{"id":1254,"date":"2016-01-24T15:46:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T20:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2016-02-02T01:21:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T06:21:18","slug":"looking-beyond-the-server-rack-for-a-career-in-it-with-glenn-pitchford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2016\/01\/looking-beyond-the-server-rack-for-a-career-in-it-with-glenn-pitchford\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking beyond the server rack for a career in IT with Glenn Pitchford &#8211; Ep 102"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glenn Pitchford is an IT director at a small nonprofit. We talked to Glenn at the SpiceWorld 2015 conference in Austin. Glenn talks about mentoring, being a trusted advisor to the business, and\u00a0living the dream with a career in IT.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5311\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1254-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p>Some of Glenn&#8217;s advice: Don&#8217;t get stuck in technology and understand the business. \u00a0Being able to look beyond the IT department and the server rack &#8212; that&#8217;s where you add value.<\/p>\n<p>Glenn was able to stay at the same place with a productive and fruitful career by staying one step ahead of the business with the appropriate technology at the right time &#8212; from the very first networks to today.<\/p>\n<p>Glenn was an early member\u00a0of Spiceworks community,\u00a0A great article on Glenn at the Spiceworks community site: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/community.spiceworks.com\/topic\/924025-dawn-of-the-user-death-of-the-dumb-terminal-36-years-in-it-with-glenn-p\">Dawn of the user, death of the dumb terminal: 36 years in IT with Glenn P<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.spiceworks.com\/people\/glennpitchford\">Glenn&#8217;s profile on Spiceworks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This interview was recorded in an echoey room with a single mic, so the sound quality is a little rough.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Glenn Pitchford<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5310\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1254-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1254-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glenn Pitchford is an IT director at a small nonprofit. We talked to Glenn at the SpiceWorld 2015 conference in Austin. Glenn talks about mentoring, being a trusted advisor to the business, and\u00a0living the dream with a career in IT. Some of Glenn&#8217;s advice: Don&#8217;t get stuck in technology and&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2016\/01\/looking-beyond-the-server-rack-for-a-career-in-it-with-glenn-pitchford\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Looking beyond the server rack for a career in IT with Glenn Pitchford &#8211; Ep 102<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5312\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1254-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1254-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Glenn-Pitchford_01.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1254"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1303,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions\/1303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}