The Self Edit

Hey there, SAAS SQUAD! 🎙️💅🏾 Talk Your Sass has re-entered the chat

I'm your host Jen Talks Tech, or as my friends call me, Jeneba

I'm the Chief Sass Officer and self-proclaimed queen of the self-as-a-service movement! 👑

This podcast is your personal invitation to a celebration of Black women living their absolute best lives and ISSA party!

Every other week, we're treating you to candid conversations about navigating Black womanhood, chatting about everything from self-discovery to self-improvement to self-actualization. It's all about living life with intention, protecting your peace, and finding moments of joy❤️

Let's be real - we're serving up the real tea here, not just those picture-perfect Instagram versions. We're lifting each other up, spotlighting our magical moments, and throwing confetti at our wins!

That's tea on living with intention, finding your joy, embracing the stumbles, making those epic pivots, and healing. We have to mention those not-so-cute moments (we've all been there, sis) too, because we're all about that growth journey.

Ready for the new version of Talk Your SAAS?

It's all about living life on purpose, and in purpose! Talk your sass and take up space, sis. 🌟✨

If you enjoy the show and want to connect my instagram is @ @jentalkstech

If you want to see us win, leave a review and share this show.

New minisode out!

I know I've been MIA and in this minisode I'm sharing what I've been up to.

Talk Your SAAS is getting a makeover and we're taking our talents to @onamp

We're moving and I'll get to combine two things I love, conversation and music. It's gonna be a whole vibe!

Stay tuned for all the dets and make sure you pull up to the new Talk Your SAAS show. We gonna be acting bad and brand new!

If you loved today's episode, please do me a favor and share your fave takeaways or Quotables on Twitter or Instagram. Don't forget to tag us!

Here are the handles:

Follow Jeneba: @jentalkstech on Intagram and LinkedIn

Announcements:

Are you a UXer in search of a community? Check out my UX community for Black and Brown UXers!  I'm so proud of the work being done over to help Black and Brown UXers excel and accelerate their career growth. I would love to invite you to be an early member. By joining The UX Major you gain an extended community of other experts that look like you and share lived professional experiences. We provide a network of peer support and collective expertise.

Let's normalize asking for help and sharing failures ( and of course successes) in a safe, soft, and collaborative environment.

Our mission is to help Black and Brown UXers quickly identify skill gaps and acquire the skills they need to advance their careers.

So if you're interested, here is a  place for you to make major moves in your UX career through mentorship and mastery.

Join The UX Major community on Geneva ☮️
https://links.geneva.com/invite/f87a9f48-99e6-47d3-a8e0-086b6dd76328


UX Mentoring Sessions

Do you need a career strategy, career goals, or just a plan to help you pivot or to help you get the pay, prestige, and privilege you deserve? Ready to get some recommendations UX strategies to help you figure out what to do next or get to the next level in your career? Needs more tools in your toolkit?

I'm a Black woman in tech that doesn't code or have any certs, but still, gets the pay and promotions I deserve.  I want to show you how to do the same. I love helping Black women in tech build luxury career brands, so they can have the luxury lifestyles they deserve. Let's take your career to a level, maximize your impact, amplify your influence, and 10x your career growth. Text me at 202-978-4072 for career advice that will transform your life. 

Book a Career Mentoring  Strategy Session with me or Watch Me Update My Resume today: https://stan.store/jentalkstech

First episode of the year and it's a minisode!

My monoluge on my feels about hybrid work and why I'm against it. ISSA no.

My take on why all these Big Tech layoffs are happening and how I'm moving in the current job market and economy.

No fear over here! I'm getting a new job in 2023, recession or no recession.

If you loved today's episode, please do me a favor and share your fave takeaways or Quotables on Twitter or Instagram. Don't forget to tag us!

Here are the handles:

Follow Jeneba: @jentalkstech on Intagram and LinkedIn



Announcements:

Are you a UXer in search of a community? Check out my UX community for Black and Brown UXers!  I'm so proud of the work being done over to help Black and Brown UXers excel and accelerate their career growth. I would love to invite you to be an early member. By joining The UX Major you gain an extended community of other experts that look like you and share lived professional experiences. We provide a network of peer support and collective expertise.

