Nerd Journey: Career Advice for the Technology Professional

    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 more. We also discuss improving job satisfaction and accelerating career growth. ...

  • People Impact: Layoffs and Survivor’s Guilt with Brad Pinkston (2/2)

  • Go-to-Market: Startups and Technical Alliances with Brad Pinkston (1/2)

  • Next Level: Shifting Specialties and Broadening Your Outcome Goal with Duncan Epping (2/2)

  • Write to Learn and Learn to Present with Duncan Epping (1/2)

  • Ending with Intention: Once a Geek Whisperer with Amy Lewis (2/2)

  • Always a Winger: People Person and Unapologetic Marketer with Amy Lewis (1/2)

  • Patterns of Iteration: Celebrating Three Hundred Episodes of Career Podcasting

  • Chronic Stress: Connecting the Dots between Layoffs and Burnout with Cait Donovan

  • Conscious Decisions and Aspects of Technical Leadership with Tad Reeves (3/3)

  • Consulting and Content Management: Blinking Lights and Big Impacts with Tad Reeves (2/3)

  • Sustained Interest: A Formula for Technical Mastery with Tad Reeves (1/3)

  • AI and Automation: Repeatable Patterns for Learning, Consulting, and Growth with Erik Gross (2/2)

  • Idea Management: Supporting Business Growth by Investing in People with Erik Gross (1/2)

  • Enterprise Knowledge Management: A Consultative Approach to Solving the Right Problems with Abby Clobridge (2/2)

  • Library Science: Information Architecture and the Synthesis of Details with Abby Clobridge (1/2)

  • Layoffs and Job Market Impacts: Experience with RIFs Preferred with Real Job Talk (2/2)

  • Reduction in Force: Navigating Layoff Trends in Tech with Real Job Talk (1/2)

  • Enhance Your Personal Brand: Feedback as a Catalyst for Change with Dale McKay (2/2)

  • Guardrails for Growth: A Mentor’s Experience with Dale McKay (1/2)

  • Scope Creep: Evaluating Impact in Career Decisions as a Principal Engineer with Max Kanat-Alexander (3/3)

  • Succession Planning: Delegation Skills and Technical Ownership with Max Kanat-Alexander (2/3)

  • Contribute Back: Embracing the Open Source Spirit with Max Kanat-Alexander (1/3)

  • Draft Your Narrative: Writing and Building a Technical Portfolio with Jason Belk (2/2)

  • Educate and Advocate: Certifications and Community Responsibility as a Joy with Jason Belk (1/2)

  • All the Networking Things: Project Management, Pre-Sales, and Broadening a Technical Specialty with Amy Arnold (2/2)

  • Packets Don’t Lie: Quality of Service for Technical Exploration in Network Engineering with Amy Arnold (1/2)

  • Life after Layoff: A Leader’s Sense of Duty and A Series of Good Conversations with Marni Coffey (3/3)

  • Change Management: The Hardest Leap and Developing People with Marni Coffey (2/3)

  • Uncovering Empathy: The Greatest Skill of an Inclusive Leader with Marni Coffey (1/3)

  • Uniquely Suited to Deliver with Ethan Banks (2/2)

  • Everything Has a Lifecycle with Ethan Banks (1/2)

  • Book Discussion: Finish, Part 4 – The Day before Done and Perfectionism’s Final Roadblocks

  • Book Discussion: Finish, Part 3 – Get Rid of Your Secret Rules and Use Data to Celebrate Your Imperfect Progress

  • Book Discussion: Finish, Part 2 – Deliberate Time Investments and Avoiding Distractions

  • Book Discussion: Finish, Part 1 – The Day after Perfect and Cut Your Goal in Half

  • Moonlight Business Ownership: Inside and Outside the Hurt Locker with Justin Kelly (2/2)

  • Continuous Learning: The Drum Beat of Technical Perseverance with Justin Kelly (1/2)

  • Monetize Yourself: Leveraging Your Most Valuable Knowledge with Erik Gross (3/3)

  • Ownership through Failures: An Entrepreneur’s Take on Difficult Decisions with Erik Gross (2/3)

  • A Theme of Learning with Erik Gross (1/3)

  • Stress Response: The Business Impact of Mindfulness with Sean Tolram (2/2)

  • Interview and Collaborate: Fostering Human Connection with Sean Tolram (1/2)

  • Back to Basics: Technology Bets and Industry Relationships with Brad Christian (2/2)

  • Follow and Commit: A Player Coach Discovers FinOps with Brad Christian (1/2)

  • Recharge and Heal: Navigating The Pandemic’s Impact on Mental Health with Brandon Seymour (3/3)

