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Are you a technology professional unsatisfied with your current role? Looking for a resource to help understand changing job functions, changing organizations, or gaining recognition and progression? The Nerd Journey podcast helps explore alternative roles, increase job satisfaction, and accelerate career progression. Each week, we uncover patterns of technical career progression by dissecting careers of guests and discussing different job roles they’ve held, or discussing relevant career topics. We’ve interviewed people in IT operations, sales engineering, technical marketing, product management, people management, network engineering, cybersecurity, software development, entrepreneurs, and…
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A practical take on coaching as accountability, not distant advice.
Ramsey Marjaba keeps the coaching-versus-mentoring distinction clean, and that clarity gives the episode its shape. Coaching comes across as a formal relationship built on accountability, with the coach standing beside the person, asking questions, and helping build a plan for…
Daily TED and TEDx talks hosted by Elise Hu, spanning science, psychology, and creativity.
Cristina Quinn profiles indie developers, Microsoft researchers, and designers building the next decade of tech.
A wound-down internet-culture show now feeding listeners into Alex Goldman's and Emmanuel Dzotsi's new podcasts.
This episode of Nerd Journey focuses on consulting careers, featuring David Klee who discusses building reputation and skills before working independently.
This episode of Nerd Journey explores the consulting life in technology, featuring guest David Klee to discuss definitions, travel management, and productivity tips.
In part two of their discussion, Ramzi Marjaba explores coaching for sales engineers, contrasting it with mentoring and management.
Ramzi Marjaba defines sales engineering as solving business problems with technology while helping sales teams communicate differentiated value.
Brad Pinkston calls layoffs “a comma in your career,” then recommends offering references, listening, and network support.
Brad Pinkston joined a startup in an individual contributor role after leading a team as a first-line manager, expecting to build sales strategy for an OEM-style partnership with his former employer.
Duncan Epping, a chief technologist at Broadcom (formerly VMware), says he never set a title as a goal, and that "at some point, there is no next level." He describes how blogging led VMware and EMC to contact him within two weeks, and how the company later created a headcount and a promotion process for his role.
Kay interviews John White and Nick Corti on Father's Day weekend about jobs, parenting, stress, and work-life balance.
Nerd Journey hosts John White and Nick Cordy model a difficult workplace conversation about supporting colleagues of color during COVID-19 and 2020 protests.
John White's three-year VMware check-in links customer trust to telling buyers when they should not spend $20,000.