Let's normalize asking for help and sharing failures ( and of course successes) in a safe, soft, and collaborative environment.

Our mission is to help Black and Brown UXers quickly identify skill gaps and acquire the skills they need to advance their careers.

So if you're interested, here is a  place for you to make major moves in your UX career through mentorship and mastery.

Join The UX Major community on Geneva ☮️
https://links.geneva.com/invite/f87a9f48-99e6-47d3-a8e0-086b6dd76328


UX Mentoring Sessions

Do you need a career strategy, career goals, or just a plan to help you pivot or to help you get the pay, prestige, and privilege you deserve? Ready to get some recommendations UX strategies to help you figure out what to do next or get to the next level in your career? Needs more tools in your toolkit?

I'm a Black woman in tech that doesn't code or have any certs, but still, gets the pay and promotions I deserve.  I want to show you how to do the same. I love helping Black women in tech build luxury career brands, so they can have the luxury lifestyles they deserve. Let's take your career to a level, maximize your impact, amplify your influence, and 10x your career growth. Text me at 202-978-4072 for career advice that will transform your life. 

Book a UX Career Mentoring  Strategy Session with me today: https://calendly.com/tribeofself/six-figure-career-makeover-strategy-session-clone

This is my last episode of the year!   I announce big changes coming to the podcast in 2023.

In this episode, I shared my 2022 recap that was more of a behind-the-scenes of my learning and growth journey and top takeaways versus a full end-to-end recap or year-in-review for 2022.

Tune in and don't miss my thoughts on what 2022 meant to me.

Join us on Instagram and comment on what 2022 meant to you.  Find the episode post on the @jentalkstech page.

See you in 2023!

Announcements:

Are you a UXer in search of a community? Check out my UX community for Black and Brown UXers!  I'm so proud of the work being done over to help Black and Brown UXers excel and accelerate their career growth. I would love to invite you to be an early member. By joining The UX Major you gain an extended community of other experts that look like you and share lived professional experiences. We provide a network of peer support and collective expertise.

Let's normalize asking for help and sharing failures ( and of course successes) in a safe, soft, and collaborative environment.

Our mission is to help Black and Brown UXers quickly identify skill gaps and acquire the skills they need to advance their careers.

So if you're interested, here is a  place for you to make major moves in your UX career through mentorship and mastery.

Join The UX Major community on the  Heartbeat app (our private community)
https://app.heartbeat.chat/ctrlthenarrative/invitation?code=59625E


UX Mentoring Sessions

Do you need a career strategy, career goals, or just a plan to help you pivot or to help you get the pay, prestige, and privilege you deserve? Ready to get some recommendations UX strategies to help you figure out what to do next or get to the next level in your career? Needs more tools in your toolkit?

I'm a Black woman in tech that doesn't code or have any certs, but still, gets the pay and promotions I deserve.  I want to show you how to do the same. I love helping Black women in tech build luxury career brands, so they can have the luxury lifestyles they deserve. Let's take your career to a level, maximize your impact, amplify your influence, and 10x your career growth. Text me at 202-978-4072 for career advice that will transform your life. 

Book a UX Career Mentoring  Strategy Session with me today: https://calendly.com/tribeofself/six-figure-career-makeover-strategy-session-clone

I joined the 15,000 plus Black technologists at Aftotech 2022 and I'm sharing my thoughts, fave moments, and takeaways from the best conference for connecting and building community with other dope Black people in tech.

If you loved today's episode, please do me a favor and share your fave takeaways or Quotables on Twitter or Instagram. Don't forget to tag us!

Here are the handles:

Follow Jeneba: @jentalkstech on Intagram and LinkedIn



Announcements:

Are you a UXer in search of a community? Check out my UX community for Black and Brown UXers!  I'm so proud of the work being done over to help Black and Brown UXers excel and accelerate their career growth. I would love to invite you to be an early member. By joining The UX Major you gain an extended community of other experts that look like you and share lived professional experiences. We provide a network of peer support and collective expertise.

