Latinos Who Tech

We made it to episode 50! Thank you for sticking around. I share the story of why I left a very lucrative, very toxic, tech job, some perspective from having achieved my FIRE number, my personal values, and how I like to make career decisions at this point of my life. It's been 1.5 years since I left that corporate gig, and I find myself so much at peace right now. Walking the Camino de Santiago in May 2022 was instrumental to reconnecting with myself and my values, I do recommend it if you ever have to overcome any major life changes OR if you honestly enjoy long walks with your thoughts :) Will this be the last season of Latinos Who Tech? I honestly, don't know. I DO know that I love making podcasts and connecting with tech professionals like you. I started hosting meetups virtually and in-person with other Latino professionals and I find it incredibly rewarding. You can find out when the next virtual meetup will be by joining my mailing list. https://lwt-email.ck.page/1fc5dbebbc ## Show Notes - Join my mailing list to find out about virtual meetups (and other projects). No spam, ever. https://lwt-email.ck.page/d3749616a6 - Connect with me on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugocastellanos/ - Twitter https://twitter.com/HugoCast_ ## Resources - How to retire forever on a fixed chunk of money - https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2018/11/29/how-to-retire-forever-on-a-fixed-chunk-of-money/ - Book: I will Teach you to be Rich: - https://www.amazon.com/Will-Teach-You-Be-Rich/dp/0761147489 - Course: Finding a fulfilling career with "What color is your parachute?" - https://www.udemy.com/course/the-eparachute-introduction-to-your-career-and-job-search/ - LWT Episode: "How to retire before 40 (by working in STEM)" - https://player.captivate.fm/episode/0532d338-2148-4446-a7fb-c7755032c66c

In this episode we spoke with Gino Ferrand. Founder @ TECLA a company that helps tech professionals in LATAM get the tools they need to work with U.S. companies remotely. Sign up for our meetup in Salt Lake City during the SHPE 2023 Conference: https://forms.gle/Eg2pz58udkS2CVN59 Sign up for our online speed networking meetups here: https://lwt-email.ck.page/1fc5dbebbc

Do you enjoy this kind of format? Let me know your thoughts via LinkedIn clicking here What content do you want to hear in the podcast? Fill out this 2 minute survey and let me know clicking here Do you want to attend virtual speed networking meetups with other latinos in tech? Sign up for our mailing list right here ## Connect Connect with Hugo Castellanos https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugocastellanos Full transcript of episode available at LatinosWhoTech.com

What content do you want to hear in the podcast? Fill out this 2 minute survey and let me know 👉🏼 https://forms.gle/FKHU7VHeQ9hyGFNL9 Do you want to attend virtual speed networking meetups with other latinos in tech? Sign up for our mailing list right here ## Connect Connect with Hugo Castellanos https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugocastellanos Connect with Monica Perez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-perez-b0593731 --- For feedback or business inquiries reach out to hello @ latinoswhotech.com If you enjoy this content and want to support, you can buy me a coffee: [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hugocast...](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa28yWFI1dkdyM1RnaXF3YmtscWIwYlQ4UkZiZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuUTB1ZjJiakJ0UDZOSjF2Z05LVFozMkdsN0JUcUpNNThXX1NHeGJkTEdsaFBBb0NNcDJySllseGdUVjVlek04Nmh6Q1RaOXFGNVp0WmVJUDlYM3hWa3ZvcDBiN0FUY0doajVtS1A1WjdfdWdpRm15Yw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buymeacoffee.com%2Fhugocastellanos&v=qSS_hxLRe-A)

In this episode we spoke with Gabriel Golczer-Gatti, PhD about his experience going to graduate school at Tufts University, choosing a career in industry instead of academia, the day to day of a data scientist on a biotech startup and his volunteer work for the Universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association of America Inc. ## SHOW NOTES For feedback or business inquiries reach out to hello @ latinoswhotech.com If you enjoy this content and want to support, you can buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hugocastellanos For Feedback or Questions, you can reach out to me via LinkedIn. I read every message. https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugocastellanos Sign up for our mailing list: https://lwt-email.ck.page/d3749616a6 Connect with Dr. Golczer-Gatti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ggolczer/ Support AlumnUSB's cause: https://alumnusb.org/es/becas/

