Tech Connects

Tech Connects

Tech Connects is where technologists, executives, hiring managers, recruiters, and entrepreneurs all gather to discuss some of the biggest questions facing technology and technologists today, with a special focus on tech hiring and careers. We'll discuss everything from the current state of tech employment to how organizations are adjusting to the ever-changing future of tech work. Along the way, we'll provide the insight that recruiters and hiring managers need to understand, attract and create the right environments for tech candidates, while technologists will find information vital to building their dream careers. Tech Connects is a production of DHI Group, Inc., the parent company of Dice.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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May 13, 2025 27 mins

Our next guest on ‘Tech Connects’ is Kara Sprague, CEO of HackerOne. With over two decades of experience as a tech leader, Kara has held significant roles at F5, McKinsey, Oracle, and Hewlett-Packard, culminating in her current leadership at HackerOne. She also served on the board of Girls Who Code, a nonprofit dedicated to achieving gender parity in technology jobs.


Given that background, she brings a unique perspective on the ...

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Our next guest on ‘Tech Connects’ is Paul Farnsworth, who’s president of Dice. I wanted to talk to Paul because he’s had a long career in tech as a specialist and a manager. He’s overseen huge teams, worked on complex projects, and deeply understands the tech industry.

 

With that in mind, I wanted to ask him about the current tech landscape, and how he thinks tech pros can best prepare themselves to meet the current moment. Let...

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On our next episode of ‘Tech Connects,’ we’re talking to two guests about a new report that dives deep into tech workplace and culture, especially as it relates to crucial issues such as age and gender.


Here’s our lineup for today. There’s Pam Nigro, who’s VP, security/security officer at Medecision, and an ISACA board director. There’s also Anna Murray, who’s founder, president and lead consultant of emedia, a SheLeadsTech Advi...

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Our guest today is James Raybould, who’s Head of Turing Intelligence at Turing, a company building AI solutions for a variety of organizations. In addition, Turing also helps clients train large language models, or LLMs, which power the chatbots that millions of people use every day. James’s team leverages the latest research to build AI systems that help businesses transform. If there’s one thing we can say about the digital revol...

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Our next ‘Tech Connects’ guest is Jenni Troutman, who’s Director of Training and Certification Products and Services at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In that role, she’s worked to help people interested in AWS and the cloud gain access to low-cost and self-paced training. Given that background, she seems like an ideal person to discuss the evolving landscape for cloud skills, the importance of certain technical and soft skills, and ho...

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For our latest episode, I’m chatting with Danny Thompson, who’s the director of technology at This Dot Labs, a frequent speaker on tech hiring, a conference organizer, and a podcast host. He’s constantly talking to recruiters, hiring experts, and people in the developer community about what it takes to land a job in tech, and I thought I’d be great to sit down with him and break down what the hiring landscape looks like right now f...

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For the latest episode of 'Tech Connects,' we’re talking to Brandon Jeffs, who’s the director of people and talent at TLDR, a newsletter collective with more than five million readers that covers startups, coding, tech, and so much more. He’s been a senior recruiter and talent partner at numerous firms, including the fintech unicorn Caribou, Prospectus Labs, and more. I wanted to chat with him about the current state of tech h...

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On this latest episode of ‘Tech Connects,’ we’re talking with Art Zeile, CEO of DHI Group, the parent company of Dice, about the latest Dice Tech Salary Report. Every year, we survey thousands of tech professionals for the Report’s breakdown of tech industry salary, benefits, and much more.


This is the 20th annual edition of the Tech Salary Report, and we’re taking this opportunity to analyze how tech compensation has evolved ov...

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Hello, and welcome to Tech Connects, Dice’s podcast where we dig into the topics on tech hiring, recruiting and careers that matter to you! I’m your host, Nick Kolakowski, and I’m talking to great guests every month about the current state of the tech careers world, including the tech job market, the hottest tech skills, what companies are doing to attract and retain tech professionals in a historically tight market, and much, much...