Let's normalize asking for help and sharing failures ( and of course successes) in a safe, soft, and collaborative environment.

Our mission is to help Black and Brown UXers quickly identify skill gaps and acquire the skills they need to advance their careers.

So if you're interested, here is a  place for you to make major moves in your UX career through mentorship and mastery.

Join The UX Major community on Geneva ☮️
https://links.geneva.com/invite/f87a9f48-99e6-47d3-a8e0-086b6dd76328


UX Mentoring Sessions

Do you need a career strategy, career goals, or just a plan to help you pivot or to help you get the pay, prestige, and privilege you deserve? Ready to get some recommendations UX strategies to help you figure out what to do next or get to the next level in your career? Needs more tools in your toolkit?

I'm a Black woman in tech that doesn't code or have any certs, but still, gets the pay and promotions I deserve.  I want to show you how to do the same. I love helping Black women in tech build luxury career brands, so they can have the luxury lifestyles they deserve. Let's take your career to a level, maximize your impact, amplify your influence, and 10x your career growth. Text me at 202-978-4072 for career advice that will transform your life. 

Book a UX Career Mentoring  Strategy Session with me today: https://calendly.com/tribeofself/six-figure-career-makeover-strategy-session-clone

@AriTalksTech dropped many gems dropped big gems while co-hosting this episode! 

My special guest host  Ariana,  and I talked about the day-in-the-life of a Technical Program Manager and why it's important to have actual skills and experience and not just certs.

We chatted about our Youtube channels which we will both be launching in early 2023.  Super excited about this! Stay tuned!
We chatted about:

• Career origin story and day-in-the-life of a Technical Program Manager 
• Major differences between a Technical Program Manager and versus Program Manager 
• Finding peace after burnout
• The importance of ending jobs that no longer serve you
• Top soft and technical skills needed to excel in a Technical Program  role
• Top-tier tips on career advancement, career growth, and getting to the tech bag

If you loved today's episode, please do me a favor and share your fave takeaways or Quotables on Twitter or Instagram. Don't forget to tag us!

Here are the handles:

Follow Jeneba: @jentalkstech

Follow Ari @AriTalksTech

Announcements:

Are you a UXer in search of a community? Check out my UX community for Black and Brown UXers!  I'm so proud of the work being done over to help Black and Brown UXers excel and accelerate their career growth. I would love to invite you to be an early member. By joining The UX Major you gain an extended community of other experts that look like you and share lived professional experiences. We provide a network of peer support and collective expertise.

Let's normalize asking for help and sharing failures ( and of course successes) in a safe, soft, and collaborative environment.

Our mission is to help Black and Brown UXers quickly identify skill gaps and acquire the skills they need to advance their careers.

So if you're interested, here is a  place for you to make major moves in your UX career through mentorship and mastery.

Join The UX Major community on Geneva ☮️
https://links.geneva.com/invite/f87a9f48-99e6-47d3-a8e0-086b6dd76328


UX Mentoring Sessions

Do you need a career strategy, career goals, or just a plan to help you pivot or to help you get the pay, prestige, and privilege you deserve? Ready to get some recommendations UX strategies to help you figure out what to do next or get to the next level in your career? Needs more tools in your toolkit?

I'm a Black woman in tech that doesn't code or have any certs, but still, gets the pay and promotions I deserve.  I want to show you how to do the same. I love helping Black women in tech build luxury career brands, so they can have the luxury lifestyles they deserve. Let's take your career to a level, maximize your impact, amplify your influence, and 10x your career growth. Text me at 202-978-4072 for career advice that will transform your life. 

Book a UX Career Mentoring  Strategy Session with me today: https://calendly.com/tribeofself/six-figure-career-makeover-strategy-session-clone

This is SZN II, Episode Five of the Talk Your SAAS show!


Here's what you'll learn in the episode: 

• How do you know when it's time to quit your job?
• How do I check in on myself when it's quitting season?
• What are the signs or red flags to look for to know it's time to get outta that company?

If you loved today's episode, please do me a favor and share your fave takeaways or quotables on Twitter or Instagram. Don't forget to tag us!

