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- ITR Welcomes Bryan Sullins to the show
This week we welcome Bryan Sullins to IT Reality to discuss the 6 year loop, the VMUG connection, #HOTTAKES, More PowerShell anger, and the love of Automation and IT.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- The Six Year Rule
- Dude Perfect Example
- Dunning-Kruger Effect
- VMUG Regional UserCons
1 hr 6 min - Everybody has a story! with Cody DeArkland
This week we are extremely happy to welcome Cody De Arkland to the podcast to discuss his wealth of knowledge and information to help us all be better people.
- Cody DeArkland Intro
- How did you get into IT?
- How did you find what interests you?
- How did you create a career about this?
- How do you create a practice of learning?
- You’ve been on some other podcasts… How would you say some could benefit from being a guest on a podcast or What would you say to those who are interested but may be shy about doing so? (Imposter Syndrome motivation)
- What do you think the benefit of community is on the topic of Continuous Learning?
- Runbooks...Automation… Leading others to Learn More.
- With all the many skills to learn and develop, What are your thoughts on the skill of documentation? Functions as an example of your work for future JobHunts
- Value of Community for careers
- Tales from the frontline
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1 hr 2 min - Unexpected Leadership Change
This week we welcome Jeff Goodall, Rachel Leekin, Matt Crape, and Richard Kenyan to discuss how we work through leadership changes.
- Pat Gelsinger leaving VMware, going to Intel
- Unexpected change can lead to shock with employees. Great leaders do their part to reassure and support. Great leaders build great relationships.
- Understanding expectations is crucial to success
- Open door policy is great for communication
- Personal experience with Leadership changes
- Great Leader leaving your team/company
- New leader entering the team/company
- Org structure changes
- Culture matters, Internal and External of VMware/your company.
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1 hr 9 min - Information Security
Topics discussed:
- IOT security
- Information Security is a People Problem, not a process or technical problem, most often
- YOU are part of security!
- Usable Security
- Policy is Key
- Balanced, Reasonable, understandable
- Deployment method: Secure first!
- Security Certification: CISSP & Security+
- Security+ is an appetizer but may get the attention of a hiring manager
- Breaches discussed: Solarwinds & Cisco
- Tales from the FrontLine: FUD never works
Links mentioned in this episode:
- ZDnet on Solarwinds breach
- Krebs on Security - VMware flaw vector in Solarwinds breach
- Comic mentioned by Nathan
- Shodan
- Cisco Router Code Injection
1 hr 13 min - ITR 2020 Final Bonus episode. THANK YOU!
Thanks to ALL who have participated this year. We are working on some great content for next year as well as some other improvements. We hope everyone had a great holiday and look forward to sharing more with you in 2021.
21 min - Stop, Blevins Time!
This week we welcome Guest Co-Host Caitlin Allison, Richard Kenyan, and star guest Amanda Blevins. Let’s delve into the mind of Amanda. Enjoy the adventure with us…
Topics discussed:
- Snowboarding in Colorado
- Florida is pretty dang flat…
- That sweet, sweet 8088
- Speaking at VMUGs
- The importance of User-groups for one's career
Links mentioned in this episode:
- https://www.colorado.com/activities/snowboarding-colorado
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8088
- https://www.vmworld.com/en/video-library/video-landing.html?sessionid=1589294822914001xYJx (Need VMworld Login)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT_4.0
- https://twitter.com/hecktechs?lang=en
- https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/freeplay
- https://www.metallica.com/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rodrigo-y-gabriela-metallica-cover-battery-915172/
- https://giordanos.com/
1 hr 8 min - #vLadies
vLadies is an amazing movement in the #vCommunity. In this episode, we have the privilege to talk to some amazing members of the movement to find out what it’s all about, and what we can do as a community to help.
Note: Some audio distortion was found in editing and is being dealt with so please forgive us.
Topics discussed:
- vLadies Group Intro
- Issues Women face in Tech
- Wage Gap
- personal experiences
- How can we be better allies?
- Ladies in tech are not Secretaries or Assistants. Don’t ask them to handle tasks like note taking, or scheduling, or food/coffee procurement. Treat the ladies as equals
- Listen more and talk less
- Think before you speak
- Understand your Audience
- Don’t assume a lone lady joining a group is lost
- Ensure the ladies in your group are welcomed/offered to speak/present
- How can the job market be better?
- Encourage Ladies in tech to put forth a best effort despite lacking certain skills
- Encourage/Remind all to leverage the community/their network to find opportunities
Links mentioned in this episode:
- https://twitter.com/vExpert/status/1316060274776920064
- https://www.vmware.com/radius/vmwares-culture-built-epic2-values/
- https://itr-it-reality.zencast.website/episodes/30
- https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64941/meet-woman-behind-apollo-project
- https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Yaddle
- https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/223415/dirt-pudding/
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1 hr 32 min - Welcome Aaron Buley to ITR!
Discussion with Aaron Buley about what a product manager is, how podcasting can be easy, and all things #CoolTech.
Topics discussed:
- Podcasting
- IOT
- AI
- ML
- Lidar
- Deep stuff
Links mentioned in this episode:
- https://www.businessinsider.com/dell-dude-ben-curtis-today-2014-10
- https://anchor.fm/techbreakfast
- https://www.youtube.com/user/marquesbrownlee
- https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/autonomous-machines/embedded-systems/jetson-nano/
- https://aiyprojects.withgoogle.com/vision
- https://twitter.com/vExpert/status/1316060274776920064
- https://www.meatchurch.com/
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1 hr 32 min - Part 2 of Anything Goes from last week...
Recorded on Wed Nov 4th, 2020, a group of friends discuss different stories of things going wrong, right, and everything in-between. No topic is off-topic.
Topics discussed:
- When IT goes wrong... Stories to learn from
- Helping Junior team members
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Join ITR Slack and participate in the next after show fun or other conversations!
- Technically Religious Podcast
1 hr 3 min - The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything... at least in the ITR World.
Recorded on Wed Nov 4th, 2020, a group of friends discuss different stories of things going wrong, right, and everything in-between. No topic is off-topic.
Topics discussed:
- Moral/Ethical challenges in IT.
- Teammates handling holiday needs
- Fire, Flood, & Blood Stories…
Links mentioned in this episode:
- https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1291411065608208384
- https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1291523728199675904
- Technically Religious Podcast
- Catastrophic Failure: Tails from the Trenches: Richard Kenyan
- Join ITR Slack, Be part of the group!
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About ITR - IT Reality
From the publisher's feed
ITR is a conversational podcast about IT beyond the Marketing / Sales pitch. Topics will be primarily, but not limited to, tech found within businesses. We will be sharing conversations with IT Pros…
and other guests. For the younger audience, let the conversations within be a pro tip. For those with equal or more time in the pro seat, you are invited to contribute. Reach out via email ([email protected]) or on Twitter(@ITRealityUS).