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Welcome to a new episode of Latinos who tech, my name is Hugo Castellanos. This a podcast about the stories of latinos working in the tech industry and tools to help you take your career to the next level. In this episode we spoke with Gabriela Garcia, a Civil Engineer turned Sr. Analytics Consultant at Google in London. We spoke with Gabriela about her day to day as an analytics consultant, must have skills for the job and how to land a role in data science and analytics. ------- 🚀 Suggest topics for future episodes here: https://forms.gle/UZb7g31PPu84TSwGA Connect with Gabriela: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriela-garcia-fischnaler/ Connect with Hugo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugocastellanos/ Sign up for our newsletter to find out about networking events for Latinos in Tech: https://lwt-email.ck.page/d3749616a6 Send us any feedback to hello <at> latinoswhotech <.> com ------

Welcome to a new episode of Latinos who tech, my name is Hugo Castellanos. This a podcast about the stories of latinos working in the tech industry and tools to help you take your career to the next level. In this episode we explore the FIRE Movement (Financial Independence, Retire Early) and what does it mean to retire before 40. I spoke with my friend Lennis Perez, a chemical engineer and speaker that achieved financial independence after working 16 years in the industry. The kicker: she achieved it while making less than six figures a year. Imagine how fast you could do it with a six figure tech job? ------- 🚀 If you are enjoying this content please fill out this 5 minute survey to help me pick topics for upcoming episodes https://forms.gle/UZb7g31PPu84TSwGA **### Connect** Hugo Castellanos https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugocastellanos/ Lennis Perez https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennis-perez/ and check out her website at https://lennisperez.com/ 📧 Feel free to say hello via hello(at)latinoswhotech(period)com ## Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 9:48 - Icebreaker 11:56 - Tell us about yourself and working in Chemical Engineering 16:36 - Breaking away from the 9-5 mentality 17:25 - What is FIRE anyway? 20:18 - The 4% rule : How much money do you actually need? 23:48 - Doing FIRE is like building your own pension 25:20 - 401k and 401k matching 30:38 - How tech workers get paid. Cash + Stock 31:40 - Did you have to do any lifestyle changes? aka - Prenups are not only for rich people 32:07 - Divorce and how it can affect your Financial Independence plan 34:30 - Moving to a different state can be a great move to accelerate FIRE 35:30 - How to calculate your FIRE number 40:27 - Financial Independence WITHOUT retiring early 41:00 - Living a full life at 3K a month 43:00 - Financial Literacy 45:00 - Why Hugo pursued FIRE 47:00 - Burnout and pursuing FIRE to avoid it 51:31 - Unlimited PTO is a SCAM 54:00 - Different kinds of FIRE: CoastFIRE, FatFIRE, LeanFIRE, Regular FIRE 55:46 - 2 sides of FI Podcast 59:00 - Lennis reinvention as a Wellness Engineer 1:11:00 - Breaking away from 9-5 mentality and immigrant guilt 1:15:00 Becoming a money archetype coach and making sense of IRAs, 401ks and brokerage accounts ## Resources we mentioned: Mister Money Mustache Blog: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2018/11/29/how-to-retire-forever-on-a-fixed-chunk-of-money/ Rich, Broke, Dead calculator https://engaging-data.com/will-money-last-retire-early/ Ramit Sethi - I will teach you to be rich https://www.amazon.com/Will-Teach-You-Rich-Second-dp-1523505745/dp/1523505745/ref=dp_ob_title_bk https://engaging-data.com/will-money-last-retire-early/

