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The High-Tech Career Handbook - A weekly column (and more) on high-tech careers by Douglas E. Welch. Primary Format : Careers Also Listed as: Career Careers City : Van Nuys State/Province : CA Country : USA Country : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: tech | Career | View this Podcast on a Google Map. Add to iTunes Text Only listing of Career Opportunities: The High-Tech Career Handbook Podcasts Trumix.com listings available of Career Opportunities: The High-Tech Career Handbook Podcasts Click Here to Update the directory of this podcasts programs.

Trumix.com listings available of Career Opportunities: The High-Tech Career Handbook Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Archive: The Exasperated Sigh - June 3, 2008 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article Ask the typical computer user to describe a tech support or IT worker and you will hear the same response repeatedly. “Whenever you asked him or her a question, they would [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Start building some independence for yourself Start building some independence for yourself By Douglas E. Welch Listen: Start building some independence for yourself It is the 4th of July, Independence Day here in the US, where we celebrate the founding of our nation. If you haven’t read the declaration recently, there are some truly stirring words to be found there, starting with “We hold [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Audio: Prelude to Revolution Part 3 - Happy 4th of July! A July 4th Gift from WelchWrite.com “I am apt to believe it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Reflection - May 27, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article Too often, we speed through our work, never noticing the small things we leave behind. Often, in the heat of a meeting or consulting call, we promise many things, but do [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Not everyone is happy when you change Not everyone is happy when you change By Douglas E. Welch Listen: Not everyone is happy when you change Despite the struggle it can sometimes be, growth and change are an important part of any career. If you aren’t growing and changing every day, you are probably falling behind. You should constantly be looking for new skills, new [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: By Example - May 20, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article Ask any married couple and you will quickly learn that you can’t make anyone change. You can wish them to change, ask them to change, demand they change, even threaten them [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Summer Solstice is time for reflection and projection Summer Solstice is time for reflection and projection By Douglas E. Welch Listen: Summer Solstice is time for reflection and projection I woke up today and was utterly amazed that it was rapidly approaching the end of June. Tomorrow is the Summer Solstice,the longest day of the year. The days only grow shorter until they reach the nadir [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Never Enough - May 13, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article Would you rather work for someone who praised you for your good work, or someone who constantly denigrated your efforts? It seems an easy choice to make, but every day I [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Retirement is not a goal, it is a path Retirement is not a goal, it is a path By Douglas E. Welch Listen: Retirement is not a goal, it is a path For over a century, workers have been taught that the end goal, the final payoff of any career is retirement — that blissful time at the end of our lives when we won’t have to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: A Technological World - May 6, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article If you want to be very clear about your feelings towards your current job, here is a little test. Find a child (son, daughter, nephew, niece, friend’s kid) and try to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The end of the week, but also the beginning The end of the week, but also the beginning By Douglas E. Welch Listen: The end of the week, but also the beginning Ahhhhh, Another Friday. Another end to another long week. Now we can all stop thinking about work for 2 days. Right? Well, while I’m as fond of “kicking back” on the weekend as anyone, I [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: What would you do? - April 29, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article If you want to be very clear about your feelings towards your current job, here is a little test. Find a child (son, daughter, nephew, niece, friend’s kid) and try to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How do you treat those around you? How do you treat those around you? By Douglas E. Welch Listen: How do you treat those around you? How do you treat those around you? May 30, 2008 Starting tomorrow, I want you to arrive at your work — whether in an office, retail store, support phone line or other service job — and imagine that everyone you deal [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Nothing from Something - April 22, 2008 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article Even as the world has progressed from a manufacturing economy to a knowledge economy, many things have remained the same. Products, whether hard physical objects or great ideas, are the end [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ugliness and Beauty Ugliness and Beauty By Douglas E. Welch Listen: Ugliness and Beauty You may think that ugliness and beauty are only concepts that occur in art, but they are both part of everyday life. More importantly, they are also a part of your work. Every action we take, everything we do can often be divided along these lines. Were [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Working in a Coal Mine - April 15, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article When I am having a particularly bad day on the job I tend to grumble about it. On these