IT Career Energizer
415 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 97 ratingsWant to learn what it takes to start, develop and build a successful career in the Information Technology industry? The IT Career Energizer podcast enables you to find out how. More than 300 IT and tech professionals, consultants and experts have shared their career experiences and insights to help you to succeed. Previous guests have included Jeff Atwood (Stack Overflow), Troy Hunt (Have I Been Pwned), Nicole Archambault (La Vie en Code), April Wensel (Compassionate Coding), Kent Beck (Agile Manifesto), Chani Simms (SHe CISO Exec Founder), Danny Thompson (Community Leader), Sanjeev Sharma (DevOps Expert) and many more industry recognised figures.
Join Phil Burgess and his latest featured guest every Monday.
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Learn How to Build a Firm Foundation for Your Career with Ted M Young
May 13, 2019 00:00 - 35 minutes - 49 MBGUEST BIO: My guest on today’s show has been creating software for several decades. He has trained developers around the world, led eXtreme programming projects for the US government and eBay, and introduced Lean and Agile concepts at Google, Guidewire Software and Apple. In 2017 he refocused on technical training and coaching, both in person and online. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Ted M Young. He started programming at the age of 13. As an adult, he became ...
Get Organized and Step Out of Your Comfort Zone to Become a More Successful IT Professional with Ian Miell
May 10, 2019 00:00 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBGUEST BIO: My guest on today’s show has worked in IT for over twenty years after failing to become a writer and divides his career into three parts. The first third was spent building applications for the fast-paced online gambling industry. The second third was spent maturing that business, in the area of third line support and operations. And the remainder of his time was spent working on container technology within the highly regulated financial sector. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil...
Explore New Tech, Help Others and Have Fun in Your Career with Fran Buontempo
May 08, 2019 00:00 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MBGUEST BIO: Fran Buontempo is editor of the ACCU’s (Association of C and C++ Users) Overload magazine. Fran has been programming in C++ for over a decade and also knows C# and Python. Fran has also written a book about how to program your way out of a paper bag. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Fran Buontempo. She is a C and C++ expert who is the editor of the ACCU’s (Association of C and C++ Users) Overload magazine. Fran also works with C# and Python. She is a ...
Learn How To See The Big Picture and Be Ready To Pivot with Mike Pfeiffer
May 06, 2019 00:00 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBGUEST BIO: My guest on today’s show is the founder of Cloudskills.io, a technical advisor, author and a mentor for people ramping up on cloud technologies. He has worked for tech giants Microsoft and Amazon and has founded two consulting companies of his own. And as well as having published four books and creating multiple online courses, he is often seen speaking from the stage at events around the world. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s Career IT show is Mike Pfeiffer....
Engage in Continual Learning to Advance your IT Career with Michal Spacek
May 03, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 25.3 MBGUEST BIO: Michal Spacek is a developer who builds breaks and tests web applications. He has a specific interest in web application security and likes to pass on his knowledge and experience to others, having spoken at more than 100 conferences and events to date. Michal says that he is on a mission to teach web developers why and how to build secure and fast web applications. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Michal Spacek. He has been working in the IT industry ...
Always Be Willing to Try Something New to Become a Better IT Professional with Sarah Withee
May 01, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBGUEST BIO: Sarah Withee is a polyglot software engineer, public speaker, teacher and mentor, and hardware and robot tinkerer. She has a passion for technology and has had ever since she wrote her first computer programs in elementary school. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Sarah Withee. She has been programming all of her life, which has turned her into an accomplished polyglot software engineer. Sarah is a well-known conference speaker, mentor and teacher who is ...
Stop Chasing Shiny Things and Learn to Focus on Your Career with Dave Mosher
April 29, 2019 00:00 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MBGUEST BIO: Dave is a Software Developer who has been building web applications since using HTML tables for layout started to go out of style. A background in classical design and computer systems technology has enabled him to roam between the worlds of design and development. Dave hails from Ottawa, Canada where he works remotely for Test Double. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Dave Mosher. He has a background in classic design and computer systems technology. T...
Learn How to Push Through Your Fears to Become a Better IT Professional with Charity Majors
April 26, 2019 00:00 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBGUEST BIO: Charity is CEO at honeycomb.io. She is a former systems engineer and manager at Facebook, Parse and Linden Lab always seeming to end up responsible for databases. Charity is also the co-author of O’Reilly’s Database Reliability Engineering and a regular conference speaker. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Charity Majors. She started her career working as a systems engineer and manager for Linden Lab then Shopkick and Cloudmark Inc. Charity was the Infra...
