Nick Korte

What’s holding you back from your dreams? #career #vexpert blog.thenetworknerd.com/2017/12/04/a-l…

What can you learn after co-hosting 300 #podcast episodes of a podcast focused on tech careers? It's become a healthy obsession. #career @NerdJourney #vexpert #writing #layoffs blog.thenetworknerd.com/2025/01/25/a-h…

What makes a team lead / tech lead effective in their role? Marni Coffey calls transitioning to tech lead as the hardest leap, and her answer to the above might surprise you. @NerdJourney #vexpert #Leadership #LeadershipMatters #careeradvice nerd-journey.com/change-managem…

"At least I got to learn something." @DuncanYB takes this attitude even if he writes an article no one reads. Would you? This attitude of humility, to me is at the heart of the principal engineer / chief technologist role. The goals are bigger than any one action or job. #Career

Despite a fear of public speaking, @DuncanYB faced a room of 700+ people for his first public presentation. In this episode, Duncan shares his learning process through writing, how he prepares for presentations, and why he continued presenting throughout his career. @NerdJourney

If you're out there having a tough time right now due to #Layoffs, hang in there. This is @NerdJourney's most impactful layoff conversations with resources and practical tips to encourage and help. #vexpert #techlayoffs #reductioninforce #Careers nerd-journey.com/layoffresource…

Impacted by a #layoff event? Here's a curated list of advice from HR pros, career coaches, burnout experts, and technologists who have been through it with practical tips for processing and moving forward. #layoffs2024 #RIF #careeradvice @NerdJourney nerd-journey.com/layoffresources

@joshduffney I'm close to pulling the trigger on a Synology Diskstation (8 bay, 4 or 5 drives at 8 TB, 7200 RPM, RAID 6) for home file storage, podcast file storage, and potentially some VMs for a future lab. I plan to synchronize with Backblaze B2. I'm happy to send you my shopping list.

Part of me wants to be a minimalist and get rid of everything except for what's plugged into my desktop but then the other part just order a new KVM on Amazon... so I guess maybe I need better storage. How are you all storing your tech stuff?

If you want to hear passion and love for technology that will breathe excitement into others, listen to this great discussion with @TurboDad. What do you love about your job? #passion #career #love #TechCareers

If you've been impacted by #layoffs, may this episode bring you hope, guidance, and some resources to help. @NerdJourney @Lizbconsult @realjobtalk #RIF #workforcereduction #jobseekers nerd-journey.com/reduction-in-f…

If you're coming to @VMwareExplore US, I would encourage you to think on what's in it for your career. If you want to know and leverage the patterns of career progression in tech, find me in session #INVB2114LV. @NerdJourney @vExpert #vexpert #career event.vmware.com/flow/vmware/ex…

We’ve heard knowledge is power, but it’s also something that makes us money. What if you aren’t highlighting the most valuable knowledge you possess on your resume or in job interviews? Erik Gross shares The Most Valuable Knowledge Framework @NerdJourney nerd-journey.com/monetize-yours…

@drgurner @renobelk I agree on starting with yourself. However, I think we each need to consider some kind of struggle tolerance / struggle budget. Take it as far as you can on your own, but decide in advance at what point of frustration or struggle you will seek help.

@renobelk Sometimes you can do a whole lot by yourself. You've got to start there.

💯 Plus the humility to realize that you can’t do it all yourself.

If you've been impacted by #layoffs2024, listen to advice from business psychologist Leanne Elliott of @TruthLiesWork. I cannot share this one enough based on recent events. #vexpert #layoffs #RIF @NerdJourney nerd-journey.com/the-psychologi…

How can the #Entrepreneur decide to keep pursuing an idea or change direction? Erik Gross shares his thoughts on tough decisions and 3 perspectives on #layoffs. #vexpert #Leadership nerd-journey.com/ownership-thro…

The technical exploration of @amyengineer continues in this part 2 of her career story from consulting, to public sector network engineer, and on to Fortinet. And we talk about how project management skills can help the technologist in all of these roles. #career @NerdJourney

@amyengineer is right on point that the packets don't lie. But if you follow them to what you think is interesting to learn and interesting work, it will provide amazing career growth. Keep technically exploring! It was a great conversation. #vexpert #career #networkengineering

@CTOAdvisor The attitude of not being able to create content because you're not an expert is perfectionism in our heads. Whatever we create can't be perfect. By creating something and moving forward on that learning journey (wherever we start), we learn that forward progress is the goal.

You haven't achieved expert-level knowledge of a topic. Therefore, you can't create content about the topic, right? Not so fast. Content consumers appreciate authenticity. There are people on the same journey as you. They want to learn as you learn. It's encouraging to know that someone (you) with just as much or as little knowledge as me (the content consumer) is thoughtful enough to share their journey. Yes, people may have heard, read, or seen the basics before but haven't experienced it through your lens. In a world cluttered with horrible AI content, you have the opportunity to rise above the noise and help someone learn something new to them.

When the company you once loved isn't that company any longer, what do you do? Nicholas Aronne lays down some great thoughts on assessing the value of our next job and why leaving a company makes sense. @NerdJourney #jobseekers #job #vexpert nerd-journey.com/adapt-to-chang…

@mistwire Perhaps we feel like other people will care what we think, but I'd posit there is some validation seeking too. If I make noise and someone agrees with me just as strongly, it feels like maybe the decision was more "justified." It's ego.

I think it's it's interesting the we - collectively - have lost the ability to look at something, decide it's not for me, and move on without feeling the need to comment. Why is that? Social media oversaturation?

When a Java developer made the business case to use #agile and #scrum at IBM, he became a product owner and project manager. Catch Nicholas Aronne's early career story on @NerdJourney @vExpert #productmanagement #developer nerd-journey.com/an-agile-caree…