All Episodes

August 28, 2025 31 mins

Data professionals and tech leaders in Australia - this one’s for you.

Join Douglas Robertson, Director at DR Analytics Recruitment, as he hosts Ash Smith, Data Platform Manager at South32 and soon-to-be author.

Ash has done it all: network engineering, systems admin, property tech in Silicon Valley and now leading data teams in mining. In this episode, we cover:

  • Why 'vibe coding' is fun but costly

  • What makes a standout data professional in 2025

  • How to break into data engineering from BI or dev roles

  • The reality of governance (yes, celebrate what didn’t go wrong)

  • Data products vs dashboards - and why the name matters

Tune in for a 30-minute live conversation, where you’ll walk away with actionable wisdom on data leadership and emerging trends.

You want to learn more about Industry Inner Join?

Industry Inner Join is a community initiative that brings together Perth data professionals to connect and share industry insights.

Our aim is to uplift data literacy across the city, and Australia!

We hold events live-person & online quarterly.

Our events are about bringing together analysts, developers, scientists and engineers from all spectrums of the data world to share resources.

Powered by DR Analytics Recruitment - helping businesses hire top data talent.

| Building people
| Building community
| Building businesses

Learn more about us and our events here.

Follow us on LinkedIn.

Be sure to leave us a rating and subscribe!


Mark as Played

Advertise With Us

Popular Podcasts

Stuff You Should Know
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

My Favorite Murder is a true crime comedy podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Each week, Karen and Georgia share compelling true crimes and hometown stories from friends and listeners. Since MFM launched in January of 2016, Karen and Georgia have shared their lifelong interest in true crime and have covered stories of infamous serial killers like the Night Stalker, mysterious cold cases, captivating cults, incredible survivor stories and important events from history like the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. My Favorite Murder is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including historic true crime, comedic interviews and news, science, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include Buried Bones with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, Bananas and more.

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.