Episode 138 - On Being Us in Technology with Kendrick Trotter

Episode 138 - On Being Us in Technology with Kendrick Trotter

Imagine, for a moment, you’re driving for Uber, and one of your riders changes your life forever! That’s the story we are sharing with you. It's all about Kendrick Trotter, the entrepreneur that has had an incredible journey in technology. Kendrick talks to us about that and the relationship between sales and engineering.

Ron and Chris are glad to be back with Kendrick Trotter who is helping diversify technology through partnerships with top technology firms. He is excited and humbled to be part of this!

Kendrick shares his passion about Us in Technology. Their mission is “We are going to diversify the tech industry with more underrepresented people.” This is a very broad definition intentionally. People associate diversity to black or brown, but really, it is variety.

Us in Technology partner with people who have coachability, drive, intelligence, and integrity. He feels they are teaching these mentees to be an entrepreneur, not a worker.

Change won’t happen until influential positions are more diverse.

To stay in touch with Kendrick or to learn more, visit his website, LinkedIn or Instagram.

Thank you

Key Takeaways

0:00 Introduction to the show

1:03 Welcome back

2:06 Kendrick joins the show

2:44 Kendrick shares his background

6:17 Catalyst to the trajectory for Kendrick

9:18 Power of Networking

13:35 Complexities of sales and engineering

15:53 Maintaining confidence

18:32 Big lesson learned

21:18 Diversity in the industry

26: 37 Surprises along the way

30:03 When change happens

30:53 Advice to those wanting into tech

32:39 Best ways to stay in touch with Kendrick

33:20 Thank you

Links:

Us In Technology Website

Kendrick's Instagram

Kendrick on LinkedIn

Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon. Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter.

Follow hosts Ron Eddings and Chris Cochran on Twitter.

Learn more about our sponsor ByteChek.

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