Welcome to episode 100 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [@NerdJourney]! We’re John White (@vJourneyman) and Nick Korte (@NetworkNerd_), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we discuss making it to 100 episodes.
Original Recording Date: 12-06-2020
Topics – Episode 100
1:02 – Reflecting on The Beginning

* John pitched Nick on the idea to start a podcast right before he began working for VMware (November / December 2017).
* The original thesis was following Nick through the transition from IT Operations to a Technical Pre-Sales role at a vendor.

* Thinking back, this was probably just a couple of podcast topics and not an entire podcast thesis.

* John had been the co-host of the VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast for a while and had thought about ways to improve his VMware social footprint.

* He had maintained a blog and frequented the Spiceworks community with some measure of success.
* Nick’s transition to VMware reminded John of his transition from IT Practitioner to Pre-Sales and made him think of those in IT who might need some guidance on where they could take their career.
* In a roundabout way, this eventually helped form our mantra to give people the career advice we wish we had been given earlier in our careers.

* Some of our first topics were going to be

* SE tools
* Tech opinions and news (VMware and other industry news)
* If you’re thinking about expanding your sphere of influence, starting a podcast is a great way to do it!

* Being part of this podcast has allowed John and Nick to meet and learn from people they otherwise likely would not have. Doing this together has also strengthened their friendship.
* John started attending a podcasting meetup and heard about the concept of pod fade.

10:41 – Fun with Statistics

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Without knowing the stats before we recorded the show, can John guess the top 10 episodes by download?

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John’s Guesses

* Something from the Management Series / Leadership

* Charlie Nichol
* Brad Pinkston
* Brad Tompkins
* Paul Green

* Specific Guests

* Mike Burkhart
* Josh Fidel
* Cody de Arkland
* Yadin Porter de Leon
* Al Rasheed

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Top 10 by the Numbers

* 10 (191 downloads) – Episode 85: Impostor Syndrome, Anxiety, and Effective Listening with Cody de Arkland
* 8 (192 downloads) – Episode 69: Effective Remote Work Practices
* 8 (192 downloads) – Episode 42: Ethan Banks and the Journey to Career Self-Awareness
* 7 (194 downloads) – Episode 63: Managing Online Communities and Career Path Pt. 2 with Nic Tolstoshev
* 6 (201 downloads) – Episode 65: