web01.fireside.fm Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:17:42 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Off Script - Episodes Tagged with “Getting Into Tech” https://off-script.fireside.fm/tags/getting%20into%20tech Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Hosted by CTOs Josh Nesbitt and James Hall, Off Script brings you unfiltered conversations about the highs, lows, and lessons of working in tech today. From leading engineering teams and scaling companies, to tackling burnout, bad bets, and breakthrough ideas, this is the show where raw honesty meets experience. Alongside one-on-one conversations between Josh and James, you’ll hear from leaders, builders, designers, and entrepreneurs who aren’t afraid to share what’s really going on behind the scenes — the conversations usually left for DMs, side chats, and after-hours drinks. Whether you’re building your first product or leading a fast-growing team, Off Script gives you a raw and refreshing perspective on the challenges and creativity that shape modern tech. New episodes every few weeks. Subscribe and join the conversation. en-gb episodic Where raw honesty meets experience. Unfiltered conversations at the edge of tech, leadership, and creativity. Hey! Presents Hosted by CTOs Josh Nesbitt and James Hall, Off Script brings you unfiltered conversations about the highs, lows, and lessons of working in tech today. From leading engineering teams and scaling companies, to tackling burnout, bad bets, and breakthrough ideas, this is the show where raw honesty meets experience. Alongside one-on-one conversations between Josh and James, you’ll hear from leaders, builders, designers, and entrepreneurs who aren’t afraid to share what’s really going on behind the scenes — the conversations usually left for DMs, side chats, and after-hours drinks. Whether you’re building your first product or leading a fast-growing team, Off Script gives you a raw and refreshing perspective on the challenges and creativity that shape modern tech. New episodes every few weeks. Subscribe and join the conversation. yes Technology leadership, CTO podcast, Creative technologists, Product development, Engineering culture, Software teams, AI and product, Startup stories, Agency leadership, Honest tech conversations, Scaling tech companies, Tech industry insights, Tech News Hey! Presents offscript@heypresents.com Episode 12: Productivity & mental health https://off-script.fireside.fm/12 92f9296b-26bc-4440-bc06-0f6b172e5896 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Hey! Presents full 2 Hey! Presents How do you avoid burnout and keep productivity high? What methods can you use to help produce an efficient flow state? How have companies addressed these issues around hybrid working? Productivity and mental health go hand in hand but how do you manage it? Hosts James & Josh explore these issues around creating a positive motivated team. 32:12 yes How do you avoid burnout and keep productivity high? What methods can you use to help produce an efficient flow state? How have companies addressed these issues around hybrid working? Productivity and mental health go hand in hand but how do you manage it? Hosts James & Josh explore these issues around creating a positive motivated team. Burnout Time boxing The side effects of being unproductive Mental health Exercise Setting boundaries Setting time limits on software and social media useage The benefits of side projects Mental health as the world reopens Hybrid working Empowering a team Resources: The Pomodoro Technique (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique) Things (https://culturedcode.com/things/) Atlassian (https://www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwork/how-to-run-effective-meetings) Motion (https://www.usemotion.com/) Well Good (https://www.wellgood.io/) Leeds Cookery School (https://www.leedscookeryschool.org.uk/) Phil Hawksworth (https://twitter.com/philhawksworth/status/1452930467049709571) Find out more about Stac and Parallax: Stac (https://stac.works) Parallax (https://parall.ax) tech, community, development, web, web tech, web technology, mental health, web development, Productivity, productivity tips How do you avoid burnout and keep productivity high? What methods can you use to help produce an efficient flow state? How have companies addressed these issues around hybrid working? Productivity and mental health go hand in hand but how do you manage it? Hosts James & Josh explore these issues around creating a positive motivated team.

