RackerTools and RU

Who am I?

• Jeremy Price
• Racker since April 2014
• Software dev / Team lead in Racker Tools
  • Until July 2015
  • Encore Ticketing
• Technical Trainer in Rackspace University (RU)
  • Focusing on Software Development Curriculum

Why am I here?

• We have 6 classes in RU that directly target Software Development
  • Only three of those are of use to practicing software developers
  • The other three target folks who want to become software developers
• I would like your feedback as to what classes we should add

Note: we also have a lot of classes that aren't software development focused like Linux, Windows, Ansible, Salt, project management, etc.

My Vision

• Maintain two tracks for Rackers that want to learn software development:
  • How to become a software developer
  • How to become a BETTER software developer
• Some potential classes might overlap tracks

My ask of you

• Asynchronous feedback
  • What classes should we create/deliver?
  • What classes should we offer more often?
  • Does your team have any training needs?
• Regular sync ups
  • I will let you know what we have available
  • You provide feedback on past, present, future needs
• Reach out to me with any training-related questions!

Discussion Questions

• What tools/technologies/methodologies do your teams current use?
  • Which ones would they/you like to use?
  • Are they proficient in all those?
• Are there skills beyond just language proficiency that would be of benefit to your teams?
  • CI/CD, RESTful API design, OO design, functional design, distributed systems, microservices architectures, Ansible, UI/UX, best practices...
• How important is remote-enabled training?
• Is there a need for a set of "common" developer onboarding classes?

Thanks!

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

Jeremy Price

jeremy.price@rackspace.com

210-556-8046

@jeremyprice on rackspace.slack.com