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IT Career Energizer

Summary: IT Career Energizer is a tech career development podcast where Phil Burgess chats with successful IT Professionals, Consultants and Experts every Monday about how to start, develop and grow a career in tech. Jeff Atwood (Stack Overflow), Troy Hunt (Have I Been Pwned), Laurence Bradford (Learn To Code With Me), April Wensel (Compassionate Coding), Dan North (Behaviour-Driven Development) and David J Anderson (Lean Kanban) are just some of the 200+ featured guests to date. IT Career Energizer was created for YOU, the programmer, tester, business analyst, dba, project manager and anyone who wants to or is already working in tech. Each episode details the journey of a successful IT professional who shares their WORST IT career moment and lessons learnt, their greatest SUCCESS and what EXCITES them about the future of careers in the IT field, and much more. Each episode ends with THE REVEAL where Phil uncovers more advice, tips and insights for you, the listener.

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Podcasts:

 Focus on the Core Principles and Keep Reinventing Yourself with Sanjeev Sharma | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:11

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Sanjeev Sharma. He was an early practitioner and coach of the Scrum methodology and has become a world-renowned expert and thought leader in DevOps as well as a pioneer of DevOps at IBM.

 Network with As Many People as Possible and Teach What you Know with Chris Ferdinandi | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:14

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Chris Ferdinandi. He is the author of the Vanilla JS Pocket Guide series, creator of the Vanilla JS Academy training program and host of the Vanilla JS Podcast.  Chris has created JavaScript plugins that have been used by organizations such as Apple and the Harvard Business School.

 Own Your Career Use a Mentor Set Goals and Make a Plan with Bob Belderbos | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:00

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Bob Belderbos. He is a software developer at Oracle, co-author of the 100 Days of Code in Python course and co-founder of PyBites, a community for those wanting to improve their Python skills.

 Improve Your Interpersonal Skills and Don´t Be Afraid to Take Any Opportunity with Roberta Matuson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:07

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Roberta Matuson. She has helped leaders in Fortune 500 companies, as well as small to medium-sized businesses, achieve dramatic growth and market leadership through the maximization of talent.

 Join a Startup to Progress Fast and Build a Strong Skillset with Steve Kahan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 40:51

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Steve Kahan. He has a distinguished career. Steve has helped to grow seven startup companies from early-stage development to going public or being sold, resulting in a total value of more than $3 billion.

 Invest in Yourself Continuously and Become Passionate About What You Do with Siddick Elaheebocus | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:24

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Siddick Elaheebocus. Siddick has worked in the IT industry for 18 years.  He is currently a Director and Technology Strategist for an IT services company based in the French Pacific providing vendor-agnostic digital advisory, professional services and training. Siddick is also a Chartered IT Professional, a long-standing Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), a technology conference speaker and a mentor.

 Overcome Your Introversion and Realise That Asking for Help is a Strength with Derick Rethans | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:06

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Derick Rethans. Derick is a PHP internals expert and author of Xdebug.  He works as an independent contractor and consultant on PHP extensions and related projects. Derick has contributed to the PHP project in numerous forms and is the host of the PHP Internals News podcast as well as being a frequent speaker at conferences.

 Develop Adaptability and Direction Recognition Skills and Have Confidence in Your Abilities with Stephen Woolston | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:36

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Stephen Woolston is a program and service delivery consultant with an extensive background in IT infrastructure.  He holds a first-class computer science degree from Nottingham University and started his career working on mainframe systems at Norwich Union. He is also a professional coach, helping people to become happier and more successful in what they do.

 Choose Jobs That Help You Learn and Welcome the Chance to Lead with Aslam Khan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:29

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Aslam Khan. He has more than 20 years of experience in software design and architecture, leveraging his background in Electronic Engineering. He is a regular speaker at local and international conferences on software development and agile methodologies as well as the author of Grokking Functional Programming. He says that he is convinced that software development is hard, very hard

 Every Day Actively Practice Your Skills and Recognize Your Strengths and Weaknesses with Kevin Kline | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37:40

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Kevin Kline. He is the Principal Program Manager at Sentry One, a leading provider of award-winning tools for database management and monitoring. 

 Create a Learning Roadmap but Also Let Curiosity Take You in New Directions with Madison Kanna | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:07

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Madison Kanna. She is a software developer working at Keeper Security.  Madison is also the host of the CodeBookClub, an online community with live online meetups for beginners and intermediate developers.  She blogs about JavaScript and teaching yourself how to code without attending a Bootcamp.

 Create a Career To-do List and Seek Work That is Personally Fulfilling with Anna Murray | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:56

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Anna Murray. She is a nationally recognized technology consultant, speaker, and blogger as well as the owner of a successful software development company. She founded one of the earliest web-development firms, emedia, in 1996 and is a double recipient of the Stevie Award for Women in Business.

 Become More Organized and Spend Time with Others to Learn Fast with Mandy Michael | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:45

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Mandy Michael. She is a community organizer, speaker, writer, and developer.  Mandy is currently working as a Development Manager at Seven West Media in Western Australia.  Her passion is front end technology and she’s a strong advocate for women in technology, volunteering at events such as She Codes and Muse JS.

 Be Flexible About Your Career Plans and Explore All of The Possibilities with Mahdi Kafi | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 14:32

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Mahdi Kafi. He started his career at Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Canada where he learned the basics of IT consulting.  He now works for DXC Technology where he is an IT consultant helping HR departments to better understand how to make employees' lives easier through the use of technology.

 Why Altruism Really Pays as Does the Right Work-Life Balance with Simo Ahava | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:36

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Simo Ahava. He is a recognised expert on customizing web analytics and tag management solutions to improve the entire “life cycle” of data collection, processing and reporting. His main areas of expertise lie with Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, and Google has appointed him as a Google Developer Expert in these fields.

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