Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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An interview with a fellow Linux Engineer / System Engineer / DevOps Engineer / Programmer / Tech Person -- Craig has an interesting background, and some amazing advice for those of you breaking into the tech industry right now.


0:00 Intro
2:00 Linux resources
3:00 Learning tech
5:20 How Craig started his tech career
6:40 Career progression
8:00 Getting used to the Cloud World
10:10 Ops teams are valued
11:20 Craig's everyday work
12:50 Real project examples
14:05 Technologies used
17:20 What motivates you?
19:20 Core Protocols
21:15 Company Culture
26:16 Mistakes Junior Engineers Make
30:00 Identify how you learn
34:30 Mentors
38:45 Starting over today
42:00 Craig and Dave's Recipe for Durable Learning
44:45 Digital Privacy
47:00 What Dave is up to


# Links to topics we discussed:
craignuzzo.tech
De-Google Your Phone with GrapheneOS: https://craignuzzo.tech/grapheneos
Cloud Engineer Outline For Career Advancement: https://craignuzzo.tech/cloud-engineer
Core Protocols: thecoreprotocols.org (Craig was talking mainly about Check In and Check Out)
Video description by Richard Kasperowski who wrote the book on the Core Protocols: youtu.be/ybHCP03UL8w?t=565