My name is Derek Brooks

My friend, Kaylee recently invited me to be on the Iowa Tech Podcast and I almost turned it down because I didn’t think I had any relevant content.

I clarified that I've not been involved with an Iowa-based company in over 15 years and have been remote for so long that I’m not used to chopping it up about tech IRL. The invitation honestly made me a bit anxious.

But I agreed, did the interview, had a great time, told my story, giggled a lot, and missed most of the talking points I should’ve hit, hahaha.

Here are the points I wanted to expand on...

1. Take calculated risks

You might not have gathered from my career history, but I’m a fairly risk averse person. Some of the changes I’ve made have felt risky - leaving something comfortable …