Career changes can be hard. And when you add an on-going global pandemic and needing to care for your family, it can be quite stressful. Today's episode is a conversation with Matt Larson, a buddy of mine who went through just that scenario. He talks about how he approached learning a new field while balancing home schooling, and what it looked like to find a new job when the time was right.


Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mlars0n
Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-larson-3a1a028/

Host Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM
Host Website: https://explorevm.com/
Host Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevmpodcast/?hl=en

To continue the conversation around today's topic, submit a show idea, or be a guest on the ExploreVM Podcast, please contact me on Twitter @ExploreVM, Email [email protected], or Facebook.com/ExploreVM.

Also, check out my other shows!

Blocks And Bites - The Grilling and Technology Show
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTbNnYQCX43YDJ4E0gGja-Kx-ifPAeBq1

The Money Badgers Associates Investing Club and Podcast
https://www.spreaker.com/show/money-badgers-associates

Once again, thank you for listening.

Episode two brings us into a conversation around VMware's recent announcement of VMware Cloud, VMware Cloud Universal, and a couple of related topics with the Head of Multi-Cloud at VMware, Marjorie Abdelkrime.


Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarjASTEM
Guest Website: https://cloud.vmware.com/community/2021/04/13/new-vmware-cloud-ready-framework-resources/
Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjorieabdelkrime/

Host Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM
Host Website: https://explorevm.com/
Host Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevmpodcast/?hl=en

To continue the conversation around today's topic, submit a show idea, or be a guest on the ExploreVM Podcast, please contact me on Twitter @ExploreVM, Email [email protected], or Facebook.com/ExploreVM.

Also, check out my other shows!

Blocks And Bites - The Grilling and Technology Show
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTbNnYQCX43YDJ4E0gGja-Kx-ifPAeBq1

The Money Badgers Associates Investing Club and Podcast
https://www.spreaker.com/show/money-badgers-associates

Once again, thank you for listening.

I'm kicking off the 4th season of the ExploreVM Podcast with a slightly different format.
Episodes will be around 30 minutes, and in some cases consist of 3 different guests with their own
short segment.

It's all about evolving the content and keeping the show interesting.
Also, I want to thank everyone for their years of listenership. I appreciate all of the followers and subscribers!

2020 was an off year for the Podcast, but I did start another show: The Blocks and Bites grilling and technology show on YouTube. Take a watch and let me know what you think!

Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/VDIHacker
Guest Website: http://vdisecurity.org/
Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vdihacker/

Host Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM
Host Website: https://explorevm.com/
Host Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevmpodcast/?hl=en

To continue the conversation around today's topic, submit a show idea, or be a guest on the ExploreVM Podcast, please contact me on Twitter @ExploreVM, Email [email protected], or Facebook.com/ExploreVM.

Once again, thank you for listening.

Hello, and welcome to the ExploreVM Podcast.
Today we tackle the last episode in the Hyperconverged series.

As I mentioned in previous episodes, the goal for this series is to help build an understanding of hyperconverged infrastructure, it's place in the datacenter world, and spotlight the various ways that vendors are deploying HCI.

Once again, I have contacted the vendors directly ( or have been contacted) to participate.

That being said, this is NOT a sponsored series.
I am not receiving any sort of compensation for these appearances.
And all vendors appearing have had a strict set of rules laid out for their appearance.

1) No Bashing other HCI Vendors
2) Keep it technical, this is a technical podcast
3) This is NOT a free commercial for your product
4) No bashing other HCI Vendors



And thank you for listening.
This was the last scheduled HCI Series episode, but if you would like to speak to your product please do not hesitate to reach out. I would love to schedule more HCI related episodes.

To continue the conversation around today's topic, submit a show idea, or be a guest on the ExploreVM Podcast, please contact me on Twitter @ExploreVM, Email [email protected], or Facebook.com/ExploreVM.

Once again, thank you for listening.

In this episode we continue with the HCI series. This round, Nutanix gets their turn.
The goal for this series is to help build an understanding of hyperconverged infrastructure, it's place in the data center world, and spotlight the various ways that vendors are deploying HCI.

Now, we are going to approach this series a bit differently as I've reached out to the vendors directly to appear on the show versus the usual community members that I have on as guests.

That being said, this is NOT a sponsored series.
I am not receiving any sort of compensation for these appearances.
And all vendors appearing have had a strict set of rules laid out for their appearance.

1) No Bashing other HCI Vendors
2) Keep it technical, this is a technical podcast
3) This is NOT a free commercial for your product
4) No bashing other HCI Vendors

Alright, with the ground rules out of the way, let's begin.

