
Guidance Counselor 2.0
By Taylor Desseyn


Episode 460 - Generalists vs. Specialists Where Do We Go From Here w/ Pat Clarke, Dir of Eng
we are hanging out with director of engineering pat clarke to talk about the shift from the generalists trend that has occured the last few years so what seems like now companies wanting specialists.
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Episode 459 - Starting Over w/ Clark Sell
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Episode 458 - Navigating Your Career w/ AI as a Junior Dev w/ Will King
we are diving into the conversation on how ai effects the junior dev market.
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Episode 457 - Staying Positive in Your Job Search w/ Bree Hall, Developer Advocate
diving into Bree's career and how she stayed positive after not getting her first job for 3 years after graduating.
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Episode 456 - Power of Engaging on Social and How to Interview with a Startup w/ Founder, Rae Lambert
Raechel has built an amazing platform called River and we are going to talk about it!
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Episode 455 - Why James Disappeared from the Internet w/ James Q Quick, Head of Dev Exp
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Episode 454 - DEVWorld 2025 Conference Talk - Exposing the Job Search
switching things up a little this week with a recap of a recent talk from DEVWorld 2025 in amsterdam. we're talking all about breaking down all the ways to hack the job search process.
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Episode 453 - Why You Should Just Post Things w/ Francesco Ciulla, Sr. Dev Rel
Francesco is an absolute beast when it comes to content amassing 194k twitter followers and over 300k Youtube subs. We are going to talk about how he didn't even want to post to the internet and now it's changed his career.
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Episode 452 - THAT conference keynote - you are not alone
a bit of a throwback here to my keynote at THAT conference 2023. it might be a bit later, but the feelings still stand. always remember that in your job search, you're not alone.
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Episode 451 - The Blocking & Tackling of Finding a Job in 90 Days w/ Lawrence Lockhart
this is part 2 of an amazing conversation I had with Lawrence on how he found a job in 87 days of just cold applying but we are diving into what his day to day looked like.
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Episode 450 - JSConfMX Conference Talk - How Content & Community Can Impact Your Career
switching things up a little this week with a recap of a recent talk. putting yourself out on the internet is more important now than ever when it comes to growing your career. this talk sets the framework on how to start building community and content to become discoverable in the sea of job seekers.
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Episode 449 - Being Nice and How to Network w/ Salma Alam-Naylor
talking about getting into tech from an non traditional career path!
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Episode 448 - All Things Open Conference Talk (Exposing The Job Search Process)
switching things up a little this week with a recap of a recent talk. if you’re feeling stuck in your job search, you’re not alone. this talk is fully Q&A and should give you valuable insight on how to approach your next career move!
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Episode 447 - Layoff to Offer Letter in 89 Days w/ Sr. Dev Rel, Lawrence Lockhart
Diving into Lawrence's recent job search strategy and how he was able to land a job in 89 days!
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Episode 446 - How to Hire And Navigate Startup Culture w/ CEO, Kevin Van Gundy
Lets dive into how to hire and navigate the job search!
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Episode 445 - Career Switching and Job Search 101 w/ Account Manager, Jordyn Wallace
Hanging with a fellow Randstad employee to talk all things job search tips!
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Episode 444 - How AI is Effecting the Interviewing w/ Head of Dev Relations, Angie Jones
We are diving into how AI is effecting hiring and interviewing!
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Episode 443 - Advice from a Hiring Manager w/ Eng Manager Dan Digangi
Hanging with my guy Dan who is a Engineering Manager at Active Campaign to talk through the job search!
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Episode 442 - Building a Network & Betting on Yourself w/ Co-Founder Dee Murthy
Hanging out with Co-Founder Dee Murthy to talk about his entrepreneurial journey. Check out his podcast Groupchat!!
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Episode 441 - How to Hire Properly w/ Brian Holt, Staff PM @ Neon.tech
hanging with the legend Brian Holt to talk about all things hiring and what he looks for when he hires!!
