Jordanna Kwok's guest appearances

Jordanna Kwok

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Muko's Corner

Yuka Ohishi

Mike Lee

James Thomson

Daniel Steinberg

Paola Mata

Jarvis Johnson

Kaya Thomas

Chris Lattner

John Sundell

Sean Allen

Ellen Shapiro

Den Delimarsky

Janina Kutyn

Carola Nitz

Mayuko Inoue

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On this episode we're talking about belonging in tech. One of the most outstanding themes around women in tech is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We talk about this feeling of being excluded in tech and what we can do to foster a sense of belonging in tech, that benefits women and all kinds of people as well. I am joined by Jordanna Kwok (she/her) who is an engineering leader that is passionate about building equitable and inclusive teams in tech. She is currently managing a team of iOS engineers at Netflix responsible for the member experience in the Netflix iOS app. https://twitter.com/jordeewok Follow Mayuko @hellomayuko on Youtube, Instagram, and Twitter! To support the show, join the membership club and get access to the video recordings and more! Muko's Corner is created and hosted by Mayuko Inoue, produced by Hiroto Tran and Han Kim, edited by Peter Fynn, and assisted by Shun Yamamoto.

On this episode we're talking about belonging in tech. One of the most outstanding themes around women in tech is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We talk about this feeling of being excluded in tech and what we can do to foster a sense of belonging in tech, that benefits women and all kinds of people as well. I am joined by Jordanna Kwok (she/her) who is an engineering leader that is passionate about building equitable and inclusive teams in tech. She is currently managing a team of iOS engineers at Netflix responsible for the member experience in the Netflix iOS app. <a href="https://twitter.com/jordeewok" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jordeewok</a> Follow Mayuko @hellomayuko on <a href="https://youtube.com/hellomayuko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Youtube</a>, <a href="https://instagram.com/hellomayuko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/hellomayuko?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>! To support the show, <a href="https://youtube.com/hellomayuko/join" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join</a> the membership club and get access to the video recordings and more! Muko's Corner is created and hosted by Mayuko Inoue, produced by Hiroto Tran and Han Kim, edited by Peter Fynn, and assisted by Shun Yamamoto.

Belonging In Tech with Jordanna Kwok

In this episode, Paul talks to Jordanna Kwok about the Netflix interview process, skills sets for iOS developers, moving from iOS development into management, and more. Detailed topics:  Introduction What made you move from being an iOS developer to a manager? How long did it take to stop missing coding? How did your team respond to expanding? Do you build internal iOS apps for Netflix? What is your approach to handling mistakes in your team? How to manage a remote team of developers What makes someone stands out amongst applications for developers? What specific skills sets are you looking for when hiring an iOS developer? Do you need to have a CS degree to work at Netflix? How to attract a diverse range of job applicants What is the Netflix interview process? What are the most common mistakes developers mae during job interviews? How important is cultural fit at Netflix? What is the process if a new hire doesn't do well? Why did Netflix move from UIWebView to UIKit? What took so long for Netflix to add corner radius to thumbnails? How much is A/B testing driving your development? How is the Netflix app so efficient? How do you keep your team up to date with tech changes? What drove to implement autoplay when viewing a movie detail view? What is your approach to supporting legacy iOS versions? Do you ever borrow ideas from competing apps?

In this episode, Paul talks to Jordanna Kwok about the Netflix interview process, skills sets for iOS developers, moving from iOS development into management, and more. Detailed topics: <ul> <li>Introduction</li> <li>What made you move from being an iOS developer to a manager?</li> <li>How long did it take to stop missing coding?</li> <li>How did your team respond to expanding?</li> <li>Do you build internal iOS apps for Netflix?</li> <li>What is your approach to handling mistakes in your team?</li> <li>How to manage a remote team of developers</li> <li>What makes someone stands out amongst applications for developers?</li> <li>What specific skills sets are you looking for when hiring an iOS developer?</li> <li>Do you need to have a CS degree to work at Netflix?</li> <li>How to attract a diverse range of job applicants</li> <li>What is the Netflix interview process?</li> <li>What are the most common mistakes developers mae during job interviews?</li> <li>How important is cultural fit at Netflix?</li> <li>What is the process if a new hire doesn't do well?</li> <li>Why did Netflix move from UIWebView to UIKit?</li> <li>What took so long for Netflix to add corner radius to thumbnails?</li> <li>How much is A/B testing driving your development?</li> <li>How is the Netflix app so efficient?</li> <li>How do you keep your team up to date with tech changes?</li> <li>What drove to implement autoplay when viewing a movie detail view?</li> <li>What is your approach to supporting legacy iOS versions?</li> <li>Do you ever borrow ideas from competing apps?</li></ul>

Episode 14: Jordanna Kwok