Why Linux is important to learn | Interview with Women In Linux Founder Tameika Reed

Why Linux is important to learn | Interview with Women In Linux Founder Tameika Reed Contact Tameika: Social: Website: http://www.womeninlinux.org Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/womeninlinux/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/womeninlinux Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womeninlinux/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/womeninlinux LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-linux YouTube: http://youtube.com/womeninlinux 1:1 Session 1:1 Session: https://calendly.com/womeninlinux Bio: Meet Tameika Reed, Founder of Women In Linux (WIL). Since the launch of WIL, Tameika leads initiatives that offer participants a chance to explore careers in infrastructure, cybersecurity, DevOps, IOT, leadership, and continuous skill-building. As a self-taught system administrator, Tameika believes the best way to learn tech is by just diving in. 00:00 - Intro 05:06 - Interview starts 05:32 - Du'An introduces Tameika 07:05 - What got you started in tech? 10:44 - What year was this when you got started in Linux? 11:14 - How did you have the knowledge and awareness to get started in that? 13:45 - You mean to tell me that Microsoft was not running thier web servers off of ISS? 15:45 - For someone that's looking to get started with Linux right now, how would you recommend they go about that? 16:07 - What are the pieces and the fundamental knowledge of Linux? 18:44 - What's the importance of learning data structures and algorithms as a foundational level of knowledge in Linux? 22:30 - When it comes to getting a job with linux skills, what jobs are out there? 26:00 - It's clear that the sysadmin job is not what it used to be, is the old sysadmin role still around? Has moved on to transition to be DevOps? 28:26 - The system administrator position is still around and people can still search for that job title and apply for that position 29:21 - Is Linux a technology that people need to learn? 33:46 - There's an easier way to do this, learn the CLI and Linux and you'll feel a lot more comfortable and efficient at your job 34:37 - Youu mentioned that you have students, can you kinda talk about your program and what you're doing? 39:20 - You mentioned RHSCA, that's the Redhad cert, could you kinda talk about that? 42:21 - Since you're in all 3, where would you start for someone that wants to get started in the cloud? 44:31 - Starting with GCP, getting the foundation there to understand the cloud and then taking those principles to another cloud that you maybe intereseted in. Is that what you're saying? 45:50 - You mentioned interfaces when it comes to the cloud, is that saying there is no command line when it comes to the cloud? 49:00 - How important are certifications to getting positions with Linux skills in tech? 52:34 - We get paid to solve problems and that's often missed in IT especially when we talk about certifications 54:45 - In the 2000s there was a keyword that gets you an interview, do you wanna talk about that? 57:56 - With your career being in that trajectory path, you didn't need certification because you knew Linux, does that still ring true today? 01:02:44 - Is Rust a scripting language? For someone learning python, what project can they use Rust to get started with? 01:04:03 - This is often stated that Linux doesn't get viruses, is that a true statement? 01:06:39 - Tameika: "I also want people to understand where Linux is at" 01:09:32 - What is your day-to-day like and what is your focus in Linux? 01:12:00 - One of the things that helped me become a better troubleshooter is documenting what I do along the way 01:13:41 - Effective communication is important in business and in general 01:13:56 - Is there an app that you use specifically? 01:18:10 - Would you recommend learning Linux for a cybersecurity career path? 01:21:09 - Tameika: "The other one tool is Wireshark, I would recommend any admin to learn Wireshark" 01:24:03 - What is that Linux management called, Ansible? 01:25:16 - What's your favorite Linux distro? 01:27:08 - I admire what you're doing and what you do and I understand it 01:29:22 - People will be surprised how once you get certain skills and get expereince with them, 200k will be in your inbox 01:33:14 - To be successful in any career path in IT, what's the fundamental trait that you need? 01:39:46 - If you can't add value to an organization because you're working with extremely bright engineers, the minimum amount of value you can add is documentation, what's your thought on that? 01:41:37 - Before we're out of here, what kinda cars do you like? 01:44:22 - Which year are you looking at for the S63? 01:46:04 - When it comes to these exotic cars, do you buy 'em new ones? 01:50:45 - Hey Tam, we gotta do this again in a couple of weeks 01:52:50 - The stream you mentioned on Saturday, are they on your Youtube channel? 01:55:24 - Tameika, could you take us out today with some encouraging words? 01:57:02 - Outro #LabEveryday #WomenInLinux #Linux