Here are the handles:

Follow Jeneba: @jentalkstech on IG and @JenebaMWint on Twitter


Announcements:

Are you a UXer in search of a community? Check out my UX community for Black and Brown UXers!  I'm so proud of the work being done over to help Black and Brown UXers excel and accelerate their career growth. I would love to invite you to be an early member. By joining The UX Major you gain an extended community of other experts that look like you and share lived professional experiences. We provide a network of peer support and collective expertise.

Let's normalize asking for help and sharing failures ( and of course successes) in a safe, soft, and collaborative environment.

Our mission is to help Black and Brown UXers quickly identify skill gaps and acquire the skills they need to advance their careers.

So if you're interested, here is a  place for you to make major moves in your UX career through mentorship and mastery.

Join The UX Major community on Geneva ☮️
https://links.geneva.com/invite/f87a9f48-99e6-47d3-a8e0-086b6dd76328


UX Mentoring Sessions

Do you need a career strategy, career goals, or just a plan to help you pivot or to help you get the pay, prestige, and privilege you deserve? Ready to get some recommendations UX strategies to help you figure out what to do next or get to the next level in your career? Needs more tools in your toolkit?

I'm a Black woman in tech that doesn't code or have any certs, but still, gets the pay and promotions I deserve.  I want to show you how to do the same. I love helping Black women in tech build luxury career brands, so they can have the luxury lifestyles they deserve. Let's take your career to a level, maximize your impact, amplify your influence, and 10x your career growth. Text me at 202-978-4072 for career advice that will transform your life. 

Book a UX Career Mentoring  Strategy Session with me today: https://calendly.com/tribeofself/six-figure-career-makeover-strategy-session-clone

This is SZN II, Episode Three of the Talk Your SAAS show!


Here's what you'll learn in the episode: 

• My feelings on Adobe buying Figma for $50 Billion
• Why I'm unbothered and not married to tech tools and why you should be too?
• How to be tool agnostic and how to let the tools in your skills toolbox drive your career?

If you loved today's episode, please do me a favor and share your fave takeaways or quotables on Twitter or Instagram. Don't forget to tag us!

Here are the handles:

Follow Jeneba: @jentalkstech on IG and @JenebaMWint on Twitter


Announcements:

I launched my UX  community two weeks ago and I'm so proud of the work being done over to help Black and Brown UXers excel and accelerate their career growth. I would love to invite you to be an early member. By joining The UX Major you gain an extended community of other experts that look like you and share lived professional experiences. We provide a network of peer support and collective expertise.

Let's normalize asking for help and sharing failures ( and of course successes) in a safe, soft, and collaborative environment.

Our mission is to help Black and Brown UXers quickly identify skill gaps and acquire the skills they need to advance their careers.

So if you're interested, here is a  place for you to make major moves in your UX career through mentorship and mastery.

Join The UX Major community on Geneva ☮️
https://links.geneva.com/invite/f87a9f48-99e6-47d3-a8e0-086b6dd76328


UX Mentoring Sessions

Do you need a career strategy, career goals, or just a plan to help you pivot or to help you get the pay, prestige, and privilege you deserve? Ready to get some recommendations UX strategies to help you figure out what to do next or get to the next level in your career? Needs more tools in your toolkit?

I'm a Black woman in tech that doesn't code or have any certs, but still, gets the pay and promotions I deserve.  I want to show you how to do the same. I love helping Black women in tech build luxury career brands, so they can have the luxury lifestyles they deserve. Let's take your career to a level, maximize your impact, amplify your influence, and 10x your career growth. Text me at 202-978-4072 for career advice that will transform your life. 

Book a UX Career Mentoring  Strategy Session with me today: https://calendly.com/tribeofself/six-figure-career-makeover-strategy-session-clone

This is SZN II, Episode Three of the Talk Your SAAS show!


Here's what you'll learn in the episode: 

• How to overcome your fears and get unstuck by facing them?
• How to change your mindset toward failures and become besties with your failures?
• How I pushed past my fear of launching my UX community and take action to launch it?

If you loved today's episode, please do me a favor and share your fave takeaways or quotables on Twitter or Instagram. Don't forget to tag us!

