937: How to Break Into Jobs in Big Tech With Adam Broda, Broda Coaching [Espresso Shots]

Adam Broda is a senior manager of product in the tech industry and the founder of Broda Coaching, which helps people land tech and non-tech roles in the technology industry. An engineer by academic training, Adam started out his career working at Boeing as a tooling engineer and by the time he left had been promoted to a senior production engineering manager.  After Boeing, Adam pivoted to work at Amazon as the senior manager of wellness technology and helped to build wellness technology for that company. Adam is an active influencer on LinkedIn who is passionate about sharing his experiences with technology and people, to help others succeed.  WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE: Why you need to define what “good” looks like before you begin your job search (3:54) Why a program coordinator might be the job entry-level job for you (5:35) Why your major won’t be a barrier to enter the tech industry (7:19) What you can do to in order to stand out when applying for jobs (15:46) Why Adam’s enjoys the “freedom to fail” in big tech (18:11) Why creating a ‘career log’ was the best career advice Adam ever received (21:50) Why Adam’s job is similar to The Mandalorian (23:13) What’s most surprising about Adam’s role in big tech (24:07)