mikeroberts

This week we visit with Mike Roberts of Sauk Trail Archery.  Mike grew up in traditional archery with his father Jerry Roberts, starting the business in 1981.  Through the years Mike has seen a lot of changes come and go to traditional bowhunting, but through it all it's still the love of the chase, getting close, and the simplicity of the stick and string that gets him.  We discuss topics ranging from an 18 year old young man on his own in ten square miles of Canadian wilderness figuring out running baits for bears on the fly, whitetails and muleys, adventure, spending time with family.  Join us for a great conversation with a genuine, down to earth guy! 

Today’s guest is an interesting one. As you all know, I usually talk to blue collar trades people or advocates, but my definition of the skilled trades extends far beyond that. Basically, anything that requires some form of formal education that isn’t a typical 4 year college. So I sit down with Mike Roberts, a 32 year veteran in software coding, and founder of San Diego Code School.

Mike had an interesting journey to get to where he is today, mainly coding as a hobby. He went to college for accounting, although by his own admission probably spent more time DJing. But it wasn’t long before he realized that accounting was not his idea of success. After jumping from job to job after college he found his way back to the tech space and built his own success around that.

This episode switches from BLUE collar to NEW collar and shows you yet another career path that can also be considered a skilled trade. Listen and learn all about what options are available to those who want to be in software development. And what a career in this path looks like!

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