AI isn’t stealing your job, it’s helping you find it
Wenjing Zhang, VP of Engineering, and Caleb Johnson, Principal Engineer at LinkedIn, sit down with Ryan to discuss how semantic search and AI have transformed LinkedIn’s job search feature. They explore the engineering efforts behind transitioning from keyword-based search and the impact of AI models on LinkedIn’s job seekers and employers.Episode notes: LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network with more than one billion members.Connect with Caleb on LinkedIn.Connect with Wenjing on LinkedIn.Congrats to Mattias Larsson, who won a Populist badge for answering Singleton Class which requires some async call.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Python: Come for the language, stay for the community
Ryan welcomes Paul Everitt, developer advocate at JetBrains and an early adopter of Python, to discuss the history, growth, and future of Python. They cover Python’s pivotal moments and rise alongside the internet, the increased adoption from transitions like Python 2 to Python 3, and the significant role Python plays in academia and data science today. Episode notes: JetBrains is improving the developer experience through a rich suite of tools. Connect with Paul on LinkedIn and X.Python is the fourth most-popular language in our 2025 Developer Survey. From the archives: Why is the migration to Python 3 taking so long? Today we’re shouting out a popular Python question, Fastest way to find the least amount of subsets that sum up to the total set in Python, asked by user Shaun Han. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Being unambiguous in what you want: the software engineer in a vibe coding world
Quinn Slack, CEO and co-founder of Sourcegraph, joins the show to dive into the implications of AI coding tools on the software engineering lifecycle. They explore how AI tools are transforming the work of developers from syntax-focused tasks to higher-level design and management roles, and how AI will integrate into enterprise environments. Episode notes:Sourcegraph is building AI-code agents for enterprises to accelerate how companies build software.Connect with Quinn on LinkedIn, X, and on his website. Today’s shoutout is for user sumek, who won a Populist badge for answering the question How do you search through Vim's command history?.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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The innovation, leadership, and team agility inside U.S. Bank’s cloud journey
U.S. Bank has undergone a significant digital transformation, implementing a multi-cloud strategy to accelerate innovation and improve customer-focused development. Operating in a highly regulated environment, the bank must navigate the challenge of balancing innovation with strict compliance requirements while meeting the evolving demands and needs of customers and employees. In this episode of Leaders of Code, Jody Bailey, Stack Overflow’s CPO, Anirudh Kaul, Senior Director of Software Engineering, and Paul Petersen, Cloud Platform Engineering Manager, discuss the U.S. Bank’s journey from traditional banking practices to embracing new technologies. The conversation covers the technical and organizational aspects of large-scale cloud migration, along with their leadership approach during this transformative period.Key topics include:
How U.S. Bank empowers teams to innovate without sacrificing team agility. The importance of team collaboration, transparency, trust, and continuous communication in fostering innovation and successful tool adoption.
Cloud migration strategies and the role of platform engineering in enabling and supporting organizational change.
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Connect with Anirudh Kaul and Paul Petersen. Learn more about U.S. Bank.
Connect with Jody Bailey on LinkedIn.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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That custom gift for your mom takes more work than you think
Etsy is a global marketplace that keeps human connection at the heart of commerce. Connect with Mahir on LinkedIn.This week’s shoutout goes to user jsignell, who won a Populist badge for their answer to How do I tell if a column in a pandas dataframe is of type datetime? How do I tell if a column is numerical?.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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