{"id":765,"date":"2014-09-10T12:46:16","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T16:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=765"},"modified":"2015-01-02T16:47:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T21:47:57","slug":"the-nonlinear-career-path-episode-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/09\/the-nonlinear-career-path-episode-57\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nonlinear Career Path &#8211; Episode 57"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">When a Unicorn raises their hoof, the Geek Whisperers get them in front of the mic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In another career path conversation, we&#8217;re joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikestanley\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Stanley<\/a>\u00a0who&#8217;s taken a career path less traveled. From aspiring to be a Latin teacher to learning Russian in the Army to &#8230; IT? We take a personal look into Mike&#8217;s career path, discussing where it started and where it&#8217;s going.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/mikestanley.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-767 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/mikestanley-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"mikestanley\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/mikestanley-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/mikestanley-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/mikestanley-210x210.jpeg 210w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/mikestanley.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Careers<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">How you get where you\u2019re going<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">What it means to be an \u201cIT Generalist\u201d<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">The projected\u00a0shortfall of IT jobs<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Is IT training or a degree\u00a0the right move in IT?<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Salary\u00a0as part of the career question<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">To VAR and back to end customer<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">CS degrees in Enterprise IT<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Work\/Life balance<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Local vs global interactions<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">The power of groups of people<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jonisick\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Onisick<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/06\/can-hostile-marketing-work-for-your-brand-on-social-episode-51\/\" target=\"_blank\">past guest<\/a>) helping via Twitter<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">BJ Fogg &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyhabits.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tiny Habits<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Transition advice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mike makes a powerful statement to vendors on the best way to use social media to gain leads &#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cInteresting technical content followed up by real human interaction.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What&#8217;s your career story? What did you learn from Mike&#8217;s?<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2325\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-765-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/A-Nonlinear-Career-Path-Episode-57.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/A-Nonlinear-Career-Path-Episode-57.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/A-Nonlinear-Career-Path-Episode-57.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\/2014\/09\/A-Nonlinear-Career-Path-Episode-57.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=765-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/A-Nonlinear-Career-Path-Episode-57.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"A-Nonlinear-Career-Path-Episode-57.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 a Unicorn raises their hoof, the Geek Whisperers get them in front of the mic. In another career path conversation, we&#8217;re joined by Mike Stanley\u00a0who&#8217;s taken a career path less traveled. From aspiring to be a Latin teacher to learning Russian in the Army to &#8230; IT? We take&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/09\/the-nonlinear-career-path-episode-57\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Nonlinear Career Path &#8211; Episode 57<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2326\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-765-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/A-Nonlinear-Career-Path-Episode-57.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/A-Nonlinear-Career-Path-Episode-57.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/A-Nonlinear-Career-Path-Episode-57.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\/2014\/09\/A-Nonlinear-Career-Path-Episode-57.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=765-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/A-Nonlinear-Career-Path-Episode-57.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"A-Nonlinear-Career-Path-Episode-57.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":767,"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\/765"}],"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=765"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions\/770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}