On today’s Full Stack Journey podcast we welcome guest Eric Chou (@ericchou on Twitter; here’s his LinkedIn profile), an author, educator, and network engineer who shares the story of his career journey. From traditional network engineering to the birth of “cloud” at Amazon and now working to share his knowledge via blog posts, videos, books, and classes, Eric has some great career lessons to share with listeners. We discuss * How a “classic” network engineer end up working in cloud at Amazon * What it was like working at Amazon during the birth of S3 and EC2 * What drew him to network automation, and why network automation with Python? * Why he started writing blogs and sharing content * What keeps him motivated to continue sharing content, and what can listeners learn from that? Eric is an entertaining guest with a real heart for helping others. This is a not-to-be-missed episode! Sponsor: ITProTV Start or grow your IT career with online IT training from IT Pro TV. It’s never too late to start a new career in IT or move up the ladder, and IT Pro TV has you covered: from CompTIA and Cisco to EC Council and Microsoft, there’s more than 5,800 hours of on-demand training. Full Stack Journey listeners can sign up and save 30% off all plans! Visit itpro.tv/FULL and use promo code FULL at checkout. Show Notes: Blogging for the Right Reasons – Scott Lowe @ericchou – Eric on Twitter Eric Chou on LinkedIn Eric Chou on YouTube Practical Python For Networking Course – YouTube Eric’s author page – Amazon Network Automation Nerds