22:33

Ep. 11 Dec 17, 2024

HTTPS: Holiday TEC Talks Podcast Special

In this casual, fun and festive episode we asked visitors to the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab what tech is on their wish list. The rules were simple: Money was no object, it could be ANYTHING - from the military catalogue, NASA, or just Best Buy - but it had to exist in real life and incorporate some kind of computing power. The Answers. Were. Awesome. We had a blast making this episode and hope you enjoy listening to it - and get some last minute gift ideas! Special thanks to all our guests, some of whom had no idea they’d be on a podcast that day.

18:06

Ep. 10 Nov 12, 2024

TEC Talks Podcast: Unhappy Programmers

Join us today as we discuss and react to the most surprising headline from the StackOverflow 2024 Developer Survey - apparently, 80% of programmers are not happy? To be more specific - only 20% of programmers explicitly stated they were actually happy, while the rest indicated complacency or unhappiness. This is a special episode where we have three guests: TEC board members Andrew Karnes and Connor Johnson, community member Ryan Jones. Hosted by TEC CTO and board member Charles (Chuck) Knox.

13:04

Ep. 09 Nov 12, 2024

What Does a Digital Forensics Specialist Do? With Jonathan Dellmar

Join us today as we speak with Jonathan Dellmar, a digital forensics specialist who discusses what it’s like to examine digital evidence for the legal system…and reptiles.

7:54

Ep. 08 Nov 12, 2024

What Does a NSF Regional Hub Coordinator Do? With Gabe Noga

Join us today as we speak with Gabe Noga. Gabe discusses his role as Regional Hub Coordinator for a National Science Foundation grant aimed at getting more students involved in STEM.

27:44

Ep. 06 Oct 3, 2024

What Does a Senior Software Engineer Do? With David Koontz

Today, Christina talks with David Koontz about what it’s like to be a senior software engineer. You may have noticed this episode isn’t quite up to TEC’s usual quality standard. That’s because it wasn’t recorded at podcast studio in ACSL, so all you podcasters out there consider this a lesson: Come to the lab and record your podcast for free in the actual studio!

47:16

Ep. 07 Oct 3, 2024

TEC Talks Podcast: Interview with Hermit Tech Co-Director Jordan Andersen

Today, Chuck speaks with Jordan Andersen, co-director of Hermit Tech, whose team members are responsible for a few recent viral articles which can be read on one of their co-director Nikhil’s blog here. Topics include the typical TEC Talks format with a few essential questions about what it’s like to be in Jordan’s shoes, and then Chuck and Jordan have a fun discussion about how AI can often get overhyped, overpromised, and oversold.

1:02:51

Ep. 05 Aug 27, 2024

TEC Talks Podcast: How Do Tech Laws and Policies Get Created? With Sam Stone

A discussion with national political consultant and co-host of the Breaking Battlegrounds podcast Sam Stone on why lawmakers on all levels, from municipal government to Congress, just don’t seem to grasp what tech is, what it does, or how to regulate, govern or legislate about it. This is a nerdy, nuts-and-bolts discussion of tech policy and governance, not a political debate episode.

5:58

Ep. 04 Aug 23, 2024

What Does a Website Developer Do? With Connor Johnson

We chatted with Connor Johnson about his experience as website developer for a medical university.

13:03

Ep. 03 Jul 15, 2024

TEC Talks Podcast: What Does an Industrial 3D Printshop Principal Do? With Eric Miller (who does a LOT of other stuff, too)

We chatted with Eric Miller about his experience working in tech. Eric is the co-owner and principal of Phoenix Analysis and Design Technologies, a Chair Emeritus of the Arizona Tech Council and a regularly contributing columnist for the Phoenix Business Journal.

11:52

Ep. 02 Jul 15, 2024

What Does a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant Do? With Gavin Klondike

Today, we speak with Gavin Klondike about his experience working in tech as a senior cybersecurity consultant. Gavin also runs NetSec Explained, a popular YouTube channel and led the 2023 CactusCon AI Village.

17:15

Ep. 01 Jul 15, 2024

What Does a "Full Stack" Software Engineer Do? With Charles Knox

Today, we speak with Charles Knox about his experience working in tech as a senior software engineer. Charles is the CTO of our organization, Technology Education Collaborative.