modern Workplace (post Covid-19 era) while also leading other projects.
She strongly believes in knowledge sharing hence leads an active Power Platform user group in Nigeria. She is also an advocate of women empowerment through Information Technology and has recently founded TechStylers – a community to upskill women. She speaks frequently at technology events and is an active member in similar international groups.
She is @FoyinB on all social platforms, so be sure to follow her. Twitter, LinkedIn.
And if you are a lady, be sure to Join Tech Stylers and follow them.
Join the Tech Stylers Deep Dive Sessions also.
Subscribe to Foyin's Channel and follow the Power Apps 9ja User Group.

Day in the life of a Software Engineer: Toni Solarin-Sodara
Toni a Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience working with a variety of technologies to deliver software solutions for different companies around the world. He is also an avid contributor and maintainer of open-source projects with a strong focus on programming language runtimes and developer tools.
Join us today as we understand what his day looks like as a Software Engineer.

Becoming Sam: A chat with multi-skilled solutions and cloud developer
Today on the show, we have Sam - my good friend joining us and allowing me dig into his brain to understand what it takes to be a successful developer.
About Sam
An MVP, MCT, MCSD, Senior Software Engineer, Teacher, Speaker, Technology Advocate, Community Leader, Maker, and early Adopter Samuel has extensive experience and knowledge in most areas of application development.
He has a strong passion and commitment to solving problems, sharing knowledge, and building tech communities. Currently a Co-Organizer for the Accra .NET and Power Platform User Groups. Host a podcast and 3 live stream shows every week.
Sam is on Twitter as @sadranyi and streams on Twitch & YouTube.

Chat with young founders: Building TREP Labs
Today on the show, I have Abiola Alayande and Taofeek Olalekan join me to share their experience building TREP Labs and Real Drip - an innovative solution solving a global challenge.
Know about Realdrip and how it has been saving lives here.
Abiola comes from Osogbo in Osun State Nigeria and Taofeek from Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria. Let's hear about their journey into coding to developing solutions that saves lives.
TREP Labs Website: https://treplabs.co

Data Influenced Designs with Olumide Fakorede
We have Olumide Fakorede with us on today's episode of This Dev Life to discuss Data Influenced Designs for solutions.
Olumide Fakorede is a tech enthusiast with our 5 years of experience in design, software development, data analysis and digital marketing.
Olumide is also a passionate about social entrepreneurship as he currently serves as the Program manager for YALI Network Lagos.
Olumide is an advocate of data driven designs as this increase usability and acceptance of technical products and services.
Overall, he is goal getter and a creative mind with a passion for excellence.
Find him on Instagram as @Lumi_nati and Twitter as @Gidivarian

Simplifying the AI talk
Today on This Dev Life, we have Japhlet joining us to talk about AI services for developers.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Reach out to Japhlet on Twitter at @japhletnwamu
For developer, get started here: AI for Everyone by AndrewNG and AI by Columbia University
For non-developers, you can get started here: rdre.me/learnAzureAI

Advocating for developers - the journey of an idea
Today we have Akintunde Sultan (@hacksultan) with us to discuss developer advocacy his own way.
Have fun listening.
Find him on Twitter @hacksultan

After the To-Do App with Peter Ihesie
Today, we have Peter Ihesie - CEO of Complus Tech and Code360 talk to us on how to proceed on your developer journey just after learning the fundamentals.
Learn more about code360 at code360.com.ng.
Follow Peter on Twitter at @ihesiepeter and on LinkedIn

Building mobile with .NET - a personal view
Oludayo is an experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the Information Technology and Services industry.
He joins us today on This Dev Life to discuss Mobile Application Development with .NET.
Masterclass: https://bit.ly/38nYJ0s
YouTube - https://bit.ly/2WVOXwy
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oludayoalli
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oludayoalli/
Website

From Hello to a WordPress Pro - Being a CMS Developer at this time
Luqman is a proficient and creative WordPress developer with a strong history in website management and development. Experienced in SEO and certified Scrum Master. Expert in all aspects of WordPress website creation, including design, plug-ins, and implementation. Skilled in creating engaging and interactive websites. Excel at team projects and leadership. Detail-oriented and knowledgeable in various programming languages. Dedicated to superior customer service at all levels from the first meeting with a client to the website maintenance after deployment.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luqman-bello/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LuqmanBello_

Bagging Fundamental Certifications - The urge and passion
Bidemi doesn't come from the traditional computer science background, and she totally believes in hard work. She loves to learn new tech things and teach it to people.
Importantly, the cloud is her new home, and she is passionate about Microsoft technologies
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bidemi-muibudeen/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/blogher_

Learning to code as a parent - the challenges and overcoming them
Twitter: twitter.com/elizadevqueen
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethsajiboye/

Season 2 Intro
Welcome to a new season on This Dev Life.
We have an amazing line-up of guests and topics just for you. Do well to subscribe, like and share.