days, my wife’s usual response is, “It isn’t like your working in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Those who talk, but do not do Those who talk, but do not do By Douglas E. Welch Listen: Those who talk, but do not do “I want to…” “I need to…” “I would love to…” We hear these every day from those around us. We might even say it ourselves. Then come the excuses. “I don’t have enough time. I’m too busy. I don’t have [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website It is your career, after all It is your career, after all By Douglas E. Welch Listen: The difference between what is and what you wish it to be Lately, when asked to describe Career Opportunities I have found that I can better describe it by what it is not. Career Opportunities isn’t about resumes, interviewing, climbing the corporate ladder or many of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Lessons Learned…Again - April 8, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article While your high-tech work often has its ups and downs, some weeks can do a wonderful job reminding you what your work is all about. Some of the lessons you learn [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The difference between what is and what you wish it to be The difference between what is and what you wish it to be By Douglas E. Welch Listen: The difference between what is and what you wish it to be With any endeavor, there is always a vision in our mind of what we wish that endeavor to be. This ideal vision is important, as it gives us something [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Beware the Pundit - April 1, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article I am sure you have seen this before. A new technology is announced and it takes only moments before writers across the globe start to predict its demise. There is a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Organizing can be a great boost to your career Organizing can be a great boost to your career By Douglas E. Welch Listen: Organizing can be a great boost to your career Meetups are everywhere and the topics they support include technology, sewing, writing and a thousand other things. You might even attend some of these meetups or other user group meetings or conferences on a regular [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Get out of town - March 25, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article Usually when we have the thought, “I’ve got to get out of town”, we are thinking about recreation – getting away from it all. While there is always some benefit to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An interview with landscape designer, Susie Duboise An interview with landscape designer, Susie Duboise Listen: An interview with landscape designer, Susie Duboise Special Note: I want to highlight the listeners of Career Opportunities here on the web site. Send me a 100 word description of you and your web site and I will start to include them here. Email to career@welchwite.com. Join me on these [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Entrepreneurs - March 18, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article What is an entrepreneur? How do you become one? Is it worth the time, energy and aggravation? Recently, Rob Spahitz, a reader of this column, posted to a discussion on the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Elsewhere Online: Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need Ok, this trailer got me. Now I want to see the book. I hope it lives up to the video. It sounds like its sensibilities are very much in line with my own. Johnny Bunko book trailer Last week, my friend Dan Pink sent me a copy of his latest book, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Your job depends on those around you Your job depends on those around you By Douglas E. Welch Listen: Your job depends on those around you As many of you already know, in the corporate world, relations between departments can often be adversarial. Finance fights with creative, sales fights with manufacturing and almost everyone fights with IT. The problems that arise from this go much [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Joining an IT Conversation - March 11, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article One of the most important ways of expanding your high-tech career is finding resources that can help you expand your knowledge beyond your immediate hands on experience. Sure, you can learn [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Don’t air your troubles in public Don’t air your troubles in public By Douglas E. Welch Listen: Don’t air your troubles in public I could feel the chill as soon as I walked into the small bakery near my son’s school. I had come in to pick up a coffee, but ended up with this column. The chill had nothing to do with the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Wasted Time - March 4, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article Eight hours a day, 40 hours a week, 2400 minutes to get something done. While I know that many of you are working many more hours each week, we all have [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Failure is a constant, and welcome, companion in our work Failure is a constant, and welcome, companion in our work Listen: Failure is a constant, and welcome, companion in our work Failure is a constant, and welcome, companion in our work by Douglas E. Welch When we think of failure, we typically feel guilty and ashamed. Certainly failure is nothing to be proud of and yet we face failure [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Follow-though - February 25, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article Technology can help businesses and individuals accomplish great things, but sometimes we set ourselves and others up for failure before we even finish a technology project. While automating portions of a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An Interview with barista, Kate Schroeder Listen: An Interview with barista, Kate Schroeder An Interview with barista, Kate Schroeder Links mentioned during this interview: CoffeeGeek.com