marketer. community builder. creative. podcast host. personal ai assistants for your career.
15+ years working in the engineering ecosystem. 575+ podcast episodes. built engineering communities across the globe. now doubling down on how to operationalize personal ai assistants for your career.
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i moved to nashville to play music, fell into the engineering world and spent 15 years learning one thing: people hire people. so i started hosting rooms. 100+ events thrown across the globe, some with 250+ rsvps: developer lunches, meetups and conference dinners from nashville to dallas, atlanta, raleigh, bentonville, guadalajara and mexico city. the secret was never skipping the 5-person lunch.
i don't just post, i document. every trip, talk and episode becomes a story someone can learn from: vlogs, carousels, recaps, the behind-the-scenes of building something real. i think like a creative director: find the moment, shoot it honestly, cut it so it pops.
i've built a bench of creative teams i can pull from: designers, video editors, photographers. and i can shoot everything myself. bring me into a new company and you get the whole creative team, not just a guy with ideas.
no jargon, no hype. i show people how to set up and operationalize a personal ai assistant for their career: pressure-test the resume, build a target company list, prep the interview, negotiate the offer. i teach it on the podcast, on stage and in the email community.
15+ years on the recruiting side of tech and 5,000+ technologists placed in new jobs. i know what hiring managers actually screen for, so i help people position their story, resume and search to land the role.
latest vlog · building the brand
the "building the brand" series follows the community work on the road: the lunch nobody came to, the room three years later, the people who make it worth the flight.
we had guidance counselors in school. then we got a career and nobody. since 2017 i've been that person for job seekers and hiring managers: live shows with recruiters, engineers and founders on the real job market, and a running series on using ai in your search. new episodes land as livestreams on youtube first, then everywhere you listen.
i talk about the real tech job market, how to use ai on your career before a layoff makes you, and how to build a community that shows up. i walk the stage, i make the room pull out their phones, and everyone leaves with something to do tonight.
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a full session on where hiring actually is, who it's coming back for, and what to do about it. also episode 527 of the podcast.
the "building the brand" vlogs: real rooms, real people, no script.