What IT professionals read and listen to: blogs, podcasts, and YouTube channels for tracking trends

Amirkhan Omarov, founder and CEO of Parqour, Instagram

Among Kazakh podcasts, I listen to Arman Suleimenov’s nFactorial Podcast for technology, “101 Druzhba Shaekina” for business, Zamandas and Dopsoz for culture, as well as Gulnara Bazhkenova’s channel for political news. Since I have been living abroad for almost two years, these podcasts help me stay updated on events in Kazakhstan.

Regarding global trends, I am only interested in technology and business, so I listen to the Y Combinator Startup Podcast with stories from founders who have gone through YC, This Week in Tech — a short overview of tech news, IoT Podcast — about news in the Internet of Things sector, WSJ Tech News Briefing, and a16z Podcast.

I rarely watch episodes of Impaulsive with Paul Logan, The Joe Rogan Experience, Intelligence Squared, Chatham House — these cover the everyday lives of Americans, biographies of celebrities, discussions of world politics, and other global topics.

Yulia Sevruk, city — Belgrade, Project Manager at Yandex, Linkedin , Instagram, TikTok

My professional activities are focused on project and product management, as well as studying artificial intelligence. To stay up to date with new trends and solutions in these areas, I actively subscribe to many Telegram channels, where I regularly find valuable insights and fresh ideas.

I subscribe to various channels on Telegram.

In the field of product management, I like channels such as:
— Reveal the Data
— “ProductDo: Product Practice”
— The Edinorog

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As for project management, I draw inspiration from the channels:
— “How to Manage Projects and Products”
— “PMCLUB — About Projects, Product”

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And, of course, I cannot ignore the development of artificial intelligence. For this, I read:
— “Neural Networks and Blender”
— Not Boring Tech
— “VOIC: About Technology and People”

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These channels allow me to keep up with cutting-edge technologies and think about implementing AI in management processes.

Nazerke Kalidolda, city — Paris, Investment Analyst at Sturgeon Capital, Instagram, Linkedin

I don’t listen to podcasts often, but sometimes I am interested in nFactorial Podcast and Outpeer Podcast.

I read Astana hub, Digital Business Kazakhstan, and The Tech, which help me track events in Kazakhstan in the field of startups and venture investments.

On social media, I follow specialists to keep track of their professional activities.

Dmitry Pak, city — Almaty, Head of ESG & Sustainability Programs in Europe and Central Asia, EPAM, Instagram

Blogs
— @wonderwomenhub
— @abdr_alina
— @heforshecentralasia
— @astana.hub
— @statista

Podcasts
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YouTube Channels

In Russian:
— “This is Ossetian”
— “The Day After Tomorrow”
— Varlamov

In English:
— Bloomberg Technology
— Bloomberg Originals
— The Economist
— The Wall Street Journal
— OBF

Although I rarely read Instagram blogs from a professional perspective, I prefer news websites of publications and specialized reports. I also subscribe to WEproject.media and The Tech.

Asel Madiyarbekova, city — San Francisco, DevOps Engineer, Instagram

YouTube Channels:
— Stephane Maarek: a must-have for DevOps engineers.
— DevOps Toolkit: helps stay up to date with new tools and methods in DevOps
— tutoriaLinux: a useful resource for learning Linux, which is necessary for DevOps
— Gaurav Sen and TechWorld with Nana: explain the basics of DevOps and how tools work. Useful for both beginners and experienced specialists

Medium Channels:
— Aman Pathak
— Yann Mulonda

Email Newsletters:
— Daily Python Projects: interesting projects and Python tutorials
— Dev.to: an excellent resource for preparing for DevOps engineer interviews
— Leetcode: useful news and programming life hacks.