{"id":1524,"date":"2017-01-03T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2017-01-03T01:43:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T06:43:18","slug":"becoming-a-business-geek-with-ed-saipetch-episode-127","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2017\/01\/becoming-a-business-geek-with-ed-saipetch-episode-127\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a business geek with Ed Saipetch &#8211; Episode 127"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How does a geek move into the business, and how many steps\u00a0does it take to get there? This week we talk with Ed Saipetch, Office of the CTO for IBM&#8217;s Bluemix private cloud.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9465\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1524-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Co-host of the <a href=\"http:\/\/speakingintech.com\">Speaking in Tech<\/a> podcast<\/li>\n<li>What does Ed do?<\/li>\n<li>Office of the CTO&#8217;s role in the organization<\/li>\n<li>direct reports and\u00a0metrics (or not)<\/li>\n<li>Ed started as an IT pro in a newspaper (6 years)<\/li>\n<li>Got the chance to go to a VAR, then EMC, then\u00a0Joyent, then Inktank, CenturyLink (2.5 years), now IBM<\/li>\n<li>Always there was a personal connection<\/li>\n<li>There have been downsides to moving several times over the last 7 years<\/li>\n<li>But there have also been good raises and opportunities<\/li>\n<li>There are sometimes corporate policies that don&#8217;t allow raises on\u00a0transferring, even if the new job is at a higher level, which seems odd<\/li>\n<li>The value of a network in careers<\/li>\n<li>Do people know Ed from Speaking In Tech?<\/li>\n<li>Things Ed would never do again?\n<ul>\n<li>Not take more stock options &#8212; turns out sometimes they <em>are<\/em> worth something!<\/li>\n<li>Join a company that&#8217;s just being acquired\u00a0&#8212; it&#8217;s better to be in the company that&#8217;s buying, not the company that&#8217;s being bought. Too many moving parts!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/edsai\">@edsai<\/a> on Twitter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9464\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1524-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.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\/2017\/01\/TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1524-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.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>How does a geek move into the business, and how many steps\u00a0does it take to get there? This week we talk with Ed Saipetch, Office of the CTO for IBM&#8217;s Bluemix private cloud. Co-host of the Speaking in Tech podcast What does Ed do? Office of the CTO&#8217;s role in&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2017\/01\/becoming-a-business-geek-with-ed-saipetch-episode-127\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Becoming a business geek with Ed Saipetch &#8211; Episode 127<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9466\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1524-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.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\/2017\/01\/TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1524-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TGW_127_Ed_Saipetch.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":1523,"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\/1524"}],"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=1524"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1527,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524\/revisions\/1527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}