Kirk Offel

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6,820 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 13 Aug

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Data Center Revolution · Ep 145: Jesse Sargent’s Journey: From Army Infantry to Leading Data Center Workforce · 14 Apr 2026 podcast

Now imagine we're trying to transition people from the Department of War that have been exposed to the most advanced weapons machine and tech ever built matched

And the military is known best for being a leadership incubator. matched

And we're trying to put them into an industry where they're less likely to harm themselves. matched

Simultaneously, if you look at the construction industries overall, matched

It has a high death rate, a high suicide rate as well. matched

So we're dealing with problems that are... I mean, our business is not an incubator for society's problems, but we certainly have to deal with those problems. matched

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So I want people just to summarize... matched

You started at nowhere and you started with an opportunity. matched

And we fed you everything we could in a way in which the pressure that we put on you, we knew would either make the diamond that you are today or a splat mark would be more common, right? matched

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And with the right opportunity and the right work ethic, you were able to learn through immersion. matched

We'd put you on these sites and you'd have to learn the language, the lexicon, and everything that was going on on those programs. matched

Hard work is the currency of this industry. matched

That's right. matched

So I think that my advice for people that are listening is, matched

this podcast really, I hope would one day fall more in the hands of Gen Z. Yeah. matched

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Because we were once, you know, we, I'm Gen X and the Gen Xers that are listening that are like me should be listening on behalf of their children because their kids, there's no industry on this earth that grows faster than our industry because of the growth of every other industry. matched

Every industry that adopts emerging technology drives greater demand to one focal point, that focal engine or that digital infrastructure that supplies the matched

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