Shows
Vancouver Tech PodcastEpisode 11: Ryan St. Germaine
Drew and James cover some of the previous events of the week, as well as what is coming for the week of February 1st. The second part of the show, is an interview with Ryan St. Germaine from BCJobs.ca. Interview starts at 0:16:10.
Ryan St. Germaine is the co-founder and CEO of BCJobs.ca as well as the CEO of Jobcast. He also started BC Tech Jobs as well as the tech meetup in Burnaby. We talk about what it is like running a 15 year old tech company, as well as starting new ones. Ryan...
2016-02-0145 min
Vancouver Tech PodcastEpisode 10: Gillian VroomanDrew and James cover some of the previous events of the week, as well as what is coming for the week of January 25th. The second part of the show, is an interview with Gillian Vrooman, the President Of [Open Data BC](https://www.opendatabc.ca/ https://twitter.com/OpenDataBC).
Gillian is the Director of Communications and Engagement at College of Pharmacists of BC, as well as the President of the Open Data Society of BC. We cover a lot of topics from health care communication, open data in government, hurdles for companies looking to open their...
2016-01-2543 min
Vancouver Tech PodcastEpisode 9: Angela BortolussiDrew and James discuss some resolutions and predictions for 2016, as well as the upcoming events for the week of January 11th.
The second part of the show is an interview with [Angela Bortolussi][https://twitter.com/ABortolusssi], a recruiter for Recruiting Social. Angela talks about how she got started, and where she is now. We talk a lot about how recruiting works, what makes a good/bad recruiter, how they get paid, what you need to know when looking for a recruiter. We also touch on the state of California vs. Vancouver/BC in terms of jobs...
2016-01-1843 min
Vancouver Tech PodcastEpisode 8: Joe LynchDrew and James discuss some resolutions and predictions for 2016, as well as the upcoming events for the week of January 11th.
The second part of the show is an interview with Joe Lynch. Joe recently returned from a 1 year trip around Asia and Europe. He is currently looking for work, and talks about why he picked Vancouver as a place to live, as well as some of the challenges that have come up with having a 1 year gap in his resume. He also discusses some of the trouble with recruiters and some of the things he noticed...
2016-01-1148 min
Vancouver Tech PodcastEpisode 7: Tammam Kbeili of Code CoreDrew and James look back on 2015, as well as what is coming in 2016. They discuss the next 2 weeks of events. Due to the holidays, the next show will be in the middle of January. In the second part of the show is an interview with Tammam (Tam) Kbeili, the founder and lead instructor at CodeCore.
Tammam (Tam) Kbeili if the founder and lead instructor at CodeCore. We discuss the state of bootcamps, success and failure rates, getting good students, running a boot camp business, and the landscape of developer talent and the need for more technical people...
2015-12-211h 03
Vancouver Tech PodcastEpisode 6: David Luecke of BitoviDrew and James had a light week before this show. So we mainly speak about the upcoming week, things to expect, and some history of some of the companies who host them. We also speak to David Luecke from Bitovi in the second part of the episode.
On this episode, we talk to David Luecke. David grew up on a goat farm in Bavaria, Germany. David is a developer at Bitovi, and works on a lot of open source projects like donejs, canjs, Feathers, and his new personal project mysam: an open-source "Siri" which you can train...
2015-12-1452 min
Vancouver Tech PodcastEpisode 5: Chris Nicola of WealthBarDrew and James talk about the past week, and mention the new events for the week of December 7th. The second part of the show is an interview with Chris Nicola, Co-founder & CTO of WealthBar, as well as a co-organizer of the Polyglot Vancouver events.
On this episode, we talk to Chris Nicola. Chris is the co-founder and CTO of WealthBar, a service for personalized investments, financial planning, and portfolio consultations. He talks about growing up in Vancouver, some of the companies he has worked for, as well as what it is like building a company in...
2015-12-0746 min
Vancouver Tech PodcastEpisode 4: Alex Taylor and Jade TongDrew and James talk about the past week of events, as well as the new ones for the week of November 30th. As we continue discussing some of the education opportunities around the city, we speak with Alex Taylor and Jade Tong, both of whom are currently at Code Core.
Alex and Jade are both attending CodeCore’s full-time coding bootcamp. The idea is to get a sense of who they are, what their background is, and why they decided to take the bootcamp. Then, in one year, we plan to follow up and find out how th...
2015-11-3045 min
Vancouver Tech PodcastEpisode 3: Gabe ScholzDrew and James talk about the large number of events for the week of November 21st. The second part of the show includes an interview with Gabe Scholz, creator of Yolk.js, developer at Brewhouse, co-organizer of VanRuby, and instructor at Code Core.
Links
Gabe Scholz (github, twitter)
Yolk.js
VanRuby
Brewhouse
Goodbits
CoreCore Event Week
VanRuby Lightning Talks
Mogo Technology Open House
Docker Meetup - "When one container was not enough; Life with Docker-Compose"
Startup Drinks Vancouver
HackerNest Vancouver November Tech Social
Vancouver startup, with $4 million in hand, brings Internet of Things to the kitchen
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2015-11-2351 min
Vancouver Tech PodcastEpisode 2: Jason Tam from WishpondDrew and James talk about some more past events, as well as some upcoming events for the week of November 16th. The second part of the show includes an interview with Jason Tam from Wishpond.
Links
Jason Tam Email: jason@wishpond.com
Wishpond & Wishpond Careers
Wishpond Open House
CoreCore Event Week
Code & Coffee & Code & Coffee Twitter
Open Coffee November 24
Istuary & Istuary Pitch Competition Results
Contact
We welcome feedback for the show. We are still in the early stages of getting things together. If you have any ideas, or would like to hear a...
2015-11-1650 min
Vancouver Tech PodcastEpisode 1: EventsThis is the first ever episode of the show. In this episode, Drew and James go over some of the most popular recurring events in the downtown Vancouver area.
If you are new to the city, or you are looking for something new, check this episode out. If we missed your favourite event, don't worry, we will keep doing announcements for events that are new - or at least - new to us.
Links
HackerNest
HackerNest Twitter
Code & Coffee
Code & Coffee Twitter
Open Coffee
Startup Drinks
Wishpond Open House
Vancouver Ruby
Contact
2015-11-1021 min