This Dev Life.

Two Career Paths, One Senior Title | IC vs Management Explained

🚀 IC or Engineering Manager - which path should you choose as a software engineer?In this episode of This Dev Life Podcast, we break down the two senior career tracks in software engineering: the Individual Contributor (IC) path and the Engineering Management path.You will…

DevOps Entry Points in 2026: Skip the Junior Roles

Breaking into DevOps in 2026 looks different. Entry-level roles are shrinking, AI can handle a lot of the grunt work, and platform engineering is raising the bar.🎯 In this episode of This Dev Life, you will learn: Why junior DevOps roles are disappearing The skills AI cannot…

Meet Rizel Scarlett: Staff Developer Advocate at TBD | @blackgirlbytes

Rizel Scarlett is a Staff Developer Advocate at TBD, Block's newest business unit. With a diverse background spanning GitHub, startups, and non-profit organizations, Rizel has cultivated a passion for utilizing emerging technologies to champion equity within the tech industry.…

Bridging the Gap and Moving the Needle in Data-Driven Decision Making

In this interview, we sit down with Data Engineer Aminat Lawal @aminatlawal21 , as she shares her expertise in data analysis, data science, and engineering. Aminat discusses her passion for bridging the gap between data and business goals, and how she builds solutions that…

Becoming Immortal with Scott Hanselman

Scott Hanselman is the Vice President of Developer Communities at Microsoft. He is an author, speaker, podcaster, and an avid blogger. His podcast - Hanselminutes (https://hanselminutes.com/), runs weekly with various guests to discuss open source, technology, culture, diversity,…

Interview with Axiom Dev Advocate - Oretola

Tola is passionate about communicating complex problems in understandable and sizeable bits. He is also a big advocate for building and contributing to Open-source projects. Tola's X Handle: @thecraftman_

Coding with Visibility: Rising in the ranks with Ayomide Aregbede

Ayomide is a seasoned Senior Software Engineer with nearly a decade of experience in building cutting-edge technology products. His passion lies in empowering individuals to kickstart and flourish in their careers within the tech industry. In 2018, Ayomide initiated a…

Certification chat with Elizabeth Adegbaju

Elizabeth is a passionate DevOps Engineer specializing in AWS cloud infrastructure and automation. With a strong background in software engineering, she has designed and implemented scalable and secure cloud-based solutions for clients across different industries. Leveraging her…

Chat with Elizabeth Adegbaju - Transition from Developer to DevOps Engineer

Elizabeth is a passionate DevOps Engineer specializing in AWS cloud infrastructure and automation. With a strong background in software engineering, she has designed and implemented scalable and secure cloud-based solutions for clients across different industries. Leveraging her…

Developer Onboarding for Buddies and Managers

In the previous episode, we spoke on Developer Onboarding Culture. Today, we are looking at the same topic but from a manager's and buddy perspective. Enjoy listening. #podcast #thisdevlife #developer #onboarding

Employee perspective on developer onboarding culture

Developer onboarding culture is the set of values, practices and expectations that shape how new developers join and integrate into a software team. It includes aspects such as training, mentoring, feedback, code review and collaboration. A good developer onboarding culture can…

The docs are your bible

In this new and refreshed episode of This Dev Life, we look at an interesting topic - The docs. Should you use official documentations only or some blog posts or video content as reference for your work? Let's hear it on today's episode. Link to the tweet mentioned on today's…

Career Journey into M365 Development with Alistair Pugin

Alistair has worked in various capacities in multiple verticals from retail – manufacturing to government, spanning 50 to 50000 users utilizing all aspects of pure Enterprise Information Management. His current role as a Microsoft Azure and Office Apps and Services MVP in South…

Beyond SharePoint M365 Development Explained with Alistair Pugin

Alistair has worked in various capacities in multiple verticals from retail – manufacturing to government, spanning 50 to 50000 users utilizing all aspects of pure Enterprise Information Management. His current role as a Microsoft Azure and Office Apps and Services MVP in South…

STEM for Sustainable Development with Emmanuel Emechete

Emmanuel Michael Emechete is an SDGs Advocate and a Technology enthusiast, He is the founder of a business and career Consulting firm called An-ointed Consult, and Orupa a renewable energy and climate change organization, which focuses on the use of technology in achieving the…

Power Platform Demystified with David Abu

David is a Cloud Advocate for Power BI, he is currently based in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a community builder and also part of the Power Platform Community leaders in Nigeria. David is a business intelligence Associate with comprehensive accomplishments applying visualizations, data…

Day in the Life of David Abu - A Power Platform Cloud Developer Advocate

David is a Cloud Advocate for Power BI, he is currently based in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a community builder and part of the Power Platform Community leaders in Nigeria. David is a business intelligence Associate with comprehensive accomplishments applying visualizations, data…

