Work Pals Podcast

By Work Pals

Welcome to the Work Pals podcast where Cam and Kaelynd share their work-life journeys, exploring professional development through their day jobs, freelancing, side-projects, and building businesses.... more

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The podcast currently has 39 episodes available.

Work Pals Podcast episodes:

May 18, 2020 Episode 18: Happy Smonday! Coding careers chat with special guests
Gabriela Parada was working in a management position at a fine art printing studio and decided to make the jump into something new with more opportunity to grow, so she studied web development at Juno College's coding bootcamp. Diego La Manno is a senior software developer at ecobee and shares his experiences leading up to his current role.
Links
Diego La Manno on Twitter
Gabriela Parada on Twitter
ecobee
Juno College of Technology
Work Pals Website
WorkPals Twitter
WorkPals Instagram
Kaelynd Gouveia Twitter
Cam Sloan Twitter
...more
40min
May 11, 2020 Episode 17: Female knights and maple bacon ice cream
Cam talks through some SEO challenges as well as steps to incorporating a business and initial pricing plans. Kaelynd is deep into facilitating large sessions at work, as well as making some progress on research for a side project.
Links
Moz one hour guide to SEO
Book: The Mom Test
Work Pals Website
WorkPals Twitter
WorkPals Instagram
Kaelynd Gouveia Twitter
Cam Sloan Twitter
...more
52min
May 06, 2020 Episode 16: Raspberry Pi and more Beer
Kaelynd has been playing with Raspberry pi sensors, facilitating agile sessions, and looking at a side project in the skincare space. Cam talks about reaching and setting goals for Beer Finder, working with people, and some thoughts around monetization.
Links
Baselang
Moz SEO Guide
Work Pals Website
WorkPals Twitter
WorkPals Instagram
Kaelynd Gouveia Twitter
Cam Sloan Twitter
...more
1h
April 26, 2020 Episode 15: Eat that frog - Secret projects and more beer finding
Show Notes
Cam does a second launch of Beer Finder and talks about some of the early learnings. Kaelynd works with some new teams on getting their tools and processes in order and brainstorms on some secret business ideas.
Links
Work Pals Website
WorkPals Twitter
WorkPals Instagram
Kaelynd Gouveia Twitter
Cam Sloan Twitter
...more
46min
April 20, 2020 Episode 14: Remote murder mysteries and finding beer
This week Kaelynd dives deeper into Spanish lessons and remote murder mysteries and prepares to start working with some new teams at work. Cam gets into the details behind the Beer Finder website launch.
Links
Beer Finder
What is git?
Murder mystery game template
Work Pals Website
WorkPals Twitter
WorkPals Instagram
Kaelynd Gouveia Twitter
Cam Sloan Twitter
...more
59min
April 12, 2020 Episode 13: Cam goes full-time on side projects
Work Pals Website
WorkPals Twitter
WorkPals Instagram
Kaelynd Gouveia Twitter
Cam Sloan Twitter
Show Notes
Cam enters his first week of working solely on his own projects while trying to figure out monetization and co-founder strategies. Kaelynd has a lighter week with a well-deserved bit of downtime for once as she figures out what her next projects should be.
Links
Beerfinder
...more
31min
April 05, 2020Episode 12: Just staying inside and stuff
Work Pals Website
WorkPals Twitter
WorkPals Instagram
Kaelynd Gouveia Twitter
Cam Sloan Twitter
Show Notes
In this episode Cam and Kaelynd chat about:
Staying at home!
Navigating working from home in a small space with your partner
Remote happy hours
Remote hackathons
Filling their time with courses and learning
The Work Gym
Freelancing in times of uncertainty
Budgeting finances to be a bit more conservative
Tech industry layoffs
Helping others to find jobs who may have lost them in this downturn
Showing appreciation for people working on the frontlines right now
Cam starts shifting his attention to building stuff and focusing on side projects like his blog and an app to find beer from local breweries
Microconf Connect community
Monetization strategies for a marketplace/directory
Stairstep approach to bootstrapping
Working with your partner on a project
