Gwyneth Pena-Siguenza talks about their path to becoming a cloud engineer, how it felt at their first professional tech job, the problems they enjoy solving, and what kinds of things people are stumbling on in cloud engineering.
Host(s):
- John Papa @John_Papa
- Ward Bell @WardBell
- Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker
Guest:
- Gwyneth Pena-Siguenza @Twitter
Recording date: Feb 1, 2024
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Resources:
- Gwyneth Pena-Siguenza on YouTube
- Learn to cloud
- Do More with AI and GitHub Copilot, keynote at All Things Open by Gwyneth
- All Things Open conference
- Gwyn’s github
- GitHub Copilot
- Microsoft Developer
- From Zero to Cloud Engineer in 6 months
- Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
- The Phoenix Project book
- Semantic Kernel
- Learning How To Learn, by Barbara Oakley
- The Woobles - crochet kits for beginners
- Express Yourself: “It’s not what you look like when you’re doin’ what your doin’”
Timejumps
- 00:30 Are you a YouTuber?
- 01:51 Introducing Gwyneth Pena-Siguenza
- 07:23 Sponsor: Ag Grid
- 08:28 What was your journey into tech?
- 13:40 How did you feel joining a professional tech jon?
- 19:09 What kind of tech is interesting you?
- 21:43 What are problems you enjoy trying to solve?
- 24:23 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
- 25:22 What are some interesting ways to get a new job in 2024?
- 29:03 What are people stumbling on in cloud engineering?
- 31:08 Final thoughts
Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.
