{"id":1556,"date":"2017-02-22T11:33:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2017-02-21T00:34:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T05:34:36","slug":"experiences-with-side-gigs-with-mike-colson-episode-130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2017\/02\/experiences-with-side-gigs-with-mike-colson-episode-130\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiences with Side Gigs with Mike Colson &#8211; Episode 130"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When people are paid quite well in the Enterprise Tech industry, why do so many people have &#8220;other&#8221; jobs? Is it a job for a paycheck or a passion project? We talk to Mike Colson about his past <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/colson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1559\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/colson-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/colson-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/colson-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/colson.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>experiences and how it brought him to a place where multiple jobs was part of the life for many years in his career. We dive into his past filled with dirty jobs then shift to how others can decide what&#8217;s worth doing in their free time.<\/p>\n<p>This conversation stems from this tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How many jobs have you had, since let&#39;s say 18? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Geek_Whisperers\">@Geek_Whisperers<\/a> <br \/>* Episode Download Link (35 MB): <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yqxTkVGj9J\">https:\/\/t.co\/yqxTkVGj9J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LaurenMalhoit (@malhoit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/malhoit\/status\/818878965070766080\">January 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The takeaways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t always do the work for free (beware the &#8220;helping out&#8221; situation with businesses)<\/li>\n<li>Create healthy separation between roles for easiest avoiding of conflicts<\/li>\n<li>Draw the line when your work is taking away from your day job (honor your commitments)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mike_colson\">find Mike on Twitter<\/a> or on his website <a href=\"http:\/\/virtuallymike.com\/\">Virtually Mike<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9697\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1556-1\" 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\/02\/Ep_130-Mike_Colson.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Ep_130-Mike_Colson.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Ep_130-Mike_Colson.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\/02\/Ep_130-Mike_Colson.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1556-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Ep_130-Mike_Colson.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ep_130-Mike_Colson.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>When people are paid quite well in the Enterprise Tech industry, why do so many people have &#8220;other&#8221; jobs? Is it a job for a paycheck or a passion project? We talk to Mike Colson about his past experiences and how it brought him to a place where multiple jobs&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2017\/02\/experiences-with-side-gigs-with-mike-colson-episode-130\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Experiences with Side Gigs with Mike Colson &#8211; Episode 130<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9698\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1556-2\" 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\/02\/Ep_130-Mike_Colson.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Ep_130-Mike_Colson.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Ep_130-Mike_Colson.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\/02\/Ep_130-Mike_Colson.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1556-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Ep_130-Mike_Colson.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ep_130-Mike_Colson.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":1,"featured_media":1558,"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\/1556"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1556"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1561,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556\/revisions\/1561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}