IT HERO PODCAST show IT HERO

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David Linthicum is the chief cloud strategy officer at Deloitte Consulting and a cloud computing thought leader, executive, consultant, author and speaker. 

I had a great chat with David, check it out!

Also available in youtube - https://youtu.be/yWQn75IdHGA

 In this episode i'm talking to @ajara Amadu - who is an business ,office  admin and then turnout to be an AWS solution architect! Her story can  move you to be more motivated and deterministic in life! 

 Ajara's linkedin -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajara-amadu-b25404a4/   

Link to Azubi africa - https://azubiafrica.org/

Also available in Youtube - https://youtu.be/SwEuEDIJu7k

In this episode, we have  a student - Arushi Kataria  - DevOps Engineer  | AWS | Docker | AWS DEVOPS | K8    

I really enjoyed this session with Arushi discussing more in detail about Devops and career paths available for college student.   What inspired me about Arushi is her motivation and determination towards her goals which most of us lack these days. 

We discussed about, 

1. how a college grad got into Devops role 

2. what are the struggles 

 3. what tools we have to learn 

4. was it easy to move from New college grad to a company  

5. who was her motivation  

6. career paths into devops 



Arushi's linkedin account -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/arushi-kataria-606137155/

Also available in Youtube - https://youtu.be/0udqEoqryFs

In this episode, we have Turja Narayan Chaudhuri - Cloud Solution Architect - Associate Manager.  

We discussed about the following topics:   

can you share the day to day role as a cloud solution architect 

how far fetch is a solution architect for someone 

who is starting to learn cloud How do you plan for certification  - what is your strategy  

how you do more certification - what is your motivation 

what are your advice for someone who is starting out in cloud  among 3 giant cloud vendors, which is the best to start with which components require more focus during preparation

what are the career opportunities - how to approach  non-cloud background people -

what is the right time to switch to cloud    



Turja's linkedin account - https://www.linkedin.com/in/turjac591/ 

Turja's Youtube account - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnZSMxh5xghzx0LArlqURTQ

Also available in youtube - https://youtu.be/7o938U_9A-4



In this episode 9 we have - Shefali Arora AWS Lead Instructor ,  Ex-AWS Authorized Instructor.

In this show, we discussed about the below topics:

1. How is job as an instructor?
2. How did the transition happen from being a college professor to a technical trainer.
3. What all hurdles you had during this transition? what kept you motivated?
1. as a trainer, how would you advise someone to start their cloud journey?
2. is AWS easy when we compare with other cloud vendors?
3. Are there any challenging area you face to teach - which the students have a hard time to understand? so basically. which is the toughest service to teach?
4. how important is certifications ?
1. Demo on Billing Dashboard, cost explorer and Budget
1. Only in your profile i see completely new set of certifications like  - aws accredited instructor, authorized instructor, accredited educator -- what is the difference between these certs and the usual ones.
2. Do you still miss being a professor?!

Shefali's linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shefali-arora-9a6a2a10/

Also available in Youtube - https://youtu.be/xOx1LRq_MKY

In this episode 8, we have Sandip Das - Sr DevOps Engineer & Cloud  Solutions Architect | AWS Container Hero | Teaching Simplified DevOps  & Cloud | Youtuber  



 We discussed about the following topics in this show: - You have an Amazing YouTube channel for Devops and cloud learners -  who was your inspiration to start this channel ? - you are really consistent, be it YouTube or LinkedIn posts i see that  you are really consistent. what drives you every day ? - your Saturday live sessions are really helpful -  big thank you for  doing it! am just curious,do you read all the comments and feedbacks?  - i also read your interview with times of India, you have shared your  thoughts on how cloud architect role is in demand.can you say more about  the job demands? - what is a devops engineer's skill set? - if someone wants to get into devops, where do they have to start? - is coding really required to be a devops enggr? can a non-programmer  approach for devops roles? - what are the career opportunities, how to get a devops engg job? -  does previous experience considered when applying for interview? - what is microservices? why there is so much buzz around it? - how does serverless framework works? could you share some real time  examples. - how important for the employers to keep the employees up-to-date? - how to be stay focused during the learning phase - please share any  tips for the learners - you teach to a lot of people, do you have any memorable moments with  your students, would you like to share any ? 



Link to Sandip's linkedin profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandip-das-developer/   

Link to Sandip's Youtube -  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClA0CospcdBGppfVUx99WwQ