I love talking shop but I don't have the opportunity to do so as much now that I'm retired. So, when my former student Dino Beslic emailed me and asked if I wanted to be on his podcast, The Dino Podcast, I was both honored and excited.

Dino was a student of mine in the early 2000s but we haven't been in touch for years. I reached out to his brother Denis, also a student of mine, in order to connect yet another student to him for a job referral. Denis talked to Dino and that ended up in me being invited on the show. Of course, I'm also excited about being reconnected with both Denis and Dino.

Dino's a Tech CFO and investor and his podcast is about "business, technology, and geopolitics."

The tech job market has been in a downturn for the past couple of years and at the same time, we've seen a rise in AI an AI based programming assistants and related technologies. Dino and I spent a little over an hour talking about reasons for the downturn, if and how AI and the downturn were affecting the market and education. We also projected a bit into the future and made some recommendations for youngsters starting out.

I particularly enjoyed the fact that we were talking about education at the college level up into the workforce - most of my recent shop talks have focused on K12 and while I'm passionate about my work there, I've also done a lot with preparing students for the tech workforce and navigating early careers and am wondering if that's an area I'll go back to focusing on for my next adventure.

So, if you've got the time, check out the Dino Podcast. Here's a link to the episode I'm on: link