The Everything Feed - All Packet Pushers Pods LIU000: Announcing Life In Uptime, a New Podcast to Get You Started on Your IT Journey
Sep 18, 2025
This discussion kicks off an exciting new journey into enterprise IT. The hosts, with extensive backgrounds in networking and career growth, share their unique paths. They emphasize the importance of diverse career stories in technology. Engaging with the audience through Q&A sessions, they aim to make technical topics accessible. The community aspect shines as they connect with early-career professionals. Tune in for insights that demystify the tech world one story at a time!
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Aerospace To Networking To Evangelism
- Alexis Berthoff shared she studied aerospace engineering then became a Cisco SE and now a technical evangelist at Megaport.
- She began creating content two years ago and repurposed customer demos into public learning material.
No Single Path Into IT
- Career paths into IT are highly individual and rarely follow one template.
- Alexis and Kevin want to showcase diverse journeys so listeners can find relatable roadmaps.
Learn By Following Others' Steps
- If you want to enter IT, study others' journeys to identify actionable steps like certifications or role pivots.
- Use relatable examples to decide whether to specialize in networking, security, or data center paths.