{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Screaming in the Cloud","title":"Episode 37: Hiring in the Cloud “I assume CrowdStrike makes drones”","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2114,"description":"What’s hiring in the world of Cloud like? What are companies looking for in possible employees? What kind of career trajectory should applicants display?\nToday, we’re talking to Don O’Neill, who has had an interesting career path and the archetype of who most companies want to hire. He’s been an independent contributor, platform leader, and Cloud consultant. Currently, Don is platform engineer manager at Articulate, an eLearning software solution for course authoring and eLearning development. He works with platform engineers to automate Blue Ocean pipelines with Docker, Terraform, and various Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies, such as Elastic Beanstalk.\nSome of the highlights of the show include:\n\nDon reached out to his network to ask people that he had a professional relationship with about who was hiring and what challenges they faced\nDon’s “Therapy”: Go to meet-ups to talk about DevOps topics; serves as a “I’ve-got-to-get-my-hiney-out-of-the-house-and-get-some-social-time”\nDon’s journey from being a “wee lad in the industry” to a senior member/leader and giving back as a way to recognize those who helped him along the way\nHiring Horror Stories: People going through borderline ridiculous levels of hiring games and terrible interview paradigms\nCompanies sometimes look for something too specific - exact match instead of fuzzy match; they never have time to train, but time to look for a perfect unicorn\nArticulate’s Hiring Process: Day 1 - Slack interview; Day 2 - Technical pieces; and Day 3 - Pairing with others \nArticulate looks for people enthusiastic about technology, able to learn, and with emotional intelligence; company values independence, autonomy, and respect\nCompanies that spend several hours to make a hiring decision tend to have less success with those they hire\nCloud Certificates/Certifications: Can be valuable for applicants with no real-world experience; they don’t indicate how they’re going to work or learn\nApplicants need to demonstrate a...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vgV98ushAFvdAFQSQazvt5GYVniCaXSWIjs5eI3r0gQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE0OTQvMTU4Mzg2/OTQ4My1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}