Q&A: Podcasting, tech layoffs and first job as developer with Patrick Akil

<p>First of its kind on the beyond coding podcast, an episode with just me answering your questions.</p> <p>Let me know if I should do more of these 💬</p> <p><br> New episodes every Wednesday with our host&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-akil">🎙Patrick Akil</a>! &nbsp;<br> Big shoutout to&nbsp;<a href="https://xebia.com/">Xebia</a> for making this episode possible!</p> <p>Full episode on YouTube ▶️<br> <a href="https://youtu.be/Q6VJg98ERoU">https://youtu.be/Q6VJg98ERoU</a><br> </p> <p>OUTLINE:<br> 00:00:00 - Intro<br> 00:00:43 - Should I go for a master's degree in computer science?<br> 00:02:35 - How do I get my first job in the tech market?<br> 00:04:35 - Why don't you tweet more?<br> 00:04:50 - How do new engineers entering the tech field cope with the recent layoffs from companies?<br> 00:07:05 - Favorite podcast episode so far? :)<br> 00:08:13 - Hi Patrick, would love to know what was the inspiration behind the podcast?<br> 00:11:33 - Podcast names we didn't end up going with<br> 00:12:19 - Back to how we created the podcast<br> 00:17:59 - Committing to the podcast too quickly<br> 00:19:20 - Curious to know what goes into creating a podcast episode<br> 00:23:25 - When is person X coming on? :(<br> 00:23:51 - What’s your favorite podcast?<br> 00:25:24 - What’s it like being a guest on a podcast?<br> 00:26:40 - What’s your take on hiring in tech?<br> 00:28:53 - Do you hate your own voice?<br> 00:29:56 - How did you get into software development?<br> 00:40:05 - Wrapping up</p>