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Aug 3, 2025

Laura Ellington sat down with us to discuss what it was like being a woman engineer in the 1970s and what today's aspiring engineers need to do to be successful in both their studies and future careers. This episode builds upon the very popular August 2024 TEC blog post that featured Laura. Today, Laura is also a TEC board member and Civil Air Patrol’s Sky Harbor Squadron Cadet coach.

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Laura Ellington on Building Systems to Tomorrow’s Women Engineers

Ep. 15

Aug 3, 2025

Laura Ellington on Building Systems to Tomorrow’s Women Engineers

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Jun 25, 2025

Ryan Murray, the Arizona state CISO, sat down with TEC for a bonus segment of our podcast.

Ryan is both the Arizona CISO as well as the Deputy Director for the Arizona Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Statewide Information and Privacy Office.

In addition to his "What Does a Technologist Do?" segment, Ryan also answered some questions about the specific cyberthreats facing Arizona and what's being done to prevent and mitigate them.

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Ep. 14

Jun 25, 2025

Ryan Murray Bonus Episode

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Apr 13, 2025

Arizona State CISO Ryan Murray sat down for our "What Does a [Technologist] Do?" segment. Check it out; it's definitely one of our coolest episodes.

16:34

What Does an Arizona State CISO Do? With Ryan Murray

Ep. 13

Apr 13, 2025

What Does an Arizona State CISO Do? With Ryan Murray

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Feb 12, 2025

Patrick Smith tells us about his day-to-day as a Technical Support Engineer. He also gives some great tips on how NOT to annoy your company's IT folks. :)

9:57

What Does a Technical Support Engineer Do? With Patrick Smith

Ep. 12

Feb 12, 2025

What Does a Technical Support Engineer Do? With Patrick Smith

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Dec 17, 2024

Need some last minute holiday gift ideas? TEC Talks to the rescue! Check out HTTPS: Holiday TEC Talks Podcast Show for some great gift ideas pulled right from some Friends of TEC wishlists!

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HTTPS: Holiday TEC Talks Podcast Special

Ep. 11

Dec 17, 2024

HTTPS: Holiday TEC Talks Podcast Special

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Nov 12, 2024

The 2024 Stack Overflow survey said that 80 percent of programmers are unhappy. TEC called on a few of its programmers to discuss.

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Ep. 10

Nov 12, 2024

TEC Talks Podcast: Unhappy Programmers

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Nov 12, 2024

Jonathan Dellmar explains what it's really like to be the person responsible for acquiring, examining and verifying digital evidence for the legal system. All opinions and statements are his own and not those of his employer.

13:04

What Does a Digital Forensics Specialist Do? With Jonathan Dellmar

Ep. 09

Nov 12, 2024

What Does a Digital Forensics Specialist Do? With Jonathan Dellmar

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Nov 12, 2024

Gabe Noga tells us what it's like to be tasked with getting more students into STEM fields by the National Science Foundation.

7:54

What Does a NSF Regional Hub Coordinator Do? With Gabe Noga

Ep. 08

Nov 12, 2024

What Does a NSF Regional Hub Coordinator Do? With Gabe Noga

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Oct 3, 2024

David Koontz tells us what it's like to be front end senior software engineer.

27:44

What Does a Senior Software Engineer Do? With David Koontz

Ep. 06

Oct 3, 2024

What Does a Senior Software Engineer Do? With David Koontz

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Oct 3, 2024

Hermit Technologies co-director Jordan Andersen sat down with TEC CTO Charles Knox to discuss the overhype of AI and what it's like to create a radically ethical software consultancy.

47:16

TEC Talks Podcast: Interview with Hermit Tech Co-Director Jordan Andersen

Ep. 07

Oct 3, 2024

TEC Talks Podcast: Interview with Hermit Tech Co-Director Jordan Andersen

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Aug 23, 2024

New TEC Talks Podcast is out! Connor Johnson sat down and talked with us about being a web support specialist for a prestigious medical university.

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What Does a Website Developer Do? With Connor Johnson

Ep. 04

Aug 23, 2024

What Does a Website Developer Do? With Connor Johnson

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Jul 15, 2024

In this episode, we speak with Eric Miller about his experience working in tech as co-owner and principal of Phoenix Analysis and Design Technologies (PADT), as well as other parts of his 30+-year long career.

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