Please note there was a venue change for this meeting....

There was a miscommunication with the previous venue, so as of 11/7/2019 we have a change in venue to K1 Speed as stated above. We will have a private room with dinner and drinks provided. Anyone who wants to race will be able to do so in multiple groups after 6:30 PM.

If you can arrive at 5:30, that is fantastic. The presentation will begin around 6 PM to give folks enough time to make it to the venue.

It's a sad thing when one of your favorite podcasts releases their last episode. A-Tribute-to-Datanauts is my tribute to the body of work created by Chris Wahl and Ethan Banks in the Datanauts Podcast, and I have highlighted my favorite episodes.

What are your favorite episodes of Datanauts? If you have never listened, you can still consume some of the goodness.

Sometimes an unexpected opportunity leads to a job change. But it usually starts with the decision to have a first conversation with someone. Once you get to the offer phase, do you take the job or not? Check out this week's episode to learn more!

@scottalanmiller said in DFW SpiceCorps 11/14/2019:

Is Ubiquiti sponsoring? Or someone that sells their stuff? That's pretty cool. I should be able to be there.

It's a reseller of Ubiquiti gear - Double Radius.

DATE & TIME
Thursday, Nov, 14
5:30pm - 8:30pm CST

LOCATION
K1 Speed
1801 E Lamar Blvd
Arlington, TX 76006

This meeting will be a tour of the Ubiquitu product line. Full details with RSVP functionality can be found here.

In this episode of the series, we talk through what happens after you agree to have a conversation with a recruiter based on unsolicited contact. Even though you weren't really looking to pursue making a change, what if you have that initial conversation anyway? What do you need to know to prepare for that conversation and the things that come next? And how do you know if you should keep moving forward in the process? Get the full scoop here.

This is part 2 in the preparing for unexpected career opportunities series. How would you respond if a recruiter contacted you unexpectedly? Should you respond even if you are not interested? And do you tell your boss this happened? Get the full episode here for answers to all of these questions.

Do you have any issues with high CPU ready times today? I'd be interested to know the vCPU size of VMs in your environment currently and how you expect that to change in the new world. Some of the "how much more CPU do I need" will be based on current contention (if any), how wide the VMs are today, and how you plan to change that when the number of running VMs gets doubled.

What things can you be doing today to help prepare for unexpected career opportunities when they happen? And what is an unexpected career opportunity anyway? Check out this week's episode of Nerd Journey as we dive into part 1 of the discussion.

I wanted to spread the word about some upcoming local and online events that I hope will be helpful to members of the group. Everything mentioned here is free to attend.

• October 4 - DFW VMUG UserCon - If you work on anything related to VMware technologies, this is a fantastic single day free event covering a number of technical topics. The keynote speaker is doing a talk on career and personal brand that you won't want to miss!

• October 8 - Dell Technology Forum in Dallas - What's new and exciting in the realm of Dell Technologies? Read up on the agenda and come find out for yourself.

• October 16 - vForum Online - This event is completely virtual and can be attended from your desk. Take advantage of the chats with experts if you need information on specific products. The full agenda can be found here.

• Novmber 6 - All Day DevOps - This is a 24-hour virtual event that contains sessions on cultural change, SRE, test automation, microservices, chaos engineering, and much more. I found out about this after attending DevOpsDays Dallas and am really excited about watching some of the sessions. I hope to see @scottalanmiller do a session at one of these events one day.

• November 14 - DFW SpiceCorps Meeting at eSports Stadium
  If you're local to Dallas / Fort Worth, come nerd out with us on Ubiquiti products and meet some of your peers in the area.