Day in Life with Busayo Amowe
Busayo currently works as a Software Engineer at Zedcrest Capital. Her main stack is .NET Core (C#). The opportunity to learn is particularly attractive to her. In her spare time, she enjoys watching food, makeup and hair transformation videos.
Twitter handle: @AmoweO
LinkedIn: Olubusayo Amowe
Enjoy.

Unscripted with Azeez Taiwo
Azeez Taiwo is an adept Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Building highly scalable and performance driven systems that delights end users and increase the bottom line is where my passion lies. On today's episode of #thisdevlife, he talks about a tech topic. Listen to hear him on.
You can find him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/zeddysoft and LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/azeeztaiwo/

Day in Life with Azeez Taiwo
Azeez Taiwo is an adept Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Building highly scalable and performance driven systems that delights end users and increase the bottom line is where my passion lies. On today's episode of #thisdevlife, he talks about how he spends his days as a developer.
You can find him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/zeddysoft and LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/azeeztaiwo/

Unscripted with Bakare Emmanuel
Bakare Emmanuel is a DevOps Engineer with effective skills in Containers, Virtualisation and Linux administration. Asides code and work, he is also an abled traveller and enjoys every bit of adventure he comes across on a day-to-day basis. On today's episode of This Dev Life, he talks about one of his favorite tech topics.

Day in Life with Bakare Emmanuel
Bakare Emmanuel is a DevOps Engineer with effective skills in Containers, Virtualisation and Linux administration. Asides code and work, he is also an abled traveller and enjoys every bit of adventure he comes across on a day-to-day basis. On today's episode of This Dev Life, we talk with him on his typical day.

Unscripted with Elijah Oyekunle
Elijah is a Software Engineer with a strong background in Computer Science and Mathematics. Skilled in Python, Web Services, Data Science, Database Administration, Linux Systems Administration, Machine Learning and more. On today's episode of This Dev Life, he tells us about GoLang - one of his favorite tech topics.

Day in Life with Elijah Oyekunle
Elijah is a Software Engineer with a strong background in Computer Science and Mathematics. Skilled in Python, Web Services, Data Science, Database Administration, Linux Systems Administration, Machine Learning and more. On today's episode of This Dev Life, he tells us what his typical day looks like as a developer.

Fleeting Times
We need to finish this project, that nanodegree, that movie, that video.
Most times, we actually are not slowing down.
What this tends to cost us are numerous.
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Fleeting Times
It seems there's a lot going on and a lot to catch up on as the days fly by.
We need to finish this project, that nanodegree, that movie, that video.
Most times, we actually are not slowing down.
What this tends to cost us are numerous.

My top 5 dev tools with Lawrence Agbani
tools for software development on this episode of #thisdevlife You can find him
on Twitter as @TheAgbani
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My top 5 dev tools with Lawrence Agbani
For the third week running, we have Lawrence here talking his top five tech tools for software development on this episode of #thisdevlife You can find him on Twitter as @TheAgbani

Unscripted: Monoliths vs Microservices with Lawrence Agbani
This is not a show-down. But a talk describing the pros and cons of monoliths vs microservices. When should you use a monolith? When should use adopt the microservices architecture? Let's hear it on this episode of #thisdevlife. You can find him on Twitter as @TheAgbani

Day in Life with Lawrence Agbani
You can find him on Twitter as @TheAgbani

Day in Life with Taofeek Allison
Today on the show, we have Taofeek Allison - a Mobile and Web Developer who majors in .NET and GoLang. Let's hear the deep insights he has and tip and tricks he uses in his everyday life as a developer. You can reach out to him on Twitter.

Day in Life with Taiwo Adebayo
Y'ello. We're up again chatting today with Taiwo Adebayo - an Android Developer at Flutterwave. Taiwo enjoys coding and music. He shares insights into his daily life as a developer on this episode of This Dev Life.
You can find Taiwo on Twitter as @ProfMich.

Day in Life with Matthew Idowu
Hey there again, this week, we bring Matthew Idowu - a .NET Developer on the show to share insights into his daily life as a developer. You can find him on Twitter as matmape.

Day in Life with Ada Nduka Oyom

Beyond the Console

Firmness
You are a freelance developer who needs to work with the software development team of a particular firm. You realize thier quality of work or processes is not up to standard you expect.
Asked to work on a solution and deliver in time - where you know it is impossible to deliver without failures. Do you promise heaven on earth and deliver rubbish or stay firm and advise the customer of the realities at the risk of loosing the contract?

Racing Through Time

The Nerdy Life

Growing Others

Software Engineer Life Hack with Matthew Odedoyin

The Travelling Developer
Let's hear it on this episode of This Dev Life.

The Remote Developer

That Naughty Bug
Let's talk about naughty bugs on this episode of This Dev Life.
