Forgetting the Fundamentals of High Availability

If this past week’s Crowdstrike outage taught us anything, it’s that we seem to have forgotten the basics of how to run highly available environments. But what other critical skills are deteriorating? 

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SHOW SPONSOR:

• The Crowdstrike outage and market-driven brittleness
• Network Engineering is a Dying Profession
• Vista Equity writes off Pluralsight after $3.5B buyout

SHOW NOTES:

WE’RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

• Systems are more interconnected and more critical
• Companies under-staff critical operations
• Developers are the new kingmakers, but where are all the kings?

PEOPLE DON’T IGNORE STABLE FOUNDATIONS, THEY FORGET ABOUT THEM

• Not enough people have home labs, or go after certifications
• The industry highlights the content creators, instead of the builders/fixers
• There might be an opportunity to restart a focus on foundational skills

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