Tech Bitch Podcast Jamie Hardin

Nicole Wemple works in Tech as a Customer Success director. Hear her journey from watching kids to the salacious world of Zenefits to bro-culture overload. She shares her San Francisco adventures becoming a douchebag and defending her life with a taser. Nicole also asks, “where are all the San Francisco lesbians?”  
Show Timestamps:
0:00 - Intros
2:36 - Kick of tech doucherie with Nicki Wemple
8:30 - Defining Customer Success in Tech
13:40 - The people we deal with
19:55 - To woke or not to woke? How important is happiness.
27:05 - Fearing for your life is common for women
29:50 - First impressions of San Francisco
48:00 - Sexual Orientation: Struggling with not struggling
56:43 - Bitch Sesh: San Francisco made me a giant douchebag
Music Credits:
Eterno Retorno - Madame Rrose Selavy
Don’t Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
Pon de Replay - Rihanna
Who Do You Think You Are - Spice Girls
Proud Mary - Tina Turner
New York Minute Prayer - Shlipa Ray

If women earn only 78 cent to each dollar, we need to be even smarter about our finances. Jamie Hardin sits down with Jules to discuss how women everywhere can best utilize their personal finance. Jules’ rant is not to be missed. Where do you stand on societal pressures to lose your virginity before 40.
Show Timestamps:
0:00 - Intros
2:03 - Kicking it off with annuities
6:30 - CD laddering, getting to the top
10:07 - Employee Stocks, are they worth it?
12:18 - Jules predicts the 2018 crash
16:44 - Cryptocurrency
22:09 - The new housing bubble
26:23 - How women can take care of our finances
39:10 - Job hopping for a better salary
51:46 - And this turned into a millennial rant
54:10 - Bitch Sesh: Fucking before 40
Music Credits:
Eterno Retorno - Madame Rrose Selavy
Price Tag (feat. B.o.B.) - Jessie J
Gold Digger - Kanye West
November Rain - Guns & Roses
Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani
I’m Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
New York Minute Prayer - Shlipa Ray

Do you hate your job? Always wanted to pursue your dreams? Feeling like you’re no longer a good fit for your organization? Dreading Mondays? These are all signals that you are likely stuck in your current career and need to find a way to get unstuck. Career coach Kelly Poulson explains the steps that you need to take to get there and ways to explore what makes you happy in your career. To learn more about Kelly, visit www.kellypoulson.com
 
Show Timestamps:
0:00 - Intros
1:57 - Jamie can’t even get into the interview without diving into managing millennials
8:16 - Misery and despair - how to get unstuck
15:05 - How to change your career completely
22:57 - Financially speaking: how to make a change
32:30 - Career restart: how to interview
38:20 - Opps, I made a mistake changing careers
46:30 - Red flags in interviews and what you want your legacy to say
53:22 - Career fulfillment: does it matter?
1:03:10 - Bitch Sesh: respect people’s time
Music Credits:
Eterno Retorno - Madame Rrose Selavy
True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
A Day in the Life - Beatles
I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
Tell Me Something Good - Chaka Khan
Roam - B-52’s
You Learn - Alanis Morissette
New York Minute Prayer - Shlipa Ray

Marriott union workers in 8 cities have been striking for more than a month now with no end in sight. What are their demands? A basic living wage where only one job is enough. Hear Jamie’s most recent experience in the city by the Bay with recorded audio of the protesters in front of the W Hotel. Hear the infuriating response from Marriott including lying to customers and requiring other non-hotel Marriott worker to report to a San Francisco hotel to clean rooms before Oracle’s conference. Share your story, write into the show at wtf@techbitchpodcast.com
Show Timestamps:
0:00 - Why I’m ranting about Marriott
3:45 - It all began well...until it didn’t
12:13 - One job is enough
18:53 - Mr. Marriott’s success team sucks
25:27 - Marriott makes their employees clean rooms

Music Credits:
Eterno Retorno - Madame Rrose Selavy
We Built This City - Starship
Blood in the Cut - K.Flay
F**k You - Lily Allen
New York Minute Prayer - Shlipa Ray

There is a right way and a wrong way to leave a company. Jamie gives career advice on how to leave your employer without burning bridges. Whether it’s your choice or not, stay classy ladies. You never know when you might need to work with those colleagues again. What’s been your experience? Write in to the show at wtf@techbitchpodcast.com
Show Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction to today’s offboarding episode
3:34 - Leaving a company when it’s your choice
5:37 - Two weeks’ notice and how to tell your colleagues you’re leaving
9:42 - Transition planning: don’t get emotionally invested
13:11 - Backdoor references...yep, it happens
16:04 - Exit Interviews, to be honest or not
19:15 - Layoffs or being fired: how to negotiate in your best interest
30:26 - Stop using your business email for personal use
34:22 - Jamie rants about Virginia’s lack of paid time off policy
Music Credits:
Eterno Retorno - Madame Rrose Selavy
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles
Paying The Cost To Be Boss - B.B. King
Changes - David Bowie
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
New York Minute Prayer - Shlipa Ray

Jamie has traveled...a lot...lately and has some things to say about her recent travel experiences. From whether TSA Precheck is worth it to baggage claim etiquette, Jamie tells it like it is. The misery of a Las Vegas conference for a gal that doesn’t drink, smoke or gamble. American Airlines has a morale problem and how Jamie can never win with Southwest. And ways to make travel better for all.
Show Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction to today’s travel rant
1:26 - TSA Precheck, is it worth it?
4:02 - Vegas and I need to see other people
8:10 - Hotels, listen up ‘cause you missed a vital feature...soundproofing
10:58 - Southwest...need I say more?
15:39 - When Southwest strands you in Denver, check in to the Hotel Monaco (warning: Jamie’s in love with the Kimpton Hotel chain)
16:28 - The question you should ask every Lyft driver
24:41 - American Airlines suffers a huge morale problem
32:10 - Jamie’s worst birthday...yes, I was on a plane ride to Paris
45:15 - Baggage Claim Etiquette full on rant
Music Credits:
Eterno Retorno - Madame Rrose Selavy
Cups - Jean Simone
Leaving Las Vegas - Sheryl Crow
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds - Beatles
New York Minute Prayer - Shlipa Ray