Wow, there’s a lot going on in the world today! Trip, Larry, and Anna are getting back to work as life begins to ramp up. Your lovely co-hosts have decided to take a short break while they figure out their next phase in the future of work. Until then, keep creating, keep improving, and keep embracing change. It’s the only way forward! Key Takeaways * Anna, Trip, and Larry have been busy! * We’re taking a summer break to get our ducks in the row. * Throughout this podcast we’ve talked about how there’s better days ahead, well guess what, they’re here! * Trip is working for a 135 year old compan ..read more

Would you like more leverage in your career and get more opportunities without having to knock on doors? The world is opening up and it’s apparent that when it comes to the future of work, country borders are going to be less and less relevant. With remote work, it means companies are looking for the best of the best, and they’re no longer forced to look in their own backyard or for a particular zip code. Anna talks about one of her favorite things with her two co-hosts Larry and Trip, and that’s personal brand. Learn how to structure yourself in a world that just got way more competitive. Key ..read more

Larry, Trip, and Anna bring on two hot-seat guests to show a real-life example of how behavioral interviewing works. This is the second time they’ve run a hot-seat session. These interviews give insight into what companies are looking for when they’re conducting a behavioral interview on a candidate, and what some of these tough questions tend to look like as they interview new prospects for a role. Key Takeaways Let’s do some hot seats! Tom and Flora are our victims for today’s episode. Trip gives a bit of context to how these hot-seat sessions work, and why it’s important to perfect your int ..read more

Larry, Trip, and Anna address a common problem they’re seeing in the hiring world: Candidates getting ghosted on for no rhyme or reason. Companies and recruiters might not realize how stressful and damaging it is for a candidate to have “everything go well” and then radio silence. If you’ve been ghosted on in the past, here’s why this is happening, and your co-hosts offer advice on how you can empower yourself and prevent it from happening in the future. Key Takeaways Have you ever been ghosted? Microsoft recently ghosted on a candidate. C’mon guys. You can do better. Ghosting can be so nefari ..read more

Larry, Trip, and Anna are doing something new this week! They’re conducting their very first hot seat session with two brave candidates who are eager to understand what goes through a hiring manager’s mind and why they ask questions the way they do. At the end, your co-hosts explain some of the psychological reasons behind their questions, and they share how they also filter for bias. Key Takeaways Companies are employing some shady practices when it comes to hiring a new candidate. They use “psychology” but it’s not actually real psychology. The first candidate on the hot seat is Manisha. A l ..read more

Larry and Trip discuss their experiences working for corporate America when it came to getting the clearance they needed to speak on stage and why they had to be very, very careful about what they said, even after they’ve left the company. These companies are very powerful and you have to be careful because they have the resources to blackball you from the industry. It seems more and more companies are trying to stifle employees’ expression; even when it’s outside of the standard working hours. What can we do? Key Takeaways No supervision this week! Anna is out of the office! This week, we’re ..read more

Desmond Chan is the Vice President of Product Management at Zumigo Inc, where he is responsible for building a frictionless experience for users who want a better way of securing their accounts and transactions. Payments are still a pain point for a lot of us in the digital age as well as keeping our identity safe. As our data keeps getting stolen by companies who may practice reckless security measures, Desmond shares what he’s doing to build a safer way we can pay and transact online in this week’s episode. Key Takeaways Larry has a fantastic radio voice happening this week. Wow! What’s happ ..read more

Emon Motamedi is the Founder of Florian, a community of alumni helping new students pay for school without loans and provide them with personalized mentoring to help them get ahead in their careers. Florian does more than provide student-friendly funding for tuition, they have a network of experts rooting for their students. Emon explains a bit more about what Florian does and how they're different from other competitors in the space. Key Takeaways Why did Emon leave Reddit to start his company, Florian? Emon shares what Florian does and how it helps students pay for school without going into ..read more

Talk is cheap, creativity is cheap, and tech is cheap. So, when everything can be replicated, copied, and shared seamlessly throughout different platforms, what’s the true value of a product? There’s a new commodity coming onto the scene where it’s bringing the concept of scarcity back into the fold, and that’s NFTs. Anna, Larry, and Trip sit down to try to understand what the heck this new thing is all about. Key Takeaways Your co-hosts are now on video! What! Podcasting is such a hustle. It’s hard. There’s nothing that can’t be pirated these days. Doesn’t that put a lot of people out of work ..read more

Wow. How is everyone feeling lately? Things just seem to be a bit more sluggish than they were a year ago. Your three special co-hosts discuss what’s going on and how we can step up and take better care of ourselves, our families, and even our team at work. Today’s topic is mental health and burnout! Key Takeaways Your co-hosts are distracted today! Trip takes over on Anna’s lead-in… It’s been a year since lockdown. It’s been a terrible year for all of us, and it’s getting long. How are you doing? Like really? Trip has been incredibly overworked and is struggling with insomnia. Anna is struggl ..read more