# Allison Peck | Leveraging Video To Advance Your Engineering Career, Show vs Tell, & When to Go With Your Gut

- Show: [Being an Engineer](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer)
- Published: 2022-02-18
- Length: 39m
- Episode: 7
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-02-18-allison-peck-leveraging-video-to-advance-your-engineering-career-show-vs-tell-wh
- Listen: https://teampipeline.us/allison-peck-show-vs-tell/

## Summary

Allison Peck, a Senior Program Manager at a cell therapy manufacturing startup and former engineer at Intuitive Surgical, discusses leveraging video content on TikTok and LinkedIn to advance engineering careers. She details her transition from manufacturing engineering to program management at Intuitive Surgical, where she worked on the SP Da Vinci Surgical System, and explains how she uses social media to demonstrate technical competence through 'show, don't tell' videos. Peck emphasizes the importance of critical thinking, data-backed decision-making, and using personal branding to bypass traditional resume screening, sharing specific viral content strategies and career advice for engineers.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-02-18-allison-peck-leveraging-video-to-advance-your-engineering-career-show-vs-tell-wh#t=0) Introduction: Allison Peck and Career Origins
- [4:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-02-18-allison-peck-leveraging-video-to-advance-your-engineering-career-show-vs-tell-wh#t=265) Startup Life and Remote Work Dynamics
- [10:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-02-18-allison-peck-leveraging-video-to-advance-your-engineering-career-show-vs-tell-wh#t=650) Engineering at Intuitive Surgical and the SP Da Vinci System
- [16:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-02-18-allison-peck-leveraging-video-to-advance-your-engineering-career-show-vs-tell-wh#t=1014) Building a Personal Brand on LinkedIn and TikTok
- [25:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-02-18-allison-peck-leveraging-video-to-advance-your-engineering-career-show-vs-tell-wh#t=1547) Show vs. Tell: Using Video to Prove Engineering Skills
- [29:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-02-18-allison-peck-leveraging-video-to-advance-your-engineering-career-show-vs-tell-wh#t=1774) Career Mistakes, Confidence, and Data-Backed Decisions
- [32:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-02-18-allison-peck-leveraging-video-to-advance-your-engineering-career-show-vs-tell-wh#t=1974) Embracing Failure and Learning from Mistakes

## Topics

- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Intuitive Surgical (company)
- SP Da Vinci Surgical System (product)
- TikTok (other)
- LinkedIn (other)

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- [Attracting the Next Generation of Manufacturing Talent with "The Manufacturing Millennial" Jake Hall](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2021-02-23-attracting-the-next-generation-of-manufacturing-talent-with-the-manufacturing-mi) (Manufacturing Happy Hour)
- [A Conversation with the Manufacturing Millennial w/ Jacob Hall](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2020-11-03-a-conversation-with-the-manufacturing-millennial-w-jacob-hall) (The Manufacturing Executive)
- [290: Why Danny Gonzales Thinks Manufacturing Has a Storytelling Problem](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2026-06-02-290-why-danny-gonzales-thinks-manufacturing-has-a-storytelling-problem) (Manufacturing Happy Hour)
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- [Advocating for Women in Manufacturing w/ Alicia Gilpin](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2023-05-09-advocating-for-women-in-manufacturing-w-alicia-gilpin) (The Manufacturing Executive)

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