About this episode

John Smith shares his journey from technician to certified AV programmer.

James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome guest John Smith, an AV Solutions Programmer at New Era Technology, to share his AV journey from technician to certified programmer. John Smith can be found on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-smith-cts-i-820173149/, and New Era Technology can also be found on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-era-technology-us/. To join the conversation or have your question answered on a future episode, join the Ask The Programmer group on LinkedIn and post a message, leave a comment, or reach out to us @AV_JamesKing or @stevegreenblatt on LinkedIn, X/Twitter, or Bluesky, and be sure to include #AskTheProgrammer. The Ask The Programmer podcast can be found at @AVProgrammerPod on X/Twitter or on Bluesky as @asktheprogrammer.

People in this episode

Hosts: James King, Steve Greenblatt

Guest: John Smith

Topics covered

• AV programming
• career journey
• certification
• technology
• interview

Keywords

• AV Solutions
• programmer certification
• New Era Technology
• career development
• technology podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Era Technology, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Bluesky

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