Alexandra McCoy is currently a Site Reliability Engineer at VMware. With four years of experience in the field and six years within open-source and cloud environments, Alexandra shares insightful anecdotes and valuable expertise. From leading large-scale software projects to mastering Kubernetes and Docker for container orchestration, her story is filled with innovation and dedication. In this episode, Alexandra takes us on a journey through her time in the tech industry while sharing valuable insight and entertaining stories along the way.
00:00 Introduction
03:00 What is Alexandra Doing Today?
07:44 First Memories of a Computer
13:30 High School Journey
30:30 Entering University
35:20 Juggling Sports and University
40:50 Working for Nike
46:40 Working in Criminal Justice
1:00:45 IBM Enters the Radar
1:22:00 Getting a Masters in I.T
1:28:00 Moving to VMware
1:49:30 Contact Info
Connect with Alexandra:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AddisMama17
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandramccoy17/
Mentioned in today’s episode:
VMware: https://www.vmware.com/
IBM: https://www.ibm.com/us-en
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