If you'd like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast, have a show idea for a future episode, or continue the conversation on today's topics, please contact me at [email protected], facebook.com\explorevm, or @ExploreVM on Twitter.
Once again, thank you for listening

In this ExploreVM Podcast short we discuss VMware Project Pacific with Tech Field Day's Ken Nalbone.

In a two part series, we take a look at VMworld 2019, some of the announcements, and the community around the convention.

Part 2 features discussions around attending a large conference, interacting with the community, and how to get involved both before and at the conference.

Do you have an idea or a topic for the show? Would you like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast? Or just keep up the conversation about VMworld 2019? If so, please contact me on Twitter, Email, LinkedIn, Instagram, or Facebook

In a two part series, we take a look at VMworld 2019, some of the announcements, and the community around the convention.

This episode features return guests to the show with some hot takes around recent announcements, acquisitions, and products.

Do you have an idea or a topic for the show? Would you like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast? Or just keep up the conversation about VMworld 2019? If so, please contact me on Twitter, Email, LinkedIn, Instagram, or Facebook

Hello and welcome to the ExploreVM Podcast.
Today we continue our series on Hyperconverged infrastructure.

Once again, The goal for this series is to help build an understanding of hyperconverged infrastructure, it's place in the datacenter world, and spotlight the various ways that vendors are deploying HCI.

As a reminder, my guests for this series work for the vendors, but these episodes are not sponsored.
I am not receiving any sort of compensation for these appearances.
And all vendors appearing have had a strict set of rules laid out for their appearance.

1) No Bashing other HCI Vendors
2) Keep it technical, this is a technical podcast
3) This is NOT a free commercial for your product
4) No bashing other HCI Vendors

Alright, let's begin
Next up in the HCI Series, we have HPE Simplivity.

Today's guests come to us directly from HPE.

If you'd like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast, have a show idea for a future episode, or continue the conversation on today's topics, please contact me at [email protected], facebook.com\explorevm, or @ExploreVM on Twitter.
Once again, thank you for listening

Blog: www.ExploreVM.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevm/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-woodward-jr

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExploreVM/

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages!
It's the moment you've all been waiting for!
Season 3 of the ExploreVM Podcast starts now!

Hello, and welcome to the ExploreVM Podcast.
I am your host, Paul Woodward Jr.

Today we kick off not only 2019, but season 3 of the podcast as well.

But before we do, I want to say thank you to my listeners.
In 2018, the ExploreVM podcast received more than a 50% increase in downloads than 2017, and ExploreVM.com saw a greater than 300% increase in hits.
Its always great when someone messages me or approaches me at an event and says how much they enjoy the show.
I appreciate everyone's continued support, and look forward to providing quality content that I hope you all enjoy.

As for season 3, we are going to dive head first into the Hyperconverged Series that I discussed at the end of last season.

The goal for this series is to help build an understanding of hyperconverged infrastructure, it's place in the datacenter world, and spotlight the various ways that vendors are deploying HCI.

Now, we are going to approach this series a bit differently as I've reached out to the vendors directly to appear on the show versus the usual community members that I have on as guests.

That being said, this is NOT a sponsored series.
I am not receiving any sort of compensation for these appearances.
And all vendors appearing have had a strict set of rules laid out for their appearance.

1) No Bashing other HCI Vendors
2) Keep it technical, this is a technical podcast
3) This is NOT a free commercial for your product
4) No bashing other HCI Vendors

Alright, with the ground rules out of the way, let's begin.

We start the HCI series discussing VxRail.

And thank you for listening.

I'd like to take a moment to thank those of you who voted for ExploreVM.com and the ExploreVM Podcast in the 2018 Top vBlog polls. With your help, we were named #10 Favorite Podcast, and #34 on the favorite independent blogger list. I am honored and humbled to be listed among so many great contributors in our community. Thank you for your support. Let's see if we can climb higher for 2019!

If you'd like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast, have a show idea for a future episode, or continue the conversation on today's topics, please contact me at [email protected], facebook.com\explorevm, or @ExploreVM on Twitter.
Once again, thank you for listening

Blog: www.ExploreVM.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevm/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-woodward-jr

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExploreVM/

In another ExploreVM Podcast short, I speak with Matt Elliot about his first time at VMworld, and what it's like to attend VMworld as a Network expert at a Virtualization conference.

Do you have an idea or a topic for the show? Would you like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast? Or just keep up the conversation about VMworld 2018? If so, please contact me at the links below:

Blog: www.ExploreVM.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevm/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-woodward-jr