  • Learn and Build Community: For Love of the Technology with Brandon Seymour (2/3)

  • Step Up and Lead: Surviving the Crucible and Getting into Tech with Brandon Seymour (1/3)

  • Nerd Journey 2024 Official Trailer

  • Think Divergently: Preparing for Product and People Management with Nicholas Aronne (3/3)

  • Adapt to Change: A Product Manager’s Job Pursuits with Nicholas Aronne (2/3)

  • An Agile Career: Project Manager, Product Owner, and Product Manager with Nicholas Aronne (1/3)

  • Cage to Stage: Podcasting and Gaining Brand Influence with Larry Roberts (3/3)

  • Adapting to and Overcoming Professional and Personal Challenges with Larry Roberts (2/3)

  • Train and Teach: A Mixture of Techniques and Concepts with Larry Roberts (1/3)

  • Building Trust as an Interim Leader with Russell Swinney (2/2)

  • Management is War with Russell Swinney (1/2)

  • A CEO’s Approach to Product and Career Roadmaps with Todd Cochrane (2/2)

  • From Naval Electronics to Podcaster and Business Owner with Todd Cochrane (1/2)

  • Move Choices and Information Warfare with Duncan Sparrell (2/2)

  • Cybersecurity Breadth and the Ampersand between R and D with Duncan Sparrell (1/2)

  • Making Calculated Risk Decisions with Dr. Sirisha Kuchimanchi (3/3)

  • Learning to Lead and a Culture of Excellence with Dr. Sirisha Kuchimanchi (2/3)

  • Technical Careers and Championing Women in STEM with Dr. Sirisha Kuchimanchi (1/3)

  • An Array of Decision Points with Tim Crawford (2/2)

  • The Importance of Building Relationships with Tim Crawford (1/2)

  • Modalities of the Staff and Principal Engineer with Ken Collins (2/2)

  • A Self-Taught Programmer’s Banyan Tree of Knowledge with Ken Collins (1/2)

  • Nurturing Cybersecurity Talent Development with Kenneth Ellington (2/2)

  • Introduced to Cybersecurity with Kenneth Ellington (1/2)

  • Managers as Culture Keepers with Leanne Elliott (2/2)

  • The Psychological Transition of Layoffs with Leanne Elliott (1/2)

  • Having the Vision, Charting the Path, Removing the Blockers with Al Elliott (2/2)

  • The Best Bad Option with Al Elliott (1/2)

  • Sunk Costs and Pivots with Josh Duffney (2/2)

  • Leaps of Faith That Fail with Josh Duffney (1/2)

  • Perceptions of Parental Priorities, Pressure, and Profession

  • It Comes Back Tenfold with Chris Williams (3/3)

  • A Steward of the Community with Chris Williams (2/3)

  • A Depth and a Breadth with Chris Williams (1/3)

  • The Displacement of Joy with Scott Egbert (2/2)

  • Through Profit and Loss with Scott Egbert (1/2)

  • Negotiating Job Offers and Personal Finance Tips with John Nicholson (3/3)

  • Take Stock of Your Compensation with John Nicholson (2/3)

  • Tech Marketing, Interview Questions, and Executives as Wild Bears with John Nicholson (1/3)

  • First Impressions from a First Time Manager

  • A Closer Look at John’s Recent Interview Process

  • John Got Hired

  • John Got Fired

  • Management Swings and Marketing in Tech with Jason Langer (2/2)

  • Explaining Hard Concepts in Simple Terms with Jason Langer (1/2)

  • The Vulnerable Parts of ADHD with Kristen Carder (2/2)

  • Experiencing a Neurodivergent Diagnosis with Kristen Carder (1/2)

  • The Beautiful Right Turns with Cait Donovan (2/2)

  • Across the Patterns of Burnout with Cait Donovan (1/2)

  • Advocacy Lost and Found with Leah White (2/2)

  • Seek and Embrace Flexibility with Leah White (1/2)

  • Structure the Levels of Contribution with Shailvi Wakhlu (2/2)

  • A Collection of Ambiguous Experiments with Shailvi Wakhlu (1/2)

  • Meetings with the Chief with Anudeep Parhar (2/2)

  • The Business of Curiosity Progression with Anudeep Parhar (1/2)

  • A Tale of Two Interview Processes

  • Revisiting the Foundations of Job Interviews, Part 2

  • Revisiting the Foundations of Job Interviews, Part 1

  • Revisiting the Foundations of the Job Search

  • Revisiting the Foundations of Resumes

  • Having Some Career Zigzags with Yvette Edwards (2/2)

