In this episode of Adobo and Avocados, Developer Advocates Marie Cruz and Nicole van der Hoeven chat with Kulas Angeles, a DevOps coach and Quality Engineering leader, about his career journey and how he transitioned from engineering to coaching mindset. --- ⏰ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 00:52 What is Kulas' adobo? 02:31 Kulas' immigration story from the Philippines to Canada 04:32 Culture shock that Kulas experienced when moving to Canada 05:42 Language barrier and embracing the Filipino accent 08:31 Nicole's view about internalised racism 10:38 How did Kulas start his tech career? 15:19 Shifting from engineering to coaching 19:10 What is a coach, and what is a DevOps coach? 21:19 What is executive coaching? 22:07 What are the differences between coaching and mentoring? 24:27 Why did Kulas choose to do life coaching? 26:10 What are the differences between coaching and therapy? 29:49 Common issues that people ask for help on during coaching 32:00 Does Kulas miss hands-on technical work? 34:12 Important skills for a DevOps or a Quality coach 35:29 Common questions asked during life coaching 42:47 Common questions asked during executive coaching 46:30 Common questions asked during DevOps coaching 50:17 Challenges that come with being a coach 52:58 What is move forward and up? 54:32 Coaching with Kulas 57:01 What advice would you give to people who want to have a career in tech? --- Contact Nicole: Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@nicole LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nvanderhoeven Site: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/ Contact Marie: X: https://twitter.com/mcruzdrake BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/mariecruz.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariedesireecruz Site: https://www.testingwithmarie.com/ Contact Kulas: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kulas-angeles/ Personal Site: https://kulasangeles.com/ Company Site: https://www.moveforwardandup.com/