Find Out How to Become Good at Self-Learning and Make Yourself More Marketable with Jessica Ivins
April 24, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBGUEST BIO: Jessica Ivins is a user experience (UX) designer and faculty member at Center Centre, the UX design school in Chattanooga, TN, where she prepares students to be industry-ready, junior UX designers. Jessica dedicates much of her time to the UX community. She founded the Chattanooga UX Design Meetup. She publishes UX articles on her blog and on Medium. She also speaks internationally at conferences such as SXSW, Midwest UX, IA Summit, and UX Cambridge (UK). EPISODE DESCRIPTION...
Learn to Explore and Not be Afraid to Ask the Dumb Questions with Ryan Levick
April 22, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.9 MBGUEST BIO: Ryan Levick is a developer advocate working in Berlin. Ryan joined Microsoft as a result of its acquisition of Wunderlist in 2015. Ryan has spent his career building apps on both the server and client side and exploring a wide range of open source technologies with a particular focus on functional programming. Ryan has a passion for the Rust programming language, which he often writes about on Twitter and on his blog, and speaks about at conferences. EPISODE DESCRIPTIO...
Work on Your Executive Presence from Day One to Progress your IT Career Quickly with Melissa Perri
April 19, 2019 00:00 - 21 minutes - 30.2 MBMelissa Perri is a Product Management coach and consultant, and founder & CEO of Produx Labs. She has trained organizations and teams on Product Management best practices and has spoken at more than 30 conferences in 14 different countries. Melissa is also author of “Escaping the Build Trap” as well as launching her own school, Product Institute, in 2016. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Melissa Perri. She is the CEO of Produx Labs, a Product Management consul...
Learn Not to be Afraid of Doing Things Differently with Maaret Pyhajarvi
April 17, 2019 00:00 - 16 minutes - 23.6 MBGUEST BIO: Maaret Pyhajarvi is an Engineering Manager for F-Secure leading a team while continuing with hands-on testing and programming. In 2016, Maaret was awarded Most Influential Agile Testing Professional Person and she has spoken at events in 25 countries delivering close to 400 sessions. Maaret is also author of two books, Mob Programming Guidebook and Exploratory Testing. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Maaret Pyhajarvi. She is an Eng Manager, Te...
You Must Listen and Understand Before Building Solutions with Beau Simensen
April 15, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 26.3 MBGUEST BIO: Beau is a technology Strategy Consultant and has been a professional polyglot programmer since 1998. He hosts Astrocasts and is co-host of That Podcast. Beau is an active open-sourcer, creator of Sculpin and helped to create Stack PHP. He is also a serving Core Committee member for the PHP Framework Interoperability Group. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Beau Simensen who is currently working as a freelance Strategy Consultant. His main profession...
Learn to Say Yes to the Right Career Opportunities with Nader Dabit
April 12, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.1 MBGUEST BIO: Nader Dabit is a Developer Advocate for Amazon Web Services. He specializes in helping teams to build and implement cross-platform applications more efficiently. Nader is also author of the book “React Native in Action” and host of the “React Native Radio” podcast. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Nader Dabit. He is currently a Developer Advocate at AWS. Nader started his career as a front end web and software developer. Later, he moved into the ...
Use Networking to Broaden Your Horizons and Ask Plenty of Questions with Rhia Dixon
April 10, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MBGUEST BIO: Rhia is a software engineer for a data-driven tech company where she creates backend software applications using C#, .NET, Python, AWS and a variety of other tech. Rhia is an active member of Kansas City Women in Technology and she is passionate about encouraging underrepresented and underexposed communities to take advantage of the opportunities available in tech. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Rhia Dixon. She is a young software engineer, wh...
Be Open to Opportunity and Beware of Career Burn Out with Kyle Shevlin
April 08, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 25.8 MBGUEST BIO: Kyle Shevlin is a front end web developer and software engineer who specializes in JavaScript and React. Kyle is also host of the Second Career Devs podcast where he talks to guests who became software engineers after a previous career. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Kyle Shevlin. Kyle specializes in working with JavaScript, React, Redux, GraphQL, Noda, Webpack, D3 and several others at the front end. Currently, he is working as a Senior Softw...
