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.
After I recent trip to present at the Boston VMUG on VMware Documentation, I have updated and re-launched the blog series on documentation. If you want to read up on the ins and outs of where to find documentation for various things related to VMware products and services, check out this post. I hope to update it regularly so it is helpful to community members.
So you think you want to be a manager? Do you think you have what it takes to develop a team? Listen in on part 2 of our interview with Charlie Nichol for some great tips on whether management is right for you. Get the full episode here.
What would you do if your manager encouraged you to pursue a career path you had ruled out or didn't want? That's exactly what our guest this week, Charlie Nichol, experienced. Listen to how Charlie decided to go all in on the path to management and what it takes to move from player to coach. Get the full episode here.
In typical fashion, this is a two-part interview. Next week we will have the conclusion.
This week John and I share our experiences at VMworld US 2019. We discuss presentations, networking with others, and some general feedback on attending technology conferences for career acceleration. Get the full episode here.
It's the golden episode (50)! This week we get tips on how to identify company culture from a HR Professional and some ways that HR can affect company culture. Also, how can you better work with the HR team at your organization? Check out the full episode here.
This episode is a discussion with an HR Professional on different PTO options companies may offer, how the company views PTO, and some tips for negotiating for more PTO. Get the full episode here.