  • Generate Depth On-Demand with Yvette Edwards (1/2)

  • Reflecting on Two Hundred Episodes of Career Podcasting

  • Confessions of an Atta Boy Junkie with Nathan Bennett (2/2)

  • The Transferrable Skill of Systems Thinking with Nathan Bennett (1/2)

  • Connected to the Customer Base with David Babbitt (3/3)

  • Manage the Product, Influence the People with David Babbitt (2/3)

  • Perceptions and Realities of Startup Life with David Babbitt (1/3)

  • Question Askers and Problem Solvers with Neil Thompson (2/2)

  • Communication for Specialists with Neil Thompson (1/2)

  • Begin a Mindfulness Practice with Brett Hill (2/2)

  • Owner of the Space with Brett Hill (1/2)

  • Delivering a Conference Talk at VMware Explore US 2022

  • Capture the Intangibles with Joe Houghes (3/3)

  • The Surfer of Technology Waves with Joe Houghes (2/3)

  • Dead Ends and Defining Direction with Joe Houghes (1/3)

  • The Unassuming Architect with Phil Monk (2/2)

  • Make Accommodations for Success with Phil Monk (1/2)

  • Dive Deeper and Enjoy the Process with Michael Levan (2/2)

  • Practice Makes Habit with Michael Levan (1/2)

  • Security from the System Administrator’s Lens with Bill Kindle (3/3)

  • Crossing the Burnout Fault Line with Bill Kindle (2/3)

  • Hired on the Spot with Bill Kindle (1/3)

  • Make It Known, Slow Things Down, Don’t Burn Out

  • Being a Great Generalist and Finding Your Voice with Stephanie Wong (2/2)

  • Follow the Excitement, Follow the Challenge with Stephanie Wong (1/2)

  • Planning for and Taking Leave as a New Parent

  • A Culmination of DevOps Learning with Dominique Top (2/2)

  • Perform the Discovery with Dominique Top (1/2)

  • Collect Your Portfolio with Evan Oldford (2/2)

  • Ease the Mind through Daily Reporting with Evan Oldford (1/2)

  • Coaches as Mindset Curators with Joe Chenevey (2/2)

  • Signal What You Want with Joe Chenevey (1/2)

  • A Thoughtful Personal Sabbatical with Mike Wood (2/2)

  • Hired and Acquired with Mike Wood (1/2)

  • Pause and Step Outside with Andrew Miller (3/3)

  • Management and the Hypergrowth Startup with Andrew Miller (2/3)

  • Excel by Being Intentional with Andrew Miller (1/3)

  • Secrets of a LinkedIn Expert with Louise Bunyan (3/3)

  • Horseback Lessons, Keywords, and Business Growth with Louise Bunyan (2/3)

  • A Love for Digital Marketing with Louise Bunyan (1/3)

  • Booking the Time to Read in 2022

  • Anxious Living, Worry, and Hope with Andy Syrewicze (3/3)

  • In Pursuit of a New Path with Andy Syrewicze (2/3)

  • The Ever-Expanding Blast Radius with Andy Syrewicze (1/3)

  • Take Note of Your Time with Josh Duffney (2/2)

  • Better Notes, Better You with Josh Duffney (1/2)

  • An Open Source Career with Tom Hatch (2/2)

  • Find a Balanced Life with Tom Hatch (1/2)

  • Creating a Full Stack Career with Scott Lowe (2/2)

  • The Theme of Your Career with Scott Lowe (1/2)

  • Community, Career Choices, and Retirement with Duwayne Engelhardt (2/2)

  • Conducting Technical Change with Duwayne Engelhardt (1/2)

  • Find Your Gratitude, Find Your Joy with Chris Wahl (2/2)

  • The Magic of Building with Chris Wahl (1/2)

  • Book Discussion: Deep Work, Part 7 – Become Hard to Reach

  • Book Discussion: Deep Work, Part 6 – Drain the Shallows

  • Book Discussion: Deep Work, Part 5 – Quit Social Media

  • Book Discussion: Deep Work, Part 4 – Embracing Boredom

  • Book Discussion: Deep Work, Part 3 – The Execution

  • Book Discussion: Deep Work, Part 2 – The Structure

  • Book Discussion: Deep Work, Part 1 – The Why

  • Take Time to Be Present with Eric Brooker (2/2)

  • Honest Conversations and Empathy with Eric Brooker (1/2)

  • Apprentice, Amplifier, and People Developer with Don Jones (2/2)

  • Something to Offer, Something to Share with Don Jones (1/2)

