The Happy Engineer | Career Success for Engineering Leadership

Imagine the FBI coming to your office today with news that you are on an ISIS kill list… What would you do next?   How do you respond to pivotal moments in your career and life?   In this episode, you will get a powerful lesson in technology, and life, from Tom Kirkham.  Tom is Founder and CEO of IronTech Security.   After receiving life-altering news from the FBI, and taking a multi-year sabbatical to get off the grid, he is now on a mission to protect companies and individuals from cyber attacks.   Every engineering leader who uses a computer needs to hear this one.  So yeah, that’s you.   IronTech provides cybersecurity defense systems, and focuses on educating and encouraging organizations to establish a security-first environment.  You would too if a data breach meant you became a terrorist target.   So press play and let’s chat… so you no longer underestimate the risk we all face online!   Then join The Happy Engineer Community online and get access to bonus content and coaching in our free group >>   https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehappyengineer    ==========================   SHOW NOTES: Find all the links from this episode and more >>   www.theHappyEngineerPodcast.com   ==========================   COACHING: Ready for promotion, more money, and more FUN in your career? Then let’s chat!   Book your FREE session for podcast listeners at www.CareerClarityCall.com   ==========================   Rate, Review, and Follow   “I love Zach and The Happy Engineer Podcast.” If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing the show! This helps me support more engineers -- just like you -- take the next step toward the career and life that they desire. On Apple Podcasts, click our show, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!   Remember, we only spread our message when you share this episode with others that need it. So if you enjoy this podcast, please SHARE it on your social media and tag @TheHappyEngineerPodcast so I can say hi and thank you.    Also, if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I’ll be releasing a lot of new content including bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not subscribed, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Subscribe now!   For all the extras related to this episode, remember to visit >>   www.theHappyEngineerPodcast.com

What could a morgue, a mental hospital, a private island, and celebrity weddings possibly have in common?   And why should any engineering leader care? Today you’ll find out.   In this episode, meet the amazing Angela Proffitt, Founder of GSD Creative.    She is a productivity expert (Get Sh*t Done), top 1% globally ranked podcast host, celebrity wedding & event planner, speaker and author that travels the world, helping CEO’s, executives, and entrepreneurs grow their company brand.   Her Clients are the top leaders in their industry, investing massive amounts into curated experiences, and Angela has had to master communication and psychology to herd cats and drive results.   You will get her number one secret to success for engineering leaders today.   So press play and let’s chat… so you don’t end up in the morgue or the mental hospital!   Then join The Happy Engineer Community online and get access to bonus content and coaching in our free group >>   https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehappyengineer    ==========================   SHOW NOTES: Find all the links from this episode and more >>   www.theHappyEngineerPodcast.com   ==========================   COACHING: Ready for promotion, more money, and more FUN in your career? Then let’s chat!   Book your FREE session for podcast listeners at www.CareerClarityCall.com   ==========================   Rate, Review, and Follow   “I love Zach and The Happy Engineer Podcast.” If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing the show! This helps me support more engineers -- just like you -- take the next step toward the career and life that they desire. On Apple Podcasts, click our show, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!   Remember, we only spread our message when you share this episode with others that need it. So if you enjoy this podcast, please SHARE it on your social media and tag @TheHappyEngineerPodcast so I can say hi and thank you.    Also, if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I’ll be releasing a lot of new content including bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not subscribed, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Subscribe now!   For all the extras related to this episode, remember to visit >>   www.theHappyEngineerPodcast.com

Are you tired of job hunting and networking advice that isn’t even realistic?    “Go have coffee with someone every day for 40 days.”   Sure thing coach, and meanwhile you can do my job for me and come babysit my kids!   In this episode, you will meet Cassandra Thompson, a globally recognized speaker whose work casting contestants for Wheel of Fortune, strategizing on the recruitment team at Riot Games, and coaching ambitious professionals made her into a networking paragon.   She has helped over 100,000 subscribed job-seekers on YouTube, sharing her powerful insights and advice in free video coaching with MILLIONS of views.   Near the end of our chat, Cassandra shares two things you MUST NOT DO when preparing for a career move.   So press play and let’s chat… because your next role is right around the corner!   Then join The Happy Engineer Community online and get access to bonus content and coaching in our free group >>   https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehappyengineer    ==========================   SHOW NOTES: Find all the links from this episode and more >>   www.theHappyEngineerPodcast.com   ==========================   COACHING: Ready for promotion, more money, and more FUN in your career? Then let’s chat!   Book your FREE session for podcast listeners at www.CareerClarityCall.com   ==========================   Rate, Review, and Follow   “I love Zach and The Happy Engineer Podcast.” If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing the show! This helps me support more engineers -- just like you -- take the next step toward the career and life that they desire. On Apple Podcasts, click our show, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!   Remember, we only spread our message when you share this episode with others that need it. So if you enjoy this podcast, please SHARE it on your social media and tag @TheHappyEngineerPodcast so I can say hi and thank you.    Also, if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I’ll be releasing a lot of new content including bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not subscribed, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Subscribe now!   For all the extras related to this episode, remember to visit >>   www.theHappyEngineerPodcast.com

You ask the questions, and host Zach White answers! Enjoy the second edition of our new Q&A series.   In this episode, you asked me to help you go to your leader for a raise (who doesn’t want that?), and how to deal with peers who are putting pressure on you to work longer hours (and you’re headed toward burnout).    Thank you to Matt, a Senior Engineer in Aerospace, and Kayleigh, a Technical Project Manager & Full Stack Developer, for sending me your questions!    Want to continue the conversation about these topics and more? Join our new and growing community of engineering leaders in a free private group! Our goal is to do more than provide ideas and information, but to help you put them into action.  Check it out here:   www.facebook.com/groups/thehappyengineer   We all have questions, and this is the place to ask ‘em!   So press play and let’s chat… it’s time to get some answers.   ==========================   SHOW NOTES: Find all the links from this episode and more >>   www.theHappyEngineerPodcast.com   ==========================   COACHING: Ready for results, more money, and more FUN in your career? Then let’s chat!   Book your FREE session for podcast listeners at www.CareerClarityCall.com   ==========================   Rate, Review, and Follow   “I love Zach and The Happy Engineer Podcast.” If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing the show! This helps me support more engineers -- just like you -- take the next step toward the career and life that they desire. On Apple Podcasts, click our show, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!   Remember, we only spread our message when you share this episode with others that need it. So if you enjoy this podcast, please SHARE it on your social media and tag @TheHappyEngineerPodcast so I can say hi and thank you.    Also, if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I’ll be releasing a lot of new content including bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not subscribed, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Subscribe now!   For all the extras related to this episode, remember to visit >>   www.theHappyEngineerPodcast.com

Are you a liar? Is the negative voice in your head really you?   Where does the devil on your shoulder come from?   In this episode, we examine the stories of your life with Robert Peterson. He is host of the Add Value 2 Entrepreneurs Podcast and Founder of Add Value 2 Life Coaching.   He began his own entrepreneurial journey after 20 years in ministry and before that, service as a United States Marine. Now Robert helps you shift your mindset and reach your dreams.    With over 20 years of coaching leaders, Robert offers a unique perspective guiding professionals to get out of your own way as he helps you see what is written on the instructions outside the box that you’re sitting in.   So press play and let’s chat… it’s time to find the true story of your career and life!   Then join The Happy Engineer Community online and get access to bonus content and coaching in our free group >>   https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehappyengineer    ==========================   SHOW NOTES: Find all the links from this episode and more >>   www.theHappyEngineerPodcast.com   ==========================   COACHING: Ready for promotion, more money, and more FUN in your career? Then let’s chat!   Book your FREE session for podcast listeners at www.CareerClarityCall.com   ==========================   Rate, Review, and Follow   “I love Zach and The Happy Engineer Podcast.” If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing the show! This helps me support more engineers -- just like you -- take the next step toward the career and life that they desire. On Apple Podcasts, click our show, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!   Remember, we only spread our message when you share this episode with others that need it. So if you enjoy this podcast, please SHARE it on your social media and tag @TheHappyEngineerPodcast so I can say hi and thank you.    Also, if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I’ll be releasing a lot of new content including bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not subscribed, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Subscribe now!   For all the extras related to this episode, remember to visit >>   www.theHappyEngineerPodcast.com

Hurl aside the crusty old career advice you’ve likely heard for way too long: lean in, executive presence, networking, blah, blah, blah.    There's a better way to have success and get great results.    An approach that will produce a massive win-win: you do succeed, you don’t sell out.   In this episode, discover that approach with former 9-figure CEO turned Professional Pot-Stirrer, Erin Hatzikostas. She is on a hell-bent mission to help people have the big career they deserve, without compromising everything else.   This conversation is raw and hilarious!   Erin is a best-selling author, career coach, TEDx / keynote speaker, and podcast host. As a former corporate executive, she became the CEO of a 9-figure company at the age of 42. In just 3 years, she tripled earnings and sent employee engagement skyrocketing.   So press play and let’s chat… because she’s about to tell you how!   Then join The Happy Engineer Community online and get access to bonus content and coaching in our free group >>   https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehappyengineer    ==========================   SHOW NOTES: Find all the links from this episode and more >>   www.theHappyEngineerPodcast.com   ==========================   COACHING: Ready for promotion, more money, and more FUN in your career? Then let’s chat!   Book your FREE session for podcast listeners at www.CareerClarityCall.com   ==========================   Rate, Review, and Follow   “I love Zach and The Happy Engineer Podcast.” If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing the show! This helps me support more engineers -- just like you -- take the next step toward the career and life that they desire. On Apple Podcasts, click our show, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!   Remember, we only spread our message when you share this episode with others that need it. So if you enjoy this podcast, please SHARE it on your social media and tag @TheHappyEngineerPodcast so I can say hi and thank you.    Also, if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I’ll be releasing a lot of new content including bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not subscribed, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Subscribe now!   For all the extras related to this episode, remember to visit >>   www.theHappyEngineerPodcast.com