Having fun with side projects!
Building an audience
Learning in public
Links
Zoom
Ultraworking: The Work Gym
Microconf Connect
Patreon
Ko-fi
The Stairstep Approach to Bootstrapping
Learn in public
...more
35min
March 31, 2020Episode 11: Quarantine updates
Work Pals Website
WorkPals Twitter
WorkPals Instagram
Kaelynd Gouveia Twitter
Cam Sloan Twitter
Show Notes
Cam's current contract got cut a bit short but some good things have been going on too. He's been reaching out to some other potential clients, and he has also just been practicing Spanish a lot more at home
Kaelynd is staying inside and learning to get more focused work done using some tools for remote work
Kaelynd and Cam discuss some of the tradeoffs around turning on video for remote calls when you're working from home
Kaelynd continues her web development course at Juno
Cam and Kaelynd answer their first round of listener questions from Cam's buddy Kevin around a "day in the life"
Links
Memrise app
Spanish book: Curentos de Buenas Noches Para Niñas Rebeldes
The Work Gym
The Perfection Game
Book: Thinking Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
Juno College
Scrum
...more
43min
March 27, 2020Episode 10: Either 10 minutes a day... or all the time
Work Pals Website
WorkPals Twitter
WorkPals Instagram
Kaelynd Gouveia Twitter
Cam Sloan Twitter
Show Notes
Cam and Kaelynd give their updates trying to get through the first couple weeks of working from home in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic
They discuss how they have been using distractions to keep their mind off the current events and also how they are focusing on learning.
Kaelynd works on her web development course, her day job, and practicing Spanish
Stay safe and healthy everyone! If there is anything we can help you with, please let us know!
Kaelynd teases our listener questions
Links
Anki - flashcard app
Anki Deck - 9000 Spanish sentences flashcards
Spanish book: Curentos de Buenas Noches Para Niñas Rebeldes
The Mad Fientist: Ultralearning
The Work Gym: Ultraworking
MIT: Open Courseware
...more
24min
March 25, 2020Episode 9: A lovely Sunday chat
Work Pals Website
WorkPals Twitter
WorkPals Instagram
Kaelynd Gouveia Twitter
Cam Sloan Twitter
Show Notes
We discuss commuting into the office
Cam gets a random Twitter lead
We discuss narrowing in on the right type of client by pre-qualifying
We talk discuss how having more clients and hours booked has diminishing returns after a certain point
Being back in an office gives Kaelynd some more appreciation for the time she does have outside of work
We chat about the difficulties of starting a new job and just how exhausting it actually can be
We get an update on Kaelynd's quail tracking system and associated shipping drama
Cam discusses his nervousness around the potential issues that are going to come up when he goes down the founder path
Kaelynd provides some insights around the benefits of co-founders and tech incubators to be a part of a community
We discuss the benefits of a mastermind group and some free resources to entrepreneurs
Cam chats about his strategy of maintaining a simple CRM in Notion for managing potential client leads
We chat about the benefits of writing every single thing down in a reliable space
Kaelynd updates begin at about 23 minutes
Kaelynd is 3 weeks into her new job as an agile coach
Kaelynd gives an update around one of her goals to grow her technical skills by taking courses from a local bootcamp
We discuss some of the benefits of working in a classroom and having accountability in your learning
Cam give his opinion on which web development course option may be the best fit for Kaelynd
Kaelynd gets into her motivation behind the decision to study web development right now, where her current role is more of a manager than a maker, and this will fulfill that maker drive that she loves
Links
Onewheel
TinySeed
Earnest Capital
MaRS
Notion
Juno College
Microconf past videos
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35min

FAQs about Work Pals Podcast:

How many episodes does Work Pals Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 39 episodes available.