Self Control & Cheese
Business & Economics Podcasts
Hey hi welcome this is Self Control & Cheese, your go-to podcast for conversations that aren't happening about career growth and personal and professional development that SHOULD be happening. We're two 20-somethings that have seen our fair share of things, working at two of the fastest growing Tech companies in the United States and growing our careers in tech without the absolute bullshit that happens in the tech world. Come hang out with us! Seriously, we have an email list, come hang: https://selfcontrolandcheese.com/join-us
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United States
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Hey hi welcome this is Self Control & Cheese, your go-to podcast for conversations that aren't happening about career growth and personal and professional development that SHOULD be happening. We're two 20-somethings that have seen our fair share of things, working at two of the fastest growing Tech companies in the United States and growing our careers in tech without the absolute bullshit that happens in the tech world. Come hang out with us! Seriously, we have an email list, come hang: https://selfcontrolandcheese.com/join-us
Language:
English
Episodes
16. How To Regain Control
5/17/2022
Sup babes. Today we're talkin' control - what it feels like when you have it and what it feels like when you don't. And how to regain a sense of control when you lose it. Let's be real - when control is taken away from you it can feel like you're a child who had their toys taken away. Any feedback feels like you're whining and you can't figure out how to level set like an adult again. We've been there. We hate that shit too. So we're here for the season 2 finale to talk about it. And as...
Duration:00:25:59
Hot Take #32: Everything Everywhere All At Once
5/10/2022
Like no one is having a good time right now. What with the.... state of the US government, the world, and trying to get back to normal when things aren't normal, companies haven't figured out how to adjust and create employee engagement programs without culture being implied by an office. And it's starting to show with the great resignation, everyone feeling burnt out, people quitting their jobs left and right, and an overall bad vibe in the air. Companies need to use the money they're...
Duration:00:08:28
15. Is Your Job Serving You With John Thomas Lang
5/3/2022
Hey bestie. You asking yourself if it's time to find a new job? Or you're questioning how you know when it's time to find a new job? News flash - that probably means it's time for a new job. When companies are looking out for themselves, you have to look out for you. And you know what's ok? Not spending years at a company before you move, looking out for yourself and your career path, and not always being a team player. It's ok not to be a team player if the game is fundamentally rigged...
Duration:00:27:45
Hot Take #31: Everything's Made Up And The Points Don't Matter
4/26/2022
Hey besties here's the thing: we're rooting for you. Like straight up and full stop. We think you're doing great. We think you're putting in work. And we think you're chugging along, feelin' good about work AND life. And we positively love that for you. We just wanted to come on here and say that sometimes it's cool to just be vibing and have no hot takes. We don't think week, our hot take is that we're proud of you lmao.
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Duration:00:04:48
14. So You Got Laid Off. What's Next With Devin Pickell
4/19/2022
So you got laid off. That fucking sucks. We would never deny that and think you should go through the 5 stages of grief before you're really ready to figure out what comes next. But whenever you feel like you're ready to figure out what comes next for you, it can feel foreboding, scary, unknown, alone. Here's the great news, you're not alone. Being laid off is a lonely and individual experience, but there are so many people just like you who got back on their feet and learned and evolved...
Duration:00:28:27
Hot Take #30: We Don't Work 8 Hours A Day
4/12/2022
Don't even lie - you don't either. Listen the 8 hour work day/40 hour work week was created for factory lines to get the most out of the workers as possible. We're B2B marketers working behind computer screens all day. Most of our work each day can be accomplished in 3-4 hours of uninterrupted work. The thing is... we are usually interrupted. By people either virtually or physically. And that's FINE. Make those distractions for yourself sometimes. We weren't working all 8 hours we were in...
Duration:00:07:18
13: Find Your Thing With Ryan McCready
4/5/2022
When you figure out what your thing is, it makes it 100x easier to find jobs for YOU. When you know exactly what you want and how to find companies that'll let you do what you want, and help you grow more into who you want to be, your career becomes more fun and more valuable. Ryan McCready knows his thing. And so when the time came for him to make a change in his career, he knew exactly what to look for and what to do. So in this episode Ryan is breaking down his latest career search and...
Duration:00:28:14
Hot Take #29: You Have Time
3/29/2022
Dudes. Like. We have so much time to figure it out. To figure out what we want our next move to be. To figure out what our career should look like. To figure out what we're going to focus on at work next quarter. Big things don't happen in 24 hours. Big things happen over weeks, months, and years. It's ok to have shitty days and shitty weeks. Because as long as you're moving forward, things are happening, you are changing, and you're getting closer.
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Duration:00:03:41
12. Get Hired In Tech BONUS: Choosing The Right Type Of Startup with Adam Goyette
3/22/2022
Oh what's that? A bonus episode of our get hired in tech series? Hell yeah fuckin right it is - you are so welcome. Adam Goyette is the VP of Marketing at HelpScout and has had a proven track record of finding the right companies that best suit his life at different points in his career. Sometimes that meant working 12 hour days, sometimes that means being a working parent and needing flexibility in his schedule. Working in tech isn't a one and done choice - you can and should evolve your...
