Tech World Human Skills

By Ben PearceBusiness Technology Education Self-Improvement Careers

Tech World Human Skills episodes

October 02, 2024EP41: How To Make Notes: Creating A Personal Knowledge Management System with Nicole van der Hoeven
In this episode Nicole van der Hoeven drops some wisdom on how to build your own personal knowledge management system. Learn quicker and find the information you need instantly.

The Tech World Human Skills Podcast is produced by people in the tech world for people in the tech world. Learn tips and best practices that help you thrive in your career.

Show Links
Ben LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpthoughts/
Tech World Human Skills Home - www.techworldhumanskills.com
Nicole YouTube - http://nicole.to/youtube
Nicole Website - http://nicole.to/site
38 min
September 18, 2024EP40: The Top 5 Tips To Thrive In Corporate Tech with Dan Westley
In this episode Dan Westley shares his top tips on how to thrive in the corporate tech world. Dan has spent many years at some of the most successful tech corporations. He is now a Cloud Engineering Leader at Oracle.

The Tech World Human Skills Podcast is all about developing the professional skills and soft skills that help you fly in your career. In each episode we share the top tips, failures and lived experiences of people thriving in the technology sector.

Show Links
Ben LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpthoughts/
Tech World Human Skills Home - www.techworldhumanskills.com
Dan LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-westley-2346901a/
40 min
September 04, 2024EP39: Planning Your Cloud Career Journey with Prasad Rao
In this episode Prasad Rao shares how you can develop your career in cloud and shares some inspirational stories on others who already have. Prasad is a Principal Solution Architect at AWS, co-founder of "Become A Solution Architect" and author of the book "Cloud Career Journeys".

The Tech World Human Skills Podcast is all about developing the professional skills and soft skills that help you fly in your career. In each episode we share the top tips, failures and lived experiences of people thriving in the technology sector.

Show Links
Ben LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpthoughts/
Tech World Human Skills Home - www.techworldhumanskills.com
Prasad LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kprasadrao/
Cloud Career Journeys - https://cloudcareerjourneys.com/
31 min
August 21, 2024EP38: How To Explain Really Complicated Things with Viktor Farcic
In this episode Viktor Farcic shares how he explains really complicated things really well. Viktor is a Developer Advocate at Upbound and also runs the excellent YouTube channel DevOps Toolkit with over 74K subscribers.

The Tech World Human Skills Podcast is all about developing the professional skills and soft skills that help you fly in your career. In each episode we share the top tips, failures and lived experiences of people thriving in the technology sector.

Show Links
Ben LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpthoughts/
Tech World Human Skills Home - www.techworldhumanskills.com
DevOps Toolkit - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfz8x0lVzJpb_dgWm9kPVrw
DevOps Paradox - https://www.devopsparadox.com/
Viktor LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktorfarcic/
40 min
August 13, 2024EP37: Funding Startups and Scaleups 101 with Leke Sholuade
In this episode Leke Sholuade talks through the fundamentals of how startups and scaleups are funded. Leke is CEO of Black Valley, an organisation focused on supporting black led startups to access funding to start and scale their business
Show Links
Ben LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpthoughts/
Tech World Human Skills Home - www.techworldhumanskills.com
Leke LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/leke-sholuade-74042875/
Black Valley Home - https://www.blackvalley.co.uk/
42 min
July 31, 2024EP36: Getting Involved In The Tech Community with Ethan Sumner
In this episode Ethan Sumner talks about the benefits of Tech Community and how to get involved. Ethan is the Chief Executive of DevEx Connect, is a passionate community leader and has founded and run many great communities over the years.

Show Links
Ben LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpthoughts/
Tech World Human Skills Home - www.techworldhumanskills.com
Ethan Sumner LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethansumner404/
Tech Community Speaker - www.elevatedyou.live/techcommunityspeaker
33 min
July 17, 2024EP35: Could Apprenticeships Solve The Digital Skills Gap? with Luke Smith
In this episode Luke Smith talks about the reality of hiring apprentices into your team. Luke was once an apprentice and is now the Co-Founder and Technical Director of Microsoft partner Elysian:IT who regularly hires apprentices.

Show Links
Ben LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpthoughts/
Tech World Human Skills Home - www.techworldhumanskills.com
Luke Smith LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukedavidsmith/
Elysian:IT - https://www.elysianit.com/
34 min
July 03, 2024EP34: How To Thrive Whilst Working Remotely with Lisette Sutherland
In this episode Lisette Sutherland talks about remote working and how you get the best out of it. Lisette authored the Work Together Anywhere Handbook, is a TEDX speaker and runs the company Collaboration Superpowers.

Show Links
Ben LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpthoughts/
Tech World Human Skills Home - www.techworldhumanskills.com
Lisette LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisettesutherland/
https://www.collaborationsuperpowers.com/
37 min
June 19, 2024EP33: A Better Way To Estimate with Jason C. McDonald
In this episode, Jason C. McDonald discusses the challenges of estimating how long it will take to complete a task and a better way to do it. Jason is a business analyst, former principal software engineer and author of the book "Dead Simple Python."

Show Links
Ben LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpthoughts/
Tech World Human Skills Home - www.techworldhumanskills.com
Jason LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/codemouse92/
https://www.quantifiedtasks.org/
https://codemouse92.com/
38 min
June 05, 2024EP32: Using Personas To Be More Successful With Stakeholders with Alex Stuart
In this episode we're talking about Personas. We're talking about what they are, why they're useful and how you use them.
Alex Stuart is our guest. He's a Senior Solutions Engineer at Confluent, and regularly contributes to the community at conferences and online.

Show Links
Ben LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpthoughts/
Tech World Human Skills Home - www.techworldhumanskills.com
Alex LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajfstuart/
38 min

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Ben Pearce interviews thought leaders in the tech world to learn from their success. In each episode we focus on a topic our guest has learnt about, failed at, course corrected and ultimately succeeded with. We can stand on the shoulders of giants and benefit from their insight.