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The One Where We Geek Out on Mental Health with Tim Banks of Dell Technologies
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About our guest:
Tim’s tech career spans over 25 years through various sectors. Tim’s initial journey into tech started in avionics in the US Marine Corps and then into various government contracting roles. After moving to the private sector, Tim worked both in large corporate environments and in small startups, honing his skills in systems administration, automation, architecture, and operations for large cloud-based datastores.
Today, Tim leverages his years in operations, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering to advise and consult with the open source and cloud computing communities in his current role. Tim is also a competitive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He is the 2-time American National and is the 5-time Pan American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion in his division.
Find our guest on:
Find us on:
- All of our social channels are on bento.me/geekingout
- Adriana’s X (Twitter)
- Adriana’s Mastodon
- Adriana’s LinkedIn
- Adriana’s Instagram
- Adriana’s Bluesky
Show Links:
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
- Generational trauma
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
- Epilepsy
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Depression
- The Razor’s Edge
- Neurodivergent
- Glimmer vs Trigger
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ)
- Psychadelics and mental health
- Mental Health Resources (Canada)
- Mental Health Resources (USA)
Transcript:
ADRIANA: A note to listeners. This week on Geeking Out, we will be talking about mental health issues, including suicide and suicide ideation.
Welcome to Geeking Out, the podcast about all geeky aspects of software delivery, DevOps, Observability, reliability, and everything in between. I'm your host, Adriana Villela, coming to you from Toronto, Canada. And geeking out with me today for the second time...I am super happy to welcome back Tim Banks. Welcome back, Tim.
TIM: Hey, Adriana. How's it going?
ADRIANA: Not too bad. And I'm so excited that you agreed to come back for a second show because of something that you posted online recently that just like I don't know, it kind of