Are you looking to build an exceptional cloud computing career? Well, if so, this video is
for you. Hi, my name is Michael Gibbs, and I've been working in technology for over 25 years.
I've worked in networking. I've worked in security, and I've worked in cloud computing,
and I've been coaching or mentoring others for over 20 years. Today, we're going to talk
about lessons that you can learn from Apple to build your cloud computing career. Why do I say
Apple? Apple is known to be one of the world's best brands, and they have brand characteristics
that are identical to what a hiring manager desires in a cloud architect.
Let's learn from Apple, and let's take the lessons learned from Apple, and what I tell you about what
hiring managers are looking for so you can build the best cloud computing career ever.
Let's begin with what Apple is known for. Apple is known to be fun, easy to use. Apple products
typically tend to make you feel good in their presence, and they tend to be very reliable.
I say this again, they tend to be fun, easy to use. They make you feel good in their presence,
and they're reliable. You know what? Because Apple products have those characteristics, people will
pay heavily for them. Oftentimes, myself included, I find myself paying more than double the cost
to buy an Apple system than a system of comparable performance. I still gravitate to the Apple
because it's fun, it's easy to use, it's highly reliable, and I feel good when I'm using it. Okay,
so let's take those lessons, and look at that, and apply it towards what the hiring manager wants
in a cloud architect. A hiring manager, as designed is someone that's capable,
someone that's reliable, someone that's going to be fun and easygoing, someone that's going
to be pleasant. Someone that's going to make you feel good in their presence,
and someone that can bring out the best in others and raise the energy of their team.
Let's take that back again. They're looking for someone that's fun and lighthearted,
that's going to raise the energy in the room, easy to use, makes you feel good in their presence, and
are reliable. When it comes to cloud architects, reliable, meaning you would be able to do your job
consistently, effectively, and knowing what to do, and knowing what you know, and knowing what
you don't know. Therefore, you're able to be a safe cloud architect, so learn from Apple.
People will pay twice as much for an Apple product to get similar performance. Sometimes
more than that. You know what? People will pay a lot more to have a cloud architect that's fun,
easy to be around, makes you feel good in their presence, that's reliable, capable, and competent.
When you go on a job interview as a cloud architect, or when you post a social media as
a cloud architect, or when you read a document as a cloud architect, or every day in the office as a
cloud architect, make sure you demonstrate your fantastic attitude, your excellent soft skills,
a high degree of emotional intelligence, technical competency, and that you make everybody feel good
in your presence. When you do, you will be just like Apple, and that's why Apple is
the most valuable company in the world, at least be above market cup. When you want a cloud job,
show that you're capable, show that you're pleasant, show that you can bring value to the
team and watch how fast your career will build. People know when you're capable, and you raise
the energy of the room, and you make others feel good in your presence, they need you on your team.
Let me tell you about some free offerings we have to help you in your cloud computing career.
Every Monday and every Thursday, I'll leave the link in the description below,
we have a free cloud architect career webinar. During this webinar, we tell you what hiring
managers want, how to build the perfect cloud architect development plan, and what to do to get
your first and best cloud architect job. We also have a technical discussion on Tuesday mornings.
On our Tuesday morning free webinar, we talk about what it takes from a technology perspective
to get your first cloud architect job. We talk about how to get technically competent,
how to build expertise so that when you go on a job interview
and other people have this capability, you have this capability. Every Tuesday
we talk about how to get real cloud architect experience from the comfort of your home.
Now, if you're working on AWS certification, our organization has a free AWS certified solution
architect associate book, and it's completely free. It's everything you need to pass the AWS
certified solution architect associate exam. I'll leave a link in the description below.
Thank you so much for watching this video. We do everything we can to help you with your cloud
architect careers. We look forward to seeing you in another video very soon. Take care. Bye.