14 episodes
Pivotal Moments with John Lam John Lam
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4.0 • 4 Ratings
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Achieve your career and life goals sooner by learning from the pivotal moments of my guests. Each Monday a new guest, mostly working in tech and Microsoft, will share with you pivotal stories from their careers and lives and the lessons they learned. Hosted by John Lam.
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Ep. 14 Defying Conventional Wisdom: Harris Syed
Harris Syed defied conventional wisdom in his unlikely journey from Pakistan to the Partner band at Microsoft.
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Ep. 13 Rong Lu: from Engineer to PM to Manager, her 16+ year journey at Microsoft
Rong is a PM Manager at Microsoft and a 16+ year veteran of Developer Division. This is the story of her journey from engineer to PM to PM Manager, and from China to the United States.
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Ep.12 Jill Jacobson: on UX Design at Microsoft, her circuitous journey to UX design from industrial design, and rediscovering joy from creative pursuits
Jill shares with us her story of resilience and grit that leads to her current position as a Senior UX Designer at Microsoft. Jill turned the disappointment of being fired from her first job in industrial design into a successful career designing some of the most complex user interfaces at Microsoft.
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Ep.11 Tim Heuer: on changing from evangelism to product development, making changes to his health, and the characteristics of a great PM
Tim Heuer is a Principal PM Manager at Microsoft. A 17 year veteran of the company, Tim shares with us some pivotal moments in his life: getting healthier, transitioning from evangelism to product, moving and getting re-org'd at the company, becoming a people manager, and creating a healthy work-life balance.
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Ep.10 The Wisdom of my guests: looking at my conversations with my first 9 guests through the lens of Change, Trying on the Job for Size, and Mistakes
Looking back at the interviews with my first 9 guests through the lens of Change, Trying the Job on for Size, and Mistakes.
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Ep.9 Larry Osterman: on working at Microsoft for over 37 years from MS-DOS to Azure and advice on how to have a long and productive career at the company
Larry Osterman is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft, and he's been here for over 37 years! In a career that starts with MS-DOS and continues today with Azure, Larry has seen it all and shares not only his stories, but the accumulated wisdom he has gained in his distinguished career.