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

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.

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

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!

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?

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

Jeremy Price

jeremy.price@rackspace.com

210-556-8046

@jeremyprice on rackspace.slack.com