Full Stack Journey 039: Career Transitions And Finding A Gap To Be An Expert With Lauren Malhoit

Episode 39 of the Full Stack Journey podcast features Lauren Malhoit. Lauren came up in the tech industry as a systems engineer. She’s now in technical product marking at Juniper Networks.
Lauren joins Scott to talk about career transitions, leadership vs. management, and “finding a gap where you can be an expert.”
Some of the topics Scott and Lauren toss around on this episode include:

* Lessons learned in transitioning between virtualization, networking, and marketing
* The difference between leadership and management
* How to drive toward a leadership role
* What it means to “find a gap where you can be an expert”

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Show Links:
Lauren Malhoit on Twitter
The TechVillage podcast
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