Escalations, stress, and a side of existential crisis—just another day in tech.
Ever wondered how to handle high-stakes incidents, and then realized just how much of IT work can be automated? This episode jumps into the weird world of tech jobs that shouldn’t be full-time but somehow are. Is it a win-win, or just corporate oblivion at its finest? And what happens when you’re so good at your job that you automate your way out of it? Let’s find out.
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Highlights:- The Hive Mind Effect: How working through chaos turns coworkers into an eerily synchronized unit.
- The Growing Tech Knowledge Gap: When outdated systems and hiring missteps lead to jobs that shouldn’t exist.
- AI, Automation, and Ethics: The fine line between streamlining workflows and making yourself obsolete.
Jump into the conversation:
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00:00) Intro
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01:30) The hive mind effect at work
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04:23) Automating yourself out of a job
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06:50) Digital evidence and IT headaches
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10:10) Cloud security and legal risks
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14:18) AI, automation, and job fears
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17:03) The ethics of doing less work
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20:27) Why tech hiring goes wrong
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22:15) The growing tech knowledge gap
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24:41) Generative AI and fear-driven choices
What is Off the VPN?
Is bringing up your software engineering salary a dating red flag? How do you strike a balance between career ambition and incendiary burnout? Is it ever okay to hold your code hostage in escrow? Navigating a career in tech raises a lot of tricky questions that aren’t exactly appropriate for the daily stand-up. So let’s take this off the VPN.
In this new podcast from Jellyfish, work besties Jasmine and Allison scour the internet to find the real questions engineers and developers are whispering over drinks and posting about anonymously. Together, they’ll tackle the most troubling of inquiries with authenticity, humor, and absolutely no holding back.