IChatable

Daniel Larsen is an amazing Tech Leader, his journey from radio waves to Microsoft, our incredible guest has a career full of twists and turns.
Here’s what we covered:
🎙️ Started his career in Radio Stations

👨‍💻 Became a Developer
✈️ Moved to the UK, then back to NZ to
💰 Started his Own Business

🚀 Dabbled as a CTO — and discovered why it wasn’t for him
💻 Spent 7 years at Microsoft and uncovered the secret sauce of how such a huge company stays agile and productive
🏗️ Shared 3 unique gems of advice on how to become an Architect
⚖️ Talked about work–life balance
🤖 His hot take on AI and how it will reshape software development

Marcel is a Microsoft MVP🥇 (Most Valuable Person), an MCT Microsoft Certified Trainer🎓 with 20 years of experience, and a Practice Lead at Datacom. 

We will discuss:

🌍 The difference in working culture between Brazil and NZ.

🥇His Microsoft MVP, how he got it, and the effect of it on his career.

How do you differentiate between a 👩‍💻Developer, 👩‍💻🚀Senior Developer, or 👩‍💻🚀🚀Tech Lead?

📐💻👨‍💼The difference between Software Architect, Solution Architect, and Enterprise Architect.

👨‍💼🚀 How to progress our careers in Software Development. 

🌪️🤷‍♂️ Where do the problems usually come from, and how can we avoid them.

🕊️🙌 Some advices for Team Leads: how to make your team trust you and How to help your Junior Developers.

Get ready to embark on a journey with Oscar🚀, as he takes us through his adventure from Philippines to NZ🛬

👷‍♂️How did he land a job down under? Well, it involved a some shoulder tapping and a bit of Kiwi magic.

But that's just the beginning!

There's the shocking moment😱 when a colleague couldn't handle the stress😓, leading to an unexpected turn of events.

What happens next will leave you questioning the workplace norms.🤔

And there's more!,

Did Oscar bet his career on the wrong platform?😯 and had to do a career shift?🔄 who is to blame?

What will happen to the Auckland council developers after they switched the platform? Oscar got an inside scoop for us. 🕵️‍♂️

He pitched his unique philosophy🎤💡– he completely avoids work pressure and stress😓, he manages to gets credit for everything 👏🏆 he do and everyone appreciates him🙌🌟. What is that philosophy? and how he managed to do that?

But it gets juicier.

A drama unfolds as Oscar's actions⚡️ impacted the entire company🏢, from the CEO to the new joiners

And finally whatever you do, whatever you do. Don't ever hit the subscribe button🔔, we've heard rumors that your phone might explode💥, you've been warned.

Get ready for an epic story and let's dive into Oscar's unique perspective.

Get ready for the first-ever episode of IChatable, where we dive deep into the tech world with Kumar Saurabh.

We will talk about his journey from India to New Zealand.

Saurabh will spill the beans on how he went from being a tech enthusiast to a full-blown Sitecore architect.

will also chat about his proudest project. And he will share his ways of navigating the tech jungle.

We will also have a peek into his work setup.

And because every techies has some stories, Saurabh will tell us about a software disaster story. Spoiler alert: it involves some production database and problem-solving and some chaos.

He also experienced some bizarre bugs and weird tech behaviors that'll make you go, "Wait, what?"

He also talked us through the tech debt and his ways of tackling it.

Are you working in tech and you are Stressed out? We totally feel you. Saurabh showed us his own approach to handling those nail-biting, stressful situations.

And, of course, we're taking a peek into his way of reading the future and the next big thing in the tech world.

Don't ever hit that subscribe button. let's dive right into it together!