  • No Comfort in the Growth Zone with Blake Johnson (2/2)

  • Fit to Be Changed with Blake Johnson (1/2)

  • Pass down Your Legacy with Donovan Farrow (2/2)

  • Forensics and the Boredom of Peacetime with Donovan Farrow (1/2)

  • Riding the Burnout Wave with Jonathan F (2/2)

  • Technologists as Educators with Jonathan F (1/2)

  • The Excellent Advocate with Jon Towles (2/2)

  • The Challenges of a Superpower with Jon Towles (1/2)

  • The Process of Stepping Away and Back Again

  • Countdown to Burnout with Tom Hollingsworth (3/3)

  • A Different Kind of Technical with Tom Hollingsworth (2/3)

  • The Gateway to Networking Mastery with Tom Hollingsworth (1/3)

  • Focus, Create, and Iterate with Josh Duffney (2/2)

  • Just Add Value with Josh Duffney (1/2)

  • Write, Interview, Tell Your Own Story with Brianna Blacet (2/2)

  • The Writer and the Storyteller with Brianna Blacet (1/2)

  • A Time to Build with David Klee (2/2)

  • Tinkering into Specialty with David Klee (1/2)

  • The Career-Minded, Curious Mother with Kate Emshoff (2/2)

  • Bold Moves and Blind Spots with Kate Emshoff (1/2)

  • Pulled into a New Challenge with Jeff Eberhard (2/2)

  • High Flyers, Solid Players, and A Good Manager with Jeff Eberhard (1/2)

  • Career Insight from the Manager Lens with Brad Christian (2/2)

  • A Series of Humbling Experiences with Brad Christian (1/2)

  • Pregnancy During a Technical Career with Caitlyn Bryan (2/2)

  • A Career in Technical Sales with Caitlyn Bryan Part 1/2

  • Grief, Support, and Healing with Mike Burkhart (part 2/2)

  • Dealing with Personal Loss and Grief with Mike Burkhart

  • 2021 Book Goals from Nick and John

  • Applying the Beginner Mindset in Major Job Transitions – Steven Murawski Part 3

  • Exploring the Beginner Mindset with Steven Murawski, Part 2

  • A Career Journey Through the Microsoft Ecosystem with Steven Murawski, Part 1

  • Nick’s 3-year check-in as a VMware Solution Engineer Part 2

  • Nick’s 3-year check-in as a VMware Solution Engineer Part 1

  • Food, Life, and Work with Randall Cook

  • Big Career Changes and Reluctant Entrepreneurship with Randall Cook

  • One-Hundredth Episode – Reflections on Career Podcasting

  • One Year as a Google Cloud Engineer Part 2 with John White

  • One Year as a Google Cloud Engineer Part 1 with John White

  • Building Your Own Business From Idea to Operations with Ashley Connell

  • Sponsorship, Dreams, and the Path to Entrepreneurship with Ashley Connell

  • Losing a Teammate

  • Career Progression, the CIO Role, and Growing Towards It with Paul Green

  • Leadership and Supporting Employee Potential with Paul Green

  • Reddit Question Roundup – 2020 Week 37

  • Career Stress and the Healthy Mind Platter

  • Book Discussion: The Inner Game of Stress by Gallwey, Hanzelik, and Horton

  • Changing Your Career Trajectory with Yadin Porter de León

  • Leveling Up Your Career with Yadin Porter de León

  • Book Discussion: Lencioni’s “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team”

  • Emotional Tech Support and Debugging with Verbose Logging with Cody de Arkland

  • Impostor Syndrome, Anxiety, and Effective Listening with Cody de Arkland

  • Management Interviews and Transitions with Brad Pinkston

  • The Path to People Management and Early Lessons Learned

  • Why Vacation Won’t Cure Burnout and Effective Mental Health Days Off

  • The Joy of Interviewing with Manny Sidhu

  • Certification and Mentoring with Manny Sidhu

  • Supporting Colleagues of Color

  • Receiving Performance Feedback

  • Burnout and Recovery with Josh Fidel

  • Global Accounts, Job Searches During Recessions, and Organizational Silos with Josh Fidel

  • Engineer Brain and Career Philosophy with Josh Fidel

  • Vendor Management as Relatable Experience for People Management

  • Feedback and Career Impacts of Convention Presentations with Al Rasheed

  • Journey to Presenting at Conventions with Al Rasheed

  • Board and Executive Relationships with Brad Tompkins of VMUG

  • Journey to Executive Leadership with Brad Tompkins of VMUG

  • Taking Control During Uncertain Times

  • Effective Remote Work Practices

  • When Life Disrupts Your Work-Life Balance

  • Three-Month Check-In as a Google Cloud Customer Engineer with John White, Part 2

