Compressing Decades into Weeks: How to Gain Years of Practical Real-World Experience the Fastest Way Possible

[edwinmsarmiento]

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Edwin M Sarmiento

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Edwin M Sarmiento is the Managing Director of 15C, a consulting company that specializes in designing, implementing, and managing high-availability infrastructures. He is a former Microsoft Data Platform MVP of 12 years standing, a Microsoft Certified Master for SQL Server, and author of the book The SQL Server DBA's Guide to Docker Containers. He is very passionate about technology, and has interests in music, social psychology, professional and organizational development, leadership, and management matters when not working with databases.

Your Talk

Title:
Compressing Decades into Weeks: How to Gain Years of Practical Real-World Experience the Fastest Way Possible

What your talk is about:
Breaking into tech, whether you're a student completing a degree or a professional switching careers, can be a Catch-22. The dream jobs you want require years of experience.

But how do you get the job experience necessary if nobody wants to hire you because you don't have any experience?

The job search process can be a very frustrating when you know you can do the job but keep getting disqualified because you don't have the years of experience.

It's time to fix this.

This talk will show you how to gain years of practical, real-world experience the fastest way possible and help you land that dream job you've always wanted. Drawing from my personal experience of breaking into tech without a computer-related degree nor certifications, I'll share the hacks I learned the hard way to bypass the "years of experience" requirement in tech job postings.

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• 5-15 minutes (lightning talk)
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• 30-45 minutes
• 60 minutes or more

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[Danamitecoder]

Hi Edwin,

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Looking forward to connecting with you!

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Dana