Learn to Speak up and Don’t Be Afraid to Pursue Your Dreams with Sarah Lean
April 05, 2019 00:00 - 15 minutes - 22 MBGUEST BIO: Sarah is a Cloud Solution Architect for Microsoft where she helps organizations with their Data Centre Transformations. In recent years Sarah has started to focus and specialize in all things Cloud, especially Microsoft Azure. Sarah is also a STEM Ambassador and likes to share her story in the hope that it will inspire the next generation to start a STEM career. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Sarah Lean, who has spent 15 years working as an I...
You Need To Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable with Matt Harrison
April 03, 2019 00:00 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBGUEST BIO: My guest on today’s show is Matt Harrison. Matt is an instructor on Python and Data Science material. He has been co-chair of the Utah Python user group and has presented at conferences including PyCon, OSCon and OpenWest. Matt is also an author of a number of books about Python, including the Treading on Python Series. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Matt Harrison is Phil’s guest on today’s show. He is a Python and Data Science Consultant who offers customized training to corpo...
Tap into the Power of Open Source to Achieve Great Things with Guillermo Rauch
April 01, 2019 00:00 - 38 minutes - 53.6 MBGUEST BIO: Guillermo Rauch is the CEO and co-founder of ZEIT, a San Francisco company whose mission is to make cloud computing as easy and accessible as mobile computing. Prior to ZEIT, Guillermo was the CTO and co-founder of LearnBoost and Cloudup. He’s also the creator of several popular Node.JS libraries. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Guillermo Rauch. KEY TAKEAWAYS: (00.59) – So Guillermo, can I ask you to expand on that brief intro and tell us a littl...
Work Collaboratively and Be Constantly Challenging Yourself with Richard Warburton
March 29, 2019 00:00 - 24 minutes - 34.6 MBGUEST BIO: Richard Warburton is the co-founder of Opsian.com and maintainer of the Artio FIX Engine. He’s worked as a developer in different areas including Developer Tools, HFT and Network Protocols. Richard wrote the book “Java 8 Lambdas” for O’Reilly and is also an experienced conference speaker, having spoken at dozens of events and sat on conference committees for some of the biggest conferences in Europe and the USA. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Ric...
Learn to Face Your Fears and Become a Continual Learner with Ruth Yakubu
March 27, 2019 00:00 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBGUEST BIO: Ruth Yakubu is a Senior Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft and founder of PoshBeauty.com. Ruth specializes in Java, Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, Data Platform and Cloud and has worked for companies such as Accenture, Warner Brothers and TicketMaster in software architectural design and programming. Ruth has also been a speaker at several conferences including Devoxx, DeveloperWeek and TechSummit. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show...
Learn From Your Mistakes and Don't Be Afraid To Speak Up with Fernando Cejas
March 25, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBGUEST BIO: Fernando Cejas is a Developer Advocate at IBM having previously worked at SoundCloud and at Tuenti. Over the past decade, Fernando has mainly worked as a Core Engineer and Tech Lead focused on Mobile Development. Fernando describes himself as a nerdy geek and a strong believer of sharing, which he does by speaking at conferences, participating in communities and through his blog. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Fernando Cejas. Fernando is a De...
Strive For Perfection & Keep Updating Your Skillset with Jono Alderson
March 22, 2019 00:00 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBGUEST BIO: Jono is a digital strategist, marketing technologist and full-stack developer who currently manages special projects at Yoast. He has nearly twenty years’ of experience in web development, SEO, analytics, brand and campaign strategy and much more. Jono has worked with startups, agencies and international brands to fix websites, implement growth strategies, prepare for the future and win markets. His previous roles have included principal consultant at Distilled, Hea...
Be Brave Enough to Seek Clarification and Communicate Effectively with Jasmine Greenaway
March 20, 2019 00:00 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MBGUEST BIO: Jasmine Greenaway is a Cloud Developer Advocate for Microsoft. She has been working as a .NET developer since late 2009 which has given her the opportunity to travel the world and make use of Visual Studio’s extensibility framework in an open source environment. Jasmine also teaches at a local community college and co-organises BrooklynJS. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Jasmine Greenaway. She has evolved her career as a web developer into an exciting ...
Treat Your Career as an Investment and Help Other People to Succeed with Keith Casey
March 18, 2019 00:00 - 15 minutes - 21.8 MBGUEST BIO: Keith is currently a member of the Platform Team at Okta working on Identity and Authentication APIs. Previously he was an early Developer Evangelist at Twilio and before that he worked on the Ultimate Geek Question at the Library of Congress. Keith’s underlying goal is to get good technology into the hands of good people to do great things. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Keith Casey. For nearly two decades, he has been working in the IT industry. D...