  • Burnout
  • Time boxing
  • The side effects of being unproductive
  • Mental health
  • Exercise
  • Setting boundaries
  • Setting time limits on software and social media useage
  • The benefits of side projects
  • Mental health as the world reopens
  • Hybrid working
  • Empowering a team

Resources:

Find out more about Stac and Parallax:

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  • Burnout
  • Time boxing
  • The side effects of being unproductive
  • Mental health
  • Exercise
  • Setting boundaries
  • Setting time limits on software and social media useage
  • The benefits of side projects
  • Mental health as the world reopens
  • Hybrid working
  • Empowering a team

Resources:

Find out more about Stac and Parallax:

]]> Episode 11: Leadership https://off-script.fireside.fm/11 ede8b99d-800d-4fbd-8a80-de9d01e7b579 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Hey! Presents full 2 Hey! Presents What leadership style do you have? How do you foster a productive culture? When do you give people autonomy and when do you put your foot down? The decisions around how to lead a team can affect how successful a project delivery is. 33:26 yes What leadership style do you have? How do you foster a productive culture? When do you give people autonomy and when do you put your foot down? The decisions around how to lead a team can affect how successful a project delivery is. How did the pandemic and working from home impact things? Hosts James & Josh explore these questions and look at ways to engage the team. Different leadership styles The value of delegating How to keep people invested in the project Boundaries when working from home Tooling the team for the current times Giving autonomy Putting your foot down The curse of analysis paralysis How team structure affects leadership styles Creating a positive culture around leadership when starting a business Open Source software leadership How different management styles anchorage flow state Confluence Showing vulnerability from the leader Ensuring a work / life balance Resources: * Management book recommendation (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0008128049/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_JAPVW9D94SHAV1R9FDCW) * Vulnerability (https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2013/04/21/brene-brown-how-vulnerability-can-make-our-lives-better/) Find out more about Stac and Parallax: * Stac (https://stac.works) * Parallax (https://parall.ax) tech, community, development, web, web tech, web technology, web development, Leadership, team management, software alternatives, changing career, getting into tech What leadership style do you have? How do you foster a productive culture? When do you give people autonomy and when do you put your foot down? The decisions around how to lead a team can affect how successful a project delivery is. How did the pandemic and working from home impact things? Hosts James & Josh explore these questions and look at ways to engage the team.

  • Different leadership styles
  • The value of delegating
  • How to keep people invested in the project
  • Boundaries when working from home
  • Tooling the team for the current times
  • Giving autonomy
  • Putting your foot down
  • The curse of analysis paralysis
  • How team structure affects leadership styles
  • Creating a positive culture around leadership when starting a business
  • Open Source software leadership
  • How different management styles anchorage flow state
  • Confluence
  • Showing vulnerability from the leader
  • Ensuring a work / life balance

Resources:

Find out more about Stac and Parallax:

]]> What leadership style do you have? How do you foster a productive culture? When do you give people autonomy and when do you put your foot down? The decisions around how to lead a team can affect how successful a project delivery is. How did the pandemic and working from home impact things? Hosts James & Josh explore these questions and look at ways to engage the team.

  • Different leadership styles
  • The value of delegating
  • How to keep people invested in the project
  • Boundaries when working from home
  • Tooling the team for the current times
  • Giving autonomy
  • Putting your foot down
  • The curse of analysis paralysis
  • How team structure affects leadership styles
  • Creating a positive culture around leadership when starting a business
  • Open Source software leadership
  • How different management styles anchorage flow state
  • Confluence
  • Showing vulnerability from the leader
  • Ensuring a work / life balance

Resources:

Find out more about Stac and Parallax:

