You Can't Tell Me How To Live

Audience continues to grow and more requests come for a Discord Server.

Today I talk about the ever increasing TikTok audience and the authorship of a business plan for the next three months.

As my TikTok continues to grow, there's a growing problem with anxiety around creating accurate educational content in short order, along with a real problem with time allocation and a need to prioritize.

Today I talk about the growing TikTok Channel, and the different podcast ideas that I might create on this channel.

In one week, I grew a Computer Science channel on TikTok from 0 - 1.5k followers. Followers who are in a niche, engaged, and who are interested in the topics I talk about. Here's some insights.

Today I debated hanging up the headset due to a massive influx of attention from TikTok.

Atypical Engineers are in hiding. They are out there, but they have an internalized feeling that they are only coders. Only engineers. I want to tear that down. And I've thought of one way to do that with this show.

Well, it finally happened. Only took like 10 years. A purpose has been revealed. And now this show and the rest of what I build can coalesce around a singular concept.

14 days out of 75 into the Podcast Every Day Challenge, and I'm just going through the motions at this point. Here I brainstorm some things that I need to change and how this becomes a better product going forward.

Maybe this won't age well, but the concept is the same. Being comfortable in front of people. Not being self conscious. Feeling like your opinion is valid. If you think social media is a wasteland of garbage, you're wrong. And you probably only think that because you are self conscious about posting. Social media is a great place to face some fears and grow.

Habits, commitment, and discipline. Three things you need on the road to a better career as a software professional.

The most important thing for SW Engineers to know as they embark on a career in entrepreneurship.

People continue to try to out do each other and think that stacking programming languages on their resume is going to get them paid more, but that's not true.

Rant time. Trends around the globe aren't going to allow for software engineering work to continue with such high costs. If you think you're going to keep making $100k writing Javascript code, ask the 1970's Auto Workers how that's worked out for them. How do you prepare yourself?

How does "Software Partner to the Executive Team" sounds is a great sentence to hear. Yesterday I previewed an upcoming meeting with an execs form a big company to hear a pitch of some software I've been building. Tune in to see what happened and how to leverage a 30 minute meeting into something awesome.

There are moments of clarity when the truth of your message is painfully obvious. Today I have to pitch a business idea and software to C-level executives. Doing this with the Engineer hat on is a surefire way to fail. Want to know why this show and it's message is important? Here it is.

Remember those stupid physics problems that had the whimsical backstories of somebody calculating the coefficient of friction of their milk carton against a lunch table? That's you being taught not to think about which problems are even worth solving. Now you're left with an inability to find problems which need solving, and whether or not they are profitable to solve.

Were you intrigued by Engineering because it was the most difficult path, only to discover the truth.. In the real world, engineers are essentially replaceable and the occupation gets only an average amount of respect. Now it's time to do what people in the real world respect....business. But you don't have the skills. Here is a short version of my story and why I'm doing this show.

It's too easy for people who came up as engineers to get started building a solution before they know if a problem exists. That's because there is an underlying assumption that any problem that they needed to engineer a solution existed for a reason. But rarely do they use their engineering skills to solve for the problem of "which problem to solve".

A few minutes about what you will get from listening to this show. Just because the name is vague doesn't mean the purpose is.

The Corona Virus quarantine is bringing people back into our lives that we haven't had consistent contact in years. The opinions of your college friends were important in college, but are they still important, 10 years later?

Day 1 of 75 of a new show concept, where I lay out my goals and ambitions for the next 75 days related to this podcast.

After listening to my first four podcasts, I realized something. My podcast sucks. It's boring and monotone. The content is dry. There are no guests. There is very little storytelling. It's just bad all around. It's probably about as bad as my writing. The puzzling thing is that I'm not sure why i expected anything different. Podcasting is a craft. It's an art form. But the reality is that in order to actually reach people, I need to develop skills in my chosen medium. I could have the best content in the world, but if it's presented poorly then people will listen to something else. The whole point of doing this Podcast should be to learn how to create a good podcast. Going forward, that's going to be my focus. My central theme will be improvement. I'll listen to my episodes, criticize it, and make improvements. A theme will eventually emerge, but at this point, it's much more important to master the medium.

In this episode I'm going to take you from being someone who just goes with the flow and give you some real instructions on how to make big plans for your future. I'll talk about three types of thinking that you absolutely need to make time for in your life. Harvesting ideas, deciding which opportunities to pursue, and doing short term planning. I didn't do any of this before last year and it's made a huge difference in my confidence levels and in the direction of my life. You can check a written version on the site https://engineeringanentrepreneur.com/planning-exercises-to-schedule-time-for/

Engineering Uncertainty is a critical skill for “employee” types trying to move into entrepreneurship. Life literally conditions employees to avoid uncertainty at all costs. Obviously, taking the safe route can get you a long way, but it can’t get you everywhere. Someone not being told what to do is a very difficult situation if they’ve spent their entire career at a large company. It’s nearly impossible to wrap your mind around the new situation. This episode talks about two types of uncertainty that beginning entrepreneurs have to deal with. The first is uncertainty on a daily level, and the second is uncertainty in a long term timeframe. It also discusses three real life strategies to use that will help you to start engineering uncertainty in your life! Remember, you need to embrace the uncertainty or else you will revert back to your default behavior! This is a huge mental barrier that I am still trying to overcome. I always catch myself thinking thoughts of stability and steady income. While that might be the eventual goal, the path on which I travel to that end actually matters. I have to catch myself and correct my thinking. This episode also delves into a few cool things that happened to me this week. I actually ran into someone who has listened to one of my podcasts, which is crazy. The podcast only has 12 plays total, so it’s an incredible coincidence. I also talk about just getting started with your project, and how cool it is to show initiative and have it pay off.

In this episode I introduce my Mental Brief and talk about three ways that people with Employee Mindset fail to see opportunity.

Listen as I introduce what I want to do with this project and explain to you how my perspective is unique. It's my first time doing a podcast ever, but like I say...It's all about the process!