Software Engineering Ethics with Frank Odoom

Frank is a software consultant with a demonstrated experience in designing, developing, and managing the continuous delivery of modern web, mobile, and cloud solutions. As a member of the .NET Foundation and the organizer of Accra.Net, he spends his free time helping in outreach…

Chat with Pneuma Care: healthcare redesigned, powered by technology

Ayodele is the CEO and Cofounder of PneumaHealth. A digital health company redesigning healthcare for everyone through a patient centric, relationship based and technology empowered care delivery model. At PneumaCare, he is responsible for leading product and business development…

Time out with Foyin B: A power platform developer and consultant

Today, we have Foyin Olajide-Bello joining us on the show. Foyin is a Cloud Consultant with over 12 years of quality work experience. She has deployed and administered Software Projects across various industry verticals which includes Banking, Manufacturing, Education, Health,…

Day in the life of a Software Engineer: Toni Solarin-Sodara

Toni a Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience working with a variety of technologies to deliver software solutions for different companies around the world. He is also an avid contributor and maintainer of open-source projects with a strong focus on programming language…

Becoming Sam: A chat with multi-skilled solutions and cloud developer

Today on the show, we have Sam - my good friend joining us and allowing me dig into his brain to understand what it takes to be a successful developer. About Sam An MVP, MCT, MCSD, Senior Software Engineer, Teacher, Speaker, Technology Advocate, Community Leader, Maker, and early…

Chat with young founders: Building TREP Labs

Today on the show, I have Abiola Alayande and Taofeek Olalekan join me to share their experience building TREP Labs and Real Drip - an innovative solution solving a global challenge. Know about Realdrip and how it has been saving lives here . Abiola comes from Osogbo in Osun…

Data Influenced Designs with Olumide Fakorede

We have Olumide Fakorede with us on today's episode of This Dev Life to discuss Data Influenced Designs for solutions. Olumide Fakorede is a tech enthusiast with our 5 years of experience in design, software development, data analysis and digital marketing. Olumide is also a…

Simplifying the AI talk

Today on This Dev Life, we have Japhlet joining us to talk about AI services for developers. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Reach out to Japhlet on Twitter at @japhletnwamu For developer, get started here: AI for Everyone by AndrewNG and AI by Columbia University For…

Advocating for developers - the journey of an idea

Today we have Akintunde Sultan (@hacksultan) with us to discuss developer advocacy his own way. Have fun listening. Find him on Twitter @hacksultan

After the To-Do App with Peter Ihesie

Today, we have Peter Ihesie - CEO of Complus Tech and Code360 talk to us on how to proceed on your developer journey just after learning the fundamentals. Learn more about code360 at code360.com.ng . Follow Peter on Twitter at @ihesiepeter and on LinkedIn

Building mobile with .NET - a personal view

Oludayo is an experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the Information Technology and Services industry. He joins us today on This Dev Life to discuss Mobile Application Development with .NET. Masterclass: https://bit.ly/38nYJ0s YouTube -…

From Hello to a WordPress Pro - Being a CMS Developer at this time

Luqman is a proficient and creative WordPress developer with a strong history in website management and development. Experienced in SEO and certified Scrum Master. Expert in all aspects of WordPress website creation, including design, plug-ins, and implementation. Skilled in…

Bagging Fundamental Certifications - The urge and passion

Bidemi doesn't come from the traditional computer science background, and she totally believes in hard work. She loves to learn new tech things and teach it to people. Importantly, the cloud is her new home, and she is passionate about Microsoft technologies LinkedIn:…

Learning to code as a parent - the challenges and overcoming them

Elizabeth is a prolific frontend web developer with a passion for building world class web applications. She likes to solve problems and more elated learning new skills/technologies. She specializes in JavaScript and have experience working with ReactJs and VueJs. She joins us…

Season 2 Intro

Welcome to a new season on This Dev Life. We have an amazing line-up of guests and topics just for you. Do well to subscribe, like and share.

Day in Life with Busayo Amowe

Busayo currently works as a Software Engineer at Zedcrest Capital. Her main stack is .NET Core (C#). The opportunity to learn is particularly attractive to her. In her spare time, she enjoys watching food, makeup and hair transformation videos. Twitter handle: @AmoweO LinkedIn:…

Unscripted with Azeez Taiwo

Azeez Taiwo is an adept Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Building highly scalable and performance driven systems that delights end users and increase the bottom line is where my passion lies. On today's…

Day in Life with Azeez Taiwo

Azeez Taiwo is an adept Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Building highly scalable and performance driven systems that delights end users and increase the bottom line is where my passion lies. On today's…

Unscripted with Bakare Emmanuel

Bakare Emmanuel is a DevOps Engineer with effective skills in Containers, Virtualisation and Linux administration. Asides code and work, he is also an abled traveller and enjoys every bit of adventure he comes across on a day-to-day basis. On today's episode of This Dev Life, he…

