Oct 29, 202652 minS1
Amruta Akut started preparing for interviews in late May. By mid-July she had multiple offers . She says she practiced fewer than five system designs. One company quizzed her on 12th grade probability. Amruta is a...
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The Unfiltered Engineer
Hosted by Vishakha Motwani · business · EN
About this Podcast:
Everything out there feels AI-generated — the advice, the posts, the career tips, half the internet. This show is the opposite. The Unfiltered Engineer is honest conversations with experienced software engineers, for engineers trying to navigate this industry right now. Real people with real mileage — decades at big companies, leaps into startups, pivots into AI, climbs into leadership — talking about how this career actually works. Every episode asks what engineers are actually wondering: How did you get there? What did it cost? What's changed? What would you tell someone in the middle of it right now? No scripts. No rehearsed answers. No LinkedIn polish. Hosted by Vishakha — a frontend engineer with 10+ years in the industry, currently navigating it herself. She started this show because the conversations she needed weren't happening anywhere public. So she's having them here.
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What is The Unfiltered Engineer about?
Everything out there feels AI-generated, the advice, the posts, the career tips, half the internet. This show is the opposite. The Unfiltered Engineer is honest conversations with experienced software engineers, for engineers trying to navigate this industry right now.
Who hosts The Unfiltered Engineer?
The Unfiltered Engineer is hosted by Vishakha Motwani. The show has published 13 episodes to date.
What has The Unfiltered Engineer covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Ep 12: Interviewing in 2026 (Senior and Staff) feat. Amruta Akut" (29 October 2026, 52 minutes), "Ep 11: Cloud Native Observability at Hyperscale feat. Monalisha Singh" (22 October 2026, 40 minutes), and "Bonus: Is a Conference Worth It? (LDX3 and WeAreDevelopers)" (19 October 2026, 13 minutes).
How often does The Unfiltered Engineer publish?
The Unfiltered Engineer publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 13 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on The Unfiltered Engineer?
Booking probability for The Unfiltered Engineer is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Unfiltered Engineer requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Unfiltered Engineer's contact route on record: public web form.
Who should pitch The Unfiltered Engineer?
The strongest fits for The Unfiltered Engineer are IT Services & Software Development. The Unfiltered Engineer has a business audience.
About the host
Vishakha Motwani hosts The Unfiltered Engineer, a business podcast with 13 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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The Unfiltered Engineer
Bonus: Is a Conference Worth It? (LDX3 and WeAreDevelopers)
Oct 19, 202613 minS1Bonus: Is a Conference Worth It? (LDX3 and WeAreDevelopers) A stranger at a bus stop asked me if three days at a conference would be worth taking time off work. I was on my way to one. So here’s a short bonus episode on...
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Ep 10: Permission to Be New (Reflection)
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Ep 9: Think How It Breaks feat. Rajakumaran Gowthaman
Oct 8, 202647 minS1A developer asks how to make it work. QA asks how it breaks. Rajakumaran Gowthaman has spent his career on the second question, from QA and test automation at Cisco and Avaya to Principal Engineer in Cloud Security at...
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Ep 8: Sketch Before You Code feat. Joy (Johanna Mesa Ramos)
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Ep 6: Influence without Authority feat. Sumit Mudliar
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Ep 5: What I Didn't Say on Tape (Solo Reflection)
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Ep 4: LinkedIn, Minus the Cringe feat. Dan Johnson
Sep 3, 202638 minS1<p>In episode four, I sit down with Dan Johnson, whose career started in a small mountain town in Vermont, where instead of doing homework, he built websites to post ski pictures. That curiosity took him all the way to...
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Ep 4: LinkedIn, Minus the Cringe feat. Dan Johnson
Sep 3, 202638 minS1In episode four, I sit down with Dan Johnson, whose career started in a small mountain town in Vermont, where instead of doing homework, he built websites to post ski pictures. That curiosity took him all the way to...
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Ep 3: Measure What Matters feat. Nobel Xavier
Aug 27, 202643 minS1<p>In episode three, I sit down with <b>Nobel Xavier</b>, Nobel is Director of Engineering at Indeed, where he leads Auth Identity & Profiles experience for Glassdoor- an Indeed company. Nobel has spent 9 years in the...
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Ep 3: Measure What Matters feat. Nobel Xavier
Aug 27, 202643 minS1In episode three, I sit down with Nobel Xavier , Nobel is Director of Engineering at Indeed, where he leads Auth Identity & Profiles experience for Glassdoor- an Indeed company. Nobel has spent 9 years in the Indeed and...
Episode #2
Ep 2: Your Brain Is Lying to You feat. Kate Astrid
Aug 20, 202641 minS1<p>It took <b>Kate Astrid</b> eight months to ask what "entity" meant at her job. Not because she didn't know how to ask. Because she was afraid of being misunderstood and considered stupid for not already...
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Ep 2: Your Brain Is Lying to You feat. Kate Astrid
Aug 20, 202641 minS1It took Kate Astrid eight months to ask what "entity" meant at her job. Not because she didn't know how to ask. Because she was afraid of being misunderstood and considered stupid for not already knowing. Kate is a...
Episode #1
Ep 1: Can AI Take This? feat. Eduardo Aparicio Cardenes
Aug 13, 202635 minS1<p>Not advice. Not a script. Just engineers talking honestly about how this career goes.<br /><br />In episode one, I sit down with <b>Eduardo Aparicio Cardenes</b> — the first person I asked to be on this show, and...
Episode #1
Ep 1: Can AI Take This? feat. Eduardo Aparicio Cardenes
Aug 13, 202635 minS1Not advice. Not a script. Just engineers talking honestly about how this career goes. In episode one, I sit down with Eduardo Aparicio Cardenes — the first person I asked to be on this show, and someone who's been...
The Unfiltered Engineer
Trailer: The Unfiltered Engineer
Aug 4, 20261 minS1<p>Everything out there feels AI-generated — the advice, the tips, half the internet. This show is the opposite.</p><p>I'm Vishakha, a frontend engineer ten years in, currently between jobs and asking the questions...
The Unfiltered Engineer
Trailer: The Unfiltered Engineer
Aug 4, 20261 minS1Everything out there feels AI-generated — the advice, the tips, half the internet. This show is the opposite. I'm Vishakha, a frontend engineer ten years in, currently between jobs and asking the questions myself: What...
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Dan Johnson
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Kshitij Saxena
epilot
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Sumit Mudliar
iceDQ
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Nobel Xavier
Indeed
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