{"podcast":{"title":"The Career Guy","slug":"the-career-guy-3712690","podcast_index_feed_id":3712690,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/yUA1W_Fy","website_url":"https://the-career-guy.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/b10266a3-57af-4c48-a424-42556f13c3dc/8217a780-9a2c-4c3b-9b0a-457995318454/3000x3000/mickey-wiht-out-circle.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Mickey Horvath","episode_count":61,"summary":"The Career Guy Podcast is a repository of interviews where the guests are sharing their stories regarding their careers. Listeners will get insight to the various careers that others have letting them make better choices of their careers.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T06:21:06.140584+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-career-guy-3712690"},"episode":{"title":"Skill Builder","slug":"skill-builder","published_at":"2024-04-06T19:11:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-career-guy-3712690/skill-builder","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-career-guy-3712690","url":"https://the-career-guy.simplecast.com/episodes/skill-builder-8DfFqCtS","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/85f0f427-6040-4764-8f62-34792e2f71cb/episodes/252fc15d-fdb0-4662-8c55-c221c451f50d/audio/c333ca9b-84f0-407a-916c-ac3f30d99c04/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=yUA1W_Fy","summary":"This episode is with Shikhar Sachdev. Shikhar is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley where he completed a bachelor's degree in philosophy and environmental economics. He is also a graduate of the Launch School Software Engineering Program. He is passionate about career development which is supported by the many blogs he has written, particularly one called “Job Hunting Sucks; which went viral. This interview starts with Shikhar’s background which includes immigrating from Switzerland to California. He talks about his experiences at the University of California and why he majored in philosophy. The benefits of pursuing such a degree are highlighted and there are some surprises. Also, there are good discussions on how one should approach a university education. It is revealed that it is a time of exploring and discovering abilities, interests, and passion. It is a unique time in life in building the foundations for life. Some really important life and career lessons are shared. Living in the Bay Area Shikhar explains how he came about his first line of employment as an “Account Manager”. More importantly how he made the transition into a more technical role as a “Solutions Engineer”. There is insight on how a person can pursue a career in the technical world of IT. The conversation comes from both perspectives. Technical people graduating from computer sciences and engineering and non-technical such as Shikhar with his education in philosophy. We talk about how Shikhar explores his creative side by writing blogs on his website www.careerfair.io. There is a good conversation on his famous blog “Job Hunting Sucks”. First, we talk about what it is like when our work goes viral, there are some good points for any creative person. More importantly, there is a…","meta_description":"This episode is with Shikhar Sachdev. Shikhar is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley where he completed a bachelor's degree in philosophy…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3095,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-career-guy-3712690/episodes/skill-builder/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-career-guy-3712690/skill-builder.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}