architecting your it career
TRANSCRIPT
A RC H I T E C T I N G YOU R I T C A R E E R
J OH N M A R K T R OYER1 9 N OV 2 0 15
UK V MU G U SE RC ON
" A RC H I T E CT I N G " W H AT ?
https://flic.kr/p/6K9jC4
YOUR E N T ER P R I S E DATA C EN T ER A N D AP P L I C AT I ON SA H OU SE
A 50 -YE A R C A R EE R
A RC H I T E C T I N G A N I T C A R E E R
• Not a solution architecture, but a Framework for the journey
• Technical, but also… • Business• Managerial• Process• Communication• Think of Role of IT vs
Role of Infrastructure
S OU RC E : S I M ON WA R DL EY
BAC K G R O U ND O F H IG H - PER F O R M IN G I T M AN AG ER S (2 0 0 5 )
• Backgrounds• non-commissioned
officers• chemical engineers• auditors
• What do they have in common?• discipline, process
K EV I N B EHR , G EN E K I M , GE OR G E S PAF FOR D ( 20 0 5 )
T H R E E WAY S T O T H I NK A BO U T I T
AG I L E
DEVOP S
S IX S I GM A
S OU RC E : S I M ON WAR DL EY
HTT P : / / B LO G. I PSPAC E . N E T / 2 0 1 5 / 0 5 / O N - I - SHAPE D -AN D-T-SHAP ED - SK I L L S .H TM L
HTT P : / / B LO G. I PSPAC E . N E T / 2 0 1 5 / 0 5 / O N - I - SHAPE D -AN D-T-SHAP ED - SK I L L S .H TM L
HTT P : / / B LO G. I PSPAC E . N E T / 2 0 1 5 / 0 5 / O N - I - SHAPE D -AN D-T-SHAP ED - SK I L L S .H TM L
A L E A R N I N G FRA M E W OR K FO R A 5 0 -Y E A R C A R E E R: B E C O M E A P I - SH A P E D E XP E RT
• Generalist = Printer repair• Specialist = interesting but
limited • T-shaped Expert = Generalist
with Speciality• PI-shaped Expert
• Your “T” must move over time!
• Windows -> Storage -> Virtualization -> Cloud -> Flying Cars
GeneralistSpecialist
Interest
F I V E T E C H T R E N D S T O WATC H OU T F O R
C O N V E R G E N C E A N D D I V E R G E N C E I N ARC H I T E C T U R E• End of separate silos and how they are
managed
• Storage, networking, security
• New solid state storage and architectures
• New interfaces (NVMe), new silicon (3D X-Point)
• Convergence (hyperconverged) and Dispersion (Rack-scale architectures)
C LO U D
• Everybody drink!
• Automation, Scripting
• Scott Lowe’s Cloud Engineering skills:
• Software development basics & APIs , Linux, Automation and orchestration, Public cloud services
• Cloud Platforms
• AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, vRA
• Have you spun up… anything in the cloud? It’s 2015.
DE VO PS
• Not doing dev? Not doing DevOps• Speed up time-to-value
with software• Value-chain mapping & lean
manufacturing ideas applied to IT• Phoenix Project
• Culture, Automation, Measurement, Sharing
W HI C H OF THE S E?
C LO U D - N AT I V E A P PS & C O N TA I N E R S• Green field new apps• High vs low approaches
(Cloud Foundry vs Docker and friends)
• Single cloud (AWS) vs multi cloud (everybody else)
• Even if you aren’t a developer, how does this affect operations and infrastructure requirements
S OU RC E : BA RA K M IC H E NE R
S O JO H N , H O W DO I LE A R N A LL TH E S E CO O L NE W TH ING S A ND A RCH I TE CT A G R E AT 5 0 Y EA R CA R E E R ?
G AT H E R YO U R T E A M
• Mentors• Community of
Peers (VMUGs!)
• Meetups and Open Source Projects
ME ET U P. C OM
VB R O W NB AG C O MM UNITY S URVE Y
VB R O W NB AG C O MM UNITY S URVE Y
A F EW J ED I M I ND TR I CKS B E FORE I LE AVE
• Shift from “operator” mindset to “creator” mindset
• Do things that charge you up
• “Look up!” -@sfoskett• Be a communicator &
collaborator: “Yes, And…” makes you seem smarter
• “To get the job you want, kick ass at the job you have” -Dom Delfino
- G A N DH I
“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards
him. … We need not wait to see what others do.”
- N OT GA N DH I
“Be the change you wish to see in the world”
TH A N K S!
• John Mark Troyer, CEO TechReckoning
• @jtroyer [email protected]
• TechReckoning links & newsletter:• http://techreckoning.com
• Geek Whisperers Podcast• http://geek-whisperers.com
HE LP ING C OMPA NI ES TA LK TO GEE KS
ENTERP R ISE I T STUF F & ¯ \ _ ( ツ ) _ / ¯
INF LUENCER M ARKET ING & P ODCA ST ING
GEEK L IV ES & C AREE RS