John White | Nick Korte

Nerd Journey: Career Advice for the Technology Professional

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Are you a technology professional unsatisfied with your current role? Looking for a resource to help understand changing job functions, changing organizations, or gaining recognition and progression? The Nerd Journey podcast helps explore alternative roles, increase job satisfaction, and accelerate career progression. Each week, we uncover patterns of technical career progression by dissecting careers of guests and discussing different job roles they’ve held, or discussing relevant career topics. We’ve interviewed people in IT operations, sales engineering, technical marketing, product managem...

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John White | Nick Korte

Episodes

The Ever-Expanding Blast Radius with Andy Syrewicze (1/3) 08.02.2022 58:12

Welcome to episode 158 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 1 of our interview with Andy Syrewicze, talking through his journey in IT fr...

Take Note of Your Time with Josh Duffney (2/2) 01.02.2022 50:48

Welcome to episode 157 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 2 of an interview with Josh Duffney (a return guest) to discuss how the smar...

Better Notes, Better You with Josh Duffney (1/2) 25.01.2022 1:03:14

Welcome to episode 156 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 1 of an interview with Josh Duffney (a return guest) to discuss his adoption of the smart note...

An Open Source Career with Tom Hatch (2/2) 18.01.2022

Welcome to episode 155 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 2 of our interview with Tom Hatch, digging deeper into what it was like to m...

Find a Balanced Life with Tom Hatch (1/2) 11.01.2022 51:59

Welcome to episode 154 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 1 of our interview with Tom Hatch, the creator of Salt and founder of SaltSt...

Creating a Full Stack Career with Scott Lowe (2/2) 04.01.2022 49:19

Welcome to episode 153 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 2 of our interview with Scott Lowe, tackling topics like time management, generalists and spec...

The Theme of Your Career with Scott Lowe (1/2) 28.12.2021

Post-Edit Show Notes Welcome to episode 152 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 1 of our interview with Scott Lowe, getting his thought...

Community, Career Choices, and Retirement with Duwayne Engelhardt (2/2) 21.12.2021

Welcome to episode 151 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 2 of our interview with Duwayne Engelhardt, discussing his participation in...

Conducting Technical Change with Duwayne Engelhardt (1/2) 14.12.2021 50:46

Welcome to episode 150 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we discuss Duwayne Engelhardt’s early career and his transition from being a band di...

Find Your Gratitude, Find Your Joy with Chris Wahl (2/2) 07.12.2021 48:58

Welcome to episode 149 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 2 of our interview with Chris Wahl, discussing how Chris grew as Rubrik grew...

The Magic of Building with Chris Wahl (1/2) 30.11.2021 39:34

Welcome to episode 148 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 1 of our interview with Chris Wahl and discuss Chris’s early experienc...

Book Discussion: Deep Work, Part 7 – Become Hard to Reach 23.11.2021 1:00:41

Welcome to episode 147 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share the 7th and final installment of our book review on Deep Work by Cal Newport, dis...

Book Discussion: Deep Work, Part 6 – Drain the Shallows 16.11.2021 42:50

Welcome to episode 146 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 6 of our review of Deep Work by Cal Newport, discussing the 4th rule of work...

Book Discussion: Deep Work, Part 5 – Quit Social Media 09.11.2021 56:35

Welcome to episode 145 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 5 of our discussion on Deep Work by Cal Newport. We’ll focus on the 3r...

Book Discussion: Deep Work, Part 4 – Embracing Boredom 02.11.2021 50:08

Welcome to episode 144 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 4 of our book review on Deep Work by Cal Newport. We’ll talk through t...

Book Discussion: Deep Work, Part 3 – The Execution 26.10.2021 38:32

Welcome to episode 143 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 3 of a book discussion series, providing more on practical tips for the exec...

Book Discussion: Deep Work, Part 2 – The Structure 19.10.2021 37:52

Welcome to episode 142 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we discuss part of the first rule of deep work, delving into tips for supporting the struc...

Book Discussion: Deep Work, Part 1 – The Why 12.10.2021

Welcome to episode 141 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we begin a book discussion of Deep Work by Cal Newport. We’ll help listeners underst...

Take Time to Be Present with Eric Brooker (2/2) 05.10.2021 46:35

Welcome to episode 140 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 2 of our interview with Eric Brooker, covering topics such as disconnecting,...

Honest Conversations and Empathy with Eric Brooker (1/2) 28.09.2021 45:35

Welcome to episode 139 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 1 of our interview with Eric Brooker, covering topics such as getting into s...

Apprentice, Amplifier, and People Developer with Don Jones (2/2) 21.09.2021

Welcome to episode 138 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 2 of the interview with Don Jones. We’ll discuss the difference betwee...

Something to Offer, Something to Share with Don Jones (1/2) 14.09.2021

Welcome to episode 137 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 1 of our interview with Don Jones. Don will share his origin story in IT and...

No Comfort in the Growth Zone with Blake Johnson (2/2) 07.09.2021 48:07

Welcome to episode 136 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 2 of our interview with Blake Johnson. We discuss ways to get started with f...

Fit to Be Changed with Blake Johnson (1/2) 31.08.2021

Welcome to episode 135 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 1 of our discussion with Blake Johnson in which we discuss Blake’s edu...

Pass down Your Legacy with Donovan Farrow (2/2) 24.08.2021

Welcome to episode 134 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [ @NerdJourney ]! We’re John White ( @vJourneyman ) and Nick Korte ( @NetworkNerd_ ), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part two of our interview with Donovan Farrow. Donovan shares his experience as a...