  • Three-Month Check-In as a Google Cloud Customer Engineer with John White, Part 1

  • Your Position Has Been Eliminated with Mike Burkhart Part 2

  • Your Position Has Been Eliminated with Mike Burkhart

  • Managing Online Communities and Career Path Pt. 2 with Nic Tolstoshev

  • Most Influential Books On My Thinking – Nick Korte

  • Most Influential Books On My Thinking – John White

  • Managing Online Communities Pt. 1 with Nic Tolstoshev

  • Blogging and the Subtleties of Self-Marketing with Amy Hervey, Pt. 2

  • Career from a Marketing Perspective with Amy Hervey Pt. 1

  • Thanksgiving (USA) 2019 Bonus Episode

  • Management Career Observations, Lessons, and Advice with Kelly Schroeder Pt. 2

  • The Path to Management and Hard Resume Lessons with Kelly Schroeder Pt. 1

  • Preparing for Unexpected Opportunities Part 5 – Personal Finance

  • Preparing for Unexpected Opportunities Part 4 – Decision Time!

  • Preparing for Unexpected Opportunities Part 3 – Agreeing to Discuss Opportunities

  • Preparing for Unexpected Opportunities Part 2 – Contact

  • Preparing for Unexpected Opportunities Part 1 – Preparation

  • Considering a Management Career and Learning to Develop Teams with Charlie Nichol Pt 2

  • Individual Contributor to Manager with Charlie Nichol Pt 1

  • Bonus: VMworld 2019 US Discussion

  • HR and Company Culture – Marisa Eckberg Pt 2

  • Paid Time Off and Company Culture – Marisa Eckberg Pt 1

  • Amanda Blevins’s Career Happiness VMworld Session

  • Nerd Journey Bonus Episode #05: VMworld US 2019 and Choosing an IT Conference to Attend

  • Nerd Journey 047: You, Your Health, and the Datacenter With Keiran Shelden Pt. 2

  • Nerd Journey 046: Career Advancement – Keiran Shelden Pt. 1

  • Nerd Journey 045: Career Conversations With Your Manager

  • Nerd Journey 044: The Nerd Journey First Anniversary Review

  • Nerd Journey 043: Ethan Banks on Podcasting and Turning a Hobby into the Packet Pushers

  • Nerd Journey 042: Ethan Banks and the Journey to Career Self-Awareness

  • Nerd Journey 041: Presentations

  • Nerd Journey 040: Enterprise Architect Mindset – Paul Woodward Jr and A.J. Kuftic Part 2

  • Nerd Journey 039: The Transition to Enterprise with Paul Woodward Jr and A.J. Kuftic Part 1

  • Nerd Journey 038: Jon Hildebrand and Recovering From a Layoff

  • Nerd Journey 037: Jon Hildebrand and the Journey to Architectural Thinking

  • Nerd Journey 036: Customer Advocacy Programs

  • Nerd Journey 035: Jimmy Tassin – Minecraft and Building Community

  • Nerd Journey 034: Jimmy Tassin – Career Path

  • Nerd Journey 033: Tony Reeves Part 2- User and Advocacy Groups

  • Nerd Journey 032: Tony Reeves Part 1- Career Path

  • Nerd Journey 031: Scaling for a New Endeavor

  • Nerd Journey 030: Adapting to a New Team

  • Nerd Journey 029: Internal Conferences

  • Nerd Journey 028: Asking For More Money

  • Nerd Journey 027: Ramzi Marjaba Interview

  • Nerd Journey 026: The Generalist/Specialist Divide

  • Nerd Journey 025: Adapting to a New Manager

  • Nerd Journey 024: John’s 3-Year Check-In at VMware Part 2

  • Nerd Journey 023: John’s 3-Year Check-In at VMware Part 1

  • Nerd Journey 022: Nick’s First Year at VMware Part 2

  • Nerd Journey 021: Nick’s First Year at VMware Part 1

  • Episode 020: Reasons to Quit, Area of Destiny, and Finding Your Area of Destiny

  • Nerd Journey Bonus 04: New Year’s Resolutions

  • Nerd Journey Bonus 03: Holiday!

  • Episode 019: “Process Over Outcomes” and “Dreaming in Bands”

  • Episode 018b: Joseph Griffiths Interview Part 2

  • Episode 018a: Joseph Griffiths Interview Part 1

  • Nerd Journey 017: Reasons Not to Pursue a Career Opportunity Part 2/2 During Interviews and After the Offer

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