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[2032.52 --> 2038.34] And I imagine landing any entry-level role would be quite difficult without any prior experience. |
[2038.82 --> 2040.90] Any sage advice would be greatly appreciated. |
[2041.30 --> 2043.16] Keep up the good work, guys, and get well soon, Chris. |
[2043.40 --> 2044.06] Thanks, Lawrence. |
[2044.44 --> 2045.36] Well, thank you, Lawrence. |
[2045.42 --> 2047.08] I am feeling much, much better now. |
[2047.12 --> 2049.90] I'd say I'm like 95% better. |
[2050.26 --> 2054.16] This is a great question and it's something that you are not alone in struggling with |
[2054.16 --> 2060.94] because you get to this point where you've got a lot of hands-on lab time where you've built things and tried things |
[2060.94 --> 2065.40] or maybe you've deployed something in the cloud, but you don't necessarily have work experience |
[2065.40 --> 2067.20] and you want to take it to that next step. |
[2067.38 --> 2073.00] That can be situational, but I will say one area that I looked at when I was hiring is |
[2073.00 --> 2076.86] I would ask people if they have participated in any projects on GitHub |
[2076.86 --> 2082.78] because it's just all your commits, all your work, everything's documented right there |
[2082.78 --> 2086.10] and it can be an example of a work ethic. |
[2086.20 --> 2088.26] It can be an example of you participating in a community, |
[2088.34 --> 2092.08] even if it's not necessarily specific to the job you're applying for. |
[2092.52 --> 2097.64] I mean, my own personal story, I was working in retail at the Apple store for a while |
[2097.64 --> 2101.30] and I just ended up getting interested in Linux in my spare time. |
[2101.80 --> 2106.46] And then I was lucky enough to be able to go and do a computer science master's degree for a year |
[2106.46 --> 2109.94] and that was kind of a deep dive into programming and databases |
[2109.94 --> 2115.24] and all sorts of other really difficult stuff that was honestly way beyond me. |
[2115.60 --> 2117.86] And it's way beyond what I do in my day job now. |
[2118.46 --> 2125.18] My advice would be, such as it is anyway, find an area that you find interesting enough |
[2125.18 --> 2128.32] to self-study on, whether that's infrastructure, whether that's development, |
[2129.12 --> 2133.44] whether that's testing, whatever it might be, and just do it. |
[2134.02 --> 2137.00] You know, find a project that, you know, solve a real problem |
[2137.00 --> 2139.66] and find a project around your house that needs automating, |
[2139.76 --> 2141.20] if it's infrastructure, for example. |
[2142.14 --> 2147.02] Or, you know, if it's development, find a problem that nobody else has solved |
[2147.02 --> 2149.76] or find a problem that's been solved you think you could solve better |
[2149.76 --> 2152.04] and just nibble away at it yourself. |
[2152.04 --> 2157.18] And I'm not a huge believer in certifications per se. |
[2157.46 --> 2161.84] I get free certifications through Red Hat, which is a lucky perk of the job, |
[2161.92 --> 2163.28] but I've only done a handful. |
[2163.28 --> 2168.94] And it's because I just don't necessarily think that simply by having those letters next to my name, |
[2168.94 --> 2173.44] it means that I actually know an awful lot more than the next person. |
[2175.14 --> 2175.58] Yeah. |
[2175.78 --> 2179.48] It means that I learned the answers to that specific test on that day in history, |
[2180.00 --> 2181.68] five years ago, maybe. |
[2181.98 --> 2182.52] I don't know. |
[2182.68 --> 2187.98] It's useful in some ways because it gets your foot in the door with employers to say, |
[2187.98 --> 2193.22] yes, I've done XYZ, but in other ways, I'm much more interested in hiring somebody |
[2193.22 --> 2201.08] who is able to speak passionately about a specific area and can demonstrate some open source work. |
[2201.78 --> 2203.48] So you almost just, I think you almost just hit it there too. |
