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

The output for technology is called a data center. matched

And this industry is starving for talent, right? matched

So if you have a kid who's not sure what they want to do, I would introduce them to the trades. matched

First responders, obviously the military. matched

The military represents, the Department of War represents almost one out of three of the employees in this workspace in the United States today. matched

So we want people that are pressure tested and have been through some sort of stress inoculation and have a creativity to work hard. matched

What you had, matched

was you were humble, you were hungry and you seem smart, right? matched

So that's the Pat Linceoni, you know, top characteristics. matched

But the reality is, is we're just looking for people that are hungry and they're all they wanted was the opportunity to prove themselves. matched

And if they could demonstrate they're willing to work, it's like a, an athlete and a coach, right? matched

If the coach has 10 kids on his team and two of them work harder than the rest, guess which two are going to get the most of the attention from that coach. matched

Because the coach just wants people that are coachable, right? matched

And all we're doing now is trying to coach people on how to have conversations with their kids on how they could get into this industry. matched

Because we all started from somewhere and none of us started from the same place. matched

But there's jobs in low voltage structured cabling, integration operation, I mean, all kinds of fit out delivery teams, smart hand services. matched

There's so many opportunities. matched

And right now, matched

The misconception about data centers is, yeah, they build them in less than a year, and then they're gone. matched

There's no people there to work them. matched

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