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393- From Surgeon to IT Without Shortcuts w/Dr. Sergio E. Sanchez

You've Been Heard

Philip Howard

Tech News, Technology, Business, Management, News

0.00 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Sergio Sanchez has sat in seats most IT leaders never will. Operating rooms. Gaming studios shipping Call of Duty. Apple's Genius Bar. Catholic Church administration with 72-year-old nuns who never touched computers.His diagnosis? IT speaks a language nobody else understands. "We assume that everybody has the same knowledge that we do," he says. Meanwhile, users with AOL accounts become prime targets for scams.We get into why cybersecurity is a communication problem, not a budget problem. How to translate tech-speak for executives who sign the checks. And why programmers will become bug hunters in 18 months.The biggest takeaway? "No matter how much money you invest in cybersecurity, take one person to click the wrong link and all that money goes out the window."

Transcript

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0:00.0

Everyone out there listening, we have with us, Dr. Sergio Sanchez.

0:15.8

And when I say doctor, I'm not talking just like poor hungry doctor.

0:19.4

I'm talking like real medical doctor that happens to be in

0:24.1

IT. So please tell me your story. Please tell me how you were a doctor that got into IT. It's a great story.

0:31.0

So first of all, hello everybody. Thank you for having me here, Phil. I'm honored to be part of this podcast, this episode.

0:40.6

And yes, my story is a little bit out of the normal path. So since I was a little kid, I'll

0:49.4

remember my mother asking me or my father, what do you want to do when you grow up? And I always says, I want to be a doctor.

0:56.2

The intention for me to try to keep people healthy was my dream. So after high school,

1:07.8

go to medical school in Mexico, the National University of Mexico, and graduated after

1:13.7

six years, of course, and then resident programs, et cetera, et cetera.

1:16.8

So I became a full-flesh general surgeon.

1:21.3

Funny part here now.

1:23.3

And I was probably between 13, 14 years old.

1:27.3

And I had to go with my father, which he was in a doctor,

1:31.8

who was an architect.

1:33.3

And I will tell you something funny about that too.

1:35.9

But one time I had to go with him to the office,

1:39.7

and I think it was a Saturday, something like that.

1:42.8

And I was bored out of my mind. Meanwhile, he was doing something. I think it was a Saturday, something like that. And I was bored out of my mind.

1:46.0

Meanwhile, he was doing something.

1:48.0

I think the assistant saw my face and says,

1:51.0

Ellie, are you bored?

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