088: Getting Automated with Dan Caspi
How to Be Awesome at Your Job
How to be Awesome at Your Job
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🗓️ 21 November 2016
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Science genius Dan Caspi talks automation, software, and why we shouldn’t be afraid to learn a little code.
You’ll Learn:
- Processes that you can automate that you didn’t know you needed to
- Nifty hacks to help you maximize Excel
- A checklist to serve your need for computer speed.
About Dan
Dan has a PhD. In Organic Chemistry and is a senior scientist at AbbVie. He is also currently serving in a hybrid Process Chemistry/Chemical Engineering position as a member of the Center for Reaction Engineering.
Dan is highly proficient with technology, programming (Perl, Python, PHP, JS, HTML) and computers, and is the computer genius behind Element 26, a boutique computer consulting company based in Evanston, Illinois.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Website: Element26.net
- Application: Automator
- Programming Language: AppleScript
- Software: Anti-Malware
- Author: Malcolm Gladwell
- Article: Solid State Drive vs. Hard Disk Drive
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work. |
| 0:10.0 | Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money. |
| 0:14.0 | With your host, Pete McKitis. |
| 0:16.2 | Hello and thanks so much for joining us here for episode 88 with Dan |
| 0:25.7 | Caspi. Dan is just an absolute science genius who I have entrusted to automate a number of things on my computer in terms of writing custom software pieces. |
| 0:37.0 | And so I just thought he's got a lot of smarts in perspective. |
| 0:40.0 | Let's bring him on the show and he did not disappoint. |
| 0:42.0 | So you're going to learn one |
| 0:44.0 | processes that you can automate that you didn't even know you need it to two |
| 0:48.1 | nifty hacks to help you maximize Excel and three a checklist to serve your need for computer speed. |
| 0:55.7 | So if you want to check out the show notes, the transcripts, the links to things mentioned, |
| 0:58.9 | you'll find that over there at awesome at your job.com slash F8. |
| 1:04.0 | And while you're there, I recommend you take a look around. |
| 1:06.4 | You might try our 10 days to winning at work, |
| 1:09.0 | email course, full of tips and tricks |
| 1:11.0 | to reduce waste and get more stuff done in a |
| 1:14.5 | fun or way over the course of work or the gold nuggets list which summarizes |
| 1:18.8 | insights from guests and all kinds of cool stuff so So check out awesome at your job |
| 1:23.6 | and the goodies to be had there. |
| 1:26.0 | But first, here's a story about Dan. |
| 1:29.4 | Daniel has a PhD in organic chemistry |
| 1:31.3 | and is a senior scientist at Abbie. |
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