From El Salvador to Vegas Casinos IT with Oscar Diaz | Episode 010

Episode Information

Show Notes

In this engaging episode of Career Downloads, host Manuel Martinez sits down with Oscar Diaz, a seasoned tech professional with a unique career path. Oscar’s journey in the world of IT is both inspiring and informative, offering valuable insights for anyone looking to build a successful career in technology.

Episode Highlights:

1. Early Beginnings: Oscar shares his story of emigrating from El Salvador to the United States as a child, eventually settling in Las Vegas.
2. Discovering IT: Learn how a fortunate accident led Oscar to discover his passion for information technology during his college years.
3. First Tech Job: Oscar recounts landing his first IT position and the crucial lessons he learned about adaptability and continuous learning.
4. Casino IT: Dive into Oscar’s experiences working in the fast-paced environment of Las Vegas casinos, where downtime is not an option.
5. Networking Tips: Discover the importance of building professional relationships and leaving positive impressions throughout your career.
6. Government Sector Transition: Oscar explains his move to a government IT role, highlighting the benefits of job security and work-life balance.
7. Embracing New Tech: Hear how Oscar’s willingness to tackle emerging technologies like virtualization opened up new career opportunities.

Throughout the episode, Oscar provides practical advice on seizing opportunities, staying curious, and adapting to new challenges in the ever-evolving tech landscape. Whether you’re just starting your IT career or looking to take it to the next level, this episode of Career Downloads offers valuable insights and inspiration.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from Oscar’s experiences and gain actionable tips for your own career growth in the technology sector!

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Transcription

Manuel: Welcome everybody to another episode of Career Downloads. My name is Manuel Martinez, where each episode I basically hit the refresh button, bring on a different guest to learn more about their background, their job history, and really uncover any different tips and tricks that they’ve used along their way to kind of manage their career so that you can find value out of this. So for today’s episode, I have with me a friend of mine that we’ve worked together. We’ve gone to college together. His name is Oscar Diaz. And we’re going to learn a little bit more about his background. And we’ve had similar experiences. We’ve been at similar roles. We’ve worked at the same places a couple of times. So really getting to know it and understand it from a different perspective I think will be beneficial to everybody because even if you’re working at the same place in the same role, your experiences are not always going to be the same. So with that, plug in and download the knowledge and let’s welcome Oscar.

Oscar: Thank you. Yeah, it’s going good. Thanks for having me, man.

Manuel: Of course. So to start off, I kind of mentioned that we went to school together. We’ve worked together a couple of different places. So what I’ve been doing with all the different guests