Zyad is a fellow guitarist, pythonista, and studying computer science at University. Our conversation flows through talking about our journeys learning music, similarities to learning and applying programming, the challenges of being a Uni student during lockdown and more. You can find Zyad on Twitter @sqaarf connect with him if you haven't already :) You can find me on there also @JohnDavidSoto1

In this conversation with Colleen we covered so many topics, Crypto, the problems in datasets that are used to train Bots and other tech, trends in tech communities, working in startups, using machine learning and synths to have music created by software, and more. I hope you enjoy the conversation. Here is a link for the Bot Lab discord, feel free to hit up Colleen or myself if you need a new link: https://discord.gg/HnxYQdsb Colleens Twitter is @cmlohr I'm on there @JohnDavidSoto1

Joel and I discuss Atomic Habits by James Clear and share about our own experiences with trying to form habits. Here's a link to the video that I watched to get an overview of the concepts from the book:How to become 37.78 times better at anything | Atomic Habits summary (by James Clear)

We talk about how the experience of buying and listening to music has changed over the years, some tech topics, mindfulness and Stoicism, and more! Michaels Twitter handle is: @mcgillmd921 Visit his Gumroad so you can check out his books and the Practical Stoicism courses. (in case the hyperlink doesn't work, the URL is: https://mcgillmd21.gumroad.com/)

Have a listen if you missed the live discussion or want to revisit this conversation. The Twitter handles of the wonderful speakers: @ZoCodes (Zoe) @ewainy (Emma) @mcgillmd921 (Michael) My Twitter handle is @JohnDavidSoto1 The questions/sub-topics we discussed: The difference between management and leadership what happens when there is no leadership at all red flags - in other leaders and pitfalls to avoid ourselves leading remote teams conflict resolution can introverts be leaders Here's the Simon Sinek quote: “Leaders are so often concerned about their status in an organization that they forget their real job and the real job of a leader is not about being in charge, it’s about taking care of those in our charge” and the talk it came from - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSUJwmPQEyg

We talk about time in the military, the influence of music at various points in life, gatekeeping in tech (stop gatekeeping!) and other tech related things.  Dave's wholesome social media project can be found here: http://famupdates.com/ And you can follow him on Twitter @davemcg3 You can connect with me on Twitter also @JohnDavidSoto1

Twitter info: Katy - @KatyCodesStuff Emma - @ewainy Irina - @IrinaTheNerd Coner - @MrConerMurphy and mine (John) is - @JohnDavidSoto1 Leave a voice response with this link (I think) https://anchor.fm/john-david-soto/message

This is a short intro episode to give you an idea of what's coming with this podcast.