Learn to Fully Utilize Your Skills and Eliminate Distractions with Matt Raible
March 15, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 26.4 MBGUEST BIO: Matt Raible is a Developer Advocate at Okta and a Web Architect for Raible Designs, striving to find the best solutions for developing web applications. He also writes a lot of technical blog posts on the Okta Developer Blog as well as articles for InfoQ. Matt is a fan and developer of the JHipster project and he develops and maintains the JHipster Mini-Book and the Ionic JHipster Module. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Matt Raible. He is a skilled web...
Look for Patterns and Share What You Learn to Cement Your Knowledge with Joe Previte
March 13, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MBGUEST BIO: Joe is a Front End Engineer for Digital Air Strike in Scottsdale, Arizona. Before his current role, Joe had worked as a Digital Marketing Manager while he continued to learn how to code in the evenings and at weekends. Joe also creates video tutorials for egghead.io and helps to run a local meetup called Desert GraphQL. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Joe Previte. He is currently working for Digital Air Strike as a Front End Engineer. Previously, he wa...
Understand How to Take Responsibility for Your Career with Julie Lerman
March 11, 2019 00:00 - 19 minutes - 27.6 MBGUEST BIO: Julie Lerman is a Microsoft Regional director, Docker Captain and a long-time Microsoft MVP who now counts her years as a coder in decades. She makes her living as a coach and consultant to software teams around the world. You can find Julie presenting on Entity Framework, Domain Driven Design and other topics at user groups and conferences around the world. Julie blogs at thedatafarm.com is the author of the highly acclaimed “Programming Entity Framework” books, the MSDN Mag...
Become More Empathetic to Develop the Best IT Solutions with Lauren Lee
March 08, 2019 00:00 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MBGUEST BIO: Lauren Lee is a Technical Product Manager at Go Daddy where she gets to evangelize a platform team that optimizes the engineering process for developers. Lauren helps teams to adopt a framework that makes prioritizing Machine Learning, experimentation, personalization and mobile-first development simple. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Lauren Lee. Lauren started her IT career later than most. After spending 7 years working as a teacher she secur...
Tap into the Power of Teaching Others to Become a Better Developer with Ali Spittel
March 06, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 26.3 MBGUEST BIO: Ali Spittel is a self-taught software engineer who has the job of teaching other people how to code at General Assembly DC’s Web Development Immersive program. Before that she was a software engineer at Optimus. Ali also blogs about code and her life as a developer. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Ali Spittel is Phil’s guest on today’s show. In Jan 2019, she became a Software Engineer and Developer Advocate for the DEV Community. Prior to this, she spent nearly 2 years teaching other...
Endeavour To Be Flexible and Find Something That Challenges You with Chris Heilmann
March 04, 2019 00:00 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBGUEST BIO: Chris has worked as a lead developer on some of the largest web projects and is currently a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft. He is also the author of several JavaScript books and the Developer Evangelism book as well as being a regular presenter at conferences. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Chris Heilmann. Over the years, has worked as an HTML and web developer on some of the largest web projects. He has worked for netdecisions, Agilisys, Yahoo U...
Learn to Learn Efficiently to Land the Best IT Jobs with Jennifer Bland
March 01, 2019 00:00 - 23 minutes - 33 MBGUEST BIO: Jennifer Bland is a Senior Software Engineer, Speaker, Author, host and Google Developers Expert. She is on the leadership team for Women Who Code Atlanta and she runs the websites in5days.tech and codeprep.io which provide technical training on JavaScript topics. Jennifer is also the host of the CodePrep podcast. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Jennifer Bland is Phil’s guest on today’s show. She is one of Google’s Web Technologies Developers Experts, who has had a long tech career. ...
Learn to Evangelize Your Excellence and Take Ownership of Your Career with Jen Bunk
February 27, 2019 00:00 - 21 minutes - 30.5 MBGUEST BIO: Jen Bunk is a career coach for tech managers, helping them to upgrade their teams, careers, paychecks and lives. Jen is also the host of the People Stack podcast, where she interviews authors, coaches and leaders of tech companies from around the world. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Jen Bunk. Her path into the world of IT was a long one. She started out working in the academic world. Today, she helps tech managers to upgrade their careers. She teache...
Learn and Teach to Help Others & Enjoy the Journey with Antonio Leiva
February 25, 2019 00:00 - 17 minutes - 25 MBGUEST BIO: Antonio Leiva is an experienced software engineer, trainer and speaker who specializes in Android development. Antonio is also the author of the book “Kotlin for Android Developers”. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Antonio Leiva. He started his IT career as a software developer. Fairly quickly he focused on Android development. When JetBrains released their Java replacement Kotlin to the open-source community, Antonio saw the potential and immersed him...
Go for Promotion and Learn to Network Effectively with Dr. Sue Black
February 22, 2019 00:00 - 17 minutes - 24.7 MBGUEST BIO: Dr. Sue Black is an award-winning Computer Scientist, Technology Evangelist and Digital Skills Expert. She is a professor in the department of Computer Science at Durham University, a government advisor, thought leader, writer and public speaker. Sue was awarded an OBE for services to technology in the 2016 Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Dr. Sue Black. She has worked in the IT field for nearly 25 years, primarily in e...
Don’t be Afraid to Test Yourself to Grow Your Skills and Improve Your Career Prospects with Shannon Kendall
February 20, 2019 00:00 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBGUEST BIO: Shannon is an Application Developer at Lifion by ADP. However before she became a full-time Application Developer Shannon was an actress. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Shannon Kendall is Phil’s guest on today’s I.T. Career Energizer show. She has taken an unusual path into the world of IT. Prior to becoming an Application Developer, 7 years ago, she was an actress. She is currently working at Lifion by ADP. KEY TAKEAWAYS: (0.45 ) – So Shannon, can I ask you to expand on that bri...
Share Your Value and Don’t be Afraid to Ask for Advice to Progress Your Career with Anne-Marie Charrett
February 18, 2019 00:00 - 23 minutes - 33.1 MBGUEST BIO: Anne-Marie is a software tester, trainer and coach with a reputation of excellence and passion for the craft of software testing. An electronic engineer by trade, software testing chose her when she started testing protocols against European standards. Anne-Marie has developed software testing courses and lectured at the University of Technology, Sydney. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Anne-Marie Charrett. She is currently running her own software tes...
Find Your IT Passion and Get Involved with That Community with Nina Zakharenko
February 15, 2019 00:00 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MBGUEST BIO: Nina Zakharenko is a Senior Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft, focusing on Python. Before joining Microsoft, she was a Software Engineer with over a decade of experience writing software for companies like Reddit, Meetup, and HBO. In her spare time, she enjoys snowboarding, hiking, and tinkering with wearable electronics from her home base in Portland, OR. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: My guest on today’s show is Nina Zakharenko. She is a Senior Cloud Developer Advocate for Micro...
Push the Boundaries to Land Your Dream IT Job with Ian Massingham
February 13, 2019 00:00 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBGUEST BIO: Ian Massingham is a Technical Evangelist at Amazon Web Services and has been working with cloud computing technologies since 2008. Ian has around 20 years’ experience in the IT industry, covering operations and engineering within hosting, telecommunications and cloud service providers. Ian has a particular interest in the development of Connected Device and IoT applications. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Ian Massingham. Ian has already had a long IT ...
Don’t be Afraid to Dive into a New and Interesting Field to Move Your Career to the Next Level with Kristina Balaam
February 11, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 26.1 MBGUEST BIO: Kristina Balaam is a security intelligence engineer at Lookout where she reverse engineers mobile malware. Prior to Lookout, she worked as an application security engineer at Shopify focusing mostly on Android mobile security and is currently pursuing an MSc. in Information Security Engineering. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Kristina Balaam. Currently she is working as a security intelligence engineer for Lookout, which specializes in mobile security. ...
Learn Why Teaching and Sharing Your Knowledge is a Good Way to Boost Your Tech Career with Brian Okken
February 08, 2019 00:00 - 17 minutes - 24.9 MBGUEST BIO: Brian Okken is a lead software engineer for Rohde & Schwarz. He is also the author of “Python Testing with pytest” from Pragmatic, host of the “Test & Code” Podcast and Co-host of the “Python Bytes” Podcast and has spoken at PNSQC and PyCon US. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: My guest on today’s show is Brian Okken. He is currently the lead software engineer for Rohde & Schwarz. His background is in R&D, testing and measurement. When it comes to programming languages, he is somethin...
Build Your Personal Brand and Broaden Your Horizons with Asim Hussain
February 06, 2019 00:00 - 25 minutes - 35 MBGUEST BIO: Asim Hussain is a developer, trainer, published author and conference speaker. He has worked for companies including the European Space Agency, Google and others. In January, he became Microsoft’s EMEA Lead for Regional Developer Advocacy. Asim is also Director of CodeCraft TV, providing online content, courses and training on JavaScript, Angular and general Web Development. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Asim Hussain. He is a well-known conference sp...
