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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

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  

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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 LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kitmerker Kit on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/KitMerker SLOConfhttps://www.sloconf.com

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

In this episode Mike Pfeiffer chats with Andrew Wertkin, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at BlueCat, about cloud strategy and tactics, along with leadership and mentoring. Watch on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvE2swZJAes Follow Andrew on Twitter:https://twitter.com/awertkin Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/awertkin/ Visit BlueCat:https://bluecatnetworks.com/

In this episode Mike Pfeiffer chats with Kevin Hoffman, author of Programming Web Assembly with Rust and CTO of Cosmonic. Follow Kevin on twitter:https://twitter.com/KevinHoffman Check out Kevin's book:https://amzn.to/3faH92m Check out wasmCloud:https://wasmcloud.com/https://www.youtube.com/c/wasmCloud/ Check out Cosmonic:https://cosmonic.com/

In this episode Mike Pfeiffer catches up with Rishab Kumar about his journey into the cloud and how he has climbed his way up from Help Desk to DevOps engineer. Rishab's website:https://rishabkumar.com/ Rishab on Twitter:https://twitter.com/rishabk7 Rishab on GitHub:https://github.com/rishabkumar7 learntocloud - 6 month guide to the fundamentals of Cloud Computing:https://learntocloud.guide/

In this episode Mike chats with Roger Wahman, CTO at Apex Consulting, and Darin Stevenson, Director of Strategic Solutions and Technical Recruiting at Apex Systems. Learn about the trends Roger and Darin are seeing across their client base and learn about the in-demand skills that cloud professionals should be picking up in 2022. Learn more about Apex:https://www.apexsystems.com/ Connect with Roger on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerwahman/ Connect with Darin on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/darin-stevenson-4617594/

In this episode Mike catches up with Robert Hodges, CEO of Altinity, to discuss data warehouses such as ClickHouse, Big Data, and Kubernetes. Follow Robert on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/berkeleybob2105/ OSA CON 2021https://altinity.com/osa-con-2021/ Fully Managed ClickHouse in the Public Cloudhttps://altinity.com/

In this episode Mike chats with Chris Hughes, CISO and Co-Founder of Aquia, to discuss cloud security lessons and pitfalls. Follow Chris on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-h-97680442/ Check out the Resilient Cyber Podcasthttps://www.linkedin.com/company/resilient-cyber-podcast/

In this episode Mike chats with John Grange, CTO and Founder of OpsCompass. John shares his journey and how he keeps his skills currently while running a startup.  Follow John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmgrange  Follow John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-grange-190ba652/    OpsCompass: Visibility, multi-cloud security, cost management, and compliance from a single dashboard.https://opscompass.com/

In this episode I catch up with John Lunn (aka jonnychipz) about building up your cloud skills and how to start mapping out your career strategy. Subscribe to John's Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/cloudtalkwithjonnychipz Follow John on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/jonnychipz Follow John on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/japlunn/

In this episode Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza is back on the show to talk about her journey into cloud advocacy and joining Microsoft. She also shares a ton of tips for anyone getting into the game of producing content. Follow Gwyn on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/madebygps Check out Gwyn's GitHub for resources mentioned on the show:https://github.com/madebygps

The past couple years have been tough on all of us. Here are 3 things you can lean on when you're not feeling it. Watch this episode on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSapGWLGGdQ