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Edge Careers
Edge Careers helps professionals navigate career growth, career transitions, and professional development. Hosted by Yousuf Siddiqui, it features conversations and insights that help individuals gain career clarity, make strategic decisions, and build a stronger path toward professional success.
Episodes
Edge CareersMichael Seymour: Six Job Interviews, Five Clients
Michael Seymour turned five of six job interviews into clients. Here is the experience behind it, and the AI he added on top, that made companies want to buy…
Edge CareersFive Careers, One Golden Thread: James Munoz on Using AI to Make Sense of a Nonlinear Career
James Munoz grew up wanting to be a Marine. His mother, who had started college and dropped out, sat him down in his last year of high school and encouraged…
Edge CareersFrom Homeless to $500M Closed: How James Nolle Builds AI Revenue Engines
James Nolle was homeless through his first year of college. Today his teams have closed over $500M. He breaks down allbound revenue, why most outbound fails…
Edge CareersBuild a Network Without Networking — with Marisa Matz
"Networking" is such a corporate word that most people flinch when they hear it. So in this episode we drop it and talk about what's actually underneath: human…
Edge CareersMake the Best of Where You Are: Career Lessons from John Foster
Feeling stuck in your job? John Foster shares "moment making": how to make something good out of the situation you are in, and why trying small experiments…
Edge CareersFrom Truck Driver to AI Builder: Cristino Santiago on Career Pivots and Learning by Doing
Cristino Santiago went from pre-med to trucking to cybersecurity to Lean Portfolio Management. He shares how he learns anything new, the AI tool he built to do…
Edge CareersHow a 20-Year Ad Pro Uses AI (And Where It Falls Short) with Marco Perugini
Marco Perugini has spent almost 20 years in advertising and branding. He now uses AI to move faster, but he's clear about where it doesn't work yet. In this…
Edge CareersTear It Apart: How to Use AI to Pressure Test Your Ideas with Morgan Darrey
Market researcher Morgan Darrey shares how she uses AI as a thought partner, why AI can't replace your ideas, and how to move from tasks to strategy. Morgan…
Edge CareersCommunity Building in the AI Era with Pedro Hernandes
Is AI making human community more important, or making it obsolete? In this episode, Yousuf talks with Pedro Hernandes, a community builder from São Paulo…
Edge CareersTwo Career Strategies, One Lesson — with Brian & Natosha
Career pivots rarely look strategic in the moment — they only make sense in hindsight. In this episode, Yousuf sits down with two guests who took opposite…
Edge CareersFrom GitHub Copilot to Spec-Driven Development: Roman Ivanov on Where Software Engineering Is Headed
Roman Ivanov has been a software engineer for more than ten years, starting his career in banking on back-end systems. His first real brush with modern AI was…
Edge CareersFrom 3,000 Followers to a Career: Kimia Kalbasi on Building a Brand (and an AI Team to Run It)
Kimia Kalbasi's career didn't start with a plan to become an influencer. She was working her first job out of college at Oracle, writing food and travel…
Edge CareersHow to Build a Real AI Strategy (Not Just Buy a Tool) — with Segun Onilude
Most organizations start their AI journey backwards — they pick a tool first and figure out the problem later. Segun Onilude, AI Project Manager at a technical…
Edge Careers"How Brian Cotter Is Using AI as a Thought Partner to Build Better Careers, Stronger Habits, and More Intentional Lives"
Episode Summary Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the way professionals work, learn, and grow, creating new opportunities to improve not only…
Edge Careers“How Ryan Carroll Is Using AI to Build Startups Faster and Redefine the Future of Software Engineering”
Episode Summary Artificial intelligence is transforming software engineering at an unprecedented pace, creating new opportunities for developers to build…
Edge Careers“How Amara Obi Is Using AI to Build Africa’s Next Sports Technology Platform and Empower Student Athletes”
Episode Summary AI is opening new opportunities for entrepreneurs around the world, and few people embody that potential better than Amara Obi. Entrepreneur…
Edge Careers“How Christian Wolff Is Using AI to Turn Ideas Into Working Apps and Future-Proof Engineering Careers”
Episode Summary Artificial intelligence is changing software development and engineering faster than ever before, but many professionals are still unsure how…
Edge Careers“How Aditi Sen Is Using AI to Build a One-Person Marketing Team and Future-Proof Modern Marketing Careers”
Episode Summary AI is changing how marketing teams operate, but many professionals are still unsure where to begin. Aditi Sen, marketing leader and…
Edge Careers“How Sohil Shah Is Building AI Agents and Orchestration Systems to Transform Software Engineering Careers”
Episode Summary AI is rapidly transforming software engineering, infrastructure, and enterprise operations, and engineers are now at the center of building the…
Edge Careers“How Natosha McNeal Is Using AI and Agentic Orchestration to Transform Healthcare Marketing and Career Growth”
Episode Summary AI is changing how healthcare and enterprise teams operate, but most professionals are still figuring out how to keep up. Natosha McNeal…