The Captain’s Cabin

🏴‍☠️ Avast ye me hearties, in this here very special episode of your favourite podcast, an old colleague and friend of mine drops by for another one of those lively chats this Captain is known for across the Seven Seas 🏴‍☠️

None other than Tim Brandt joins me in conversation about our checkered past lives and Tim's career trajectory. You see, Tim's story is a true fairytale to begin with. A Hollywood Dream come true.

Tun...

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Join yer favorite Captain in his humble Cabin for a lively chat with his buddy Makson Serpa, product designer at Meta and all-around great guy 😛

Makson and I discuss his journey as a designer and the important lessons he learned along the way. Like how his early passion for doodling in class led him to a full-fledged career in product design, for instance.

Funny stories and anecdotes along the way too, you know how it goes...

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🏴‍☠️ All hands on deck, Phil Wise is joining your favorite captain this week in the Captain's Cabin and you don't want to miss out on what he has to say, trust me now, you don't. You see, Phil's an experienced technology leader who happens to know a thing or two about security and building 10X teams.

Key Takeaways

• Building high-performance teams requires spotting and attracting A-players.
• Adding more...

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In this episode of the Captain's Cabin podcast, Marty the Cool Recruiter interviews Jane Serra, VP Marketing at Work and co-host of the Women in B2B Marketing podcast. They discuss the inspiration behind Jane's podcast and the importance of personal branding in the tech industry. They also share personal experiences and insights on hiring and building teams. The conversation covers topics such as reggaeton music, th...

All hands on deck 🏴‍☠️

Your Captain has had the distinguished honour of receiving Ryan from Gloss Genius to chat the night away about his experience in management and building resilient systems.

Given Ryan's track record as a kid's sports coach, we've had the chance to debate the differences and similarities between coaching and management and the importance of human-centered management styles.

And for you out there ...

🏴‍☠️ Wanna know how to hire the best talents in AI? Look no further.

Here's your favorite Captain having a chat with one Jean-Francois Cloutier, CTO at Stamped, about all things AI, especially as they relate to the challenges of using AI in recruitment, and recruiting for AI, if you savvy.

We also get our spyglasses out and peruse the future of AI and its impact on humanity, in the end questioning what it means to be Human.

🏴‍☠️ In this episode, I interview Ashley Zucchet Logan, a proven HR leader with experience in talent development and coaching. We discuss a wealth of subjects such as the role of a global talent development manager, the importance of growth and support in the workplace, leadership principles and styles, dealing with imposter syndrome, balancing ego and humility, and many others 😎

Ashley emphasizes the need for a growth minds...

🏴‍☠️ What is more expensive, hiring the wrong candidate or letting the best one slip through?

Come and find out the answer to this conundrum and more as Jason Gallaugher, VP of Engineering at Vidyard, drops by the Cabin for a chat with your favorite Captain.

Also in this episode. Did you know that if you look deep enough inside yourself, you'll find more than a touch of imposter syndrome?

Well, if you can't find any, you&...

This week I have the one and only Federico "Fede" Saravia virtually drop by the Cabin all the way from Argentina to discuss managing a 100% remote engineering team, thriving in a consulting environment when you're of the engineering persuasion, and other nutritious tidbits of knowledge and advice for both hiring managers and individual contributors alike 😎

Bio:

Federico is a simplicity oriented Engineering leade...

Come and meet Oli Proulx, Co-Founder of ChargeHub, a Montreal Startup whose supercharged platform allows its users to locate and use charging stations for their EV all over North America. ---- Olivier (Oli) studied Engineering at McGill University in Montreal but during in studies, he spent most of his time building electric snowmobile prototypes, teaching karate and bartending. He moved to Austin for 4 years and then came back t...

All you've ever wanted to ask about architects in tech but were too shy to ask... Meet Benoit "Ben" Piette, an accomplished Solutions Architect with a definite penchant for Steampunk and unusual music.

Episode Timeline & Highlights

[00:00] - Preview & Intro

[01:00] - Introducing my guest, Benoit Piette, and his Cabin Gossip

[05:30] - How Ben appeared on the radar of Chrome's head honcho for all ...

This week I chat with a veteran of the mobile development trade on iOS who's plied his trade for over a decade, François-Olivier Leblanc. Frank, as I like to call him, shares with us some gnarly tales from the trenches of recruitment, but from a candidate's point of view, while also expounding on the myriad ways in which Tech can help us make the world a better place for all in the end.

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Avast ye 🏴‍☠️ In this episode your Captain has the pleasure of discussing all things UX related with a true luminary of the practice, a veteran of usability, Matt Gardner. Matt and yours truly go way back, and have always loved getting philosophical together, so in addition to learning about the state of UX in tech circa 2023, be prepared to also get acquainted with the Art of Zen, the benefits of walking barefoot, the fine art of...