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True but shorter app lifecycles mean that biz ops have more opportunities even if it is to spray and pray or show before they go or seed to succeed. Agree with your assessment that anyone who knows virtualization well is well suited for cloud, containers+microservices. That's why AWS, Microsoft, Oracle Cloud, IBM, et al…

Great point Jfrazier​! The IT ecosystem is dynamic and optimization changes over time. I tried to address that scale and change in my US Patent -- http://www.google.com/patents/US8176497. I could argue that I was auto-scale before auto-scale Everything is always built upon the shoulders of IT giants. And I had some great…

nglynn‌‌ thanks for sharing your view. The main point is deep knowledge & expertise of IT constructs is required to thrive and advance in this IT-as-a-Service/continuous delivery+integration world. Look at the skills that businesses are willing to pay a premium for - 2015 IT Skills That Will Pay Them Bills‌‌.

Thank you for sharing clubjuggle‌‌! And your analogy is spot on!

Sometimes, it's hard to know what "right" is when doing it the first time. Adding to the good advice series... "measure twice, cut once." Who's got next advice ;-)

Greg, Thanks for sharing your top 3 patch management tools. And I agree with you that SCCM has a high barrier of entry in order to be utilized properly. Kong

Agreed. Understand it well enough to explain it simply.

Absolutely agree. I celebrate when friends get the jobs of their dreams and I rally to friends when they encounter bumps along their career path. And I've received the same in turn.

A generalist will know enough about the network, servers, storage, and network to reboot/power on/power off systems, rack & stack, and keep the proverbial lights on; but is never involved in design decisions, procurement, proof-of-concepts, architecting, and other in-depth work in their data centers. A versatilist will be…

They get volunteered into other positions in our org because of their value to the broader organization i.e. cobrien​ Dez​.

Thanks for chiming in and sharing with the Community! Excellent points on the scientific (1-thing at a time) method and experience. It is a constant cycle for IT admins.

Jfrazier‌ exactly - speaks to the inertia in IT organizations and personnel. Thank you for sharing!

I agree; but it is also painful to not be paid what you are worth. IT pros are often under appreciated and underpaid

I won't be at Cisco Live this year. adatole​ patrick.hubbard​ will be there. I'll be at the VMworlds, Ignite, and re:Invent.

sqlrockstar​

Thank you

Thank you! Excited to be a part of the team.

Great question. The jobs were spread across the US.

Valid points. Thank you for sharing. Agree that reporting is a necessary skill to provide IT a stake into biz ops decisions. Skilled IT reporters tend to rise faster in becoming managers & IT directors if going up the management track or team leads, architects & technologists if going up the technical track.

As IT pros and engineers, periodic baselines are always good. Same with salaries because IT pros should always get paid what the market will bear. There was a Harvard Business Review article stating that, in general, professionals should move companies every 2-3 years to maximize your lifetime earning potential as well as…

superfly99​ - I was picked by the Cisco Community team and awarded it for contributions to and sharing knowledge with the Cisco community.

That's pure awesomesauce therejbiggley​

Absolutely. I'll post on thwack if and when the recording of my session is published.

Great share colby​!

Thank you James!

Another POV on Keep IT Stupid Simple from Dr. Werner Vogels (Amazon CTO) -- Simplification is the Technology Trend for 2016 | Werner Vogels | LinkedIn

Sorry to hear that. I wonder if adatole‌ could do a spin on his "Buy me a pony" and the "Cost of (Not) Monitoring" around the value of attending an IT industry conference.

Thank you Tom

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That's wonderful to hear.