{"id":979,"date":"2015-02-25T08:09:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T13:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=979"},"modified":"2015-02-25T08:09:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T13:09:15","slug":"careering-into-clouds-with-niki-acosta-episode-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2015\/02\/careering-into-clouds-with-niki-acosta-episode-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Careering into Clouds with Niki Acosta &#8211; Episode 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nikiacosta\" target=\"_blank\">Niki Acosta<\/a> is bubbling with passion and bursting with <a href=\"http:\/\/opensource.com\/business\/14\/10\/niki-acosta-interview-cisco-openstack\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack enthusiasm<\/a>. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-980\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nikiacosta1.jpg\" alt=\"niki acosta, cloud evangelist\" width=\"229\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nikiacosta1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nikiacosta1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nikiacosta1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/>These facts are familiar. What may be more surprising is how she navigates the world of job opportunities. Her flexibility to work within the business and voracious need to consume new information keeps her ahead of the Evangelist pack.<\/p>\n<p>We discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Niki Acosta,\u00a0Cloud Evangelist at Cisco<\/li>\n<li>Evangelist titles before they were\u00a0cool<\/li>\n<li>Breaking into \u201cCloud\u201d as a career<\/li>\n<li>The job that presents itself<\/li>\n<li>How she Joined Rackspace in <em><strong>Sales<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Staying excited\u00a0by the speed of change<\/li>\n<li>Mentorship<\/li>\n<li>OpenStack as a breakout moment<\/li>\n<li>How do you find a mentor<\/li>\n<li>How people persons selects there own (get to know everybody)<\/li>\n<li>Informal Mentorship<\/li>\n<li>Working as a quota carrying nerd<\/li>\n<li>How Evangelism is the fun part of the sale<\/li>\n<li>Life continuing in your career \u2014 getting married, having kids<\/li>\n<li>KPIs and metrics<\/li>\n<li>More business happens due to social influence<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Help sales people scale with social<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Flaky title is okay as\u00a0long\u00a0as you\u2019re connected to the business<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Learning is on you &#8211; YouTube, Podcasts, Twitter searches<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Are Evangelists born or made?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Word of mouth marketers better tell great stories<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Serious knowledge \u2014 expertise \u2014 is part of Evangelism<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Can you survive on just passion?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Looking at things with a critical \u2014\u00a0even a skeptical \u2014\u00a0eye<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Huge <a href=\"http:\/\/hubspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">shoutout to Hubspot<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Career path growth<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Teslas as cool technology (and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QERGldfZA5A\" target=\"_blank\">0 to 60 videos<\/a>)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Follow your passion and the job will follow<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\u201cI think I want to be an evangelist\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThen go do the f-ing work!\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Laura Dunn&#8217;s <a href=\"%20http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/laura-dunn\/women-in-business-qa-niki_b_6450994.html\" target=\"_blank\">interview of Niki Acosta<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2594\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-979-1\" 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\/02\/Careering-into-Clouds-with-Niki-Acosta-Episode-76.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Careering-into-Clouds-with-Niki-Acosta-Episode-76.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Careering-into-Clouds-with-Niki-Acosta-Episode-76.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\/02\/Careering-into-Clouds-with-Niki-Acosta-Episode-76.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=979-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Careering-into-Clouds-with-Niki-Acosta-Episode-76.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Careering-into-Clouds-with-Niki-Acosta-Episode-76.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>Niki Acosta is bubbling with passion and bursting with OpenStack enthusiasm. These facts are familiar. What may be more surprising is how she navigates the world of job opportunities. Her flexibility to work within the business and voracious need to consume new information keeps her ahead of the Evangelist pack.&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2015\/02\/careering-into-clouds-with-niki-acosta-episode-76\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Careering into Clouds with Niki Acosta &#8211; Episode 76<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2595\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-979-2\" 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\/02\/Careering-into-Clouds-with-Niki-Acosta-Episode-76.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Careering-into-Clouds-with-Niki-Acosta-Episode-76.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Careering-into-Clouds-with-Niki-Acosta-Episode-76.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\/02\/Careering-into-Clouds-with-Niki-Acosta-Episode-76.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=979-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Careering-into-Clouds-with-Niki-Acosta-Episode-76.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Careering-into-Clouds-with-Niki-Acosta-Episode-76.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":983,"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\/979"}],"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=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":984,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions\/984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}