Real IT Podcast

Real IT Podcast 3: Traits of Tech High Performers with Amanda Garner

Have you ever wondered what your IT boss is looking for when determining roles, raises and promotions? What is the definition of success? 
There are formal performance reviews and forms, but what are the traits they are really looking for that separates the ok, and the good from the great.
In this episode we have a coffee style conversation with Amanda Garner about the traits of high performers in IT and technical fields.  Whether you are looking to become a top performer or push your tech career further, this episode will definitely help get you from good to great.
Amanda has a Bachelor of Commerce degree focused on Entrepreneurial Management. Amanda has worked in the IT and Engineering industries as a Project Manager, Program Manager and IT Director. With over 20 years of experience, primarily working as a self employed consultant Amanda, has worked with start ups as well as billion dollar companies.   
As a consultant and business owner, and coming from a non-technical background, Amanda brings a unique perspective to her IT projects.  Combined with her experience in working with all levels in IT and the Executive suite across many different companies, she is able to find solutions to ensure projects, teams and companies are both productive and successful.
Anyone who has worked with Amanda has nothing but good things to say about her as a person. Always professional, always gracious, calm and thoughtful no matter the situation, the pressure or the risks. In this regard I have never met anyone better in the world of IT. 
Having worked with Amanda for many years, I can promise you that if Amanda asks a question or has feedback, you need to be carefully listening and very thoughtfully considering both the information and why she's raising it up. And as a reality check, if for a moment you think there's an easy answer, that's the first clue you haven't thought it through.  Amanda's feedback in this podcast episode is no different.

Real IT Podcast 2: Pros and Cons of Traveling for Work with Jon Hyatt

In this episode we sit down with Jon Hyatt to talk about the pros and cons of traveling for work.  Since Jon has traveled to over 60 countries, we also hit him up for some vacation recommendations and tips.
Jon has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and is closing in on 30 years of IT industry experience.  Jon started his career as a Software Developer and has been a Sr Dev, Director of Development, CTO and Agile Coach.
He has been very involved in the Agile community and has organized the Calgary Agile Methods User Group for 8 years and is also the co-founder of Agile Open Canada.
Outside of IT, Jon spends a lot of his time outdoors and is an amazing mountain biker, snowboarder and is also a world traveler.
He is very smart, thoughtful, is always insightful and we’re lucky to have him on the show.   
If you wish to get a hold of Jon, you can reach him on LinkedIn with his full name Jonathan Hyatt.

Real IT Podcast 1: Introduction

Whether you are technical or non technical, the Real IT Podcast tackles practical, real life ways to level up your IT career.
Your hosts have over 30yrs of experience in almost every aspect of IT across different continents, varying industries, and in both startups and enterprise environments as employees and consultants.
We’ve been the junior laying cables through cramped spaces, the junior in help desk,  devops, QA,  and we’ve also been the greenest coder. From there, we’ve grown as system admins, network admins, database admins and also senior devs. We’ve also been in the most senior IT roles as architects, project and program managers,  managers, directors and as IT executives working with the board of directors.
We’ve been there, just like you are now.