{"id":1070,"date":"2015-05-20T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2015-05-31T10:52:21","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T14:52:21","slug":"devops-and-a-career-inflection-point-with-the-goat-whisperer-episode-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2015\/05\/devops-and-a-career-inflection-point-with-the-goat-whisperer-episode-86\/","title":{"rendered":"DevOps and a Career Inflection Point with the Goat Whisperer: Episode 86"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Goats, Unicorns and Whisperers walk into a podcast. The results were phenomenal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mfdii\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Ducy<\/a>, better known as <a href=\"http:\/\/goatcan.do\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Goat Whisperer<\/a>, joins us to discuss career growth with a DevOps-y twist. He started his career as a sysadmin, joined some incredible people during the Cloud craze, and came out a community leader within the DevOps space. He gets paid as an Global Partner Evangelist at\u00a0Chef.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1072 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/michael_ducy_goatwhisperer2.jpg\" alt=\"michael_ducy_goatwhisperer2\" width=\"404\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/michael_ducy_goatwhisperer2.jpg 640w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/michael_ducy_goatwhisperer2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evangelist for the business development team<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">A definition of DevOps<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">How the term has \u201ckind of hit its pique\u201d of hype cycle<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Being influenced by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/botchagalupe\" target=\"_blank\">John\u00a0Willis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lusis\" target=\"_blank\">John Vincent<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realgenekim\" target=\"_blank\">Gene Kim<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Phoenix-Project-Helping-Business\/dp\/0988262592\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Project<\/a> &#8211; a novel about DevOps<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Increasing the flow through a system.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Goatsplaining<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Goat Whispering<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">The organizational silos that create drag<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">How silos and DevOps naturally clash<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">The rise of the goat meme<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">How organizational silos are not all bad<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Behaviors of a goat (naturally curious, can be used for multiple things)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Going \u201cfull goat\u201d<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Asking the question of &#8220;did you think you\u2019d get here?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Asking about how Michael gets paid for this<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">The inflection point of\u00a0his career<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Remembering there will be haters<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Balancing lots of travel with wife and kids<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">The importance of organizational culture<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Working from home<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Becoming the voice of your brand to the customer<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">How Evangelism rocks as Marketing<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Meetups as a classroom for credibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can follow up on Michael&#8217;s latest project, The Goat Farm Podcast:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His blog and podcast home at <a href=\"http:\/\/goatcan.do\/\" target=\"_blank\">Goat Can Do<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-goat-farm\/id963113606\" target=\"_blank\">The Goat Farm on iTunes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And here are some further references just to confuse Google page ranking. Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1071 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Adidas-There-will-be-haters.jpg\" alt=\"Adidas-There-will-be-haters\" width=\"334\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Adidas-There-will-be-haters.jpg 1023w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Adidas-There-will-be-haters-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/imgres-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1075 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/imgres-1.jpg\" alt=\"imgres-1\" width=\"286\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/imgres.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-1076 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/imgres.jpg\" alt=\"imgres\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/goat_can.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-1077 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/goat_can.jpg\" alt=\"goat_can\" width=\"325\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/goat_can.jpg 325w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/goat_can-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_53\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1070-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GOING-FULL-GOAT-Ep-86.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GOING-FULL-GOAT-Ep-86.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GOING-FULL-GOAT-Ep-86.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GOING-FULL-GOAT-Ep-86.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1070-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GOING-FULL-GOAT-Ep-86.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"GOING-FULL-GOAT-Ep-86.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goats, Unicorns and Whisperers walk into a podcast. 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