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089: Partnering with Tech Recruiters Sep 03, 2020

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In this episode I catch up with Erica Woods and Ryan Sedwitz with Apex Systems. Learn how agency recruiters can help you showcase your abilities, how to build up your personal brand, refine your resume, LinkedIn profile, and more.

Erica Woods is the Director of Contractor Programs and Philanthropy at Apex Systems. Her focus is on overseeing programs, teams, communication channels, and other resources that support and add value to their IT Contractor Community of 16,000+.

Ryan has been with Apex Systems for 14 years, during this time he has developed strong relationships with both Enterprise clients and the software engineering community at large. Over his career Ryan has placed over 2,000 Software Engineers with Fortune 1000 clients and start-ups. As a result he is considered a subject matter expert in technical staffing, with a focus on placing highly technical professionals and building well rounded agile development teams for fast-paced IT clients; with a focus on Software Engineering and Technical Leadership hiring across skill-sets such as Mobile, Cloud Engineering, Functional Programming, Full Stack Development, SDET, Devops, and Platform Engineering. Ryan has consistently been a top performing recruiter, who was named a National Recruiter of the Year in 2010, 2014, 2015 and 2017, and a Regional Recruiter of the Year for 12 years in a row 2008-Present.

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088: Pulumi in Action with Christian Nunciato Aug 27, 2020

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In this episode I catch up with Christian Nunciato full-stack developer and staff software engineer at Pulumi. We discuss Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and how developers can use languages like typescript to write their infrastructure code.

Christian Nunciato is a full-stack developer and staff software engineer at Pulumi. Previously, he was a principal engineer at Chef, where he helped build Chef's open-source application automation platform Habitat.

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087: Learning Azure with Gwyneth Pena Aug 20, 2020

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In this episode I catch up with Azure MVP Gwyneth Pena to discuss how you can get started on your journey into the Azure cloud.

Gwyneth Pena is a Cloud Consultant, content creator, and Microsoft Azure MVP. Before deciding to work for herself, Gwyn was a Cloud Engineer at an Energy startup and was responsible for all the company's Azure Infrastructure. She is an advocate for diversity and inclusiveness in the field and creates content not only on skills she's learned, certifications she's studying for, but also shares her story and tips that helped her get into the field.

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086: How to Get Started with Ansible Aug 14, 2020

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In this episode I catch up with Josh Duffney, author of the new book 'become Ansible'.

Should you be using Ansible or Terraform? Maybe both? And if so... we all know everyone is super busy, so how do you get up and running quickly? Those are the questions that we answer while doing some Q&A with a live audience.

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085: Building Self-Service Cloud Environments Jul 30, 2020

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In this episode we catch up with Ohad Maislish, CEO & Co-founder of env0, and we discuss challenges and solutions for teams that need to manage their own cloud environments in AWS, Azure and Google.

The env0 is platform is built on top of Terraform, so this is a must-listen episode for anyone who is interested in Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

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084: How to Become a Certified Azure Solutions Architect Jul 24, 2020

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In this livestream Tim Warner and I explain what’s going on with the new Azure Solutions Architect certification exams, answer questions and provide tips for studying for AZ-303 and AZ-304.

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083: Learn Kubernetes in a Month of Lunches Jul 15, 2020

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In this episode we catch up with Elton Stoneman about his new book: Learn Kubernetes in a Month of Lunches

Elton Stoneman is a 10-time Microsoft MVP and a Docker Captain. After several years working for Docker, Elton now offers consulting services for organizations at every stage in their container journey. He is a regular speaker and workshop instructor at conferences and the author of Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches.

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082: Starting Your DevOps Career from Scratch Jul 09, 2020

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In this episode I answer some listener questions and provide tips on how you can create a strategy to launch your own DevOps career from scratch. What does it take? What should you focus? I answer those questions in this episode.

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081: Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer (AZ-400) Jun 18, 2020

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In this episode I talk about the recent changes to the AZ-400 exam and provide some tips and resources you can use to start studying right away.

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080: Do Certifications Really Matter? Jun 11, 2020

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In this episode I catch up with Josh Duffney to discuss the value of technical certifications. Tons of tips and insights from Q&A with a live audience.

If you'd like to read the full text transcript for this episode head over to cloudskills.io/blog/episode-080

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