Technologist Tales
Summary: Technologist Tales, from CompTIA’s award-winning Technologist Talk podcast produced by Creating IT Futures, shares profiles of people from an array of backgrounds who discovered and shaped successful careers working with technology – and, now, help others do the same.
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- Artist: R.C. Dirkes
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Podcasts:
What do software coding, Roman civilization and duck decoys have in common? All were mileposts along Cristina Martin Greysman’s road to a successful career in technology. In honor of Women’s History Month, we showcase Cristina’s technologist tale, rising through dabbling with code to chairing CompTIA’sAdvancing Women in Technology Community (AWIT). Original Technologist Talk Radio theme music by C. Ezra Lange
How do you grow from playing with Lincoln Logs to leading the world’s foremost technology association? Well, be warned: You should be tough enough to take punch from Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. CompTIA CEO Todd Thibodeaux tells his technologist tale to members of the Technology Student Association (TSA.)
Is the popular online video game Fortnite training your teen to become a technologist? Maybe, says CEO, author and social innovator, Charles Eaton, but not likely without some encouragement from you. (Read more about the “5 Traits of Technologists here on the award-winning Inspiring Success blog from Creating IT Futures.)
With half a million unfilled tech jobs at any given time in our economy, what prevents talented technologists from launching tech careers? Several myths about who a technologist is, what one should look like and the type of education one should have. Lisa Fasold interviews Laura Beeth and Ann Gibson of Fairview Health Services about how Creating IT Futures’ IT-Ready program helps them bust those myths. Music: C. Ezra Lange
With unemployment at historic lows, why do so many jobs working with technology remain unfilled? Correspondent Lisa Fasold sits down with Sue Wallace, Creating IT Futures’ Executive Director for National Workforce Solutions, to discuss how her organization’s IT-Ready program helps fill the IT skills gap with talented technologists from three groups – the unemployed, under-employed and under-represented. Music: C. Ezra Lange
Maker Faires: They’re places where technologists go to play, and grow. Join Michelle Lange in the field at the South Side Mini-Maker Faire. She guides us through some of the booths, and speaks with Jackie Moore: the South Side Mini-Maker Faire Maven. Music: C. Ezra Lange http://ezralange.strikingly.com/
Is it ever too late to launch your career as a technologist? Absolutely not. But you may need some help. Sue Wallace, Creating IT Futures’ Executive Director of National Workforce Solutions, tells our co-producer Doug Foresta how the IT-Ready program creates on-ramps to tech careers for adults long after high school.
Continuing a conversation captured at CompTIA's 2018 ChannelCon, host Bob Dirkes learns from Angel Pineiro, Senior VP of Technology Services at Agilant Solutions, how his company helps teens launch careers as technologists, and why a Spanish-language version of Charles Eaton's book is important for today's parents.
In this conversation captured at CompTIA’s 2018 ChannelCon, host Bob Dirkes talks with Angel Pineiro, Senior VP of Technology Services at Agilant Solutions, about his journey from mechanic to management.
Host Bob Dirkes speaks with three panelists from the fifth annual IT-Ready employers breakfast in Minneapolis. These experts share insights on how the smallest changes in behavior make a major impact for current employees, future talent, and the success of their organizations. Learn more about creating work environments inclusive of all people from CompTIA’s Advancing Diversity in Technology (ADIT) community -https://www.comptia.org/communities/advancing-diversity-in-technology.
Host Bob Dirkes talks with Ulysses Smith, Founder & CEO of Archetype D&I Consulting, who explains the benefits tech organizations earn from pursuing a culture of “Diversity & Inclusion.” Learn more about creating work environments inclusive of all people from CompTIA’s Advancing Diversity in Technology (ADIT) community -https://www.comptia.org/communities/advancing-diversity-in-technology.
Host Bob Dirkes talks with Ulysses Smith, Founder & CEO of Archetype D&I Consulting, to learn the importance of “belonging” when developing a culture of “Diversity & Inclusion.” Learn more about creating work environments inclusive of all people from CompTIA’s Advancing Diversity in Technology (ADIT) community -https://www.comptia.org/communities/advancing-diversity-in-technology.
Host Bob Dirkes talks with Ulysses Smith, Founder & CEO of Archetype D&I Consulting, to define two critical keys for successful tech careers: Diversity & Inclusion.
Join host Michelle Lange as she takes in the fun at CompTIA’s Bring-Your-Kids-to-Work Day and learns who so-called “Digital Natives” really are.
Join host Michelle Lange on her field trip to Hadley Junior High, where she and the students explore a FUSE Studio developed by Northwestern University and supported by CompTIA’s NextUp initiative.
