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Ask Mike Anything - Exploring Career Growth with Pure Community Member Mike Dehaan
At Pure Storage//Accelerate 2025 last week, one of our community members, Mike_Dehaan, from the Mississippi Dept. of Revenue, had the opportunity to share his career journey on main stage in Las Vegas with Pure's VP of HR and Legal Niki Armstrong. Ask Mike anything in this forum about his experience with Pure and his career path - tag him in your questions and let's get some discussion going! Check out the full video below to hear Mike's challenges, triumphs, and how he's worked to drive better outcomes for the citizens of Mississippi. Hear about the significant role that community and culture played in fostering his progress, both in his own career and for those around him. Reach out to Ludes or legan if you're interested in working with our customer advocacy team to do something similar. Or talk to you local User Group SE leaders about featuring your career path in an upcoming user group meetup. Thanks to bmcdougall for working with Mike to craft his talk track for the segment. https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/exploring-careers-growth-in-the-industry/6374610495112.html?shareVideo=6374610495112
Tip: Use Generative-AI for Interview Prep
For those that are job searching, gen-AI tools like ChatGPT can be incredibly useful for research and preparation. Some useful prompts: > Create an interview preparation brief for (role) at (company) > Summarize the products of (company) at a high level to help me prepare for an interview > List the primary competitors and the partners of (company) and summarize the relationships > List the common interview questions that I should prepare for (this role) at (this company) > My background is (details from your experience), help me with ideas to relate them to responsibilities for (details from target role) at (target company) Good luck out there!Are Y'all Interested in Certification-Club?
Hi everyone! Nice to meet y'all. I'm part of Pure Storage Product Marketing, but my journey has taken me from software development to technical sales across lots of industries. Is anyone in the community interested in joining me in a certification journey in storage-related areas like cyber-security, cloud, or AI with AWS, Azure, or some other company? All the major tech companies offer free on-demand courses. Open to suggestions from interested parties. Progress and check-ins can take place in a community thread or live zoom sessions, we can sort out logistics. Eager to hear from everyone! EddiePass on what you have learned...
Yesterday was May the 4th, which is like an unofficial geek holiday for those of us who are Star Wars fans. Like many epics, there are tons of underlying themes like good vs evil, striving for balance, and how freedom is fragile. But I prefer to focus on my favorite scene that comes from "The Last Jedi." https://lnkd.in/gXHGzUDf "Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery, mmm. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher failure is." - Yoda We all make mistakes. Those of us who make lots of them, also learn pretty quickly. Admitting our mistakes and sharing them with younger developers or engineers might help them accelerate their learning, with fewer challenges of their own. "We are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters." - Yoda As some of our careers move more towards management and leadership roles, this piece of wisdom from Yoda, may serve your teams well. May the 4th be with you. Always.What's your favorite life hack or productivity tip that you've discovered during your career that has helped you streamline your workflow?
In the ever-evolving landscape of technology and business demands, discovering effective life hacks and productivity tips can make all the difference in maintaining efficiency and achieving our goals. Share your insights and tips with us!What was your favorite project or tech experiment during your college years that still sticks with you today?
Pure Report Alert! Dive in for a chat with Emily Weiner, a Pure Storage summer intern, as she shares her journey from creating apps in high school to interning at Pure while researching AI at NYU. What was your favorite project or tech experiment during your college years that still sticks with you today? Did it influence your current role?What’s been one of your most surreal or memorable career moments so far?
Press play on an exciting conversation with Rob Quast, Pure's Principal Technologist, as he dives into the latest trends in AI, cloud storage, and networking! What’s been one of your most surreal or memorable career moments so far? Share it below!
"Flash Was Only The Beginning" Book Offers Insights for Job Seekers
I'm often asked for tips from folks interested in applying for roles at Pure. One of my top recommendations is to read "Flash Was Only The Beginning." This book chronicles the first 10 years of Pure and offers intersting insights into our founding and culture as well as profiles of many current and former employees. If you happen to visit one of our many offices you may be lucky enough to pick up a hard bound copy but you can always download a free PDF.
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