🚀 If you are enjoying this content please fill out this 5 minute survey to help me pick topics for upcoming episodes https://forms.gle/UZb7g31PPu84TSwGA ### Shownotes In 2016, a study out of the University of California San Diego stated that there were 587 Latino faculty members in the United States. Out of those 587, 485 were men, and only 102 of them were women. Today we spoke with one of those 102. Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Penn State University. We spoke about her decision to pursue academia and what is it like to run a lab and the day-to-day of being a faculty member. 📧 Feel free to say hello via hello(at)latinoswhotech(period)com ### Connect Hugo Castellanos https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugocastellanos/ Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, PhD https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariantgutierrez/ https://www.ae.psu.edu/department/directory-detail-g.aspx?q=mvg5899 ### TimeStamps 00:07 1 of only 102 latina engineering faculty in the USA 02:53 Icebreaker: What would you do with 10 extra hours? 07:29 Why did you decide on Academia? 09:14 Life as a professional athlete 18:57 Professors PLAY tennis 20:09 Studying Natural Disasters 21:48 How she structures her time: Day to day of a professor 30:04 How do researchers tailor their grant writing to attract more funding? 36:16 Constraints fuel innovation 41:27 What is it like to run your own lab? 49:07 How to contact Mariantonieta if you are interested in research and grad school

Shownotes:Connect with Carolina Baquero on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugocastellanos/ Connect with Hugo Castellanos on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinabaquerov Join our Discord Community: https://latinos-who-tech.captivate.fm/discord Sign up for our mailing list and attend our next virtual networking event: https://latinos-who-tech.captivate.fm/email Timestamps:0:00 - Intro and catching up after a hiatus 3:46 - Interview starts 4:19 - Carolina's background: Ecuador, DR, NYC 6:08 - Is Remote Work isolating? Does it have to be that way? 10:21 - Hosting meetups and ways to build community 11:40 - Getting Hired as a remote worker 13:25 - Why Carolina is so passionate about remote work: a personal story 19:25 - Is Silicon Valley overrated in 2023? Do you need to move there to work in tech anymore? 22:33 - Different company sizes for different experiences 23:54 -The Miami Tech Community 27:58 - Return to the office and conflict 30:56 - Productivity and salary stagnation 32:57 - How to find a remote job in 2023 36:08 - RemoteOK and async jobs 38:00 - Working at Twitter vs working at LinkedIn or a startup 40:39 - How to deal with imposter syndrome 44:09 - The brag sheet - a tool to help you remember your accomplishments

Aileen Tapia is a daughter, a sister and a nieta. She is a first-gen industrial engineer and currently serves as a Strategy & Management Consultant @ Accenture. We spoke during the first Virtual SHPE 2020 Convention in October. She told us her story breaking into the industry and gave us an intimate look and the challenges she has faced and how she overcomes them every day. You can learn more about Aileen via her LinkedIn This episode is brought to you by Triplebyte, the best way for Software Engineers to find their next opportunity. The post My SHPE Story feat. Aileen Tapia / Latinos Who Tech #37 appeared first on Latinos Who Tech.

Aileen Tapia is a daughter, a sister and a nieta. She is a first-gen industrial engineer and currently serves as a Strategy & Management Consultant @ Accenture. We spoke during the first Virtual SHPE 2020 Convention in October. She told us her story breaking into the industry and gave us an intimate look and the challenges she has faced and how she overcomes them every day. You can learn more about Aileen via her LinkedIn This episode is brought to you by Triplebyte, the best way for Software Engineers to find their next opportunity. The post My SHPE Story feat. Aileen Tapia / Latinos Who Tech #37 appeared first on Latinos Who Tech.