Alt.coffee newsgroup via Google Groups World Barista Championships Videos: Latte Art - via YouTube Photos: Latte Art via Flickr Join me on these networks: Douglas on MySpace | Douglas on Facebook | Douglas on LinkedIn Become a Facebook Fan of Career Opportunities Support Career Opportunities: One time: Monthly ($2): ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: The Experience - February 18, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article If you read anything by business guru Tom Peters (www.tompeters.com) you will hear the term Professional Service Firm (PSF) over and over again. This is what you and I do each [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Our Passions Listen: Our Passions Our Passions by Douglas E. Welch, career@welchwrite.com Two weekends ago I attended the latest incarnation of BarCampLA. This unconference has become one of the highlights of my year as I get to “confer, converse and otherwise hobnob with my fellow wizards!” For a more detailed overview of what BarCamp is, you can visit the web [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Notation and Recall - February 11, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article There are many “secrets” to a successful high-tech career, but most of them are simple procedures, habits, hints or, more likely, common sense ways of working more effectively. Over the years [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Audio: A Year of Visibility from BarCampLA-5, March 1, 2008 This is the audio from my talk A Year of Visibility at BarCampLA-5 on March 1, 2008. The audio quality here is slightly better than the video segment, as I was using my lavaliere mics. Listen: A Year of Visibility Post from: Career Opportunities by Douglas E. Welch Audio: A Year of Visibility from BarCampLA-5, March 1, 2008 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The answer lies somewhere in-between Listen: The answer lies somewhere in-between The answer lies somewhere in-between by Douglas E. Welch, career@welchwrite.com Another Little League season begins here in Los Angeles and my son is joining his fifth team. It would be overstating the fact to say that I enjoy this time of year, but I do support my son in doing something that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The answer lies somewhere in-between Listen: The answer lies somewhere in-between The answer lies somewhere in-between by Douglas E. Welch, career@welchwrite.com Another Little League season begins here in Los Angeles and my son is joining his fifth team. It would be overstating the fact to say that I enjoy this time of year, but I do support my son in doing something that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: 24/7 - February 4, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article As any high-tech freelancer will tell you, one of the major problems of working for yourself is knowing when not to work. Unlike the traditional office hours of corporate work, freelance [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Year of Visibility Click to Play This video was originally shared on blip.tv by dewelch with a No license (All rights reserved) license. Post from: Career Opportunities by Douglas E. Welch A Year of Visibility Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Personal networking isn’t optional anymore Listen: Personal networking isn’t optional anymore Personal networking isn’t optional anymore Facebook. MySpace. Twitter. LinkedIn, Plaxo. Pownce and a hundred others. We are inundated with social networks these days with more being created every week. As with any new trend, there are the detractors that bemoan the loss of “real” friends to the passing acquaintances of online [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Return - January 28, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article As I write, I am finishing the last few days of a holiday vacation to my home state of Ohio and learning that returning from a vacation can be just as [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Are you prepared for whatever might happen? Listen: Are you prepared for whatever might happen? Are you prepared for whatever might happen? Here is an interesting question…what would you do it you found out tomorrow that your job, or even your entire career was going to disappear? I know, this is an extreme event that will probably never occur, but imagining extreme events can [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Totaled - January 14, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article Just as a car can be “totaled” after an accident, I am running into more and more computers that should be “totaled”, as well. A piece of Spyware can have infected [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Litigation Support - An interview with Mike McBride Listen: Litigation Support - An interview with Mike McBrides You can find out more about Mike at http://www.mikemcbrideonline.com/ Next Friday: February 22, 2008: Are you prepared for whatever might happen? Join me on these networks: Douglas on MySpace | Douglas on Facebook | Douglas on LinkedIn Become a Facebook Fan of Career Opportunities Support Career Opportunities: One time: Monthly ($2): iTunes Review [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Start and Stop - January 7, 2005 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article It is a rare high-tech project that progresses neatly from beginning to end. Most project schedules change dramatically over the lifespan of the project. Along with this, many projects can go [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Scared by too many possibilities Listen: Scared by too many possibilities Scared by too many possibilities February 8, 2007 © 2008 Douglas E. Welch Sometimes the amazing amount of possibilities in our lives can simply overwhelm our ability to deal with them. Once you see everything that you could be doing, it can scare you into inactivity. This can happen for a number of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: For the love of it all - December 31, 2004 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article Working at what