Here are the handles:

Follow Jeneba: @jentalkstech on IG and @JenebaMWint on Twitter


Announcements:

I launched my UX  community two weeks ago and I'm so proud of the work being done over to help Black and Brown UXers excel and accelerate their career growth. I would love to invite you to be an early member. By joining The UX Major you gain an extended community of other experts that look like you and share lived professional experiences. We provide a network of peer support and collective expertise.

Let's normalize asking for help and sharing failures ( and of course successes) in a safe, soft, and collaborative environment.

Our mission is to help Black and Brown UXers quickly identify skill gaps and acquire the skills they need to advance their careers.

So if you're interested, here is a  place for you to make major moves in your UX career through mentorship and mastery.

Join The UX Major community on Geneva ☮️
https://links.geneva.com/invite/f87a9f48-99e6-47d3-a8e0-086b6dd76328


UX Mentoring Sessions

Do you need a career strategy, career goals, or just a plan to help you pivot or to help you get the pay, prestige, and privilege you deserve? Ready to get some recommendations UX strategies to help you figure out what to do next or get to the next level in your career? Needs more tools in your toolkit?

I'm a Black woman in tech that doesn't code or have any certs, but still, gets the pay and promotions I deserve.  I want to show you how to do the same. I love helping Black women in tech build luxury career brands, so they can have the luxury lifestyles they deserve. Let's take your career to a level, maximize your impact, amplify your influence, and 10x your career growth. Text me at 202-978-4072 for career advice that will transform your life. 

Book a UX Career Mentoring  Strategy Session with me today: https://calendly.com/tribeofself/six-figure-career-makeover-strategy-session-clone

Support the show

This is SZN II, Episode Two of the Talk Your SAAS show!

We had UX Researcher, Chloe aka @champagnenoona on the pod this week.  She dropped so many gems yall. Chloe has been in the UX field for five-plus years and has so much knowledge and expertise. You can catch her teaching and mentoring over at Ideate Labs which is a dope UX resource and UX bootcamp. 

Here's what you'll learn in the episode: 

• Hear the experience of the Black women's career journey into UX Research
• Learn how to get a job in UX Research with zero experience
• How to survive tech layoff season?
• How to thrive in your career after a layoff?
• Strategies for putting together a UX portfolio that gets you hired
• How to fast-track your way to success and accelerate your UX career advancement?

If you loved today's episode, please do me a favor and share your fave takeaways or quotables on Twitter or Instagram. Don't forget to tag us!

Here are the handles:

Follow Jeneba: @jentalkstech on IG and @JenebaMWint on Twitter


Announcements:

I launched my UX  community two weeks ago and I'm so proud of the work being done over to help Black and Brown UXers excel and accelerate their career growth. I would love to invite you to be an early member. By joining The UX Major you gain an extended community of other experts that look like you and share lived professional experiences. We provide a network of peer support and collective expertise.

Let's normalize asking for help and sharing failures ( and of course successes) in a safe, soft, and collaborative environment.

Our mission is to help Black and Brown UXers quickly identify skill gaps and acquire the skills they need to advance their careers.

So if you're interested, here is a  place for you to make major moves in your UX career through mentorship and mastery.

Join The UX Major community on Geneva ☮️
https://links.geneva.com/invite/f87a9f48-99e6-47d3-a8e0-086b6dd76328


UX Mentoring Sessions

Do you need a career strategy, career goals, or just a plan to help you pivot or to help you get the pay, prestige, and privilege you deserve? Ready to get some recommendations UX strategies to help you figure out what to do next or get to the next level in your career? Needs more tools in your toolkit?

I'm a Black woman in tech that doesn't code or have any certs, but still, gets the pay and promotions I deserve.  I want to show you how to do the same. I love helping Black women in tech build luxury career brands, so they can have the luxury lifestyles they deserve. Let's take your career to a level, maximize your impact, amplify your influence, and 10x your career growth. Text me at 202-978-4072 for career advice that will transform your life. 

Book a UX Career Mentoring  Strategy Session with me today: https://calendly.com/tribeofself/six-figure-career-makeover-strategy-session-clone