Season 1
Episode 1
October 10, 2025
Migration Instinct | Engineers in the Wild
Episode Overview
A mysterious seasonal ritual leads engineers to conference centers, laptops in tow. But what are they chasing?
Transcript
Engineers migrate across cities, time zones, and sometimes entire departments to attend tech conferences. In this episode, we examine what draws them in, what they hope to find, and what they hope to leave behind.
HOST
Wendy Hurst
Are you more solitary, migratory, or aggressively territorial?
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