Ardan Labs Podcast

From Improv to Staff Developer Advocate with Rich Burroughs


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 Rich Burroughs is a Staff Developer Advocate at Loft Labs who interacts with the community and works with Kubernetes. In this episode he takes us through his journey from growing up with ADHD and being involved in improv comedy, to having a successful career in technology. 




00:00 Introduction

08:00  What is Rich doing today

17:25 First memory of a computer

22:10 Interests in high school 

29:40 Thoughts for after high school

33:20 First semester of college

37:32 Graduating college

41:28 Being involved in improv and theater

48:00 After improv

51:48 Getting into Tech 

55:25 Finding a job in Tech Support Networking

1:04:55 How technology evolved

1:18:00 Measuring success and daily roles

1:27:00 Planning daily tasks

 1:33:30 Contact info

Connect with Rich: 

Twitter: richburroughs

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richburroughs/


Mentioned in today’s episode:

Devspace: https://www.devspace.sh/

Loft Labs: https://loft.sh/


Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!


Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/ 

Live Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/ 

Blog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog 

Github: https://github.com/ardanlabs 




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