# Taking it on Faith - The Journey of a Jira Admin Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jira-life-6424449/taking-it-on-faith-the-journey-of-a-jira-admin Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jira-life-6424449/taking-it-on-faith-the-journey-of-a-jira-admin.md Podcast: [The Jira Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jira-life-6424449) Published: 2026-06-19T00:26:08+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thejiralife/episodes/Taking-it-on-Faith---The-Journey-of-a-Jira-Admin-e3l03qg Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/e2e8159c/podcast/play/121687312/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-19%2Fefe72284-660d-a501-19c1-8da218788a59.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-jira-life-6424449/episodes/taking-it-on-faith-the-journey-of-a-jira-admin Duration seconds: 3825 ## Resource This week the TJL crew sits down with Kayode Faith, a longtime Jira admin who's just launched his own podcast, The New Shape of Work and had one of the TJL crew members as his first guest (guess who!?). Kayode opens up about how a recent summit completely changed his perspective on Forge, and the crew swaps stories about the unexpected professional relationships and friendships that come out of these events. From there, the conversation turns reflective: Kayode looks back at how the Atlassian ecosystem has evolved over his six years as a Jira admin, and shares what he's most excited about going forward — starting with never having to do another nerve-wracking Jira Data Center upgrade again. The crew also digs into the real-world frustrations of working in this space, including Kayode's experience supporting a nonprofit client with little to no budget for essential apps, including backup solutions for Jira and Confluence Cloud. Expect candid stories, shared scars, and plenty of laughs as the crew welcomes a fellow admin (and fellow podcaster) into the fold.Thank you to ikuTeam for connecting and collaborating with The Jira Life. https://ikuteam.com The Jira Life=====================================Having trouble keeping up with when we are live? Sign up for our Atlassian Community Group! https://ace.atlassian.com/the-jira-life/ Or Follow us on LinkedIn! / the-jira-life Become a member on YouTube to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/@thejiralife/... Hosts: Alex "Dr. Jira" Ortiz Rodney "The Jira Guy" Nissen Sarah Wright "King Bob" Robert Wen Lina Ortiz / alexortiz89 / @apetechtechtutorials / rgnissen https://thejiraguy.com / satwright Producer: / robert-wen-csm-spc6-a552051 Executive Producer: Music provided by Monstercat:=========… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-jira-life-6424449/episodes/taking-it-on-faith-the-journey-of-a-jira-admin/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jira-life-6424449/taking-it-on-faith-the-journey-of-a-jira-admin.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.