Blog posts about Career
Launching a free online Linux administration course
Why an unfilled Linux administration cohort became a chance to offer the course as a free livestreaming experience.
How you know if you are improving
How to tell whether your learning efforts are actually helping you improve as an engineer.
Learning is not a spectator sport
Learning works best when you practice with others, ask questions, and get feedback instead of only consuming content.
TSR Hot Seat session 2024-05-22 (video)
In this Hot Seat session in The Server Room, I reviewed Yohan's assessment project, a Kubernetes deployment of the Cortex SecOps dashboard. He did an amazing job!
It's not Impostor Syndrome
If you're a Junior Engineer and you feel overwhelmed from time to time, I have good news: You don't have Impostor Syndrome.
Mastery is mastery of the basics
Career growth depends less on chasing new tools and more on mastering the fundamentals that never stop mattering.
Five skills every junior engineer needs to succeed
Five practical skills junior engineers need to grow beyond basic coding and become effective team members.