664: How to Break Into Software Engineering With Pete Birsinger, Podscribe [Espresso Shots]

Pete Birsinger is the CEO and Founder of Podible, a multi-platform podcast app that learns what you love and suggests new podcasts based on your listening preferences. He’s also the CEO and Founder of Podscribe, which sells podcast transcriptions and provides podcast advertisers with critical intelligence. Podscribe helps identify where, and how much,10,000 brands are advertising.  Prior to his startup adventures, Pete worked at Tapad as a software engineer and solutions engineer from 2015 through 2017.  Pete graduated from UC Berkeley in 2013 with a B.A. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science & Applied Mathematics.  WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE: How to start your software engineering job search (5:08) Why it’s important to be a good team player in the workplace (6:31) How to break into software engineering without a degree in engineering (8:22) How athletic activities have helped Pete excel in his career (12:38) What the “money tree” business strategy is all about (18:02) How the show Silicon Valley accurately depicts his career (19:27) Why start-up founders are not all young geniuses (19:55) If you want to learn more about what Pete does in his current job and how he built his career check out his main Time4Coffee interview episode #442 Tune in to my LinkedIn Live shows by following me on LinkedIn