]]> Episode 09: Application performance https://off-script.fireside.fm/09 4a32d44c-fe83-4755-952b-66a93660ceed Fri, 08 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0100 Hey! Presents full 2 Hey! Presents What would your first steps be when working on application performance? What tools can you use to help you through this process? What are the challenges when you overly optimise your application? Our hosts James and Josh dive into these questions and outline their thoughts on this and much more. 36:21 yes What would your first steps be when working on application performance? What tools can you use to help you through this process? What are the challenges when you overly optimise your application? Our hosts James and Josh dive into these questions and outline their thoughts on the following and much more: Baselining where you are and establishing your starting point Monitoring and improving performance Speeding up your app speeds up dev time Chrome dev tools Game-changing services Image optimisation Reducing friction Unlearning best practices Testing Worker related scripts Lazy loading Preloading Resources: * Chrome DevTools (https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/) * web.dev (https://web.dev/) * Cloudflare (https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/) * Fastly (https://www.fastly.com/) * New Relic (https://newrelic.com/) * AppSignal (https://www.appsignal.com/) * Blackfire (https://www.blackfire.io/) Find out more about Stac and Parallax: * Stac (https://stac.works) * Parallax (https://parall.ax) tech, community, development, web, web tech, web technology, web development, application performance, improving application performance, speeding up your app, dev tools What would your first steps be when working on application performance? What tools can you use to help you through this process? What are the challenges when you overly optimise your application? Our hosts James and Josh dive into these questions and outline their thoughts on the following and much more:

  • Baselining where you are and establishing your starting point
  • Monitoring and improving performance
  • Speeding up your app speeds up dev time
  • Chrome dev tools
  • Game-changing services
  • Image optimisation
  • Reducing friction
  • Unlearning best practices
  • Testing
  • Worker related scripts
  • Lazy loading
  • Preloading

Resources:

Find out more about Stac and Parallax:

]]> What would your first steps be when working on application performance? What tools can you use to help you through this process? What are the challenges when you overly optimise your application? Our hosts James and Josh dive into these questions and outline their thoughts on the following and much more:

  • Baselining where you are and establishing your starting point
  • Monitoring and improving performance
  • Speeding up your app speeds up dev time
  • Chrome dev tools
  • Game-changing services
  • Image optimisation
  • Reducing friction
  • Unlearning best practices
  • Testing
  • Worker related scripts
  • Lazy loading
  • Preloading

Resources:

Find out more about Stac and Parallax:

]]> Episode 04: It's never too late to get into technology https://off-script.fireside.fm/04 8f5e1f10-9496-4309-b602-0fd7d8ea0adf Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:30:00 +0100 Hey! Presents full 1 Hey! Presents What's it like to get into tech from scratch? Can you do it at any stage of your career? What are the main lessons people who have made this transition have taken from their journey? Find out in this episode of Off Script. 16:25 yes We're happy to welcome Lu Liu, software engineer from Fintech industry to Off Script by Hey! Radio. This is a story with practical lessons about how it's never too late to get into technology. Lu shares her journey into tech, how she got into the industry and how she overcame the difficulty and obstacles she encountered at the beginning of her career. She extracts key advice and takeaways she's learned that will be useful for people who are trying to change their career path into tech or students who want to pursue a career in tech. There are lessons in Lu's talk that also benefit anyone with more experience in the industry who wants to reconnect with what that journey feels like if say, you manage a team with people who are. It's easy to lose sight of what the beginning feels like so there is something in this for all levels of industry experience. tech, community, development, web, web tech, web technology, web development, changing career, getting into tech We're happy to welcome Lu Liu, software engineer from Fintech industry to Off Script by Hey! Radio.

This is a story with practical lessons about how it's never too late to get into technology. Lu shares her journey into tech, how she got into the industry and how she overcame the difficulty and obstacles she encountered at the beginning of her career. She extracts key advice and takeaways she's learned that will be useful for people who are trying to change their career path into tech or students who want to pursue a career in tech.

There are lessons in Lu's talk that also benefit anyone with more experience in the industry who wants to reconnect with what that journey feels like if say, you manage a team with people who are. It's easy to lose sight of what the beginning feels like so there is something in this for all levels of industry experience.

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This is a story with practical lessons about how it's never too late to get into technology. Lu shares her journey into tech, how she got into the industry and how she overcame the difficulty and obstacles she encountered at the beginning of her career. She extracts key advice and takeaways she's learned that will be useful for people who are trying to change their career path into tech or students who want to pursue a career in tech.

There are lessons in Lu's talk that also benefit anyone with more experience in the industry who wants to reconnect with what that journey feels like if say, you manage a team with people who are. It's easy to lose sight of what the beginning feels like so there is something in this for all levels of industry experience.

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