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CareerZ Cast
Welcome to the CareerZ Cast, your go-to podcast for navigating the world of work. Whether you're just starting your career journey or looking to make a significant change, we've got you covered. Our podcast features stories, insight, interviews, conversations hosted by Marcio Saito, a educator/coach focusing on Leadership and early career choices. We'll explore the latest trends in education and employment, discuss the importance of soft skills and networking, and offer tips on how to stand out in today's competitive job market. So tune in and get ready to level up your career game with Careerz Cast!
Episodes
76 episodes
Hype Cycle: Timing Defines Startup and Product Success
Technology adoption is never gradual, quick, or linear. It usually follows a hype cycle pattern which generates unrealistic expectations and misallocation of resources. This episode discusses the causes and how entrepreneurs and product manager...
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Episode 59
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8:12
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3 Italian Secrets for Work-Life Balance: Presence, Quality, Effortlessness
Finding professional success and genuine happiness requires not just hard work, but the ability to focus intensely, maintain a high standard of quality, and build powerful, effortless relationships. In this video, we use three Italian concepts ...
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Episode 58
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9:24
3 Japanese Secrets to find Purpose: Direction, Growth, Identity
Finding purpose and achieving success and happiness involves developing an internal compass to guide our decisions, learning how to develop ourselves in the direction we want to go, and embracing the uniqueness of our path. In this video, we us...
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Episode 57
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9:01
Building Successful Products: Vision Jobs, Iteration like Zuckerberg.
Entrepreneurship requires the creation of innovative products and success is rare because building products people want to use and buy demands both top-down vision and bottom-up rigor.#CareerZCast #ProductManagement #Product #Innovation ...
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Episode 56
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10:28
Career: Dare to follow your Dream (The Ultimate Decision)
Following your career dreams: Reality CheckHow do you handle your career when your dream—like becoming the world's top chess player or pursuing comparative literature—clashes with reality? When everyone says, 'You can't make a living doi...
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Episode 55
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8:10
The Ultimate Approach to Picking a Worthy College Degree
Is a college degree 'worth it'? That's the wrong question. If you have the privilege, make it count. This video guides you to pick a major and classes that prepare you for life, maximizing your passion, excellence, impact, and financial indepen...
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Episode 54
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12:07
Future-Proof You: Human Skills AI Can't Touch
AI won't replace you, but someone skilled in using it might. Discover how to become the innovator, not the obsolete. This video reveals the truly human skills that AI can't touch, empowering you to not just survive, but truly thrive in the AI e...
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Episode 53
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10:14
Self-Leadership: The Missing Success Secret - Why Willpower and Productivity Hacks Fail.
You know the plan for success: work hard, network, and work out. So why can’t you stick to it? Doomscrolling, procrastination, and lack of motivation are strong signals that raw willpower is NOT the solution. The answer is simple: You are your ...
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Episode 52
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8:24
MBA in 2026: Worth for Techies? (by Former Google Senior Leader)
Do you really need an MBA? It's a ticket to a 7-figure salary and corporate leadership, or it's a waste of $200,000 and two years of your life. This is a discussion of Top Schools MBA Programs Pros and Cons for Tech Professionals, followed by a...
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Episode 51
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8:08
Stop Working at Age 57 - Understand THIS to control when to quit working.
CareerZ Cast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC46RAPMFvtniNeUcXJ69ADwEveryone tells you the secret to stop working is achieving a passive income target or some other life milestone. That is a lie. It is only half the story.Avoid ...
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Episode 49
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6:16
AI Takeover in Product Development: Engineering, Product/Project/Marketing Management
The most significant impact of AI and Large Language Models will be felt in jobs and careers in Tech Product Development. The reason is that disruptive technology is applied first by the people closest to it, not necessarily where it makes the ...
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Episode 50
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7:23
Artificial Intelligence: Preparing for a New World of Work
It won't happen overnight (like Big Tech CEOs promise), but AI will transform the world of work in the next decade. The decade has already started and we are standing at the AI Pivot Point.You have to adjust your learning, adapt your sk...
