Nerd Journey: Career Advice for the Technology Professional

Nerd Journey: Career Advice for the Technology Professional

John White | Nick Korte

Episodes 350
Avg. Duration 45m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 5.0 (43)
Since Dec 2018
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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About This Podcast

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. We are John White and Nick Korte, two technologists with experience in IT operations and sales engineering who started this podcast in 2018. We release on Tuesdays, and can be found at https://nerd-journey.com.

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Recent Episodes

An Intentional Ending: Completing the Journey for This Body of Work

Jan 27, 2026 40m

When does a body of work reach completion? One answer is to end it by choice. This week in episode 356 you’ll hear the reasons behind our intentional ending of the Nerd Journey Podcast. We’ll rewind…

Mind the Gaps: Organizational Changes and Your Career Lifecycle with Ryan Conley

Jan 13, 2026 1h 12m

Has organizational change redefined your job role? If it hasn’t yet, it will at some point. Whether acknowledged or ignored, every organizational change at a company impacts you. This is broader than…

Layoff Bounce Back: Resilience through Personal and Professional Networks with Dave Stevens

Dec 23, 2025 40m

Imagine your work day starting off like any other only to find you’ve been laid off. What would you do next? Dave Stevens lived this reality a couple of years ago and joins us this week in episode…

Translating Experience: Clarity from Leadership in the People Industry with Christy Honeycutt (2/2)

Dec 02, 2025 38m

How can we help recruiters advocate for us in a tough job market? According to people industry veteran Christy Honeycutt, our guest in episode 353, it starts with being kind and translating your…

People First: Systematizing Go-to-Market for Your Role with Christy Honeycutt (1/2)

Nov 18, 2025 43m

Go-to-market strategy is something we often associate with a company or its products / services, but what if we could apply go-to-market to our job role? Christy Honeycutt, a talent acquisition…

A Special Announcement – Changing Our Release Schedule

Nov 04, 2025 0m

Original Recording Date: 11/2/2025 Expect a Change Moving Forward – The Schedule Hi everyone – thank you for being a listener. This is a brief reminder that episodes from this point forward will be…

Opt In: A CEO’s Take on Becoming AI Native with Milin Desai (3/3)

Oct 28, 2025 35m

What does it mean to become AI native? It’s not about using every AI tool on the market. For Milin Desai, the CEO of Sentry, it’s about becoming familiar with the tools and opting in to use the…

Scope and Upside: The Importance of Contextual Communication with Milin Desai (2/3)

Oct 21, 2025 35m

When we use a generative AI tool, providing more context can often lead to better output. What if we could apply this to our communication with other humans? Milin Desai, the CEO of Sentry, says…

Expand Your Curiosity: Build, Own, and Maintain Relevance with Milin Desai (1/3)

Oct 14, 2025 46m

How curious do you think you are at work? Take a second to rate yourself. After today’s conversation with guest Milin Desai, you’re going to want to dial that curiosity up a notch. Milin is currently…

Organizational Flattening: Intentionally Model Behaviors to Build the Culture You Want (2/2)

Oct 07, 2025 20m

As managers inherit larger teams inside flatter organizations, we might immediately point out the challenges. But what about opportunities? Despite the trend, those who seek to lead (in a management…

Organizational Flattening: Understanding the Trend, Career Challenges, and Opportunities (1/2)

Sep 30, 2025 26m

What happens when layoffs lead to organizational flattening, fewer managers, and larger teams? It’s a trend we’re seeing in the tech industry at large right now impacting team dynamics and career…

Special Dedication: Honoring Todd Cochrane’s Legacy

Sep 23, 2025 59m

Episode 346 is dedicated to the memory of Todd Cochrane. Todd was the founder of Blubrry Podcasting, a Navy veteran and electronics technician, a geek and lover of technology at heart, a content…

Resume Damage: The Turbulence of Changing Job Levels and Finding a Mess to Clean Up with Paul Nadeau (2/2)

Sep 16, 2025 48m

Pursuing a role in leadership is one thing, but what happens when you try to return to life as an individual contributor? Our guest, Paul Nadeau, equates this experience to having “resume…

Stay Calm and Don’t Panic: Translating Military Leadership Lessons to the Corporate World with Paul Nadeau (1/2)

Sep 09, 2025 47m

Imagine transitioning from individual contributor at a company to managing an organization of 155 people. That’s quite the promotion. How would you approach that kind of change? Before you get too…

The Lost Art: Marketplace Heartbeat and Finding Closure after a Layoff with Jason Gass (2/2)

Sep 02, 2025 36m

Remember all the times someone took a moment to help you in your career? This act of support is what Jason Gass calls a “lost art” in the tech industry. Jason returns this week in episode 343 to…

Planting Seeds: Networking and Maneuvering Unexpected Job Loss with Jason Gass (1/2)

Aug 26, 2025 39m

“Unfortunately, your role at this company has been eliminated.” These are the words none of us want to hear, but it’s a reality many in tech are facing. What would you do if that unexpected call came…

Champion Your People: Role Clarity for the IC in the Chaotic World of Work with Al and Leanne Elliott (2/2)

Aug 19, 2025 44m

What can you do to stand out as an individual contributor on a large team? The first step is seeking absolute clarity on your role, and it begins with an honest conversation between you and your…

Task Cohesion: Managing a Larger Team in a Flatter Organization amidst a Climate of Uncertainty with Al and Leanne Elliott (1/2)

Aug 12, 2025 41m

How can managers be effective when they are expected to manage larger teams? To strengthen relationships with team members and support team cohesion, start with task cohesion. Al and Leanne Elliott,…

Field Awareness: The Facets of Hypergrowth and a Principal’s Body of Work with Daniel Paluszek (3/3)

Aug 05, 2025 38m

Imagine getting 45 minutes to describe and defend the quantifiable impact of your body of work as an individual contributor accumulated over multiple years. It’s your job to convince a panel that you…

Steady Build: Broadening Exposure and the Priceless Perspective of People Management with Daniel Paluszek (2/3)

Jul 29, 2025 43m

Could a greater understanding of what people managers do make you a better individual contributor? And would it also cause you to treat your manager differently? For Daniel Paluszek, our guest this…

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