from joat to guru - spiceworks · 2018. 3. 7. · from joat to guru by huw davies director, hd it...
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FROM JOAT TO GURUBy Huw Davies
Director, HD IT Solutions
Community: Huw3481
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Jack/Jill of All Trades…Conception vs Reality
• Common Conceptions
• Generalist
• Acceptable at many skills
• Master of None
• 100 miles wide, but 2 inches deep
• Meanwhile, in Reality
• Need to know many areas to get job done
• Competent at several skills
• Perhaps Master of some
• It is what brings many people to IT
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• <Insert comedy AV failure here>
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We deal with all this shit…
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IT Character Creation
• 100 IT Points
• What skills do you put them in?
• Diversify or Specialise?
• How many Competencies?
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Celebrating your JOAT-Ness
• Completely adaptable
• You know how to learn
• ‘Thinking Out of the Box’ isn’t just a term, it is a way of life
• Constant variety in the day-to-day
• Good Management Potential
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Back to the Real World
• Diversification is based on necessity
• High Burnout rate
• Distrac…
• Not easily defined role therefore difficult to explain to non-IT management
• JOAT is not a good personal brand
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• <Insert comedy AV failure here>
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Vicious Cycle
Lack of time/resources
Forced to address issues in areas that are not familiar
Seen as being able to solve these additional issues, therefore adding to workload
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Seriously
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Breaking Out
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Finding Your Path
• Find what you love to do
• Create some time
• Hone those skills
• Re-brand yourself
• Be open to any possibility
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What do you love to do?
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Focus on what you enjoy
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Sources here.
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Create Time
• Oxymoron
• Automate as much as you can
• Empower the Users
• Monitoring: filtering the noise
• Prioritize, Prioritize, Prioritize
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Honing Your Skills
• Free Training
• Vmware
• Microsoft
• Vendor Trials
• Many Others
• Paid Training
• Think about it
• Forced to really learn as you are paying for it
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Branding, not just for Marketers
• No Longer a JOAT, You are a Swiss army knife.
• Track every minute of your day
• Track your accomplishments/successes
• Be Fearless
• Pain may be involved
• Communication, the key to everything
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The World is Yours
• Network, Network, Network
• Dust off that CV
• Sorry, THOSE CVs. Have multiple CVs for areas of expertise
• You are a problem solver
• Employers don’t want a JOAT, they have a pain point they need to get addressed, you have
those skills, draft your CV for specific job posting
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Final Thoughts
• Some Real Advantages to being a JOAT
• Communication is the forgotten skill
• Discipline and Organisation
• Don’t let Fear be the Mind Killer
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Final Thoughts
• Some Real Advantages to being a JOAT
• Communication is the forgotten skill
• Discipline and Organisation
• Don’t let Fear be the Mind Killer