David Klee is a SQL database expert, but he's also knowledgeable about virtualization, networking, and infrastructure. In today's Full Stack Journey podcast, host Scott Lowe talks with David about how and why IT specialists should be competent in other disciplines, how to decide which areas to branch out into, and how adjacent competencies enrich can enrich your specialization. The post Full Stack Journey 042: How An IT Specialist Chooses Adjacent Competencies appeared first on Packet Pushers.
The Full Stack Journey podcast was born, in part, out of an interest in exploring how knowing multiple layers of today’s technology stack can be beneficial to IT professionals.
In episode 42, I’m joined by David Klee of Heraflux to discuss that very topic–how exploring “adjacent areas” has helped him in his database specialization. Scott and David explore how this idea could be used by other IT professionals.
Over the course of the discussion, we touch on topics including:
* IT specialists or IT generalists?
* How IT professionals identify which “adjacent areas” they should explore
* How deep should someone go into an adjacent area
* Where does automation fit into this? Or public cloud?
Thanks for listening!
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Show Links:
Heraflux
@kleegeek – David Klee on Twitter
DavidKlee.net – David’s blog