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Episode 137

Last updated Sep 4, 2022 Edit Source

# Episode 137

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 the traversal through individual contributor, management, writing, being independent, and teaching. 

Original Recording Date: 07-14-2021 

Topics – Don’s Origin Story, Manager and Individual Contributor (IC), Hard Experience and Career Mistakes, Writing Skills and Seeing Blind Spots, Something to Offer, Losing Tech Chops Don Jones

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# 3:38 - Introducing Don Jones 

# 4:49 - Don’s Origin Story 

# 10:02 - Manager and Individual Contributor (IC) 

# 17:19 - Hard Experience and Career Mistakes 

# 25:11 - Writing Skills and Seeing Blind Spots 

# 35:08 - Something to Offer 

# 44:53 - Losing Tech Chops 

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