The People Stack Podcast

How do you ensure that you’re on the right path towards upleveling your tech career? You pay attention to the warning signs that you’re headed in the wrong direction! In this episode - filmed on our Epic Road Trip Stop #1 in the beautiful White Mountains of New Hampshire - I talked about the top 3 signs that you’re headed for career disaster. Check this out right now if you want to upgrade your position and pay as a technical manager without suffering through struggle and dejection!

What’s one quick shift you can make RIGHT NOW so that you can finally stop settling for a mediocre tech career? Check out this 5-min video to find out! On the other side of this shift is the doorway to increased freedom, impact, and income...if you’re willing to go outside of your comfort zone to venture there. Check it out right now!

We hear it all the time when we ask new clients what’s not working in their career right now. “I feel...stuck.” If you’re reading this, you likely do too. You feel like you can’t get to that next level - being a director, VP, or higher seems out of reach. You also might feel like you’ve hit an income ceiling. You’re making what you call “good money” but you know there’s more room for growth there too. What’s REALLY going on here? Why do you feel stuck and how do you fix it so you can reach your full potential as a technical manager? Check out this episode right away!

The #1 career mistake that we see our tech manager clients making...and this mistake was costing them tens of thousands of dollars per year... ...was they were focusing on WORK and NOT their CAREERS! They have lots decent of WORK strategies: how to run 1:1s, how to lead projects, how to coordinate with different stakeholders But they had ZERO CAREER strategies! What was this costing them and how did they make the shift to building powerful, intentional, adaptable systems to turn their careers into rocket ships of growth for their entire lives? Check out this 5-minute Quick Shift video right now!

At The People Stack, it’s been a humbling honor to coach hundreds of tech managers on their journeys to creating their dream careers. They’ve landed 30%, 40%, 50%+ raises… They’ve landed their dream roles at dream companies… They’ve upleveled their impact… They’ve upleveled their freedom, joy, and balance! So, what have we learned in being their guides? In other words, what are the shifts YOU need to make so follow in their footsteps? Check out this episode right now!

The number one reason why our clients were failing to upgrade their tech careers was because they were not evangelizing their excellence. They were not promoting themselves. Most of them were doing a lot of hard work on building their excellence as leaders. But they were doing zero in terms of evangelizing their excellence. So here's my question to you - Are you evangelizing your excellence? And are you doing it confidently, consistently, and with integrity? No matter what your answer is, I want you to watch this 5-minute video right now. It’s the first in our Quick Shift series where we’ll share quick mindset and strategic shifts to help you build your dream tech career. And this is one of the most important shifts. Because if you don’t effectively evangelize your excellence, there’s no way you’re going to make the impact and earn the income you deserve. Check it out right now!

If you’re reading this, you’re either actively on the job market looking for your Hell Yes tech leadership job… ...or you’re thinking about it. Either way, I know you want proven strategies that won’t waste your time applying for every job you see on LinkedIn, Indeed, or those other sites. In this episode, I talk about the 3 steps you need to take in order to land an amazing leadership role that fits all of YOUR criteria for “Hell Yes!” Do not miss this one!

Let’s be real for a moment: Right now, there is more competition for tech leadership jobs than ever. There is more competition for raises and bonuses than ever. We are sailing through a massive storm together and the only tech leaders who are going to win are the ones who are ready to compete. In this episode, I talk about what it takes to compete for jobs and bonuses in the tech world right now - and what you need to do to be one of the winners. Do not miss this one!

Five-time Fittest Man on Earth Mat Fraser is an unstoppable force. He’s human (we’re pretty sure) - so what’s his secret? In a hashtag: #HWPO Hard Work Pays Off But does it? How does Mat turn this hard work into an amazing life with impossible victories? And how does this relate to creating impossible victories in your tech career? Tune in now to find out!

I have nothing against leadership books. But the thing is… ...they’re very likely ruining your career. If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that one of our core beliefs is that reading books, watching podcasts, and talking with friends on Slack are the WORST tactics to follow if you want to upgrade your tech career. In this episode, I explain exactly why and what to do instead so that you can intentionally escape a career where you’re overworked, underpaid, and under-recognized… ..and build a career full of impact, joy, and freedom. Check it out right now!