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Episode 48
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11:46
Google Career Dreamer - AI Tool for Career Ideation
(This is originally recorded as a video and contains a tour of the Career Dreamer Tool that is best experience in video)Link to Google Career Dreamer: https://grow.google/career-dreamer/home/Are you looking at your current job and...
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Episode 47
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8:50
Want to Work At Google? Think Again - Reasons not to join Big Tech in 2025
CareerZ Cast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC46RAPMFvtniNeUcXJ69ADwAbout a year ago, I did something most people in Tech would call crazy. I walked away from a senior leadership role at Google. So it begs the question: Why would anyon...
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Episode 46
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11:12
Will AI replace your Manager? The Effects of AI in Management and Organization Structure.
The GenZ Strategic Rebel: https://youtu.be/KagWaEkEWrwWill AI Replace Your Manager? It's the question everyone's asking.What if the real question is: How does the adoption of AI change what is required from you as future manager?&...
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Episode 45
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Career Level Up Playbook: Passion, Excellence, Impact, Money
Useful Links:Finding Ikigai: https://youtu.be/mAZQN724q_UWhen to Proactively Change Jobs: https://youtu.be/GkxrevoKXRsThe dance: Preparation and Opportunity: https://youtu.be/giNmBsrVr3gPower of Mentorship: https://y...
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Episode 44
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10:08
Applications for Summer 2026 Google SWE Internships Open Now (Sep 2025)
Applications for Google SWE Applications Summer 2026 (posted Aug 2025): https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/75808725415142086-software-engineering-intern-bs-summer-2026The start of a successful career in Big Te...
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Episode 43
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4:19
A Gen-Z Guide to Professional Authenticity, Purpose, and Success
The Gen-Z "anti-work" vibe is a dead end. True power isn't in quiet quitting; it's in outsmarting the system.This video is for the "Strategic Rebel"— You belong to and are aligned with Gen-Z values. You want the world of work to ch...
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Episode 42
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9:29
Breaking (Aug 25): Upcoming changes in Meta/Google coding interview (use of AI)
With the easy availability of programming copilots, there was an urgent need for changes on how Big Tech conduct their coding interviews. In the past couple of weeks (Aug/25), some of the changes in interviews by Meta and Google (two of the lar...
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Episode 41
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5:10
Is a College Degree worth it? Cost and ROI, Student Loans, post-grad salaries (2025-2026)
Free College Finance Calculator: https://243278033.hs-sites-na2.com/Other useful videos:CareerZ Cast for Students Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCR0CrwtLDSDRKTfsA5JBCRds8-KtkHL-Navigating College in the E...
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Episode 40
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5:11
Older People Provide Terrible Career Advice - or do they?
The Power of Mentorship: https://youtu.be/VH1klsp9IXwFind Purpose through work with Ikigai: https://youtu.be/mAZQN724q_UOne of the challenges of mentorship and career advice is that the world is changing. Demographics. Technology....
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Episode 39
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8:20
Evidence-based list of Jobs most likely to be replaced by AI.
This was originally recorded as a video, so there are references to a table displayed on screen. For the video version, click here: https://www.youtube.com/@CareerZCast/videosThe original paper by Microsoft Research can be found here: ht...
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Episode 38
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5:22
Performative Work: Everyone Acts in This Office Theater - Why we pretend to be busy
Quick question: Have you ever found yourself staring at a spreadsheet you're not actually doing anything with? Maybe you're just... pretending to be busy?Don't worry, you're not alone. Most of us do it. We're all stars in that theater...
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Episode 37
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6:34
Navigating the 2025 Job Market and Finding the Dream Job (GenZ Edition)
The Amazing Job Interview Success Guide: https://youtu.be/cMxOT4a4lD0AI and Entry Level Jobs: https://youtu.be/q4iLujNM4C8It is 2025, and it is a difficult job market out there. Getting your foot in the door feels harde...
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Episode 36
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8:45
Working for Google - They look for Googleyness (GenZ Edition)
Working for Google is a dream for many in the Tech industry. Having the the right skills and experience for the role is table stakes, you need to be prepared and qualify for the job. But what makes the difference and get you the job is being ab...
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Episode 35
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