Meet Cartwright Morris, a certified coach and thought leader for men wanting to discover their life's purpose. Unpack the 3Ps of your Purpose in life and find clarity and meaning at work. Discuss embracing pain, articulating purpose, and embracing stress. Explore the concept of the arrival mindset and the positive aspects of stress. Join The Happy Engineer Community for bonus content and coaching.

What makes a career move risky? Is your current job safe?   “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” Is that true?   In this episode, meet a leader whose life-long passion is helping people improve themselves with the connective power of technology, Michael Maturo.   Michael is a Solutions Engineer at Experience.com, supporting top-notch Account Executives and working closely with the C-Suites of Series A/B/C technology companies. After hearing this interview, you might call his career path risky.   But not Michael.   In the past six years, he has undergone great personal transformation as well, traveling to meet friends around the world, settling in upstate New York, and feeling like he’s following the quantum flow of life.   So press play and let’s chat… it’s time to create a solution for your engineering career!   Then join The Happy Engineer Community online and share your next action step in our free group:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehappyengineer    ==========================   For show notes and links from this episode, or to submit a question for host Zach White to answer in a future Q&A, go to:   www.thehappyengineerpodcast.com   ==========================   Ready for promotion, more money, and more FUN in your career? Then let’s chat!   Book your FREE Coaching Session for podcast listeners at www.CareerClarityCall.com   ==========================   Rate, Review, and Follow   “I love Zach and The Happy Engineer Podcast.” If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing my show! This helps me support more engineers -- just like you -- take the next step toward the career and life that they desire. On Apple Podcasts, click our show, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!   Remember, we only spread our message when you share this episode with others that need it. So if you enjoy this podcast, please SHARE it on your social media and tag @TheHappyEngineerPodcast so I can say hi and thank you.    Also, if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I’ll be releasing a lot of new content including bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not subscribed, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Subscribe now!   For all the extras related to this episode, remember to visit: www.thehappyengineerpodcast.com

Do you know the most important function of your body, and why it’s incredibly important to your success?    Are you struggling with stress? Burnout?   What if your negative stress at work is actually caused by something completely different, and has nothing to do with your work at all?   In this episode, meet the Health Detective and World’s Best Self-Care Coach, Susan Birch.  She holds a Masters Degree in Health Sciences, and Postgraduate Diplomas in Sports Medicine, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, COP Musculoskeletal Medicine, and COP Community Nutrition from Otago University.   Susan has spent a lifetime challenging the mainstream dogma about exercise and nutrition. She understands the challenges people face in finding accurate, science-based nutrition and health information.    But beyond her 40 years of experience changing lives through changing the body, the real reason you will be changed by this conversation is her courage.   Susan contracted meningococcal meningitis when she was two years old, which left her with seemingly insurmountable odds against academic success. She overcame those odds, and is one of the brightest minds in her field.   So press play and let’s chat… your body, and your life, depends on it!   Then join The Happy Engineer community online and share your next action step in our free group:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehappyengineer    ==========================   For show notes and links from this episode, or to submit a question for host Zach White to answer in a future Q&A, go to:   www.thehappyengineerpodcast.com   ==========================   Ready for promotion, more money, and more FUN in your career? Then let’s chat!   Book your FREE Coaching Session for podcast listeners at www.CareerClarityCall.com   ==========================   Rate, Review, and Follow   “I love Zach and The Happy Engineer Podcast.” If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing my show! This helps me support more engineers -- just like you -- take the next step toward the career and life that they desire. On Apple Podcasts, click our show, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!   Remember, we only spread our message when you share this episode with others that need it. So if you enjoy this podcast, please SHARE it on your social media and tag @TheHappyEngineerPodcast so I can say hi and thank you.    Also, if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I’ll be releasing a lot of new content including bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not subscribed, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Subscribe now!   For all the extras related to this episode, remember to visit:   www.thehappyengineerpodcast.com

In this episode, VP of Engineering at Boulevard, Dana Sherrell, discusses the challenges of building a technology career, including ego and passion vs grit. She shares her experiences in leadership roles at companies like Twilio and offers advice on finding joy in supporting teams and taking ownership of your career. The importance of reputation in the workplace and the impact of perception are also explored.