May, 2014


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May 14

The State of DevOps Life in the Windows World

For episode 42, listeners might be hoping that we’d delve into the meaning of life, the universe, and everything… and if your universe consists of deploying and managing applications on Windows, that’s exactly what we’ll be doing! The panel sits down with Steven Murawski, site reliability engineer with the venerable Stack Exchange and Microsoft community MVP to discuss the goings on at Tech Ed last week, Microsoft’s recent open source offerings, new Azure features that are facing down Amazon, and with DSC and Server Core, why it seems Microsoft is really changing the way they develop their server products. Join us as we explore:

The State of DevOps Life in the Windows World

Join J. Paul Reed, aka @SoberBuildEng, Youssuf El-Kalay, aka @buildscientist, and Seth Thomas, aka @cheeseplus for the discussion, plus a the last couple of weeks in News & Views and a Tool Tip!

Or, download Episode 42, or any of our previous shows!

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Seth walks us through the benefits of mosh, the mobile shell, which helps unbind your processes from ttys and avoid big sads!

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What changes have you noticed in Microsoft’s Server products and application development software?

Do you think we’re witnessing a real shift in Microsoft’s priorities with respect to their developer and “IT Pro” community?

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May 14

Your Profile Tells Me You’re Perfect for this Amazing Podcast Opportunity

Bring up the topic of tech industry recruiting with any developer and you’re likely to get an ear-full: stories of recruiters treating candidates disrespectful, clueless recruiters who don’t know any of the acronyms, recruiters continuing to talk to you even after you’ve asked them to stop… the list goes on and on. In fact, it’s so prevalent, Twitter and Tumblr accounts have popped up just to make fun of recruiters. But why is recruiting so broken in our industry? Are all recruiters like that? And is there anything all of us—companies, recruiters, and candidates—can do to make the experience a bit better (and more efficient!) for everyone? Join us as we put recruiter Sam Whooley through the gauntlet for:

Your Profile Tells Me You’re Perfect for this Amazing Podcast Opportunity

Join J. Paul Reed, aka @SoberBuildEng, EJ Ciramella, aka @eciramella, and Sascha Bates, aka @sascha_d for the discussion, plus a the last couple of weeks in News & Views and a new tool tip!

Or, download Episode 41, or any of our previous shows!

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Paul takes a look at the (currently under heavy development) FinalTerm


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What’s your worst recruiting story? (Send them to us!)

What suggestions do you have to make tech recruiting better?

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