AmA: Personal Development, Podcast Goals & More with Patrick Akil

<p>We&#39;re back with another AmA episode! 🙌</p> <p>Or is this the first one? 🤔</p> <p>Tons of great questions and a very special guest jumps in here and there as well!</p> <p>The man with many names, my friend and producer: Roald Willemsen</p> <p><br></p> <p>🎙Enjoy! 🤗</p> <p><br></p> <p>Full episode on YouTube ▶️<br><a href="https://youtu.be/srJp0N9_iLc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://youtu.be/srJp0N9_iLc</a></p> <p>New episodes every Wednesday with me <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-akil">🎙Patrick Akil</a>!  </p> <p>Big shoutout to <a href="https://xebia.com/">⁠Xebia⁠</a> for making this episode possible!</p> <p><br></p> <p>OUTLINE:<br>00:00:00 - Intro<br>00:00:47 - If you could start your career over what would you do differently?<br>00:05:00 - How valuable did you find the podcast in terms of personal development and giving back to the community?<br>00:05:07 - Personal Development<br>00:10:07 - Giving back to the community<br>00:11:49 - What’s next for the podcast?<br>00:13:05 - Patrick Akil Podcast<br>00:14:55 - Are you a native English speaker?<br>00:17:33 - How much do you work remote and how much do you go to the office?<br>00:20:31 - If you couldn’t do the podcast anymore what would you do?<br>00:22:17 - How does a new software engineer make themselves valuable as an employee in this era of AI and machine learning?<br>00:27:12 - As a software engineer, what is the one thing you&#39;ll never actually want to do?<br>00:29:23 - Who or what has inspired you in your career?<br>00:33:53 - How would your 10 year old self react to what you are doing now?<br>00:35:14 - What do you remember most about your first job?<br>00:43:53 - Outro</p>