[2203.54 --> 2206.08] Like, I wonder if it isn't a passion thing. |
[2206.12 --> 2212.16] Like he isn't tearing into a problem and becoming the most knowledgeable person |
[2212.16 --> 2217.44] about that problem in the world, thus discovering a community, their problems, |
[2217.52 --> 2221.48] and providing a solution, and then getting employment through those networking connections. |
[2222.06 --> 2225.38] Instead, it almost feels like, Lawrence, the biggest problem you're trying to solve is employment. |
[2225.62 --> 2226.42] And I get that. |
[2226.86 --> 2231.30] But getting a job is not an ends of means itself. |
[2231.50 --> 2234.50] It's like just part of it. |
[2234.66 --> 2237.98] Like the job should be reflective of what you're really passionate about. |
[2237.98 --> 2241.44] And it's a tricky thing because I think, I realize you got to get a job. |
[2241.52 --> 2241.96] You got to get money. |
[2242.06 --> 2242.56] You got to get paid. |
[2242.96 --> 2245.16] But it feels like you kind of put the cart before the horse. |
[2245.18 --> 2246.58] Like you're kind of trying different stuff. |
[2246.72 --> 2247.86] You're excited about a lot of it. |
[2248.06 --> 2249.40] You know you want to work in this area. |
[2249.50 --> 2250.76] I see this all the time. |
[2251.00 --> 2252.08] But you don't have a specialty. |
[2252.22 --> 2252.98] You don't have a focus. |
[2253.06 --> 2254.08] You don't necessarily have a passion. |
[2254.52 --> 2257.20] And if you do, well, then that's your obvious answer. |
[2257.26 --> 2258.78] And that's what you should probably be going after. |
[2259.26 --> 2261.48] I'd recommend that you give Coda Radio a listen as well. |
[2261.74 --> 2264.48] Mike and Chris talk about this kind of stuff all the time. |
[2264.48 --> 2266.28] I mean, it's a bit more small business focused. |
[2266.28 --> 2269.40] But sometimes they talk about, you know, how to get into the industry and that kind of thing. |
[2269.68 --> 2270.30] Yeah, thank you. |
[2270.34 --> 2271.64] That's probably a good tip. |
[2271.78 --> 2271.98] All right. |
[2272.02 --> 2276.28] So Brad writes in, who wants to know about our thoughts on tap business cards. |
[2276.40 --> 2278.12] So, you know, some are tied to websites. |
[2278.24 --> 2279.26] Some are tied to apps. |
[2279.60 --> 2282.28] I was curious if this is something you guys have used or consider. |
[2282.60 --> 2284.68] I want to be more environmentally conscious. |
[2285.10 --> 2287.60] And most business cards, they just get thrown away. |
[2287.96 --> 2292.48] I wonder, though, how much telemetry is gathered by these card companies and what they'll do with it. |
[2293.02 --> 2293.76] Regards, Brad. |
[2293.76 --> 2296.28] Have you seen these digital credit cards? |
[2296.82 --> 2297.82] There's app versions. |
[2297.92 --> 2298.90] There's physical versions. |
[2299.42 --> 2300.76] Some of them are NFC-based. |
[2300.88 --> 2302.52] Some of them are something else. |
[2303.58 --> 2304.54] Seems open to abuse. |
[2304.78 --> 2305.06] Yeah. |
[2305.60 --> 2309.68] But saying that, I've had a contactless debit card in my pocket for five or six years. |
[2309.74 --> 2312.08] And it's only been cloned once. |
[2312.68 --> 2314.64] Theoretically, I like this idea, right? |
[2314.70 --> 2317.76] I prefer not having another piece of paper. |
[2317.76 --> 2326.78] And if I get a business card that I actually care about, I almost inevitably end up scanning it with my phone or some contact application. |
[2327.28 --> 2328.92] But I did do some digging around. |
[2329.20 --> 2330.84] There are projects out there. |
[2330.86 --> 2336.96] In fact, one that's been going around this week that lets you build your own business card out of your own parts. |
[2336.96 --> 2338.60] And then you run Linux on the thing. |
[2338.60 --> 2343.74] And I guess you could be a little more secure in that. |
[2344.46 --> 2347.68] Honestly, I don't think this is ever going to take off. |
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