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Episode 52: AWS as a Career Finding Clarity in the Ever-changing Job Market of the Cloud

03.20.2019
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Corey is the Chief Cloud Economist at Duckbill, where he specializes in helping companies improve their AWS bills by making them smaller and less horrifying. He also hosts the "Screaming in the Cloud" and "AWS Morning Brief" podcasts; and curates "Last Week in AWS," a weekly newsletter summarizing the latest in AWS news, blogs, and tools, sprinkled with snark and thoughtful analysis in roughly equal measure.

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Episode Summary

The job market in the AWS world is complex and often confusing to both employers and employees. Wouldn’t it be great to have over 43,000 data points to draw a larger picture of the market and where you fall in line? Today, we are talking to Kate Powers who walks us through the AWS Salary Survey from Jefferson Frank and discusses some interesting insights as well as real world examples of the findings. Some of the highlights of the show include: The AWS job market at large Training Certificates: what’s their value How much value is in a job title Most desirable skills from employers Gender representation in the industry The discrepancy in compensation based on geography Links: https://www.jeffersonfrank.com https://www.jeffersonfrank.com/aws-salary-survey/ https://twitter.com/\JeffersonFrank https://www.linkedin.com/company/jefferson-frank/ https://www.facebook.com/JeffersonFrank.AWS

Episode Show Notes

The job market in the AWS world is complex and often confusing to both employers and employees. Wouldn’t it be great to have over 43,000 data points to draw a larger picture of the market and where you fall in line?

Today, we are talking to Kate Powers who walks us through the AWS Salary Survey from Jefferson Frank and discusses some interesting insights as well as real world examples of the findings.

Some of the highlights of the show include:

  • The AWS job market at large
  • Training Certificates: what’s their value
  • How much value is in a job title
  • Most desirable skills from employers
  • Gender representation in the industry
  • The discrepancy in compensation based on geography

Links:

  • https://www.jeffersonfrank.com
  • https://www.jeffersonfrank.com/aws-salary-survey/
  • https://twitter.com/_JeffersonFrank
  • https://www.linkedin.com/company/jefferson-frank/
  • https://www.facebook.com/JeffersonFrank.AWS

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