Category: Podcast

This week was something new for us. We chatted with Sarah Leitz, VP of Marketing for SkySpecs. What started as a college project has blossomed into one of Michigan’s fastest growing companies with a global presence. SkySpecs has changed how wind turbines are managed and maintained. What took one person a day to complete, their drones can now…

Long-time meetup attendee Jim Beiermeister, who works for RMC, joined us this week. RMC is an IT consulting and placement agency, and our conversation with Jim provides his prospective on recruiting in IT. He talks about what the job market is like and provides advice for prospective IT job seekers.

This week, we got to chat with Jeff Ginn and Bryce Levin with Slalom Build. (Disclaimer: Bob works at Slalom, but in a completely different division.) We chatted about a day in the life as a developer, having empathy as a leader, building a team, and—most importantly—they are hiring. Check out the Detroit openings. Then got into some fun stuff: Jeff built…

Matt Turner joined us to talk about recruiting, job-seeking, what to put in a resume, how often to switch jobs, and the Great Resignation.

This week, we got to chat with long time offender, Michelle Gilbert, the VP of PR from Comcast. We always like talking to her about the ways Comcast is giving back to the community. One is Internet Essentials, which offers home broadband for $9.95 a month.  If you don’t qualify for that, the Affordable Connectivity Program might suit you,…

This week, we were super lucky to get a chance to talk with serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, host of the Mentoring Millions podcast, and personal brand expert Nick Cavuoto. We talked about creating personal brands, staying relevant in social media, what not to do in social media, retaining talent, and finding mavericks in your organization. The…