Today we are joined by Noah Ing. Noah is a Cloud Engineer by Day, and a dancer by night - how does he do it? Turns out, programming and dance have more in common than you might think!
Noah is incredibly accomplished, so easy to talk to, and most of all a kind, down-to-earth guy. Check this episode out!
- Noah's upbringing in dancing, and the moment that he decided to switch up his focus away from dance.
- What it's like being around friends and family who have accomplished so much, in the more conventional career sense.
- The pressures of following your passions, and realizing that perhaps you needed to think more practically.
- Starting and running a large dance studio at a young age, and the difficulties involved with having to navigate that.
- Figuring out what to do after changing career goals, including the epiphany of finding an intersection between dance and programming, despite normally never being considered.
- The pleasure of pursuing perfection, both intellectually and athletically.
- How living in another country can inspire confidence, perspective, and greater connection to your roots.
- Mentorship from your father, and how their support can lead to a major "Aha!" moment.
- The benefits of being affable and sociable in an industry normally known for its reclusiveness.
- The edge of having the exceptional ability to improvise.
- The importance of being easy to talk to, and leveraging your skills outside of what's normally expected from your career.
- Explaining what cloud engineering is, in Noah's words, and why it's more complex than people might think.
- The importance of work-life balance, and most notably, the importance of connecting with and spending time with those that you care about.
- The importance of tempering ambition with what really makes you happy. Avoiding the rat race.
- The difficulty of fast-tracking a change in career path.
- Learning to value and understand the growth that you have done outside of conventional career moves.
- And of course, our legendary rapid-fire segment.
Tune in for more information on that one, Noah has a ton of knowledge to share!