you love can be an amazing experience. It can bring a sense of fulfillment and joy that rivals the best experiences of your life. There can be a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Without risk, we all stagnate Listen: Without risk, we all stagnate I think it is true of any long-term relationship, but I began to notice that when I brought up new ideas to my wife, her response often began with a host of reasons why that particular idea wouldn’t work. There seemed to be a never-ending list of reasons we shouldn’t [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Sales is Everything - December 17, 2004 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article Yes, that’s right, “sales” is everything. Business experts like Tom Peters preach it, industry pundits carry on the charge, even I know this is true, but taking it to heart and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Share your ideas sooner, not later Listen: Share your ideas sooner, not later As a writer, it is always distressing when you have a great idea and then see that someone else has written an article about the exact same topic, usually only days before you get around to it. It happens all the time and it only makes sense, considering the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What I’m Reading… Responses from the Seesmic Community… Video: Zombie Survival Guide Amazon: Zombie Survival Guide Video: Billion Dollar Kiss Amazon: Billion Dollar Kiss Video: Odd Mom Out Amazon: Odd Mom Out Video: E-Myth Revisited Amazon: E-Myth Revisited Post from: Career Opportunities by Douglas E. Welch What I’m Reading… Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Getting By - December 10, 2004 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article Have you ever had a day when you didn’t want to get out of bed and face your work? Good. I’m glad it isn’t just me. Jobs and careers can have [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: Al Isago Parvez of Advance, Inc. in Tokyo, Japan Listen: An interview with Al Isago Parvez, a recruiter with Advance, Inc, in Tokyo, Japan An interview with Al Isago Parvez, a recruiter with Advance, Inc, in Tokyo, Japan Next Friday: January 25, 2008: Share your ideas sooner, not later Join me on these networks: Douglas on MySpace | Douglas on Facebook | Douglas on LinkedIn Become a Facebook [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Criticism - December 3, 2004 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article There is a little that can be so useful, or so damaging, as criticism. When given correctly, justly and without malice, it can be the building block of a better career. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Moving into Management Listen: Moving Into Management Whether you work in a corporate environment, or for yourself, there comes a time in every career when you need to stop crawling under desks, both literally and figuratively. While I often bemoan the practice of removing professionals from active duty, where they often have the most expertise, as we age, we [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Avoidance - November 26, 2004 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article I try to do everything I can for my clients, hooking up the occasional DVD player or troubleshooting phone line problems, even if it goes beyond the typical work I am [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How to deal with “End of an Era” events Listen: How to deal with “End of an Era” events The “End of an Era” can be, sad, dramatic, or painful, but it can also be seen as inevitable. There is a beginning and an end to all stages of our lives and careers. How we deal with these ‘End of an Era” events can [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video: Combining your work skills into a career This is a short video from Seesmic (http://seesmic.com) where I respond to Seth, who is starting to look for a new job and having a bit of trouble explaining exactly “What he does.” I thought it might be worthwhile to share it here, too. Let me know if you find these video clips useful or not. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Beginning, MIddle and End - November 19, 2004 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article Every high-tech worker has different skills, different talents and different desires. Sometimes we try to cram ourselves into a particular job without much thought towards our own needs. We do this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Do something for yourself this year! Mobile post sent by douglaswelch using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What are you reading? - from Seesmic So what are you reading? Let me know in the comments below! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Visibility for you and your career Listen to this episode Read the entire article Note: This column is based on a talk given at BarCamp San Diego on Nov 11, 2007. There is a simple truth about your career that we often ignore. You can be the best at anything — the best programmer, the best writer, the best chef, the best accountant — [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video: Sometimes all we can do is live by good example Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Reaching for the Stars - November 12, 2004 (This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas) Listen to this episode Read the entire article As I write, Spaceship One has won the X Prize, traveling to non-orbital space twice within two weeks. As I watched the news coverage, my thoughts went beyond the immediate accomplishment [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Heading towards 2008! Mobile post sent by douglaswelch using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Audio: 2nd Annual LIVE Reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A grand time was had by all as we read A Christmas Carol and sent it out, live, over both Talkshoe.com and uStream.tv. Below is the audio version for your listening pleasure. If you would like to see a partial video if the reading, you can watch it on my uStream.tv page.Listen:2nd Annual LIVE Reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An Audio Christmas Card from Douglas, Rosanne and Joseph at WelchWrite.com Wishing you a Merry Christmas, a Happy Holidays and the very best for your New Year!Listen: Silent Night - Performed by Douglas E. Welch Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Greatest Gift Listen to this episodeRead the entire articleIt is the holiday season once again and our thoughts are turned to goodwill and presents for the special people in our lives. Too often, though, we neglect ourselves at this time of year. Now, I am not suggesting you go out and by that new Macbook Pro you've always wanted and get your wife a bowling ball. Rather, there is a very special gift you can give yourself that costs absolutely nothing. The greatest gift you can give yourself at this time ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: A Doing Day - November 5, 2004 (This podcast is pulled "from the archives" and presented here as a service to more recent listeners -- Douglas)Listen to this episodeRead the entire article Over the past several weeks I have been writing a lot about thinking...thinking about your purpose, your future and your goals. While thinking is certainly important, all of your good ideas might just go to waste if you don't combine that thinking with a little bit of doing. Your thinking has probably generated a host of to-do items an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two Career Situations to Avoid Listen to this episodeRead the entire articleAt the best of times, our career is a succession of good work and good ideas, for which we are rewarded a good salary. Your work can progress along without too much fear, angst or anger. Still, there will be times when trouble can occur. Often, though, these are situations that we can avoid, if we learn to recognize the warning signs. After 20+ years in the workplace, in both corporate and small businesses and as an independent consultant, I have ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Off the edge - October 29, 2004 (This podcast is pulled "from the archives" and presented here as a service to more recent listeners -- Douglas)Listen to this episodeRead the entire article Anyone, no matter what their age, can find themselves in the depths of a rut. It can start out slowly. Going to the same restaurants, using the same software, listening to the same music. The next thing you know, there you are, in a rut. As I’m finding, getting older can make it even easier to get into a rut. There are days when I si ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Douglas E. Welch on "The Struggling Entrepreneur" Frank Castaneda had me on his show, The Struggling Entrepreneur, this week. We talk about working as an independent in high-tech, writing and new media.Struggling Entrepreneur15- Doug Welch- From Writer to High Tech to New Media EntrepreneurListen this episodeIn this episode of The Struggling Entrepreneur, we have an interview with Douglas Welch. I had the opportuntity to meet him in person at the Podcamp Arizona unconference in November, 2007. Doug is a high-tech consultant and recent New ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Question for 2008: Am I having fun? Mobile post sent by douglaswelch using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Punctuality Listen to this episodeRead the entire articleWith our current obsession on time and productivity, you would think that punctuality would be de rigueur for any effective worker. We have our cell phones, our iPhones, our Blackberries, constantly reminding us of what we should be doing and when. Even today, though, there is a certain portion of the populace who simply can't be on time to any event, whether a weekly staff meeting, school drop-off or dinner party. Why is this? What fundamental f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Getting Serious - Part III - October 22, 2004 (This podcast is pulled "from the archives" and presented here as a service to more recent listeners -- Douglas)Listen to this episodeRead the entire articleOver the past two weeks I have talked about the thinking that goes into maintaining client relationships. This week I turn to the practical ideas that I use to maintain my client relationships and build my career. These methods can be used as they are or adapted for your own use. The biggest benefit you will gain, though, is in the thin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feel free to call a "time-out" whenever you need it Listen to this episodeRead the entire articleIn business today, everything relies on "getting things done." We rush about from one task to another, striking things off our to-do lists and yet, come the end of the day, we still don't feel very good about ourselves. We still feel like something is missing. That "something" is time -- time to think, time to savor, time to relax. That said, how do you find time when there is so much to do -- and why is finding time so necessary?Next Friday: De ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Getting Serious - Part II - October 15, 2004 (This podcast is pulled "from the archives" and presented here as a service to more recent listeners -- Douglas)Listen to this episodeRead the entire article Last week I started a discussion of “getting serious” in your relationships with clients. Today, I will talk about maintaining these relationships for the benefit of both you and your clients. If there is any secret to high-tech career success, this might be it.PotentialIf you really want to get serious about your clients and your ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Make sure you aren't working towards the past Listen to this episodeRead the entire articleWhether you are just starting out in your career or working to make your established career better, there is a danger lurking. When talking with careerists all over the world, I occasionally run into someone who is getting better and better at a skill that fewer and fewer people want or need. To use an example from another century, they are getting better and better at making hand-crafted leather buggy whips while more and more automobiles are d ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Getting Serious - Part 1 - October 8, 2004 (This podcast is pulled "from the archives" and presented here as a service to more recent listeners -- Douglas)Listen to this episodeRead the entire article Over the past several months I have had both a desire and a need to focus intently on my freelance consulting business. Lately, I have spent a lot of time thinking about the nature of my work. What am I trying to accomplish, both for my clients and myself? How am I going to go about accomplishing those goals? Like everyone, I can get c ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Getting the job Listen to this episodeRead the entire articleFinding a job can be difficult, no matter if it is your first job or your twentieth. That said, finding that first “real” job can leave you wondering just how you're supposed to get started if no one will give you a chance. As with most things in life, there is no secret to success, but there are a few ways to increase the chances of finding a good first job and making a great start on the career you deserve.Next Friday: November 23, 2007: M ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: Fighting the Futility - October 1, 2004 (This podcast is pulled "from the archives" and presented here as a service to more recent listeners -- Douglas)Listen to this episodeRead the entire articleI often get asked, "How can you stand to deal with computer problems, day in and day out?" My clients know how frustrated they can feel when their computers aren't working well and can only imagine their frustration in dealing with the dozens of computers I see on a weekly basis. They sometimes wonder aloud how I can deal with the seemi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Visibility for You and Your Career from BarCamp San Diego 2 Click to Play Douglas E. Welch speaks at BarCamp San Diego 2 on November 11, 2007 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Doing the (Career) Laundry Listen to this episodeRead the entire articleIf there is one thing my wife detests, it is doing laundry. It is one of those tasks that never comes to an end. As soon as you complete one load, another is ready to go. Then there is the folding, ironing and more. My version of laundry is the monthly bill pay and financial reconciles. It has some direct corollaries in that it, too, is never done. I only make progress for another 30 days and then it starts all over again. As you might imagine, t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archive: School Time - September 24, 2004 Listen to this episodeRead the entire articleOnce I graduated from college, it was an easy decision to not return. Since I wasn’t programming-inclined, there wasn’t much to be gained from getting a Masters or Doctorate in Computer Science. Instead, I went off and joined the big world of business and have arrived at where I am today. This is not to say, though, that I have stopped learning. Instead I have spent my years learning about topics that interested me, developing my own personal ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letting go of control can open up new opportunities I'm heading off to speak at PodCampAZ tomorrow, so here is this weeks show a little bit early. Enjoy! -- DouglasListen to this episodeRead the entire articleIn business, and in life, we often seek to control everything we can. We try to control our jobs, our careers, our schedules and more. We seek to remove the accidental, the random and unfortunately, the serendipitous. Instead of trying to control everything about your life, you might want to "let go" every now and then and see what happ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Professionalism Listen to this episodeRead the entire articlepro·fes·sion·al·–noun 1. professional character, spirit, or methods. 2. the standing, practice, or methods of a professional, as distinguished from an amateur.professionalism. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/professionalism (accessed: September 19, 2007).You can often hear complaints today about a lack of professionalism among the workforce. Employees that don’t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Who do you trust? - Questions? Call the listener line at 818-804-5049 Listen to this episodeRead the entire articleI received a great letter recently from someone who was asking just that question, who do I trust? They are feeling used and abused in their career and wondering, with all honesty, if the entire world has descended to the level of last century's snake oil salesmen. Sadly, I often talk to people who feel that they can't trust anyone.Next Friday: October 26, 2007: ProfessionalismJoin me on these networks:Douglas on MySpace | Douglas on Facebook | ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prelude to Revolution Part 2 - A Live Radio Play for Independence Day This is a follow-up to Prelude to Revolution - Part 1, which aired on July 4th, 2007. -- DouglasPrelude to Revolution - Part 2The voices and events leading up to the American War for Independence1761-1775Performed LIVE on September 22, 2007,An audio play taken from historical documents.Listen to Prelude to Revolution - Part 2Written, Produced and Directed by Keri Dearborn and Michael Lawshe of Eclipse-1 Media with assistance from Douglas E. Welch of WelchWrite.comTechnorati Tags: california ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A sense of failure - Questions? Call the listener line at 818-804-5049 Listen to this episodeRead the entire articleNo matter how successful we might become, there will be times when an overwhelming sense of failure comes over us and leaves us wondering just where we are headed. This can be caused by a small failure of a project, new challenges in your personal life, or monetary troubles, but it is important to realize that feelings of failure don't necessary mean you have failed. It can simply mean that you are at a down period in your life and work -- one th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website When podcasting is your job - An interview with Kevin Devin This is a special from Careers in Podcasting and New Media...Listen to this showIn this interview, I talk with Kevin Devin, founder of Friends in Tech and former co-host of In The Trenches: The Podcast for Sys Admins.When faced with the outsourcing of his traditional IT position, Kevin was able to use his podcasting skills to create a new position for himself in the company.Join me on these networks:Douglas on MySpace | Douglas on Facebook | Douglas on LinkedInSupport Careers in Podcasting ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Follow me, and my friends, on Twitter! