{"id":958,"date":"2015-01-28T12:59:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T17:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=958"},"modified":"2015-01-28T12:59:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T17:59:11","slug":"the-geek-who-listened-to-whisperers-keith-townsend-episode-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2015\/01\/the-geek-who-listened-to-whisperers-keith-townsend-episode-74\/","title":{"rendered":"The Geek Who Listened to Whisperers &#8211; Keith Townsend &#8211; Episode 74"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this powerful episode of The Geek Whisperers, your Whisperers welcome <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualizedgeek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keith Townsend<\/a>, better known as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/virtualizedgeek\" target=\"_blank\">VirtualizedGeek<\/a>, to discuss how he was crazy enough to listen to us. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualizedgeek.com\/2014\/09\/why-i-quit-my-job-before-having-a-new-one\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keith announced leaving\u00a0his job quite publicly<\/a> and went on a wild ride of self-discovery. His reflections make for a great conversation for us all as we consider our career path forward.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/keith-townsend-vmworld.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-960 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/keith-townsend-vmworld-1024x579.png\" alt=\"keith-townsend-vmworld\" width=\"900\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/keith-townsend-vmworld-1024x579.png 1024w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/keith-townsend-vmworld-300x170.png 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/keith-townsend-vmworld.png 1807w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An Engineer getting into\u00a0Management Consultation<\/li>\n<li>Job hunting while\u00a0unemployed<\/li>\n<li>The changing value of IT skills<\/li>\n<li>The value of an MBA<\/li>\n<li>DevOps roles<\/li>\n<li>Traditional management tracks<\/li>\n<li>How a career path of stability requires management skills<\/li>\n<li>Keith\u2019s prolific presence online<\/li>\n<li>Staying positive during the hunt<\/li>\n<li>The therapeutic value of blogging<\/li>\n<li>cutting through the \u201cgetting to know you\u201d part of job interviews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI like to let people know who I am before they even meet me\u201d ~ Keith<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Why no one asked Keith\u00a0technical questions in interviews anymore<\/li>\n<li>The power of PowerPoint to make something easier to understand<\/li>\n<li>Why\u00a0arguing storage protocol is not taken seriously<\/li>\n<li>The question of whether we fire everyone and outsource<\/li>\n<li>How skills are no longer manageable<\/li>\n<li>The difficulty in hiring the higher up you get<\/li>\n<li>Expertise is no guarantee of a butt in the seat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also bring up <a title=\"Research Analyst: A Dirty Job, But Somebody Has To Do It \u2013 Episode 60\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/10\/research-analyst-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-episode-60\/\" target=\"_blank\">our podcast with Stu Miniman<\/a>. We recommend reading Keith&#8217;s follow up blog post called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualizedgeek.com\/2015\/01\/the-job-search-is-over-my-reflections\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Job Search is Over<\/a>&#8221; to fill in some further details. Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8668\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-958-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Geek-Who-Listened-To-Whisperers-Keith-Townsend.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Geek-Who-Listened-To-Whisperers-Keith-Townsend.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Geek-Who-Listened-To-Whisperers-Keith-Townsend.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\/2015\/01\/The-Geek-Who-Listened-To-Whisperers-Keith-Townsend.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=958-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Geek-Who-Listened-To-Whisperers-Keith-Townsend.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The-Geek-Who-Listened-To-Whisperers-Keith-Townsend.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>In this powerful episode of The Geek Whisperers, your Whisperers welcome Keith Townsend, better known as VirtualizedGeek, to discuss how he was crazy enough to listen to us. Keith announced leaving\u00a0his job quite publicly and went on a wild ride of self-discovery. His reflections make for a great conversation for&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2015\/01\/the-geek-who-listened-to-whisperers-keith-townsend-episode-74\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Geek Who Listened to Whisperers &#8211; Keith Townsend &#8211; Episode 74<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8669\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-958-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Geek-Who-Listened-To-Whisperers-Keith-Townsend.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Geek-Who-Listened-To-Whisperers-Keith-Townsend.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Geek-Who-Listened-To-Whisperers-Keith-Townsend.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\/2015\/01\/The-Geek-Who-Listened-To-Whisperers-Keith-Townsend.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=958-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Geek-Who-Listened-To-Whisperers-Keith-Townsend.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The-Geek-Who-Listened-To-Whisperers-Keith-Townsend.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":961,"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\/958"}],"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=958"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}