Brian talks with Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja, Co-Host of The Geek-Whisperers) about the chaotic state of the IT industry, how much location impacts day-to-day work, and how people are making positive transitions in their work.

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Topic 1 - Is the IT industry in a more chaotic state than it’s ever been?


Public Cloud vs. IT vendors

Open Source Software vs. IT vendors

People openly looking for new jobs 

IT customers being very confused about what to buy/use/trust

Are we at the end of a 20yr cycle (Vendor-VAR-Customer-TechSwimLanes)?




Topic 2 - What’s the pulse of your community? What are the most frequently asked questions (on-the-record and off-the-record)?



Topic 3 - Let’s talk about location. 10 years ago, teleworking was all the rage. Now, it feels like we’re back to a Silicon-Valley-centric world.



Topic 4 - What do you feel like a lot of people are focused on, which is actually a bad thing or a false hope? What are the good things that people are focused on?



Topic 5 - What do you feel like a lot of people are focused on, which is actually a bad thing or a false hope? What are the good things that people are focused on?