Who We Are
This is the home of the The IT XP, a show dedicated to the world of Information Technology and the professionals working to drive business initiatives using their technology skills. Whether you are a developer or a systems administrator, if your using “The Cloud” or hosting on-premises, we’re going to provide you with some nuggets of insight on what happens behind the curtain of an organization’s IT department.
The term Information Technology is an umbrella term covering a wide array of technologies and job functions. You may not be working in a formal IT department, but when we pull back the layers, most in your organization will call you IT; obviously this isn’t a blanket statement, but one that identifies technology professionals outside of true technology firms. Let’s be realistic, even the large tech firms have an IT department. Hell, I bet your mom thinks you just fix computers. Meanwhile you’re probably writing some of the best code on Github!
Whether you are a helpdesk agent, developer, project manager, cybersec analyst, dba or any other title that puts you in the umbrella of Information Technology, then this show is for you.
We pull back the curtain and expose some of the inner workings of what it’s like to work in Information Technology.
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Episodes
Season 10
Episode 10.5 - Mastering My WGU Management & Leadership Master’s in 6 Months!
Episode 10.4 - Multi-Cloud Learning: Paid Platforms
Episode 10.3 - Your Multi-Cloud Learning Journey
Episode 10.2 - Overemployed? Hell, I was just let go! WTF?!?!
Episode 10.1 - Been laid off? TWICE? Join the club (but let’s not stay there!)
Episode 10.0 - Get SMART, Get IT Done: Level Up Your Career in 2024 with Playful Purpose
Season 9
Episode 9.3 - UEFN Editing Session Part 3: Assets
Episode 9.2 - UEFN Editing Session Part 2: Landscapes
Episode 9.1 - Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) Released!
Episode 9.0 - IT Trends To Watch In 2023
Season 8
Episode 8.4 - The End of IT and the Rise of A.I.
Episode 8.3 - I’m Becoming a Gamer!?!
Episode 8.0 - We’re on YouTube!
Season 7
Episode 7.8 - WGU C214 Financial Management
Episode 7.6 - WGU MGT2 and C202
Episode 7.5 - WGU C200 - Managing Orgs
Episode 7.3 - Job Search Update
Episode 7.2 - Interview with Dr. Eric Cole (Cybersec)
Eric's new book, Cyber Crisis: Protecting Your Business from Real Threats in the Virtual World, will be out in May of 2021. Definitely a book you will want to read and add to your library. He also offers a Virtual CISO (vCISO) training program for those who want to kick off their cybersecurity business.
Season 6
Episode 6.5 - Conversations with Bob and Mike
Episode 6.4 - Continuous Learning Revisited
Episode 6.3 - Tech Career Paths Revisited (Season 1 Redux)
Episode 6.1 - Nepotism and its impact
Season 5
Episode 5.21 - My CISSP Journey: Part 2
Episode 5.20 - My CISSP Journey: Part 1
Episode 5.19 - When No One Declares a Disaster
Season 4 Repeat - High Severity Incidents
Season 1 Repeat - Education and your career
Episode 5.15 - Managing a Project as a Tech Lead
Episode 5.14 - Mental Health in IT
Episode 5.13 - REV2 Data Science Conference Day 2
Episode 5.12 - REV2 Data Science Conference Day 1
Episode 5.11 - IT Professional Ramblings
Episode 5.10 - Database Admin and Engineering
Episode 5.9 - Cloud Ops and Engineering
Episode 5.8 - Network Engineering
Episode 5.6 - Technical/Desktop Support
Episode 5.4 - Organizational Change - The Aftermath
Episode 5.3 - Organizational Change
Episode 5.2 - Reddit Questions Answered
Episode 5.1 - Conference Call Etiquette
Season 4
Episode 4.15 - The Season 4 Finale!
Episode 4.14 - The Performance Review Process
Episode 4.13 - Automate, Automate, Automate!
Episode 4.12 - So You Want to Work in IT?
Episode 4.11 - Statements of Work
Episode 4.10 - High Severity Incidents
Episode 4.09 - Getting Promoted
Episode 4.08 - Effective Communication
Episode 4.07 - Making Work Visible Book Review Part 2
Episode 4.06 - Making Work Visible Book Review Part 1
Episode 4.05 - Ready Player One Special Edition
Episode 4.04 - Work/Life Balance of the Lack Thereof
Episode 4.03 - Managing Your Time
Episode 4.02 - Failures DO HAPPEN and how to deal with them