Is Your Career Ready for the

Cloud?An Interpretive Dance rendition of a talk given by:

Damian Karlson, @sixfootdad

-Cody Bunch, @cody_bunch

I’ve Never Heard Of This Dude Before

Cody Bunch• @cody_bunch• VMware vExpert 2011-2013• Author:– OpenStack CookBook– Automating vSphere with vCO– OpenStack Security Guide

• Podcaster for ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag

Some Things I’ll Be Talking About

• VMware Certifications– Then– Now

• Study Resources– #vBrownBag– Community Guides– Technical Blogs– AutoLab

• Social Media– Make your career crazy awesome

VMWARE CERTIFICATIONS

VMware Certs: Then

• Used to be only a handful of certifications– VCP– VCAP-DCA– VCAP-DCD– VCDX

Cloud• VCA-Cloud

– No training requirement; free e-learning• VCP-Cloud

– Requires VCP5-DCV– Pass the IaaS exam OR the VCP-Cloud exam

• VCAP-CIA– Requires VCP-Cloud, VCP5-DCV, or VCP5-

DT• VCAP-CID

– Requires VCP5-DCV, VCP-Cloud, VCAP5-DCD, VCAP5-DCA, VCDX5-DCV. VCAP or VCDX inherits VCP-Cloud

• VCAP-CG– On roadmap, but no info on cert site

• VCDX-Cloud– Requires VCAP-CIA & VCAP-CID

DCV

• VCA-DV– No training requirement;

free e-learning

• VCP5-DCV– Attend a qualifying course

• VCAP5-DCA– Engineer & Administrator

• VCAP5-DCD– Architect

• VCDX5-DCV– Requires DCA & DCD

EUC• VCA-WM

– Workforce Mobility– No training requirement; free e-

learning• VCP5-DT

– Attend a qualifying course• VCAP-DTA

– On roadmap, but no info on cert site• VCAP-DTD

– Requires VCP5-DT or VCP5-DCV• VCDX-Desktop

– Req. DCV or Cloud or DT, plus DTD and DTA

NV

• VCA-NV– Business challenges &

how to address them

VMware Certs: Today

• More info on VMware cert site– Blueprints– Qualifying cert roadmaps

• VMware event discounts, use of logo, access to merchandise, transcripts, beta exam invitations

• Set yourself apart with certifications

STUDY RESOURCES

#vBrownBag: Amazing Community

• 2011– Over 470GB w/ 8200

downloads

• 2012– Over 5.8TB w/ 73000

downloads

• 2013, Jan to August– Over 7.3TB w/ 116000

downloads

• Hundreds of hours of deep technical content presented by community

• VMworld Tech Talks• Nearly zero marketing• No BS

#vBrownBag: Study Resources• LATAM – Thursday 7-8pm PDT

– Kyle Murley @kylemurley

• US - Wednesday 7:30-830pm CDT – Josh Atwell @josh_atwell– Cody Bunch @cody_bunch– Damian Karlson @sixfootdad– Jon Harris @thevCACGuy– Jonathan Frappier @jfrappier– Gurusimran Khalsa, aka GS

@gurusimran– Trevor Roberts Jr @vmtrooper

• EMEA - Tuesday 7 -8pm BST – Gregg Robertson @greggrobertson5– Arjan Timmerman @arjantim

• APAC - every other Thursday 9-10PM NZDT– Alastair Cooke @demitasseNZ

• OpenStack Sack Lunch Tuesdays 8-9PM– Cody Bunch @cody_bunch

#vBrownBag: Currently• Tonight, 8P CST – VCAP Boot Camp• Wednesday, 7:30P CST – Automate

ALL the things.

#vBrownBag: Get Involved

• ProfessionalVMware.com• @vbrownbag• #vBrownBag

Certification Resources

• VMware’s cert site: blueprints & roadmaps• Community Study Guides– Josh Coen (@joshcoen) & Jason Langer (@jaslanger)

• virtuallanger.com/vcp5• virtuallanger.com/vcap-dca-5

• Technical Blogs– vLaunchPad by Eric Siebert (@esiebert)

• planet.vsphere-land.com

• LabGuides.com AutoLab– Over 42,000 downloads to date– Stand up a fully functional lab in under an hour

Podcasting for Cancer

• vExperts, bloggers, #vBrownBag, and VMUG folks developing a series of virtualization related podcasts

• VMware community raising money for cancer research

• All funds go to American Cancer Society

• Over $10,000 in 12 daysigg.me/at/vCancer

podcastingforcancer.org

SOCIAL MEDIA

It’s not always about who you know, but who knows you.

Make your career crazy awesome by leveraging social media.

Why Twitter?

Why Twitter?

• Steady stream of technical discussions, blog articles, funny cat pictures

• Community of peers• Global professional networking• Gives conferences +5 awesome

Why Twitter?

• Job search easier with friends

• 25% to 60% more salary• Book opportunities• Career opportunities• Community

opportunities

Twitter Tips

• Egg, bad. Bio, good.• Disclaim all the things• Leverage lists• Turn off automated tweets• Mute those that don’t• Tweet unto others as you would have them tweet

unto you• Be real• Have integrity

Why Blogging?

• Set yourself apart• Explore something you’re passionate about• Learn from others• Document your successes• Give back to the community• Laugh when you google a problem and the top

hit is your blog

Community Recognition

• VMware vExpert– Demonstrate significant contributions to the

community– Private & public virtualization evangelism

• EMC Elect– Sharing technical expertise on solutions and services– Demonstrating engagement, community, leadership