Jumping Ships (Or How To Think About Switching Jobs)

10/15/16 • 37 min

In this episode, Romeo interviews Tre Haskins, a friend and fellow Notre Dame alum. They discuss the transition from his job as Technology Consultant at Deloitte to a Production Manager on Celebrity Cruises. They discuss Tre’s mentality entering Deloitte and how he went about finding his new gig and leaving his “comfy” job and the challenges it presented.
They talk about how he convinced himself about the change, how talked to his parents about it, and becoming comfortable with his decision and finding the courage to pursue a different path to fulfill his passion.

Links

– The United States Institute for Theatre Technology USITT

Our intro and outro music is Sorry by Comfort Fit

Links

– The United States Institute for Theatre Technology USITT

Our intro and outro music is Sorry by Comfort Fit

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TBN: 2016 Graduation Edition

In this episode, we answer questions from recent college graduates. We talk about everything from our salaries, what we spend money on, taxes and what to do if people do not take you seriously at work, and much more.
If you don’t want to listen to the whole episode, feel free to skip around the episode using the timestamps (with links) below:

Questions Answered

00:06:20 - How much do you make? 00:08:55 - What are taxes and why do they suck? 00:14:22 - Financially what do you do?

Resource:

Use the Mint App to track your expenses

00:25:05 - What can we do to build a strong financial foundation upon getting our first job?

Resources:

A book on finance: Ramit Sethi: I Will Teach You To Be Rich
An Article: The Psychology of Automation: Building a Bulletproof Personal-Finance System
A book on cooking: Tim Ferriss: The Four Hour Chef

00:30:00 - Balancing research with family/social life (or how to have work life balance?)

Resource:

An article on work life balance: Fixed Schedule Productivity Method by Cal Newport

00:38:00 - How do you make new friends and have a social life if you are moving to a new area?

Resources:

A website: Meetup.com
A Two Black Nerds episode: “Wait I’m not the only minority anymore!”

00:41:20 - Your thoughts on dating while black after Notre Dame/PWIs 00:49:20 - Do you really have to go to work when you're hungover or can you use a sick day? 00:53:30 - I would like advice about cold-emailing/-calling people and companies when they don't have jobs posted but you still want to work for them. 01:03:34 - How can I break into a major industry if I don't come from a top tier college? 01:11:00 - How do you avoid getting depressed after you achieve your goals and lose your passion for doing things?

Resource:

A book: Chapter Six of Scott Adams book How To Fail at Everything and Still Win Big

01:22:30 - How should I go about evaluating if the work I'm doing is worthwhile? How much does whether or not you think your job is improving people’s lives weigh into it?

Resources:

A website: Professor William MacAskill 80000 hours. It discusses how to evaluate your work
A TED Talk: William MacAskill “Want to make a difference? Don't Work for a Charity.”

01:30:55 - How do I deal with people that won't take me seriously in the workplace?

Resource:

A book: Dale Carnegie “How to Win Friends and Influencing People”

01:36:35 - What are the best ways to keep learning new things?

Resources

YouTube channel: Ted ED
TED
Brainpickings - Interdisciplanary musings on the intersection of philosophy, science and literature.
Twitter. Find smart people and follow them
A Podcast: TED Radio Hour

Odds and Ends

We are also giving away two copies of Ramit Sethi’s I Will Teach You to Be Rich. The details are in the show. The giveaway will last until June 15th, 2016. So first people to follow the instructions get dibs.

Our Intro and Outro music is Sorry by Comfort Fit

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MIT, YC Alum, and Solo Founder: IndieHackers’ Courtland Allen on Work Ethic and Starting Your Own Venture

In this episode, Two Black Nerds talk to Courtland Allen, MIT graduate and YC Alum and the founder of IndieHackers’. Courtland tells them about his career as a programmer and how he made the progression from developer to founder and the lessons and skills he learned while at MIT and YCombinator. They also discuss the history of IndieHackers and how it was initially founded and created and the future direction of the website, with snippets of technical discussion here and there.