The Work Item - Real Talk on Tech's Toughest Career Choices

93 Episodes

1. #93 - What's It Like To Be A Data Visualization Wizard - Shirley Wu (Shirley Wu Studio)

   Published: 8/13/2025
2. #92 - You're Thinking Wrong About Your Career - Lenn Pryor (Executive Coach, Author)

   Published: 7/25/2025
3. #91 - The Future Of Software Engineering - Simon Guest (CTO, Code.org)

   Published: 6/1/2025
4. #90 - The Death Of SaaS Has Been Greatly Exaggerated - Lianna Patch & Colleen Schnettler (Co-Founders, SaaS Marketing Gym)

   Published: 4/9/2025
5. #89 - So You Want to Be a CTO - Taiwo Oyeniyi (CTO, Distrobird)

   Published: 3/30/2025
6. #88 - Best-Kept Secrets on Becoming a Great User Researcher - Marisa Morby (Principal Researcher, Observable)

   Published: 3/7/2025
7. #87 - A Wrap-Up Of 2024 Unconventional Career Advice

   Published: 12/31/2024
8. #86 - The Only Real Way To Know Is To Talk To People - Asia Orangio (CEO, DemandMaven)

   Published: 12/20/2024
9. #85 - Building A Business From Python Expertise - Michael Kennedy (Founder, Talk Python Training)

   Published: 11/14/2024
10. #84 - Tools Do Not Matter - Jason Lengstorf (Founder, Learn With Jason)

    Published: 10/31/2024
11. #83 - Don't Take The Easy Path - Jennifer Wong (Engineering Leader)

    Published: 8/8/2024
12. #82 - Stop Building SaaS Landing Pages - Craig Hewitt (Founder, Castos)

    Published: 7/13/2024
13. #81 - Making A Career Out Of A Hobby - Kirupa Chinnathambi (Product Manager - Google)

    Published: 7/2/2024
14. #80 - Web Development Is Theatre - Miriam Suzanne (CSS Working Group, OddBird)

    Published: 6/12/2024
15. #79 - How To Get Promoted To Tech Executive - Lena Reinhard (VP Engineering, CircleCI, Travis CI)

    Published: 5/28/2024
16. #78 - I Left Hawai'i To Work In Startups, With Katie Fujihara

    Published: 5/14/2024
17. #77 - Write About The Things You Learned, With Rachel Andrew (Google)

    Published: 5/6/2024
18. #76 - Be OK Talking About Money, With Saron Yitbarek

    Published: 4/8/2024
19. #75 - From Pandemic Pastime To Real VC-Funded Startup, with David Khourshid

    Published: 3/30/2024
20. #74 - Books, Remote Work, and Q&A, with Adrienne Tacke

    Published: 3/15/2024