Greg Shields

IT industry analyst, author, speaker, consultant. Senior Director of IT Ops Skills at Pluralsight. All opinions mine.

[Greg Shields @concentratdgreg]

Today, I had the opportunity to say thank you to all our @Pluralsight authors. Thank you so much for all the long hours, hard work, and incredible learning you create!

[Heather Zynczak @hzynczak]

So inspired watching @concentratdgreg honor @pluralsight author community! The heroes of our solution!
#PSLIVE2020

[Greg Shields @concentratdgreg]

@KDVR Question for you, @KDVR: The wording on this article is unclear. Is the pass closed until 8p?

[Greg Shields @concentratdgreg]

@GlennMitchellAU @Tore_Aurstad @gillcleeren @ShawnWildermuth To be named in the same tweet as the most-excellent @gillcleeren and @ShawnWildermuth? I’m honored!

If it’s meaningful, @gillcleeren tells better jokes.

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@fberson @KrisLGriffin @VirtualChrista I still think of this board every time we pull out Catan. Good times!

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@IamNoah1_ “Chunking and Sequencing” is what I’ve always called it. All with the goal of creating a “navigable storyline”.

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@hazemelsaiegh Indeed, you haven’t. Pluralsight offered the chance to lead the business unit responsible for our IT Ops courses. It’s a very different job and an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.

Instead of building courses, I now get to help 100s of other authors bring theirs to our catalog.

[Ale (pikacodes) @pikacodes]

If anyone's interested in learning and getting started with Kubernetes - Pluralsight is offering 5 complete courses on it for FREE all throughout October! 🎃👻

https://t.co/vFdHwZaSiI

[Greg Shields @concentratdgreg]

@fettouhi Hey, @ned1313. Have you seen this issue?

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@thurrott @SN09OWY @maryjofoley I also have the same chair, and it is also about the same age. It is still in excellent condition, and is still one of the best office furniture purchases I’ve ever made. There’s an endorsement. :)

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@fberson @corelsoftware @ParallelsRAS Congrats on the new job, Freek!

[Greg Shields @concentratdgreg]

I had an opportunity to pen a piece for the Data Literacy Project on upskilling and the importance of sourcing talent from within your organization.

https://t.co/qLmJnFWIBu

[Greg Shields @concentratdgreg]

I speak with SD Times Magazine on the shift towards skills-based hiring for technology jobs: https://t.co/stZqTG73kM

[Greg Shields @concentratdgreg]

Congrats, Aaron!

[Pluralsight @pluralsight]

We're proud to have Aaron Rosenmund on the Pluralsight team! He was recently featured for winning the prestigious Order of Thor award at Cyber Shield 2022 and is a technical sergeant with the Florida Air National Guard’s 125th Fighter Wing. #CyberSecurity

https://t.co/aXtoi3QwjH

[Greg Shields @concentratdgreg]

I had an opportunity to pen a piece for Training Industry Magazine on how skill assessments are vital in future-proofing a company's workforce.

Check it out here: https://t.co/qAvF5OmCek

[Greg Shields @concentratdgreg]

@thedeomax @MSAzureAcademy Congratulations on the pass!

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My good friend @richardhicks brings @pluralsight not just a course on Always On VPN, but a veritable magnum opus. The course is almost *seven hours* long!

Check out Richard’s course and learn literally everything that is possible to learn about Always On VPN. Cheers, Richard!

[Richard Hicks @richardhicks]

It is with great pleasure and excitement that I announce my #Microsoft #Windows Always On #VPN video training course is now live on @pluralsight. Enjoy! #aovpn https://t.co/WFYu1u5QdZ

[Pluralsight @pluralsight]

Proud to have our very own @ARosenmund speaking at @RSAConference, the world’s leading #cybersecurity event!

We're also thrilled to have a booth at #RSAC! If you're attending, come say hi to us at booth #4314!

[Greg Shields @concentratdgreg]

@Ned1313 @MaximSokolov18 @TechTrainerTim @pluralsight Observe as Ned wields the power of unpublishing.

[Greg Shields @concentratdgreg]

First ride on my new (to me) Yeti SB130: Wow.

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Ned himself is also awesome.

[Mike Rossiter @TechMikeR]

The @Pluralsight course on Getting Started with Terraform by @Ned1313 is the best I've seen. It is more detailed and focused than other courses I've completed. #devops

[Greg Shields @concentratdgreg]

@ScriptWarrior @pluralsight I’ll admit having a similar feeling. As an IT Ops person myself, I hear “bleeding edge” and think “not in my environment!”.

To that end, though, what are the not-quite-bleeding-edge-but-still-kinda-new-and-cool IT Ops solutions that we *have* started using lately?

[Greg Shields @concentratdgreg]

One of our internal teams here @Pluralsight has been asking about “bleeding edge” topics in IT Ops. I have a several ideas, but I was curious: What do you see are the bleeding edge topics in IT Ops today?