Pivotal Moments with John Lam

Ep.10 The Wisdom of my guests: looking at my conversations with my first 9 guests through the lens of Change, Trying on the Job for Size, and Mistakes

Episode Summary

Looking back at the interviews with my first 9 guests through the lens of Change, Trying the Job on for Size, and Mistakes.

Episode Notes

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Link to the full text transcript

Links to sections (with timestamps)

• Intro
• Change: 01:34
• Changing from Academia to Industry: 01:46
• Changing from the Army Rangers to Microsoft: 03:02
• Changing from Bay Street to Microsoft Way: 04:36
• Changing from solving other peoples' problems to creating problems for other people to solve: 05:56
• Changing a role from PM to Developer: 09:12
• Moving from Windows to DevDiv: 12:08
• Change is the only constant: 16:17
• School doesn't always prepare you for the job: 23:34
• Learning on the job: 25:39
• Trying on the new job for size: 30:17
• A (somewhat) traditional Microsoft Internship: 30:54
• The value of a co-op program: trying many different jobs on for size: 32:30
• From an MBA to Data Science: 36:31
• On making mistakes: 40:18
• Conclusion: 48:07

External Links

Music credits

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Track: Lost In Medina — Amine Maxwell [Audio Library Release]
Music provided by Audio Library Plus
Watch: https://youtu.be/qNSdpqSkRe4
Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/lost-medina
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