Aileen Tapia is a daughter, a sister and a nieta. She is a first-gen industrial engineer and currently serves as a Strategy & Management Consultant @ Accenture. We spoke during the first Virtual SHPE 2020 Convention in October. She told us her story breaking into the industry and gave us an intimate look and the challenges she has faced and how she overcomes them every day. You can learn more about Aileen via her LinkedIn This episode is brought to you by Triplebyte, the best way for Software Engineers to find their next opportunity. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/latinoswhotech/message

Are you feeling stressed out because of remote work? Do you feel there is a blur between your personal life and work life? Is it hard for you to close your laptop at the end of the day?  Don’t worry, you are not the only one In this episode I spoke with Jose Paz Castro, an HR professional and Sr. Manager with Microsoft.  We spoke about working remote and strategies that have helped us stay sane and healthy during the current situation.  Jose also shared with us his story and how he broke into tech and some great advice for professionals doing soul searching and wanting to break into HR.  You can listen to Jose’s episode wherever you get your podcasts If you’d like me to post the video version of this episode on YouTube comment below with a #HR #remotework #remotelyworking #hardwork #hardlyworking  #microsoft #latinxintech   —–This episode is brought to you by Lunchclub. Lunchclub is the best way to connect and network via video meetings with other professionals. All from the comfort of your home. You can sign up by following my referral code : https://lunchclub.com/?invite_code=hugoc The post Microsoft : Remote Work and building a career in HR feat. Jose Paz Castro / Latinos Who Tech #36 appeared first on Latinos Who Tech.

Are you feeling stressed out because of remote work? Do you feel there is a blur between your personal life and work life? Is it hard for you to close your laptop at the end of the day?  Don’t worry, you are not the only one In this episode I spoke with Jose Paz Castro, an HR professional and Sr. Manager with Microsoft.  We spoke about working remote and strategies that have helped us stay sane and healthy during the current situation.  Jose also shared with us his story and how he broke into tech and some great advice for professionals doing soul searching and wanting to break into HR.  You can listen to Jose’s episode wherever you get your podcasts If you’d like me to post the video version of this episode on YouTube comment below with a #HR #remotework #remotelyworking #hardwork #hardlyworking  #microsoft #latinxintech   —–This episode is brought to you by Lunchclub. Lunchclub is the best way to connect and network via video meetings with other professionals. All from the comfort of your home. You can sign up by following my referral code : https://lunchclub.com/?invite_code=hugoc The post Microsoft : Remote Work and building a career in HR feat. Jose Paz Castro / Latinos Who Tech #36 appeared first on Latinos Who Tech.

Are you feeling stressed out because of remote work? Do you feel there is a blur between your personal life and work life? Is it hard for you to close your laptop at the end of the day? Don’t worry, you are not the only oneIn this episode I spoke with Jose Paz Castro, an HR professional and Sr. Manager with Microsoft. We spoke about working remote and strategies that have helped us stay sane and healthy during the current situation. Jose also shared with us his story and how he broke into tech and some great advice for professionals doing soul searching and wanting to break into HR. You can listen to Jose’s episode wherever you get your podcastsIf you’d like me to post the video version of this episode on YouTube comment below with a 📷#HR #remotework #remotelyworking #hardwork #hardlyworking  #microsoft #latinxintech   —–This episode is brought to you by Lunchclub. Lunchclub is the best way to connect and network via video meetings with other professionals. All from the comfort of your home. You can sign up by following my referral code : https://lunchclub.com/?invite_code=hugoc --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/latinoswhotech/message

Cristina Costa is a learning and development professional and career coach focused on humanizing tech.  She hails from Boston, Mass and has been part of organizations like Drift, HubSpot and Women With Purpose.  We had a very enriching conversation about the human side of tech. She told us her story and how networking helped her break into the industry, how she builds authentic connections with professionals and dispelled  a few myths about career coaching.  Cristina currently serves as a Career Program Manager with Outco Inc, a coaching and skill sharpening service for software engineers. Since 2016, Outco has helped more than 1,600+ software engineers land jobs at top companies such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon.  Learn more about Outco by going to outco.io  The post Career Coaching for Tech Professionals feat. Cristina Costa, Outco Inc appeared first on Latinos Who Tech.