Several people asked me to talk about Amazon vs. Google and compare them, so I'm doing that in this episode. I talk a lot about what it's like to work for Google.The dude in the beginning is a little joke, since one of you said I look like a bearded floating head. Which is accurate, since that's the look I'm going for, inspired by the guy at the beginning of Ultima Underworld.
Jan 17, 2022
45 min
In this episode I talk about my online multiplayer computer game, Wyvern (https://ghosttrack.com). It has been a 25-year journey, and it wound up being responsible for the pretty awesome career I've had in Big Tech. I talk about the game, the players, and the learnings I've had from it. I hope you enjoy this little detour episode!
Jan 17, 2022
53 min
This episode is two parts. The first half is me telling the story of how this channel came to be, why I'm doing it in this format, and my future plans. The second part explains WHY I'm doing the show - it's to help prepare you for some pretty awful stuff that's going to happen soon. Feel free to skip the first half if you just want to know how you may be affected.
Jan 17, 2022
43 min
In this episode I take off the boxing gloves and plop on the brass knuckles. I talk about just how horrifically a senior executive can hurt or even kill a company, with lots of examples and real-life stories.
Jan 17, 2022
38 min
Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are in a race to polish up their image for future generations. Both of them were Bad Guys, but only one of them seems to be on track to atone for it. Warning: I trash talk a lot of billionaires in this episode.
Jan 17, 2022
43 min
This is the one. The episode where you decide that listening to me was the biggest waste of time in possibly your entire life. I rant like a certifiably crazy person about tinfoil hat conspiracy theories, and throw out strong opinions about subjects I know almost nothing about. You know, like usual.
Jan 17, 2022
49 min
I talk about the tricky problem of having a manager (at any level) who is hurting the company and requires corrective action. There is a playbook for this, and I walk you through it. This talk mostly applies to the Big Tech industry specifically, for reasons I outline at the beginning.
Jan 17, 2022
48 min
Google's promotion process is VERY different from how it works at most companies. They have spent years refining the process, and it avoids a lot of the dysfunction and problems that happen at other companies. It's worth a look just to see what you can learn from it.
Jan 17, 2022
43 min
In this episode I talk about how I struggled with learning programming, and eventually made it into the tech industry, where you can very easily make millions of dollars--and that's even more true with each passing year. I give some tips on how to approach it and think about it, and encourage you to at least TRY it, since it can completely transform your life.
Nov 23, 2021
39 min
In this episode I talk about a kind of corporate disease that I'm calling "structural dysfunction", where employees are set up to fight with each other, because they have overlapping or even competing job descriptions. This is stupid. Obviously. But companies do it ALL THE TIME, and I give some personal examples and some famous examples.
Nov 23, 2021
42 min