Launch your Career
I'm starting a new Microsoft Reactor show on YouTube and LinkedIN Live called Launch your Career where I'll be profiling "a day in the life" of 24 different job roles to explore in tech. Our first livestream episode begins with Cybersecurity Engineer and guest Sarah Young. https://aka.ms/launchyourcareer. Want to share what you want to hear from us? Or have a question for our guest? Start here at TechCommunities! We'll also be continuing the discussion following the livestream. About the Series Are you exploring a new career? Or just curious how to become a Data Scientist, AI Engineer, Web Developer, Cybersecurity Engineer or other in-demand, high-growth potential technical job role? Want to know what “a day in the life of” is really like before you make a move? Or get a jumpstart on the skills needed for success? This is the series for you! Join host Justin Garrett and Microsoft Engineering guests from around the World as we explore what inspired us towards our chosen career, discuss strategies and core skills for landing your dream job and share our reflections & tips we’ve learned for continued success and career progression. And demos with the open source libraries and toolkits we use. Come get your questions answered and share your own ideas in our Microsoft Reactor community!Launch your Career Ep 5 Web Developer
What a great demo Sara shared on deploying a web app with Codespaces and GitHub Copilot. Here is the links...feel free to drop further questions in the chat too: Codespace template repo (portfolio project) - education/codespaces-project-template-js: Codespaces template for creating and deploying your own React portfolio (github.com) Copy of that repo that I demoed with - bgibbons3/my-portfolio (github.com) Eeployed portfolio that I created the Static Web App for during the demo - Educator JS Codespaces Template (2.azurestaticapps.net) Other links to free and free trial stuff if you want to build your own: https://aka.ms/azure4student GitHub Student Developer Pack - GitHub Education GitHub Copilot docs - https://github.com/features/copilot GitHub Copilot video series on Learn - Introduction to GitHub CoPilot | Microsoft LearnLaunch your Career Ep 3 DevOps Engineer
Really loved Liam's demo today using GitHub Actions! Here's the project: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/introduction-to-azure-app-service/?wt.mc_id=blog_liamhampton_webpage_reactor Also we had some streaming tech difficulties during the evening (Pacific Time) airing. Here's the original livestream that was recorded earlier in the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azFK0pZ5tpU And the slides are linked below! Have a question for Liam or I? Share it here! 🙂Launch your Career: Episode 1 Cybersecurity Engineer
Missed all those certs that Sarah was discussing in today's livestream? I've attached the powerpoint presentation to this thread. I loved when Sarah talked about pursuing free/cheaper resources before you purpose expensive industry certifications. Take a look at the security learning we have Microsoft Learn or start with our Launch your Career Cloud Skills Challenge here: https://aka.ms/launchyourcareerskills Missed the livestream? We'll air a pre-record with live speaker chat Q&A Feb 7th at 9AM PT. Joylynn Kirui, Senior Security Cloud Advocate will be joining us live! https://aka.ms/launchyourcareer Have a question for any of us? Ask it here! 🙂
