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Hi! I’m Jochen, the Monospace Mentor.
With decades of experience in web operations, software engineering and IT leadership, I’m here to help you improve your everyday work and take that next career step in DevOps/SRE.
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I help DevOps people grow. In courses, workshops and individual mentorship sessions, I enable software developers and system administrators to deliver results faster, better and more reliably. All my learning products are optimized for engineers who have little time to level up.
From my blog
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On my blog, you’ll find lots of helpful articles that complement my DevOps/SRE online courses.
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The three key drivers for making progress
Losing motivation is very common in our industry, as the frequency of questions about this topic in the Monospace Mentor community indicates. I’m no exception; I have experienced a lack of drive and dips in work ethic a lot myself, and I still do. I’ve read a lot about motivation ever since I got my…
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Learning is not a spectator sport
If you want to learn effectively, you’ll have to accept that learning isn’t a spectator sport. It’s a contact sport. In order to boost your know-how and with it your career, find a group that helps you reach your goals.
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Taking time off is part of the job
Are you getting PTO (Paid Time Off)? If you’re employed, you probably do. It means that even when you’re taking time off work (within limits), you won’t forgo any of your salary. Thanks to the people who fought this right out for us over the last century or so, it’s part of any proper employment…
