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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
51 episodes
Stop Comparing Career Milestones with Others - Just be Awesome
Humans compare themselves with others all the time. When it comes to Career Development, that is not a good way to operate, particularly early in your careers. We carve our own professional path and comparing with others who are in a...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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6:37
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I feel I am not good at anything - finding your long-term career path
When I talk to early career professionals struggling with career direction, one of the most common things I hear is "I feel I am not good at anything." In this episode, we discuss the reasons we feel that way and provide a few recommendations o...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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5:13
Future of Work in the AI Era: Your job might be gaming all day to train an AI
In this video, I share the answer I gave in a recent media interview to the question "How is AI going to affect the job market in the long term?" The adoption of Artificial Intelligence promises to automate most of the knowledge work, eli...
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5:19
Polarity Management: Dealing with Complexity and Learning When not to Compromise
Stop Balancing: Google's secret to manage complexity. Polarity Management allows avoiding the common act of finding a middle ground compromise between two useful approaches. Should we favor process or creativity? When brainstorming the solution...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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6:00
Branding and Reputation: What people say about you when you are not there.
This episode of CareerZ Cast shares a model and techniques for the setting and management of a personal brand. It includes four pillars: Who you are, Who you want to be, How people perceive you, What people say about you when you are not presen...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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12:57
Get the Job: Success Guide for Job Interviews Based on 30 years of interview experience
Job Interviews are an imperfect test of the match between candidate and job role. Questions are formulaic and predictable. Hiring Managers need to use their intuition. If people interviewed more often, they would know how to handle the question...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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23:19
College Grads: Getting Your First Job in the Era of AI
It is a tough job market for the 2025 Class of College Graduates. With macro-economic uncertainty and the adoption of AI technology, predictions are that the number of entry-level jobs in all areas normally taken by college grads will decrease....
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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12:19
Crush Procrastination: 7 Ancient Japanese Secrets for Students & Professionals
Japanese culture values discipline, respect and the collective. Because of that, several Japanese concepts are used today in the West for inspiration in business and life. Ikigai (purpose in life) is the search for the sweet spot where w...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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10:04
Framework Thinking: Unlock your brain to think faster and talk smarter.
Framework thinking is one of the most powerful tools for effective communication, problem solving, decision making and delegation in business environment. It consists in sharing a common "thinking protocol" and developing a common language in a...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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13:48
What is wrong with F.I.R.E. and what to do instead : Seek Purposeful Independence.
The FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement is a lifestyle/investment plan with the goal of gaining financial independence and retiring early through savings. The model became particularly popular among millenn...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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6:38
Think You Want To Be a Tech Leader? Watch This First.
Google and similar large tech companies in Silicon Valley have a bottom-up culture that require specific skills (leadership, collaboration, etc.). Google Directors are considered part of company leadership and usually lead organizations of hund...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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9:05
Why You're Feeling Stuck in Your Career?
The feeling of "being stuck" can negatively affect our motivation and sense of purpose, but it is an essential first step in moving into a new phase of exploration and growth. This episode of CareerZ Cast, the source for killer career advice fo...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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3:51
Career Success: Be Curious, Pay Attention, Maximize Opportunity
In this episode of CareerZ Cast, we argue that success is not a destination, but a daily experience of growth and progression across the dimensions of passion, excellence, impact, financial reward. Success results from the dynamic interactions ...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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5:01
Tech Work Visas to the US
A significant portion of the tech workers in Silicon Valley and in the US are from other parts of the world. To work in the US, foreign workers need to get a work visa that gives them legal status to seek employment. The visa system is complica...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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10:17
The best piece of career advice I got 26 years ago
I am sharing what I consider the best piece of career advice I ever received. It was offered to me byAvie Tevanian (then, the CTO of Apple). The advice inspired me to study, learn and practice leadership skills which were critical for me to be ...
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9:07
Avoid Worthless College Degrees with this Success Roadmap.
In the US, 3M people get a college degree every year and 52% of them get a worthless degree and go under-employed (work a job that does not require higher education). In this episode we give you a roadmap on how you can manage the transition be...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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14:34
35 Years of SW Engineering Advice in 10 Minutes
Computer Science and Engineering are going through major technology disruption in the next years because of the adoption of Large Language Models and Artificial Intelligence. It is time to stop developing artisanal software programming skills a...
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9:44
Engineering Salaries and Cost of Living in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is still the largest global center of startup investment and technology innovation and is the dream place to work and live for many technology professionals around the world. In this episode, we break from CareerZCast career-buil...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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6:34
The Power of Mentorship
In this video, we explore the incredible power of mentorship. Learn how finding the right mentor can help you navigate your career, gain valuable insights, and unlock your full potential. We’ll discuss the benefits of having a mentor, how to fi...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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15:53
Career Choices: Dynamic Ikigai
The popular model is based on the Japanese concept of Ikigai, or something that brings joy and value to your life. In this episode we look at the Ikigai framework and argue that is inspiring and intuitive, but alone is not very helpful to assis...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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10:36
College Decision Time! (US Students)
Late April is when most graduating high-school students planning to go to university have to decide which school to go to. It is a stressful moment because students don't have the perspective and objective information to make an informed decisi...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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7:44
Knowing when to consider switching jobs
Besides being a way of making a living, our work contributes to our sense of purpose and identity and most people only consider moving jobs when things are really bad. This episode argues that everyone should be continuously monitoring their ba...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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7:08
Are we getting worthless college degrees? Adapting to the era of AI.
Artificial Intelligence technology will have a profound impact in society. Most university students are focusing too much time on operational skills for jobs in the past (e.g. coding in computer science, media management in marketing) and not g...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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13:54
Transition to management as a career inflection point
We spent most of the time in college acquiring the technical skills that will be the core of our work for a few years. After that, it is common that career growth involves transition to management, with a complete set of required skills most ar...
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Season 2
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8:02
Career Choices: Should I Follow my Dream?
This question comes up more often than expected. I am interested in History and people around me tell me there are no jobs, it will be difficult to make money. I want to be a professional basketball player and people tell me that I have no chan...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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15:15