Getting into Cloud (ft. Forrest Brazeal)

This week we have another guest interview with the multi-talented Forrest Brazeal ( site , twitter , newsletter ) who is one of the most passionate cloud advocates in the world. Definitely check out A Cloud Guru's Cloud Resume Challenge if you or someone you know is interested in getting into the cloud, and stay for his hot takes on mid-century children's literature! 0:00 - Intro & Background 1:55 - Cloud Resume Challenge - a child of the pandemic - - - 5:57 - Success Stories - Hall of fame - Pay-as-you-go cloud made this much more affordable 9:17 - Community & Cohorts - Join the Discord 10:09 - Employers - Most people don't even need Forrest's network - You learn real knowledge going through the projects - Being able to grow inhouse talent is a competitive advantage - We need more internships and rotations in the industry 14:23 - Cloud Specializations - Monthly challenges are themed - Kesha Williams Machine Learning Challenge 15:20 - Career Advice - Be careful about general advice - we all start from different places - What DOES work is sharing your network and privilege 16:58 - The Value of Networks - Don't play Resume Roulette - spray & pray - Networking is not beneath you - This is you evaluating the industry as much as the other way around - Giving the gift of your network and referrals does way more than advice 19:15 - The Right Way to Get Referrals - always see if you can get a referral when applying - "How do you know this person" - Cold DMs for referrals don't work - engage in the community, write blogposts, try stuff out, tag the creator - Pick Up What They Put Down 22:16 - Why Own Your Content - Its fine to start on Dev.to or Medium - But eventually it's important to own your domain/mailing list 23:45 - Specialization vs Megatrends - Didn't choose the Serverless life, Severless chose me - Can't forecast 10 yrs ahead - just listen to megatrends - Generational trends - Lindy effect - Hypergrowth trends - capturing big % of population every year - Text Editor wars -> VS Code 26:41 - Mid-century Children's Literature - Perceptions of reality - Virginia writing alternate history of the Civil War - Japanese WW2 equivalent - Subjective vs Objective Reality 29:05 - The Read-Aloud Cloud - - explain Cloud to non-technical people - people don't have an intuitive model for why Cloud exists - helps them ask the right questions ---- Speaker Links - Forrest Brazeal ( @forrestbrazeal ): Site , Twitter , Newsletter , The Read Aloud Cloud - Randall ( @randallkanna ): The Standout Developer - Swyx ( @swyx ): The Coding Career Handbook - Discuss this episode on Circle

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