64: Managing Crisis

This week on the podcast we focus on managing crisis situations that arise in the workplace. Mike and Kyle both had recent incidents so we discuss findings from those events. We also talk about the Caronavirus which has hit Seattle hard. We also have a Spinn update, Tesla news and more.

  • Cold Open
  • Show News
  • Caronavirus Hits Seattle
  • Follow Up
  • In The News
  • Mike's BIG Offer
  • Managing Crisis

January 15, 2025

63: Sixty Three And A Third

This week on the show we talk about Mike's crazy day last week. We have Erotic Photo Hunt news, we talk a bit about Tesla's stock hitting record highs, Amazon 1 day delivery and discuss crazy stories around tech hiring.

  • Cold Open
  • Show News
  • In The News
  • Tech Hiring

January 15, 2025

62: Managing Compensation

This week on the Coffee & Code Cast we discuss new gear bought for the shows... gear. Kyle's eye problems might finally be solved? We discuss what led to getting that issue corrected. Mike has a Spinn coffee update this week. We jump into a recent news story that brings into focus the legal use of meme images and wrap up with some disucssion about being managers and dealing with compensation.

  • Cold Open
  • Checking in
  • Airline Waffling
  • Show News
  • Follow Up
  • In the News
  • Legal Use of a Meme
  • Meeting Beer
  • Managing Compensation
  • Goals and Aspirations
  • Soulmates

January 15, 2025

61: The Stress of a Manager

This episode of the Coffee & Code Cast we are discussing a bunch of food related topics including risky McDonald's runs, more really strange food submissions and Mike's recent experience with Hello Fresh. We talk a little bit about Sonos's recent decision to end of life some older products and move onto discussing management experiences surrounding end of year reviews, learning new skills, dealing with stress and staying anchored.

  • Cold Open
  • Risky & Expensive McDonald’s Runs
  • More Strange Foods
  • Mike’s Hello Fresh
  • In the News
  • Management

January 15, 2025

60: Recruiting (Christina Vidauri)

This week we have a very special guest on the show. Kyle’s wife and Sr. Technical Recruiter at Big Fish Games joins us to discuss recruiting, agency vs. in house recruiting, interview processes, unintentional bias, project based interviewing, collecting feedback, building real relationships, analyzing market data and so much more.

  • Cold Open
  • Introductions
  • In-House vs. Agency Recruiting
  • Christina’s Path to Recruiting
  • Hiring Manager Relationships
  • Project Based Interviewing
  • Collecting Feedback
  • Building Real Relationships
  • Do’s & Don’ts on LinkedIn and Resumes
  • Working with Agency Recruiters
  • Using Market Data
  • Negotiation

January 15, 2025

59: The Dad Bod

This week we are live from Denver, Colorado with our friend and guest Zach Cervi. The first show after the holiday break we have a lot of catching up to do. We updated the website and we're asking for your help to give us a review or a referal. We have some Erotic Photo Hunt followup, a Spinn Coffee update and an update on the iKuddle cat box we have discussed. We check in on Mike's solo backpacking trip and new gear for the show. We round out the show with some tech news. Tesla news, Tesla Cybertruck, and a new app called Bod Genius.

January 15, 2025

58: Corn Pie & Christmas Corn

This week it's a full house as we welcome Raine Lightner and Connor Peavey live on the show to talk about holiday plans, brewing projects and strange party and holiday food creations. We also dive into the Prusa Mini 3D Printer and Skydio 2 Drone.

Show Notes

January 15, 2025

57: A Slack Surveillance State

This week on the show we are back after a couple weeks off. So we catch up on an epic troll that happened at work for Mike’s birthday. We follow up on Kyle’s eye issues that have gone on for months.

In the news we talk about Apple’s new Mac Pro configurations that allow you to customize a computer to $52,999. We also discuss the recent controversy around Away’s business practices and CEO as well as lessons we can learn from it.

We wrap up this episode talking about a new adventure Mike is taking with backpacking as Kyle and Mike nerd out on gear, weight and other things.

  • Cold Open
  • Follow up
  • New Mac Pro
  • Away Company Culture Issues
  • Backpacking

January 15, 2025

56: Double Ending in Denver

This week we are doing a double ender as Kyle is in Denver on business. We talk this week about a lot of news including Tesla news, Space X news, and a really cool new project our friend and coworker has been working on.

January 15, 2025

55: The Double Nickel

This week we didn't prepare well, so we are calling people live on air and chatting with them about all kinds of things. This episode is about twice as long as our usual ones but get ready for a fun and wild ride.

January 15, 2025