#45 "I Just Got Copilot... Now What?" with Roger Campbell II

About this episode

In this episode, Sarah Dooley discusses the use of Microsoft Copilot with expert Roger Campbell II, exploring its applications and implications for parents and tech careers.

So you have Copilot at work. But you are just not sure what to actually do with it... In this episode, Sarah sits down with Roger Campbell II, founder of Gemstack and the AI Business Foundry and one of the country's leading Microsoft Copilot adoption experts. Roger has a background that spans software engineering, coding bootcamps, and enterprise education. He spent years teaching others how to code and now helps teams and organizations actually use the AI tools they are already paying for. The conversation starts with pickleball and ends with a parenting insight neither of them expected. In between, Roger breaks down what Copilot actually is, where to start without the overwhelm, what to watch out for, and why he believes knowledge is still the most powerful thing you can pass on to the next generation. WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IN THIS EPISODE: [00:02] Opening: The Copilot-curious parent [01:02] Meet Roger: 10 nieces and nephews, pickleball, and life in Austin [02:47] How Roger became a Microsoft Copilot adoption expert [03:53] A non-traditional path into tech: Lyft, coding bootcamps, and teaching high schoolers to code [05:35] What Roger tells parents who worry about whether tech…

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Dooley

Guest: Roger Campbell II

Topics covered

• Microsoft Copilot
• AI tools
• parenting insights
• tech careers
• software engineering
• document management

Keywords

• Copilot
• AI tools
• parenting
• tech careers
• Microsoft
• software engineering
• document management
• ChatGPT

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gemstack, AI Business Foundry, Microsoft

Products: Copilot, ChatGPT

Places: Austin

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