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Episode 440 - Solo Show
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Episode 439 - From Sales to First Engineering Job at Netflix w/ Shaundai Person
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Episode 438 - Finding a Job Through Community w/ Appwrites Nishant Jain
hanging out with Integration engineer and appwrite hero nishant jain to talk about his job search journey!
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Episode 437 - Navigating Your Career and Job Search w/ Leon Noel
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Episode 436 - Do What You Love and It Just Works Out w/ Kevin Blanco, Sr. DevRel
hanging with my friend kevin from appsmith! talking about how he got to where he is at in his career!
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Episode 435 - The Power of Putting Yourself Out There w/ Aaron Francis
hanging out with the amazing Aaron Francis to really dig into his talk about putting yourself out there!
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Episode 434 - How to Navigate Large Conferences w/ Nick Taylor, Dev Advocate
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Episode 433 - The Winding Road w/ Leslie Greenwood, Co-Founder of Women Wednesday
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Episode 432 - 10 Month Job Search w/ Jeremy Barger, Director of Engineering
catching up with my friend Jeremy on his latest job search that took 10 months. Our goal is to give you practical tips to level up your job search.
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Episode 431 - What To Do When You Are Laid Off w/ Eng Leader, Colin Lord
we are going to dive into Colin's last job search and how he overcame getting a position during a downturn and the holidays!
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Episode 430 - Recruiter Turned Software Developer w/ Brooke Sweedar
joined this morning by the wonderful Brooke Sweedar to talk about her career journey from a 10+ year recruiter and diving into software development!
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Episode 429 - Hello Darkness My Old Friend w/ DevRel Expert, Tessa Kriesel
talking about the importance of getting out, productivity hacks, and getting away from your desk
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Episode 428 - Advancing Your Career from Senior to Leadership w/ Principal Engineer, Stephen Shary
Stoked to hang with Principal Engineer Stephen Shary to talk about things to consider going from senior to leadership as well as how to build good tech culture.
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Episode 427 - The Tactical Part of Community w/ Pauline Narvas, Community @ Vercel
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Episode 426 - Community Chats and Meetup.com Alternatives w/ Founder, Taz Singh
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Episode 425 - Start Showing Up and Get Off Your Couch w/ Kent Dodds
joined this morning by the GOAT Kent Dodds to talk about the importance of developer conferences and community!
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Episode 424 - Building Your Audience and Going Independent w/ Josh Comeau
PUMPED to hang out with Josh today to talk about building his course work, the importance of building and networking.
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Episode 423 - Management Talks w/ Jem Young, Eng Leader @ Netflix
hanging out talking leadership!
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Episode 422 - How Content Can Land You a Job w/ Chantastic
Hanging out with my dude Chan to talk about his latest job search and how content and community landed him his current job.
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Episode 421 - The Importance of Value in your Career w/ Staff Dev Advocate, Adewale Abati
Joined by Staff Dev Advocate Adewale (Ace) Abati from Block today to talk about his career growing up in Nigeria to being a Staff Engineer and the importance of providing/adding value to get where you want to go!
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Episode 420 - Finding a Job as a Director of Engineering w/ Brian Walter, Republic.com
Hanging out with Director of Engineering, Brian Walter of Republic.com. A lot of times people think leadership individuals have it easy to find a job but Brian's journey was tough and we are going to talk about it!
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Episode 419 - Building Teams Exactly How You Want w/ Hank Taylor, Marketing at Laravel
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Episode 418 - How to Land Freelance Opportunities w/ Hank Washington, Founder
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Episode 417 - Career Transition into Software Engineering w/ Chris Nowicki, Eng Lead
I am joined by my dear friend Chris Nowicki to talk about how he landed his first job in tech!
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Episode 416 - Why Community Matters w/ Staff Comm Mgr at Vercel, Pauline Narvas
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Episode 415 - Doing the Job Before You Get The Job w/ Jason Torres
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Episode 414 - Promotion by Layoff w/ AI Staff Eng, John Vandivier
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Episode 413 - X's and O's of Networking (Solo Show)
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Episode 412 - You Are Enough w/ Motivational Speaker Reggie Ford
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Episode 411 - Updates on the Job Market w/ Managing Director, Dan Thompson
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