This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com.
Welcome to episode 002 of my cartoon Q&A series.
Technology and the web have really changed what it means to be a modern data professional. The way forward is mostly uncharted. Through these chats with a wide range of creative data professionals and evaluators, I hope to share a vision of what’s possible.
In today’s conversation I chat with Maria Montenegro, who is a credentialed evaluator living and working in Vancouver, BC. She is also the creator of The Evaluation Couch, a podcast discussing topics related to evaluation and navigating a career in evaluation.
Among other things, we talk about discovering evaluation as a career, the process of getting credentialed, Maria’s work with Eval Youth, and the real first step to starting a podcast. It was a fun conversation that inspired a set of 8 new comics, which you’ll see appear throughout the video.
The Comics from the Q&A
Defined by what we do, not what we learned.
![Defined by what we do not what we learned comic.](https://blog.evalcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Not-an-economist-1024x768-1.png)
What’s an evaluation framework?
![Evaluation framework comic](https://blog.evalcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/What-is-an-evaluation-framework-1024x768-1.png)
Is this academic success?
![Successful academic comic](https://blog.evalcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Successful-Academic-1024x768-1.png)
Self-credentialed
![Self-credentialed comic](https://blog.evalcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Self-credentialed-1024x768-1.png)
Secret evaluator recruitment strategy.
![Secret evaluator recruitment strategy](https://blog.evalcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Secret-Evaluator-Recruitment-Strategy-1024x768-1.png)
Labor of love
![Labor of love comic](https://blog.evalcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/I-would-do-it-anyway-1024x768-1.png)
Passion first podcast
![Passion first podcast comic](https://blog.evalcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Passion-first-podcast-1024x768-1.png)
If you never do it…
![Maria Montenegro Quote Comic](https://blog.evalcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Not-perfect-1024x768-1.png)