Jay Gordon - DevOpsDays NYC 2018 Ignite
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Claim: switching from longterm ops into developer advocacy by leaning on sysadmin skills, volunteering and event work produces a real, repeatable career path. Method: create and curate content, run community events, recruit peers to co-create resources, and get hands dirty building demos rather than shipping prod deploys. Result: a successful career transition, energized local communities and measurable learning events that draw advocates into sustained participation.
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- 0:00Intro
- 0:30And I dealt with burnout.
- 0:45Career change can be scary!
- 1:00Time to move in a new direction
- 1:15What about SALES?
- 1:30What about Support?
- 2:16DEVELOPER ADVOCACY
- 2:31Learn and break for fun and profit
- 2:46Using skills learned over time...
- 3:01New skills, community building
- 3:16Analogy time folks.
- 3:31Fandom... Begat Advocacy.
- 4:01The fans left their homes...
- 4:31Kinda like tech conferences...
- 4:46Tools and info is the sauce?
- 5:01It's a cool job, consider it!
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