AWS Podcast #671: Building your career in the cloud
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Jun 10, 2024 Simon Elisha, tech industry veteran, shares career insights. Discusses adapting to tech trends, missed Bitcoin mining opportunities, transitioning from Cobol to cloud, overcoming imposter syndrome at Amazon.
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Adapting to Tech Changes
- Embrace new technologies with an open mind and focus on core software development concepts.
- Don't be afraid to experiment and learn different approaches; languages have strengths and weaknesses.
Bitcoin Regret and Blockchain Skepticism
- Simon Elisha regrets not mining Bitcoin with spot instances in 2011 when it was less known.
- Despite this, he remains skeptical of blockchain technology, finding it less efficient than databases.
Joining AWS
- Recruited while at Cisco, Simon Elisha became the first Solutions Architect in Australia for AWS.
- Early AWS involved challenges like limited EC2 instance states and lack of local IT support.