{"id":1584,"date":"2017-06-12T12:04:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T16:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2017-06-12T16:06:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T20:06:12","slug":"staying-technical-and-customer-facing-with-leah-schoeb-episode-133","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2017\/06\/staying-technical-and-customer-facing-with-leah-schoeb-episode-133\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying Technical and Customer Facing with Leah Schoeb &#8211; Episode 133"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why is someone with a career starting in performance optimization looking for a job to be &#8220;customer facing?&#8221; That&#8217;s the question that brings our guest onto the show this we<span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">ek.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who&#39;s hiring?  Technical Customer Facing preferred.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leah Schoeb (@vLeahSchoeb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vLeahSchoeb\/status\/841666220755714048\">March 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1590\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/leah-schoeb-1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/leah-schoeb-1-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/leah-schoeb-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Leah Schoeb has a background in hardware optimization that brought her out of the lab into the customer conversation. Since doing so, Leah has found that both are<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">important qualities to her enjoyment of work.\u00a0The first starting point of the conversation centers on that point: <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1em;\">why do you want to stay customer-facing when you&#8217;re technical?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How lab work leads to a customer-facing opportunity<\/li>\n<li>How &#8220;an annoyance&#8221; like customer conversations can turn into a favorite part of the job<\/li>\n<li>The strength of your network to find your next job<\/li>\n<li>Signs of self-loathing marketer status for Leah<\/li>\n<li>Scientists as Marketers (in technology and academia)<\/li>\n<li>Moving into an Analyst role for an opportunity to learn to write articles<\/li>\n<li>Digging deeper into the Analyst business types (learn <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/10\/research-analyst-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-episode-60\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Picking apart Evangelism titles as it relates to Leah&#8217;s skills<\/li>\n<li>Separating out your skill set from your job titles (like <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2017\/04\/evangelists-find-your-career-bucket-episode-131\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in this episode<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Figuring out the difference between what you like and what you&#8217;re good at<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Quick spoiler alert: Leah has since taking a Technical Account Manager job with <a href=\"https:\/\/turbonomic.com\/\">Turbonomic<\/a> and you can catch up with Leah on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vleahschoeb\">Twitter @vLeahSchoeb<\/a>. Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6318\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1584-1\" 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\/06\/Geek-Whisperers-with-Leah-Schoeb-Episode-133.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Geek-Whisperers-with-Leah-Schoeb-Episode-133.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Geek-Whisperers-with-Leah-Schoeb-Episode-133.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\/06\/Geek-Whisperers-with-Leah-Schoeb-Episode-133.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1584-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Geek-Whisperers-with-Leah-Schoeb-Episode-133.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Geek-Whisperers-with-Leah-Schoeb-Episode-133.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>Why is someone with a career starting in performance optimization looking for a job to be &#8220;customer facing?&#8221; That&#8217;s the question that brings our guest onto the show this week. Who&#39;s hiring? Technical Customer Facing preferred. &mdash; Leah Schoeb (@vLeahSchoeb) March 14, 2017 Leah Schoeb has a background in hardware&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2017\/06\/staying-technical-and-customer-facing-with-leah-schoeb-episode-133\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Staying Technical and Customer Facing with Leah Schoeb &#8211; Episode 133<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6319\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1584-2\" 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\/06\/Geek-Whisperers-with-Leah-Schoeb-Episode-133.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Geek-Whisperers-with-Leah-Schoeb-Episode-133.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Geek-Whisperers-with-Leah-Schoeb-Episode-133.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\/06\/Geek-Whisperers-with-Leah-Schoeb-Episode-133.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1584-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Geek-Whisperers-with-Leah-Schoeb-Episode-133.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Geek-Whisperers-with-Leah-Schoeb-Episode-133.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":1587,"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\/1584"}],"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=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1593,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions\/1593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}