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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:

 Don’t be Dogmatic about Processes Don’t be Afraid to Fail with Joe Natoli | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:28

He has taught over 140,000 students through his online courses and is a regular keynote speaker and lecturer at events across the globe. In this episode, Phil and Joe Natoli discuss how dogmatically sticking to processes or methodology can lead to failure. They talk about how reliance on process stops you from thinking about and solving the real problem.

 Let Your Inadequacies Spur you on and Learn Continually with Mark Heckler | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:58

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Mark Heckler. He is a Pivotal Principal Technologist and Developer Advocate, conference speaker and published author focusing upon software development for the Internet of Things and the cloud. He has worked with key players in both the private and public sector across multiple industries to develop critical capabilities on time and on budget. 

 Take Time before Choosing your Focus and Be Community-Driven with Steph | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:41

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Steph. She is a Security Analyst with a background in journalism and web hosting. She is the creator and editor of StephAndSec.com which is a blog focused on technology, inclusion and lifetime learning. She’s also a chapter lead for Women In Security and learning as much as she can about anything and everything.

 Read Widely and Always be Willing to Learn from Others with Scott Ambler | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:03

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Scott Ambler. Scott works with organisations around the world to help them to improve their software processes.  He provides training, coaching and mentoring in disciplined agile and lean strategies at both the project and organisational level. He is also the founder of the Agile Modelling (AM) and Agile Data (AD) methods and co-founder of Disciplined Agile (DA).

 Communicate Effectively and Become a Constant Learner with Diomidis Spinellis | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:06

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Diomidis Spinellis.  He is a professor in the Department of Management Science and Technology at the Athens University of Economics and Business, and a long-time IT practitioner. He is the author of many open-source software tools, including UMLGraph, CScout, and git-issue.  His latest book is “Effective Debugging: 66 Specific Ways to Debug Software and Systems”.

 Get Involved in AI Now and Develop Your Mental Discipline with Noelle LaCharite | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:18

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Noelle LaCharite. She is an advocate for women in technology, and passionate about mindful Leadership, work-life harmony and helping people achieve more through the use of AI. She has spent many years as a trainer, solutions architect and evangelist for IBM, RedHat, EMC, Amazon and Microsoft.  Noelle has delivered keynotes, workshops and conferences around the world.

 Take a Proactive Approach to Your Career and Give Back with Lyndsey Padget | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 40:07

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Lyndsey Padget. Lyndsey is the founder of Longplay Software and a full stack developer, having worked at both mega-corporations and start-ups.  She enjoys sharing her knowledge on topics including git & release management, test-driven development, agile and Kanban, and many more. And she believes that the difference between a good software engineer and a great one often has little to do with code.

 Seek Out Satisfying Work and Strengthen Your Non-Technical Skills with Ed Finkler | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:58

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Ed Finkler. Ed is a software developer at DelMar Software Development. He is also co-host of the Development Hell podcast and he is currently raising mental health awareness in the tech community with his Open Sourcing Mental Illness speaking campaign.

 Explore Your Convictions and Don’t Be Afraid to Take Risks with Luke Kanies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:34

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Luke Kanies. He is a design and strategy-oriented advisor, speaker, writer and the founder of Puppet, a company helping to define the future of software. He has a number of interests, including software productivity, business strategy and the inclusion of more people in the software revolution.

 Broaden your Horizons and Stay Flexible with Paul Boag | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:37

Paul Boag is a leader in digital transformation and user experience design thinking.  Through consultancy and training, he helps organisations make better use of technologies. He is also author of five books including “Digital Adaptation” and “User Experience Revolution” as well as being a speaker on user experience design and digital transformation.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/boagworld LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulboag Website: http://boa

 Don’t Be Afraid of Failing and Always Ask Questions with Nicolas Frankel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:55

Nicolas Frankel is a developer advocate who has consulted for customers in a wide range of industry sectors including telecoms, banking and insurance.  He usually works on Java and Spring technologies with a focus on rich internet applications, testing, continuous integration, continuous development and DevOps. https://twitter.com/nicolas_frankel https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasfrankel https://blog.frankel.ch/

 Know What You Want and Periodically Review Your Career Direction with Cassidy Williams | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:34

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Cassidy Williams. She is a software engineer at CodePen and the director of outreach at cKeys. Previously, she has worked for Amazon, L4 Digital, Clarifai and Venmo. She also runs a weekly newsletter and loves teaching and helping people become better coders.

 Find a Community to Join and Share What You Know with James Ward | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:11

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is James Ward. He is a software developer who shares what he learns with others through presentations, blogs, demos and code. He is a self-proclaimed Typed Pure Functional Programming zealot but often compromises on his ideals to just get things done. And as well as being the co-author of “First Steps in Flex” and the creator of the first Java hosting service back in 1997, he helped to launch the Reactive Manifesto.

 Become an Effective Networker and Be Flexible About Your Career with Jennifer Wong | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:42

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Jennifer Wong. She is a former engineer and self-taught software engineer specialising in UI and frontend development. She has written for Net Magazine and has had projects covered by Mashable, Engadget, Gizmodo and more. She is also an avid conference speaker and a Mozilla Tech speaker.

 Developing Solutions for Your Problems Helps Others and Your Career with Kristijan Ristovski | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:12

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Kristijan Ristovski who is also known as Kitze. He is a developer and the founder of React Academy where he teaches React and Graph QL around the world. He also launched ok-Google and more recently sizzy.co, which is a browser for designers and developers. And he’s now in the process of documenting his journey on YouTube.

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