Kelsey Hightower - Tech Support to Dev Advocate to Keynote Speaker (edited)
02/15/21 • 36 min
Kelsey Hightower has worn every hat possible throughout his career in tech, and enjoys leadership roles focused on making things happen and shipping software. He is a developer advocate and a strong open source advocate focused on building simple tools that make people smile. Kelsey is an expert in Kubernetes and has written a book about it called "Kubernetes: Up and Running: Dive into the Future of Infrastructure" (link in show notes). When he is not slinging Go code, you can catch him giving technical workshops covering everything from programming to system administration. Learn how Kelsey went from tech support to dev advocate to keynote speaker!
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Kelsey Hightower has worn every hat possible throughout his career in tech, and enjoys leadership roles focused on making things happen and shipping software. He is a developer advocate and a strong open source advocate focused on building simple tools that make people smile. Kelsey is an expert in Kubernetes and has written a book about it called "Kubernetes: Up and Running: Dive into the Future of Infrastructure" (link in show notes). When he is not slinging Go code, you can catch him giving technical workshops covering everything from programming to system administration. Learn how Kelsey went from tech support to dev advocate to keynote speaker!
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Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/develomentor)
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