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149: Best Career Advice After 4 Years of Podcasting (Signing Off) Jul 04, 2022

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In this episode Mike sums up the most common career advice over the past 4 years and explains what's up next for him in his own career journey.

You can subscribe to Mike's new YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuoEOqepPoBrnpL5C3P6Ehg

148: Thomas Stringer on Linux, Kubernetes, and Open Source Development Jul 04, 2022

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In this episode Mike catches up with Thomas Stringer to discuss Linux, Kubernetes, and Open Source Development.

Thomas is a Principal Software Engineer Lead working on Open Source at Microsoft.

Follow Thomas on these channels:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trstringer/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tr_stringer
Personal Website: https://trstringer.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/trstringer

147: Hiring Top Talent in 2022 Jul 04, 2022

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In this episode Mike chats with the team at Apex Systems about Hiring Top Talent in 2022.

Hiring tips for managers (Apex Systems):
https://www.apexsystems.com/careers/career-resources?crt=73

Erica Woods

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericawoods

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericawoodsgo

Cameron Buck

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronpbuck

Marissa Montgomery

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissamontgomery5

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/marissanne2014

146: Learning Kubernetes in the Real World with Richard Hooper May 13, 2022

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In this episode Mike Pfeiffer chats with Richard Hooper about working with Kubernetes, learning Azure, and what customers are dealing with when moving towards cloud native.

Richard Hooper

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E2%98%81-richard-hooper-598a1412/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pixel_Robots
Website: https://pixelrobots.co.uk
YouTube (Azure Cloud Native): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Pk9GcHhlVV0R9CQIU6gLw

Mike Pfeiffer

https://linktr.ee/mikepfeiffer

145: Taylor Dolezal on the Importance of Community in Tech May 05, 2022

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In this episode Mike Pfeiffer chats with Taylor Dolezal about the importance of community in tech.

Taylor specializes in Kubernetes, Terraform, cloud, and distributed systems, and currently serves as Head of Ecosystem at the CNCF.

In this episode we talk about:

Taylor’s career origin story as a developer, systems engineer, and technology advocate working at places like Disney and Hashicorp.
Taylor’s current work at the CNCF focsed on serving the Cloud Native end-user community, giving back through research & assets, and running events like KubeCon + CloudNativeCon.
Importance of community in tech, including the challenges of building a community and how to get organizations to recognize the value.

Taylor Dolezal

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/onlydole/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/onlydole
CNCF Bio: https://www.cncf.io/people/staff/?p=taylor-dolezal

Mike Pfeiffer

https://linktr.ee/mikepfeiffer

144: Matt Davis on Web3, NFTs, and Startup Culture Apr 29, 2022

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In this episode Mike Pfeiffer catches up with Matt Davis about Web3, NFTs, and Startup Culture. Matt is a Developer Advocate for 3Box Labs and previously worked at GitHub.

Follow Matt Davis on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/mattdavis0351

Connect with Matt Davis on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewdavisit/

Check out Ceramic Network:
https://ceramic.network/

Check out 3Box Labs:
https://3boxlabs.com/

Follow Mike Pfeiffer on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/mike_pfeiffer

143: Andrew Brown on Learning Multi-Cloud In the Real World Apr 12, 2022

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In this episode Mike Pfeiffer chats with Andrew Brown recently who's an expert in all things Cloud, DevOps, Data, ML, Security, K8s and Serverless.

In this episode, we talk about...

How to build the skills you need to survive in a multi-cloud world
Why hands-on skills are important now more than ever before
Bleeding edge tech including Cloud Native and Web 3.0

Follow Andrew Brown on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/andrewbrown

Follow Mike Pfeiffer on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/mike_pfeiffer

Watch this episode on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Q55OA7N1E

142: Kevin Evans on Building Your Azure Cloud Career Feb 18, 2022

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In this episode Mike catches up with Kevin Evans, Azure Customer Engineer at Microsoft, about how to build your Azure cloud career.

Kevin on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TheKevinEvans

Kevin on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinevans01/

141: Service Level Objectives with Kit Merker Feb 11, 2022

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In this episode Mike catches up with Kit Merker, Chief Operating Officer at Nobl9, about Site Reliability Engineering and implementing effective Service Level Objectives (SLOs).

Kit on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kitmerker

Kit on Twitter
https://twitter.com/KitMerker

SLOConf
https://www.sloconf.com

140: Reinventing Training and Education with Wayne McCulloch Feb 02, 2022

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In this episode Mike Pfeiffer chats with Wayne McCulloch, Chief Customer Officer at WalkMe, to discuss reinventing training and education.

Connect with Wayne on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynemcculloch

The Seven Pillars of Customer Success:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0921XBHWG

WalkMe - Digital Adoption Platform:
https://www.walkme.com