Solving for Technology: How to quickly learn valuable new skills in a madly changing technology world
Solving for Technology: How to quickly learn valuable new skills in a madly changing technology world
About the Book
Remember Fortran, 32-bit microprocessors, and mainframes? One day, perhaps sooner than we think, JavaScript and Docker might feel just as obscure. How are you going to keep up?
- Well the first step is just that: plan. Start with questions:
- Which new technologies will impact your career?
- Which make the most sense to learn?
- What tools exist to help you with your learning?
- What's the best way to go about it?
About the Author
Table of Contents
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Managing change
- Why your career needs future proofing
- What you should be learning
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Thinking it through
- Identifying the problem that needs solving
- Squeezing the most out of your learning
- Staying inspired
- Maintaining a balanced, healthy lifestyle
- Case study
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Work habits (of the rich and famous)
- Discipline
- Experiment…and fail
- Take notes
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- Case study
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First steps
- The big picture
- Software installation
- Environment orientation
- The “Hello World” test run
- Case study
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Creating a virtual workspace
- Getting started with VirtualBox
- Working with LXC
- Writing code on a remote server
- Case study
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Leveraging learning resources
- Books
- Curated courses
- Non-curated courses
- Higher education institutions
- The open internet
- Free stuff
- Case study
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Appendix 1: networking basics
- Understanding TCP/IP addressing
- Understanding the Domain Name System (DNS)
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Appendix 2: basic Linux administration
- Linux distributions
- Working with root authority
- Package managers
- SSH: secure remote connectivity
- The Linux file system
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Appendix 3: Amazon Web Services
- Migrating workloads
- Refactoring and optimizing cloud workloads
- Serverless workloads
- Wrapping it all up
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