The Enterprise AI Show Kubernetes Community and Career Building
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Apr 26, 2023 Steve Buchanan shares his path through the Kubernetes community, from building a career around AKS to creating courses, books, blogs, and podcasts. The conversation explores personal branding, soft skills, finding the right way to share what you love, and balancing side projects with family life. They also look at how Kubernetes careers may shift as the technology becomes more abstracted.
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From Internal IT To AKS Product Work
- Steve Buchanan described a 23-year tech career that moved from internal IT to consulting and now product work at Microsoft on AKS.
- He has authored eight books, created 19 Pluralsight courses, and remains active in blogging, speaking, and community boards.
Kubernetes As A Platform With Expanding Orbit
- Kubernetes is Steve's core focus but he studies addons and ecosystem tools like Crossplane and GitOps to understand how Kubernetes expands.
- He pairs tech curiosity with deliberate business and leadership skill development to increase career leverage.
Prioritise Passion And Build Deadline Leeway
- Balance time and energy by prioritizing family events and building leeway into deadlines so you can step away when needed.
- Choose community work you love so it feels like a hobby and three hours feels like 20 minutes.