Day in Life with Bakare Emmanuel

Bakare Emmanuel is a DevOps Engineer with effective skills in Containers, Virtualisation and Linux administration. Asides code and work, he is also an abled traveller and enjoys every bit of adventure he comes across on a day-to-day basis. On today's episode of This Dev Life, we…

Unscripted with Elijah Oyekunle

Elijah is a Software Engineer with a strong background in Computer Science and Mathematics. Skilled in Python, Web Services, Data Science, Database Administration, Linux Systems Administration, Machine Learning and more. On today's episode of This Dev Life, he tells us about…

Day in Life with Elijah Oyekunle

Elijah is a Software Engineer with a strong background in Computer Science and Mathematics. Skilled in Python, Web Services, Data Science, Database Administration, Linux Systems Administration, Machine Learning and more. On today's episode of This Dev Life, he tells us what his…

Fleeting Times

It seems there's a lot going on and a lot to catch up on as the days fly by. We need to finish this project, that nanodegree, that movie, that video. Most times, we actually are not slowing down. What this tends to cost us are numerous.

My top 5 dev tools with Lawrence Agbani

For the third week running, we have Lawrence here talking his top five tech tools for software development on this episode of #thisdevlife You can find him on Twitter as @TheAgbani

Unscripted: Monoliths vs Microservices with Lawrence Agbani

This is not a show-down. But a talk describing the pros and cons of monoliths vs microservices. When should you use a monolith? When should use adopt the microservices architecture? Let's hear it on this episode of #thisdevlife. You can find him on Twitter as @TheAgbani

Day in Life with Lawrence Agbani

We're up on a roll with Lawrence Agbani - a software engineer at Westwing Group in Germany. He shares insights into his daily life as a developer and drops some real nice tips for beginners getting into software development. You can find him on Twitter as @TheAgbani

Day in Life with Taofeek Allison

Today on the show, we have Taofeek Allison - a Mobile and Web Developer who majors in .NET and GoLang. Let's hear the deep insights he has and tip and tricks he uses in his everyday life as a developer. You can reach out to him on Twitter.

Day in Life with Taiwo Adebayo

Y'ello. We're up again chatting today with Taiwo Adebayo - an Android Developer at Flutterwave. Taiwo enjoys coding and music. He shares insights into his daily life as a developer on this episode of This Dev Life. You can find Taiwo on Twitter as @ProfMich .

Day in Life with Matthew Idowu

Hey there again, this week, we bring Matthew Idowu - a .NET Developer on the show to share insights into his daily life as a developer. You can find him on Twitter as matmape .

Day in Life with Ada Nduka Oyom

Today, we have a chat with the amazing Ada Nduka Oyom who is a developer, developer advocate and founder of She Code Africa. She walks us through what a typical day for her looks like and give tips for productivity. She's on Twitter and LinkedIn .

Beyond the Console

For developers who are just starting out and wondering how to get beyond just the fundamentals, this is for you.

Firmness

Let's paint some scenarios today. You are a freelance developer who needs to work with the software development team of a particular firm. You realize thier quality of work or processes is not up to standard you expect. Asked to work on a solution and deliver in time - where you…

Racing Through Time

Have you been feeling lazy? or not so productive? - I have been. Most days these couple of weeks, I've been clueless on what exactly to do. But hey, maybe it's time for me to take some much-needed rest.

The Nerdy Life

Let's have some fun facts about devs. Which of them are true and which ones are not?

Growing Others

The energy I see from a lot of the junior developers I interact with every day amazes me. They have a lot zeal to explore all the worlds of devs as it may be. You can hear one say something like I'm currently using this X-Language to do Y number of stuff and I want to use some AI…

Software Engineer Life Hack with Matthew Odedoyin

Today on This Dev Life, I have a chat with my friend and brother - Matthew on some of the hack that has been helping him as a Software Engineer. He shares his insights and things that keep him going in this journey. Listen and Enjoy.

The Travelling Developer

I still see myself as a developer even as do in my 9-5 where I don't write production code. And I travel a lot (not as much as some other folks but enough to call it a lot). How do I manage my time so I can deliver optimally and not break down? Let's hear it on this episode of…

The Remote Developer

One of the perks of being a good developer is you can decide what type of employment to take. When you decide to go remote. What are the things you take to note that shape your professionalism, work-life balance and communication? Let's hear it out on this episode of This Dev…

That Naughty Bug

Do you write code sometimes and you're unable to get by a bug for hours, maybe even days? How do you finally solve the problems - if you do. How many nights and hours did you spend on Stack Overflow trying to get the right code to copy and paste. Let's talk about naughty bugs on…

The Little Wins

Many times when I achieve something as a developer, I feel good for few minutes and then I set back in to do more work. I realize I hardly celebrate my successes. Does this happen to you often? Do you feel sometimes your immediate achievement isn't really worth it. Let's hear it…

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