Fizz Buzz Podcast

In FBP’s Season 2 season finale, Stacy and Mo interview Engineering Manager Kevin Fagan and Head of Talent Acquisition Gary Ludgate about their expertise on getting a job in the tech industry. The gang emphasizes some tips on how to get your first tech job, but there are golden nuggets throughout that could help you get a job at any level and in any industry. The ladies hope that

In this pragmatic episode of Fizz Buzz Podcast, Stacy and Mo reveal their tips on how to be pragmatic programmers. They discuss what it means to be pragmatic and how to apply it to software development and day to day life 🚀The girls bring up important topics where it’s beneficial to be pragmatic such as: tech debt, testing code, debugging, and crafting high quality pull reques

On this episode of Fizz Buzz Podcast Stacy gives Mo all the goss about a recent tech industry scandal: The downfall of Twitter and the rise of new social media platform Threads.Stacy goes into all the nitty gritty details of the tale, which stars Elon Musk and even the infamous Zuck himself. Who is the villain in this story? And what does it teach us about the tech industry? Sit ba

In this episode Stacy and Mo have the opportunity to learn about the fascinating world of functional programming from expert Máté Marjai. To their surprise, the girls discover that it is hidden throughout their day to day lives as software engineers! Chatting with Máté helps them know how to spot functional programming and what to look for when writing code. This technical deep

Mo and Stacy have the honour of discussing imposter syndrome with Engineering Manager Raph Estrada. They discover that this phenomenon is more complex than people think and discuss how we should always try to dive in further when we feel the emotions surrounding it.In true FBP style the girls learn about something unexpected; the Dunning-Kruger effect. There are two sides of impost

In this episode of the podcast, Mo and Stacy experiment with ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI. The trio delves into the technical aspects of solving problems, applying ChatGPT as a tool and calming our fears about AI taking over the world. In true Fizzbuzz fashion the hosts prove that music, problem solving, friendship and AI can come together as one. PS. ChatGPT h

This episode is super special, because in honour of International Women’s Day, Mo and Stacy had the opportunity to record a live interview with three women from Atlantic Technological University in Sligo: Mary Loftus, Diane O'Brien and Ellen Woodward. The hosts got to hear each of their perspectives on being a woman in academia, dealing with bias, and striving to make the univers

After a short hiatus, Stacy and Mo embark on their sophomore season of Fizz Buzz Podcast. In the first episode, they set the scene by giving advice they found helpful along their journeys. Like sisters, they want to help guide their listeners into a happy, healthy and strong career in tech (or any other industry).As the season opens, the ladies are optimistic about the teachings fr

For the Fizz Buzz Grand Finale Mo & Stacy have a retrospective! What is a retrospective? As explained by Tech Target: During a retrospective the team members reflect on what happened during a project and identify actions for improvement going forward. The hosts therefore take a look back at the season and reminisce about the good, bad and the ugly… but mostly the good!A fun a

For this episode Stacy and Mo had the opportunity to interview their dearest friends Dr. Doug Marques and Mitch Ashton about being apart of the LGBTQIA+ community and what’s it’s like to be engineers within that space. They get to deep dive into how it effects their professional and personal lives. As this conversation continues, the hosts learn how they can support the LGBTQIA