The Peterman Pod

Ryan Peterman

Booking Overview

This is a technology interview show focused on software engineering, technical careers, programming, artificial intelligence, and robotics, featuring accomplished engineers, researchers, and technical creators as external guests. Credible pitches include senior technology leaders, prominent researchers, programming-language creators, AI practitioners, robotics experts, and respected technical educators; booking is likely very difficult because recent guests have exceptional technical credentials and public prominence.

Metrics

Episodes: 69

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

ryanlpeterman@gmail.com

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Host

Ryan Peterman - Former Staff Engineer at Instagram who focuses on the careers, practices, and perspectives of technical professionals.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:

Senior or distinguished engineers, influential software creators, programming-language designers, leading AI or robotics researchers, and technical founders or executives with substantial hands-on expertise and a notable public or industry profile.

Required Achievements:

Creation of a widely used programming language, Distinguished engineering leadership at major technology companies, Leading research in artificial intelligence or robotics, Public technical education and influential programming work, Founding or co-founding an advanced technology company

Recent Guest Discussions

Philip Su - Career Progression To The Highest Levels Of Individual-contributor Engineering, Motivation, Fulfillment, And Sustaining Peak Performance.

Casey Muratori - Computer Science History, Software Engineering Practices, Programming Performance, Code Quality, Game Development, And The Future Of Coding.

Thariq Shihipar - How Anthropic Uses AI Models For Engineering, Context And Loop Engineering, Ai-assisted Coding, Software Maintenance, And The Future Of Engineering.

Martin Odersky - Programming-language Design, Functional Programming, Comparisons Among Scala, Rust, Zig, And Python, And The Impact Of AI On Programming Languages.

Sergey Levine - The Current State And Future Of Humanoid Robotics, Robotics Research, Data And Model Architectures, The Chinese Robotics Ecosystem, And Robotics Safety.

Recent Topics

Technology, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Programming Languages, Robotics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Peterman Pod

Amazon VP: Questions On Corporate Politics But They Get Increasingly Darker | Ethan Evans

September 28, 2026

In this episode, I asked Ethan Evans (ex-Amazon VP) questions about common situations in corporate politics but they get increasingly darker.• My ergonomic keyboard project I mentioned, you can follow along here: https://read.compose.llc/• The Kickstarter page for it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlpeterman/compose-simple-ergonomics-beautifully-donePodcast links:• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhjhRRz3VJw• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1...

OpenAI & Meta Distinguished Eng (IC9): The Psychology Behind Tech Career Peaks | Philip Su

September 21, 2026

Philip Su grew quickly to a Distinguished Engineer at Facebook and OpenAI. We talked about the psychology behind peaking in a tech career and the pressure at the highest levels.• My ergonomic keyboard project I mentioned, you can follow along here: https://read.compose.llc/• The Kickstarter page for it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlpeterman/compose-simple-ergonomics-beautifully-donePodcast links:• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMo04pSSiao• Apple: https://podcasts.apple...

Casey Muratori: Surprises In Computer History And Where Bad Code Comes From

September 14, 2026

Casey Muratori is a video game developer and programming creator also known for his talks about the history of software and computing. We talked about surprising parts he found while digging through computer history, where bad code comes from, and his career story.• My ergonomic keyboard project I mentioned, you can follow along here: https://read.compose.llc/• The Kickstarter page for it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlpeterman/compose-simple-ergonomics-beautifully-donePodcast lin...

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