Explore "tech career" with insightful episodes like "College Graduate to Data Science", "S03E15 The Evolution of the Tech Labour Market", "Paloma's Open Source Revolution", "5 rules that will unlock your Product Management career" and "S03E09 Scaling Your Career and Your Business" from podcasts like ""Life After Tech Bootcamp", "The Story of Software", "Test Automation Experience", "The Skip podcast" and "The Story of Software"" and more!
On today's episode, I talk to Cole who is a Data Scientist at the National Research Group.
Cole shares how he got his first job being a recent college graduate and insight on how to maneuver the "needing experience to get experience" cycle.
If you have any questions for Cole or the myself, email us at alumnipodcast@springboard.com
Edited by Dave Bianco
Cover art by Jerry Qu
Ian Brady, Head of Talent Acquisition for EMEA & APAC at Zoom, talks about global market trends, the impact of AI, and the evolving demand for skilled talent in the tech industry.
The Guest - Ian Brady, Head of Talent Acquisition for EMEA & APAC at Zoom:
Ian Brady is the head of talent acquisition for EMEA & APAC at Zoom, the household name for video conferencing. Ian has extensive experience in remotely leading talent acquisition teams within multinational corporations across the globe.
The Current and Future State of the Tech Labour Market:
Contrary to what the headlines might suggest, the tech industry has weathered many storms, and it's not just surviving; it's thriving. Despite the so-called recession, when we look at the data, job opportunities are still outpacing available talent by a considerable margin. Especially, when we look at the booming sectors within tech such as AI - the demand for engineers is skyrocketing. So, is the tech industry truly recession-proof? What secrets lie behind its resilience during economic downturns?
Some of the topics covered include:
Listen to the Story of Software on any podcast platform of your choice. The Story of Software Podcast is produced by Zartis, a software services company. We hope you enjoy listening to this tech podcast and feel free to share any feedback with us: podcast@zartis.com
Welcome to Test Automation Experience! In this episode, Nikolay is joined by Paloma Oliveira, an open-source developer advocate with a rich history of promoting FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) and advocating for diversity and equity in tech spaces.
Together, they explore the open source revolution, the critical aspects of disability and accessibility, and unveil strategies to skyrocket your development career.
Subscribe now to Test Automation Experience and elevate your career in the world of tech!
0:00 - Introduction
1:20 - Most important tech lesson
6:35 - How Paloma unintentionally got into open source
10:05 - FOSS philosophy
12:05 - Closed vs open-source
20:05 - Critical disability
26:05 - Designing with accessibility for all
37:05 - Getting started in open source step-by-step
40:45 - Projects and repos to skyrocket your career
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Today’s episode breaks down my 5 rules for optimizing the most important product in your professional life: your career. These rules synthesize some of the key takeaways from all of my other content about product management and career growth. I break down why each rule matters, and outline some associated mistakes and misconceptions that you should avoid. Whether you’re at a career juncture or are firmly positioned in a role, these rules come with actionable tactics you can implement tomorrow. Ultimately, I believe that following these rules will lead you to a healthier career where you think long-term and control your own outcomes.
Today’s discussion covers 5 rules:
1. Product manage your career like a product
2. Ensure each transition is career additive
3. Who you know will matter as much as what you know
4. Find a strength area and build a superpower around it
5. Bet on yourself
Timestamps:
[00:00:00] Intro
[00:01:33] Overview of the 5 rules
[00:02:00] Rule #1 Product manage your career like a product
[00:05:43] The importance of seeking out feedback
[00:07:13] Rule #2: Ensure each transition is career additive
[00:10:40] The external vs internal realities of a company
[00:13:08] Rule #3 Who you know will matter as much as what you know
[00:15:03] How to build your network authentically
[00:18:38] Rule #4 Find a strength area and build a superpower around it
[00:21:16] The shadows of your superpowers
[00:22:08] Rule #5 Bet on yourself
[00:24:08] Why promotions don’t guarantee you’re advancing
[00:26:11] Conclusion
References
- My Product School talk on the 4 essential product skills: https://productschool.com/product-podcast/pm-to-csuite-by-facebook-vp-of-product/
- My podcast on the shadows of superpowers, part 1: https://www.skip.community/shadows-of-your-superpowers-part-1/
- My podcast on the shadows of superpowers, part 2: https://www.skip.community/shadows-of-superpowers-part-2/
Where to find Nikhyl:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nikhyl
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhyl/
Where to find The Skip Podcast:
Website: https://www.skip.community/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theskippodcast
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theskippod
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4oT2rxMsRP64h9NXuA11DJ
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skip-podcast/id1663529202
Daniella Rhodes Lorenzo, Founding Member at Toqio, joins our podcast to talk about her experiences in growing her career and business.
The Guest - Daniella Rhodes Lorenzo, Founding Member at Toqio:
Daniella Rhodes Lorenzo is a Founding Member and the Director of Strategy and Innovation at Toqio, a fintech platform that gives companies the ability to create and launch fully branded banking or finance solutions as apps or on the web. Daniella has over 10 years of experience in the tech industry, and has been leading & growing software teams for the majority of her career.
Growing A Tech Company From The Ground Up:
Embarking on the journey of building a tech company from the ground up can be an exhilarating adventure that promises both challenges and rewards. There is a delicate balance between adopting a growth mindset and not compromising on your company culture and productivity. Let’s say it all goes well and now you are at the point of scaling a business; how do you approach growth and how do you structure a tech team that can maintain efficiency while growing?
Some of the topics discussed in this episode include:
Listen to the Story of Software on any podcast platform of your choice. The Story of Software Podcast is produced by Zartis, a software services company. We hope you enjoy listening to this tech podcast and feel free to share any feedback with us: podcast@zartis.com
When you started as a systems administrator, you might have connected servers, swapped out hard drives, run down spare components, and dragged around a crash cart. Those days might not be completely over, but the chances you physically interact with your systems grow smaller and smaller each day. In an era of virtualization, cloud-first, and software as a service, where does this leave the lowly systems administrator? These questions and more are discussed and debated by Technical Content Manager for the SolarWinds® Community Kevin M. Sparenberg and SolarWinds Manager of Information Technology Noel Barbee on this episode. How you do your job may have changed, but the role in your organization is as important as ever.
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Orlando shares his journey from finance, Peace Corp, back to finance and then breaking into tech by writing a jingle.
Despite having an MBA and finance background, it took him over 8 months to break into tech.
To stand out from the crowd, Orlando wrote Jingles and leveraged Twitter to directly connect with companies.
Orlando Gomez is a First-gen Mexican-American from Chicago's South Side. Parents are from Guanajuato and his Dad settled here as a steelworker after working the fields in California. He brought my mom over and I was born here.
Orlando received his Bachelor's in Business Management from Robert Morris University-Illinois in Chicago, then went to work at a Walmart store in Columbus, Ohio. He realized retail wasn't for me and soon after switched to finance. He received his investment licenses at Charles Schwab in Indianapolis, then moved back to Chicago to work in Private Wealth (Credit Suisse).
After private wealth, he joined the Peace Corps and lived in the sierra of Peru for two years advising small businesses, teaching youth entrepreneurship, leading financial literacy workshops, and starting a baseball little league.
He came back to the US and started business school at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and that eventually took him to Investment Banking in NYC (CS - Industrials).
The shift to WFH enabled him to return to Chicago where he set out to explore opportunities in Tech and eventually landed at Drift helping build out their Drift for Startups program
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https://www.drift.com/startups/
https://twitter.com/OrlandoGomezzz
https://www.linkedin.com/in/orlandogomez13/
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