{"id":805,"date":"2014-10-08T08:46:52","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T12:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=805"},"modified":"2015-01-02T16:47:18","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T21:47:18","slug":"energized-by-change-talking-careers-with-marc-farley-episode-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/10\/energized-by-change-talking-careers-with-marc-farley-episode-61\/","title":{"rendered":"Energized By Change: Talking Careers with Marc Farley &#8211; Episode 61"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Geek Whisperers crew is proud to have serial entrepreneur and former Microsoft employee\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/gofarley\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Marc Farley<\/strong><\/a> on our third and final podcast from VMworld 2014. This episode was recorded on day 3 and you can hear it just a little bit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-809\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-07-at-8.33.05-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-809\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-07-at-8.33.05-PM.png\" alt=\"Marc Farley on the infamous steering wheel cam.\" width=\"490\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-07-at-8.33.05-PM.png 490w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-07-at-8.33.05-PM-300x219.png 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-07-at-8.33.05-PM-210x153.png 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marc Farley on the infamous steering wheel cam.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our theme is career change, and Marc has been the master of it. He most recently left Microsoft after an acquisition to head to <a href=\"http:\/\/quaddra-sw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quaddra Software<\/a>\u00a0as employee #8. We discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why Marc changed again: <em>\u201cI just get energized by change\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u201cSpeculative Employment\u201d as a strategy<\/li>\n<li>Why he can&#8217;t afford a yacht &#8211; \u201cI don\u2019t have a yacht, I have a renovated bathroom\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Career talk on stock and what it does to your income<\/li>\n<li>Org chart issues when mapping to Unicorns<\/li>\n<li>Cracks between the org charts<\/li>\n<li>Our favorite <a title=\"Podcast 4: You\u2019re Only as Good as Your Engagement with Other People\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2013\/03\/podcast-4-youre-only-as-good-as-your-engagement-with-other-people\/\" target=\"_blank\">episode with Chuck Hollis<\/a> on personal and professional brand overlap<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/socialcam.com\/v\/3viWQkCH\" target=\"_blank\">Steering wheel cams<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Competition in and out of a company<\/li>\n<li>The mother of invention<\/li>\n<li>The pork belly stock markets<\/li>\n<li>Determine the best move between small and large companies<\/li>\n<li>Negotiating social engagement at hiring<\/li>\n<li>\u201cStealth mode\u201d in startups and what\u00a0Marc\u00a0thinks of them<\/li>\n<li>The bacon tree from vBacon (see below)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-812\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/small-company-big-company-competition.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-812 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/small-company-big-company-competition-1024x485.png\" alt=\"small-company-big-company-competition\" width=\"642\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/small-company-big-company-competition-1024x485.png 1024w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/small-company-big-company-competition-300x142.png 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/small-company-big-company-competition-210x99.png 210w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/small-company-big-company-competition.png 1225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Insightful quote from Marc Farley during this episode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can follow Marc on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/gofarley\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter @gofarley<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/dataontop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">see\u00a0his mind&#8217;s eye on his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bacon-tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-808\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bacon-tree.jpg\" alt=\"bacon-tree\" width=\"263\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bacon-tree.jpg 600w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bacon-tree-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bacon-tree-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bacon-tree-157x210.jpg 157w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6978\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-805-1\" 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\/10\/Marc-Farley-on-Career-Episode-61.mp3?_=1\" \/><a 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This episode was recorded on day 3 and you can hear it just a little bit. Our theme is career change, and Marc has been the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/10\/energized-by-change-talking-careers-with-marc-farley-episode-61\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Energized By Change: Talking Careers with Marc Farley &#8211; Episode 61<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6979\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-805-2\" 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\/10\/Marc-Farley-on-Career-Episode-61.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marc-Farley-on-Career-Episode-61.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marc-Farley-on-Career-Episode-61.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\/10\/Marc-Farley-on-Career-Episode-61.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=805-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marc-Farley-on-Career-Episode-61.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Marc-Farley-on-Career-Episode-61.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":809,"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\/805"}],"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=805"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":814,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions\/814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}