Progress Your Career Using Good Communication and Networking Skills with Charlie Gerard
February 04, 2019 00:00 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MBGUEST BIO: Charlie Gerard is a Software Developer at ThoughtWorks in Sydney. She is passionate about Creative Technologies, Creative Coding, Hardware and the Internet of Things. Charlie is also a mentor at General Assembly, building projects using Arduino and other devices and writes tutorials to share what she has learned. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Charlie Gerard. For the past few years, Charlie has been working to provide all kinds of companies with bett...
Learn to Focus on Your Career and Be Brave Enough to Take on New Challenges with Scott Tolinski
February 01, 2019 00:00 - 21 minutes - 30.4 MBGUEST BIO: Scott Tolinski is a Senior Web Developer for Team Detroit and formerly a web applications developer for The University of Michigan. Additionally Scott is a freelance web designer and developer, and provides private training and consultancy on various web topics. Scott is also co-creator of Level Up Tutorials, providing free training to developers looking to learn something new. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Scott Tolinski is Phil’s guest on today’s I.T. Career Energizer podcast. He ...
Feed Your Curiosity and Learn How to Look After Your Mental Health in a High Pressure Workplace with Sonia Cuff
January 30, 2019 00:00 - 21 minutes - 29.9 MBGUEST BIO: Sonia Cuff helps companies to change business processes to successfully adopt new technologies the right way and to achieve great business results. Sonia has been awarded Most Valuable Professional by Microsoft in multiple categories and is also an online writer, trainer and speaker. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Sonia Cuff. Sonia has been working in the IT industry since 1995, in various roles and was awarded the Most Valuable Professional by Microso...
Don’t Be Afraid to Experiment and Learn to Communicate in a Way That Makes People Feel Comfortable with Dr Pamela Gay
January 28, 2019 00:00 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MBGUEST BIO: Pamela is an astronomer, writer and science communicator focused on using new media to engage people in learning and doing science. Her most well-known project is Astronomy Cast, a podcast that she co-hosts with Fraser Cain. She is also part of numerous science programs on Twitch.tv and has made appearances on a variety of television shows including The Universe and Strange Evidence. Dr Gay also combines her astronomy and computer science background to define new ...
Learn How to Secure Your Role and Continue to Move Forwards in Your IT Career with Corey Quinn
January 25, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 26.3 MBGUEST BIO: Corey Quinn has been an engineering manager, a public speaker and an advocate for cloud strategies. He now specializes in helping companies control and cost optimize their AWS cloud footprint without disrupting the engineers using it. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Corey Quinn, who is a cloud economist, consultant, business owner, blogger and podcaster. His early career was spent as a system administrator. He later moved into DevOps. Today, he is a con...
Seek Out Likeminded People and Nurture Your Creative Side with Ruth John
January 23, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBGUEST BIO: Ruth is an award-nominated digital artist, web consultant, keynote speaker and writer with 15 years of experience in the digital industry. Ruth is a Google Development Expert, having worked for companies such as O2 and BSkyB and with clients including the BBC, NBC and Heineken. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Ruth John is Phil’s guest on today’s I.T. Energizer show. For the past 15 years, she has worked in the digital design and development field. Ruth has worked for start-ups, creati...
Become a Motivated Self Learner and a Good Listener to Uncover the Future Direction of Tech with David Linthicum
January 21, 2019 00:00 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MBGUEST BIO: David Linthicum is the Chief Cloud Strategy Officer at Deloitte Consulting and was recently named the #1 cloud influencer in a report by Apollo Research. David is an experienced CTO and CEO as well as an author of multiple books on computing. He has also presented at more than 500 conferences, has published more than 5,000 articles and has a weekly podcast on cloud computing. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Today’s guest on the IT Career Energizer podcast is David Linthicum. In 2016...
Learn to Use Empathy to Become a More Effective IT Professional with Dan Billing
January 18, 2019 00:00 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBGUEST BIO: Dan is a software test engineer and founder of The Test Doctor. Dan enjoys running workshops and speaking, especially in the technical testing and security space and likes to help others to become better testers by attending events, blogging and giving training. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest today is Dan Billing. He has been involved in the IT testing sector, for much of his career, specialising in security. Dan is the founder of The Test Doctor and a leading member of ...