Duration:00:30:29
Hot Take #28: Act More Senior Than You Are
3/15/2022
Basically - fake it till you make it. People newer to the working world, and especially underrepresented minorities in the workplace, aren't as likely to act like they're levels above what they actually are in the workplace. But that's exactly what we should all be doing - managing up, faking it until we make it, doing the job we want before we get promoted into it (up until a certain point) all helps you grow in your career. It helps you show your managers that you are incredibly capable of...
Duration:00:08:16
11. Get Hired In Tech: Understanding Your Offer Letter
3/8/2022
On this episode of "literally nobody taught me this shit", we're talking about the un-sexy part of working in startups: understanding your offer package. From stock options vs RSUs to understanding your benefits package and the legal clauses you have to agree to, it can all be overwhelming, feel like it doesn't make a lot of sense, and overall take away the excitement from starting a new job. But don't you dare even fret my friends because we are here to decode this shit for you. We'll break...
Duration:00:24:06
Hot Take #27: You Can Like Your Job Without It Being Your Life
3/1/2022
Hi friendsssss. There's a reason we started this podcast - because we liked the work that we do, we're damn good at it, and we grew quickly to where we wanted to give tips to people who were in a similar boat. All of this to say, it's 10000% ok to like your job, to love your job even, but you still don't have to make your entire life your job. Balancing what makes you passionate in life (you should have more than 1 passion, in our opinion) can help you show up stronger and better when you're...
Duration:00:04:26
10. Get Hired In Tech: Crushing The Interview
2/22/2022
It's episode 2 of our "Get Hired In Tech" series and this one is all about how to impress during each round of interviews you'll inevitably do for the hiring process at a tech company. From what to expect, when to bring up compensations, better questions to ask, AND better answers to questions, we hope these tips will help you feel more comfortable in interviews with any company for any kind of job.
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Duration:00:27:14
Hot Take#26: Your Boss Doesn't Hate You
2/15/2022
We all know that guy Rod on TikTok who makes super relatable videos about being an anxious person in the workplace, right? Well we're here to letchya know that there's no need to fret. If you have a good, positive relationship with your manager - they 👏 do 👏 not 👏 hate 👏 you. They may be a little short over Slack or Teams, but that's literally only because they're managing people and a workload and probably messaging you in between or during meetings. It's ok, it's all going to be...
Duration:00:03:57
9. Get Hired In Tech: Landing An Interview
2/8/2022
Hi besties, welcome to a 3 part series all about how to get hired in tech - specifically tech startups. People love to glorify what it's like to work in tech but then gatekeep how the heck they actually ended up at the company. We do not gatekeep in this house so we're giving you all our secrets on how we broke into the industry, grew quickly, and started making some serious money just a few years out of college. First part of the series? How to land the interview - from resume tips to...
Duration:00:27:02
Hot Take #25: It's Ok To Burn Bridges (sometimes)
2/1/2022
You know what? Not every professional relationship you make is going to benefit you, your mental health, and/or your career path. And if that's the case, there is absolutely no reason for you to maintain relationships with the people who aren't good for any of those things. Even though most industries are small and people know people, no one wants to work with or for an asshole. So there is positively no need to maintain professionalism when it's not reciprocated. Burn those bridges babe,...
Duration:00:05:03
8. How To Be Resilient with Amber Naslund
1/25/2022
They say to never meet your heroes but guess what? We did and she fucking rules. Meet Amber Naslund - an author, a speaker, a virtual mentor to 77.8k twitter followers and someone we've looked up to for a long ass time. Amber has been through some shit, she recently pivoted her entire career, and she does so with grace, with embracing the hard shit that would break most people, and with a lot of honesty. She doesn't beat around the bush with things fucking suck and she wants to do something...
Duration:00:28:52
Hot Take #24: You Deserve To Rest
1/18/2022
Rest isn't selfish. Rest isn't earned. You can just FUCKING rest my dudes. That's literally it. It's still the beginning of the year, people are putting so much pressure on themselves to be better, to do more, to be more productive and use their daylight hours better. Here's the thing though - you literally don't have to. Move at your own pace, take breaks when you need breaks not when society tells you it's acceptable to take breaks and live your god damn life. It's quite literally too...
Duration:00:05:06
7. From 9-5 to Freelance Full Time With Brooklin Nash
1/11/2022
Just like we don't all learn the same, we don't all work the same either. This week we got to sit down with Freelancer extraordinaire Brooklin Nash, who went in-house after freelancing most of his career for science. Literally just to see what it was like. Two years later and he's back on his freelancing game, writing and strategizing for the biggest names in B2B Marketing and sharing what he's learned about his professional aspirations and how you can quit your job and go freelance full...
Duration:00:26:58
Hot Take #23: Age Does Not Define Performance Feat. Sara Ott
1/4/2022
Oh what's that? A hot take WITH A GUEST? Yeah it's 2022 and we're switching things up because we make the rules and we can do what we want. Today we're bringing the HEAT to warm up the cold, cold winter, all about why you can be really fucking good at your job no matter what age you are. There's a lot of ageism in the workplace, not just to younger people but to older people as well. But here's the damn thing - it literally doesn't matter how old you are if you're doing good work. Point...
Duration:00:10:08