
The People Stack Podcast
We explore the intersection of Tech Leadership & Dream careers. We do this by creating inspiring podcasts - including interviews with amazing individuals in the tech leadership space.
Dr. Jen Bunk earned her Ph.D. in I/O Psychology (a.k.a. The Science of Work). She is a retired Associate Professor and an accomplished speaker & researcher. As the CEO of the People Stack, she’s used her decades of experience to coach hundreds of tech leaders to create their dream careers - and the dream lives that go with them.
Rob Allen (Jen’s husband) is a 20+ year software industry veteran who moved from IC to Leadership in 2010, where the focus has always been on helping the technical folks who worked for him live their best lives. In 2019, he broadened that to the tech community as a whole by joining Jen full-time at The People Stack as her Co-CEO.
Latest episodes

Oct 19, 2020 • 23min
Episode 171: Feeling Empty Inside
Do you ever just feel...empty?
Like there has to be more to life than just Zoom meetings, Slack messages, Netflix, and the occasional fun dinner with family?
Do you ever feel like you have WAY more to give in your work - but you don’t know what or how?
You can’t quite put your finger on it - you just know you were destined to build your dream career...
...and you’re not living your dream right now!
Ready to make it a reality! Check out this episode now!

Oct 14, 2020 • 28min
Episode 170: mind/body/spirit deterioration
What happens to your mind when you don’t have time off from work?
What happens to your body when you don’t give it time to recover?
What happens to your spirit when you don’t relax?
They all deteriorate. Slowly but sure, it happens.
And this will surely make your tech career deteriorate as well.
How do you stop this cycle? Check out this episode right now!

Oct 12, 2020 • 21min
Episode 169: Low-Quality Weekends
Explore the concept of low-quality weekends and how they can drain your energy. Reflect on your own experiences and identify what holds you back from enjoying life. Break free from the monotony of routine and embrace self-awareness for personal growth. Dive into empowering career transformations by dismantling mental barriers and taking proactive steps toward your dream job. This entertaining discussion highlights the importance of intentional change in both personal and professional realms.

Oct 7, 2020 • 28min
Episode 168: Not Enough Money
Money scarcity - the feeling of not having enough money - is the cause of major heartache.
It affects us even deeper than that. As one of our clients put it -
“My soul feels heavy.”
The heaviness, that heartache, that broken spirit that you feel around money is causing career disaster for you.
If you don’t fix it soon, you’re going to end up permanently under-recognized, permanently under-paid, and permanently over-stressed.
How do you escape money scarcity so you can build your dream tech career?
That’s what I talk about in this episode! You don’t want to miss this one.

Oct 5, 2020 • 24min
Episode 167: Heavy Money Stuff
Does money feel heavy to you?
Do you think about money and it makes you contract, cringe, or feel tight/resistant?
This is actually really common and we hear it a lot from our tech manager clients.
Here’s the thing, though: If you don’t remove your resistances around money, you’re never going to make more of it!
You’re never going to upgrade your career and earn the salary you’re really capable of earning.
Ready to make money feel light so that you can make even more of an impact?
Check out this episode right away!

Sep 30, 2020 • 24min
Episode 166: Pushovers and People-Pleasers
Our tech manager clients often tell us that they no longer want to be pushovers.
Or, that they’re people-pleasers. To a fault.
Whether you’re oozing with confidence or still figuring it out how to call it forth, you’re gonna want to check out this episode!
I reveal our #1 greatest fear - and how overcoming it is the key to unleashing your confidence and building your dream tech career.
Tune in right now!

Sep 28, 2020 • 25min
Episode 165: How To Decimate Your Confidence
Clients often ask us how to build their confidence.
I find that the best way to approach this is to first explain what NOT to do.
Because if you build your confidence in the wrong way, you’ll decimate it.
You’ll completely obliterate your chances of earning that raise or promotion - or land that new job.
So what’s the wrong way and the right way to build your confidence?
Give this episode a listen right now!

Sep 23, 2020 • 26min
Episode 164: Knives of Doubt
The theme for the week are the massive achievements that our clients are creating!
And the reason they are able to create them is because they stopped stabbing themselves with knives of doubt.
What does that look like? And how can you stop stabbing yourself so you can build your dream tech career?
Do not miss this episode!

Sep 21, 2020 • 29min
Episode 163: How to Land a 46% Raise During Covid
One of our clients just celebrated getting a 46% raise!!!
We are so stoked for him and so proud.
This is actually a really common outcome for our clients.
How do they make this happen?
I talk about that in this episode so don’t miss it!

Sep 16, 2020 • 27min
Episode 162: HWPO
Four-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!