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Hello, and welcome to Tech Connects, Dice’s podcast where we dig into the topics on tech hiring, recruiting and careers that matter to you! I’m your host, Nick Kolakowski, and I’m talking to great guests every month about the current state of the tech careers world, including the tech job market, the hottest tech skills, what companies are doing to attract and retain tech professionals in a historically tight market, and much, much...

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Hello, and welcome to Tech Connects, Dice's podcast where we dig into the topics on tech hiring, recruiting and careers that matter to you. I'm your host, Nick Kolakowski.

 

Our next guest on “Tech Connects” is Christopher Savoie, who’s the CEO of Zapata AI, which is figuring out how to best integrate artificial intelligence into industrial-scale applications. In other words, he spends all day thinking about how to make the mass...

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Our latest guest on ‘Tech Connects’ is Stefan Weitz, who’s co-founder and CEO of HumanX, which is currently planning a flagship AI conference in Las Vegas in March 2025. HumanX will use an extensive lineup of AI experts and executives to explore how this technology will impact everything from marketing and healthcare to cybersecurity. Seriously, there's going to be a lot of speakers and a lot of tracks.

 

I first met Stefan more...

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Hello, and welcome to Tech Connects, Dice's podcast where we dig into the topics on tech hiring, recruiting and careers that matter to you. I'm your host, Nick Kolakowski, and today we're going to be talking about the current state of the recruiting and talent acquisition market with Carmen Hudson, an author and recruiting expert.


Carmen has led corporate recruiting teams, built recruiting software, co-founded a tech recruiting ...

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Hello, and welcome to Tech Connects, Dice's podcast where we dig into the topics on tech hiring, recruiting and careers that matter to you. I'm your host, Nick Kolakowski.


Our latest guest has been on the show before: Katrina Collier, a recruiting expert who’s an author, speaker, mentor, and facilitator specializing in the human side of talent acquisition. Her passion is ensuring that recruiters and companies deliver a grea...

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Our next ‘Tech Connects’ guest is Seth Robinson, who’s vice president of industry research at CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association. CompTIA offers education, training, certifications, and monthly research. If you read Dice’s articles and e-books, you know we cite their research pretty constantly, including their monthly analysis of the tech unemployment rate and job trends.

 

I wanted to talk to Seth because he...

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August 20, 2024 25 mins

Our next guest on ‘Tech Connects’ has been on the show a few times before: Art Zeile, CEO of DHI Group, the parent company of Dice. It’s always great to talk with him about the evolution of the tech market. Art’s been publishing an article per week on LinkedIn in which he digs deeply in the future of work and how it’ll be impacted by the current revolution in artificial intelligence.


Here are some quick takeaways from this discu...

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Our next guest on “Tech Connects” is Steve Levy, who’s the principal talent advisor at DHI Group, Dice’s parent company. As you’ll see during our conversation, he’s very dedicated to the idea of hiring talent in the most human-centric way possible, and he also has great insights into how companies can effectively integrate artificial intelligence into their hiring practices. Just as an aside, he also has great recommendations for b...

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Our guest for this chat is Torsten Staab, who’s principal technical fellow at Nightwing, which has probably the coolest company name I’ve ever heard. Nightwing is a spinoff of defense giant Raytheon, and it’s focused on cybersecurity and intelligence solutions for government agencies and private companies. In other words, if you want to get a good idea of the issues surrounding AI and cloud security, as well as the ways companies c...

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Our latest “Tech Connects” guest is Laura Baldwin, who’s the president of O’Reilly Media. If you’ve worked in tech, you’re well aware of O’Reilly’s training offerings, which include a massive online learning platform. I wanted to talk with Laura because of her insight into how companies are upskilling their workers for AI, the ethical implications of AI, and much more.


Here are some key takeaways from the discussion:


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Our next 'Tech Connects' guest is Steve Ramey, who’s CEO of IronGate Cybersecurity, a digital forensics and incident response company. I wanted to talk to Steve because he has some unique insights into the current cybersecurity market, including ways to address the current cybersecurity job gaps and train the next generation of cybersecurity pros. Let’s listen in!


I love talking to Steve because of his ability to break down...

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