vmug - my journey to full stack engineering
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Who’s @ChrisWahl?
VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
• Data Center
• Network Virtualization
Writer
Host
Instructor
@ WahlNetwork.com
@ DatanautsPodcast.com
@ Pluralsight.com
Networking for VMware Administrators
It’s a pretty good book
100% of royalties are being donated to the Alzheimer’s Association
“You do not grow on a secure path.
All of us should conquer something
in life. It needs a lot of work, it needs
a lot of risk. To grow and improve
you need to be there at the edge of
uncertainty.”- Francis Mallmann
My laundry listDVCS – Distributed Version Control System
Continuous Integration
Public Repository Contribution
Talk to APIs
Your reward for learning [code] is the improved ability to control and automate the many technologies it integrates with. You can use the same set of commands to filter, export, redirect, modify, extend, and perform actions against output for all of these technologies.
Warren Frame
http://ramblingcookiemonster.github.io/Why-PowerShell/
Learn GitDistributed Version Control System (DVCS)
“Why You Should Embrace Version Control for Operational Artifacts”
“How to Setup and Configure Git Shell for Private Scripting Projects”
Set up a Public RepoGitHub, BitBucket, etc
It’s the new resume / curriculum vitae (CV)
Portal into your brain!
Contribute Somethinghttps://github.com/docker/docker/pull/13657#
Scared the heck out of me
Met Gordon the Turtle
Learned what a cherry-pick was
Learned why you should sign your commits
Build Something with Othershttps://github.com/rnelson0/vCenter-roles
Tickled my brain on Connect-VIServer placement
JSON format discussions
Build Something for Othershttps://github.com/rubrikinc/PowerShell-Module
CI with AppVeyor
Unit Testing with Pester
How to handle a Pull Request
Semantic version control
“You do not grow on a secure path.
All of us should conquer something
in life. It needs a lot of work, it needs
a lot of risk. To grow and improve
you need to be there at the edge of
uncertainty.”- Francis Mallmann
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
Thank youslideshare.net/christopherwahl