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Reputation for Balancing Work and Self Listen to this episodeRead the entire articleOf all the reputations I have discussed in the last several weeks, this one might be the toughest to manage. The fine balance between work and self is like an endlessly tilting teeter-totter, swinging first one way, then the next. No matter how much you might try, there is really no central, stable point. Balance shifts constantly and you have to be very aware to maintain your footing. That said, if you ignore this balance and swing more often to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A reputation for the big picture...and the small Flexibility is the key to any career. Sometimes you will need to be thinking about the short term repercussions of your actions and sometimes the long term. Depending on the situation, you will need to clearly understand the "big picture" or the small. That said, many of us consistently focus on one over the other. These prejudices can limit our effectiveness by instantly branding us as a particular "type". Those around us begin to discount our opinion because they believe that they already ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Reputation for Clarity - Celebrating our 3rd Anniversary! Many a project and sometimes even an entire company has failed due to one, small, yet amazingly important trait -- clarity. When companies can't make a clear case for their product or service over another -- or when management can't communicate its vision and desires to staff -- or when you can't tell your loved ones what is really important to you -- it becomes terribly clear how important clarity is to all aspects of your life. You can be the smartest, quickest, most skilled worker in the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Reputation for Helpfulness - Celebrating our 3rd Anniversary! Everyone wants to be helpful, right? Surely, there can't be people out there who don't understand the need to be helpful and how it binds society together. Then you find yourself running for an elevator and someone refuses to hold the door. Perhaps you're trying to accomplish something at your local bank or government agency and you are faced with someone who, it seems, does everything in their power to not be helpful. We see a breakdown in the sense of helpfulness everyday, which is why yo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Reputation for Trustworthiness - Our 3rd Anniversary is approaching! If a hierarchy exists to the reputations I have highlighted so far this month, trustworthiness would surely be near, if not at, the top of the list. Trust, as I have written in Career Opportunities before, is one of the most critical elements of any successful career. Without trust it is nearly impossible to achieve anything. You must trust others, they must trust you and you all must trust yourselves in order for everyone to thrive.Listen to this episode | Read the entire articleNext Frida ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Reputation for Clear Thinking - Call our Listener Line at 818-804-5049 "If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; . . . If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same . . . Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it. - Ruyard KiplingIn my experience, truer words were never spoken. They apply to so many aspects of life and work that they may be one of the few universal truths in the w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Reputation for Empathy - Call our Listener Line at 818-804-5049 Empathy is the ability to understand the feelings or situation of another person. As you might imagine, empathy is a very important trait for those people who want to successfully collaborate with others, whether as co-workers, manager and staff or client and consultant. If you are unable to connect with others or truly understand what they might be feeling, you set yourself apart like a modern day Marie Antoinette, giving advice without any real understanding of the world around you. Other ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Reputation for Decision-Making - Call our Listener Line at 818-804-5049 You may not think about it on a daily basis, but your life is filled with decisions, both large and small. You decide when to get up, what to eat, where you work, who you befriend and who you marry. Unfortunately, when it comes to work, we often spend a lot of our time avoiding important decisions. There are many reasons for this, but your lack of decision-making abilities can directly effect your overall reputation and your chances for success.Listen to this episode | Read the entire artic ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Reputation for Honesty - Call our Listener Line at 818-804-5049 As I continue through this series, you will begin to see how each of the reputations relates to the others. This is exactly as it should be, as this is what happens in life. One reputation supports and effects the others. This week, I tackle honesty and how it relates to your life and career.By some, honesty is seen as a fluid concept, shades of grey changing slightly depending on the needs of the moment, the people around and the risks involved. Little white lies sprinkle our days and yet ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Reputation for Fairness There are many reputations that collectively make up your overall reputation. First in line for discussion is a reputation for fairness. What is fairness and how does it impact our work, our careers and our lives?Our usual introduction to fairness is as a child. You often hear younger children