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Picking Up New SkillsTips and Tricks to Build Your Technical Tool Chest
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Who’s Chris Wahl?
VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) #104
Data Center and Network Virtualization
Writer – WahlNetwork.com
Videos – YouTube.com/WahlNetwork
Host – DatanautsPodcast.com
Author – Pluralsight.com
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Networking for VMware Administrators
It’s a pretty good book
100% of royalties are being donated to the Alzheimer’s Association
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Technology is an escalator
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Technology is an escalator
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Identify Learn Teach
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Reading
Every day.
I prefer RSS feeds.
Feedly is pretty good.
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https://goo.gl/KSIygc
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Identify Content of Interest
Use the “Saved for Later” feature to bookmark
Share with your network – see who else is interested
… or knowledgeable
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Check Certification Blueprints
See how much of it you already know
Use the gaps to build a learning plan
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Blueprints Reveal Gaps
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Events and Meetups
They’re free
See what your peers are building
If it sounds cool, try it
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Identify Learn Teach
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If you’re flush with cash
Build a home lab
It’s like owning a boat, but without the boat
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Your career is a long term investmentDon’t sell yourself short
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And home labs are fun
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Squeezing value from a home lab
Meet your requirements (not other’s)
Family investment and understanding
Breaking things = learning things
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Alternatives
VMware Hands on Labs (HOL)
Cisco Virtual Internet Routing Lab (ViRL)
Cisco CloudLab
Graphical Network Simulator 3 (GNS3)
EMC e-Learning
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE)
Ravello Systems Virtual Lab
Public Cloud (AWS, GCE, Azure)
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Create a Learning PathDans les champs de l'observation le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés
- (Louis Pasteur)
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Create a Learning PathChance favors the prepared mind.
- (Louis Pasteur)
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Pick gaps
Set goals
Set a schedule
Pomodoro
Review
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Study Sheets
Specific set of learning goals
Track progress
Refer to links and resources
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Pomodoro Technique
Turn off your phone, email, social media, and other distractions
Focus intently for 25 minute bursts
Break for 5 – 10 minute bursts
Take a walk, grab a snack, check social, stretch
Focus (25m)
Break (5m)
Focus (25m)
Break (5m)
Focus (25m)
Break (10m)
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http://tomato-timer.com/
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Identify Learn Teach
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Fresh eyes bring fresh questions
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If you can’t teach it, you don’t really know it
Hold a Lunch and Learn
Contribute to a VMUG session
Present on a vBrownBag session
Create a YouTube video
Record a Camtasia video
Set up a vBeers with colleagues
Submit a TechTalk
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Imagine how much knowledge you have gained because of
someone else’s wisdom
Now, be that someone else
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My NSX instructor, Elver Sena Sosa
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Visit WahlNetwork.com for Deep Dives, Home Lab Tips, Reviews, and More!
Check out “Networking for VMware Administrators” by VMware Press
Over 30 hours of my video training content is on Pluralsight.com
Subscribe to the Datanauts via iTunes or RSS at DatanautsPodcast.com
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