ITR - IT Reality

This week, Jim Jones and Vince Wood meet with Nico Stein to discuss the challenges of a small IT group.

Challenges discussed:

1. Security

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Cisco Umbrella

This week, Vince Wood and Nathan Bennett meet with Kelby A Mahoney to discuss her presentation from VMworld US 2019 on Diversity & Inclusion.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Diversity and Inclusion: What's Working and Mitigating Fatigue

Continuing the last few weeks theme, Matt Crape, Joe Houghes, Jim Jones, Josh Duffney, and Vince Wood explore the painful topic of Career Burnout. The conversation falls within 4 topics as listed below. A point to note though is that all of us have experienced this at some point. If after listening to this podcast, you feel that you might be experiencing something similar, reach out to someone you trust. Better to deal with this subject sooner rather than later.

Topics discussed:

• What is burnout?

Some related links:

• The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

The phrase “career goals” could mean many things to many people. In this episode, we will discuss what it may mean to some and how those goals may/will change over time while still being worth keeping in mind and possibly on the calendar. Credit to Matt Crape and Joe Houghes for keeping this episode on track. Extra credit is earned by Josh Duffney this week for joining us to share some hard earned insight and well placed video game references.

Topics discussed:

• Josh is writing the book “become Ansible” and it is available for purchase here.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Be the Master course retiring soon. Grab a copy while you can if interested.

Are you considering making a career change? With the COVID-19 pandemic still affecting many, Are you considering a remote work job? ITR Host Vince Wood recently made such a change and experienced some shifts that resulted in this conversation with Co Host Matt Crape and IT Pro Joe Houghes. Change can be stressful in general but give this episode a listen to find out about some changes that proved to be a little stressful for H-Town Vinny.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Vacation won't solve for burnout.

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This week, Nathan Bennett, Amy Lewis and Vince Wood dissect a recent New York Times article claiming that remote workers don't work and that the idea doesn't work for business in general. Some key points from our conversation include:

• Managing your managing or "Managing Up"

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This week, we have some fun on ITR discussing the tech found within different Sci-Fi universes and the Reality of them. Jeff Goodall joins Vince Wood in the Co-Host role. Guests on this show include Commander Data AKA Richard Kenyan, Richard Henry, and Mr. Datacenter in the Basement, Tim Borland. Apologies for the length...

Show Segments

• Tech turned Reality

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This week, continuing on the theme of IT Role exploration, We have Brett Wolfson with us. Brett holds the title of Systems Engineer at Pure Storage. While the title may sound familiar to some, we will compare and contrast the role of Systems Engineer at a vendor versus a customer.

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This week, Vince Wood, Sam Larch and Josh Duffney wade into the shallow end of the DevOps/SRE pool. Josh explains some aspects of the role while also sharing that his days are like. Josh gives some great advice for anyone who might be interested in a similar journey as his. Hint: Learn to love learning.

Josh can be found on Twitter or at his blog, as well as LinkedIn.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• “How I went from aimless to an SRE at StackOverflow in less than a year.”

This week, Sam & Vince meet with Liz Bronson & Kat Nelson Troyer to discuss how to be successful when interacting with recruiters while searching for your next professional opportunity. Some points discussed include, how to prepare, resume tailoring, and the types of recruiters you may encounter.

Kat mentioned that some may benefit from the book: "How To Win Friends And Influence People"

Liz & Kat are the hosts of the podcast "Real Job Talk". Check out their content for jobs, career, and what isn’t said at the water cooler. There are some really great episodes like: Episode 35: Coworkers and communication: live coaching session with Vince Wood and Episode 20: Career change perspective with Andrew Miller.

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