The Value of Mentorship with Jeff Hicks

Episode Summary:

We caught up with Jeff Hicks at the PowerShell and Global DevOps summit. He talks about how he always wanted to be a teacher and how PowerShell has helped him achieve that. We also discuss the holy trinity of PowerShell Cmdlet: Get-Help, Get-Command, and Get-Member, which will help you find the command you need, learn how to use it, and give you everything you would want to know about the objects it returns. Those commands can help you move through almost any roadblock while learning PowerShell. We end with a general discussion about PowerShell, and what we love most about it.

 

Guest Bio and links:

Jeffery Hicks is an IT veteran with over 30 years of experience, much of it spent as an IT infrastructure consultant specializing in Microsoft server technologies with an emphasis on automation and efficiency. He is a multi-year recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award. He works today as an independent author, teacher, and consultant. Jeff has taught and presented on PowerShell and the benefits of automation to IT Pros worldwide. Jeff has authored and co-authored a number of books, writes for numerous online sites and print publications, a Pluralsight author, and a frequent speaker at technology conferences and user groups. You can keep up with Jeff on Twitter (https://twitter.com/JeffHicks) and on his blog (https://blog.jdhitsolutions.com).

 

Links to resources mentioned:

Twitter: @JeffHicks

Blog: https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog

GitHub: https://github.com/jdhitsolutions

Behind the PowerShell Pipeline: https://jeffhicks.substack.com

The PowerShell Practice Primer: https://leanpub.com/psprimer

The PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking Book: https://leanpub.com/powershell-scripting-toolmaking