In this month’s episode of the Full Stack Journey podcast, Brett Johnson joins Scott to revisit the topic of automation and how IT professionals can (and should!) embrace automation as a core part of their skill set.

You can follow Brett on Twitter, or visit his blog at https://sdbrett.com.

During this episode, Scott and Brett discuss:

* Challenges Brett encountered in embracing automation as a core part of his skill set (Hint: The challenges aren’t necessarily technical!)

* Helpful tools and resources

* The role of books in learning new technologies. Are they useless?

* Where  blogs fit into an IT professional’s “toolset” when it comes to learning new technologies

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