I work in IT consulting which involves providing thought leadership on emerging trends including Big Data, DevOps, Java, Python, Enterprise Architecture, Design Patterns and so on.
Technology trends, tools, and approaches are emerging almost daily and there is a need for me to adopt a strategy to keep updated about those trends and continue my learning further.
In this post I highlight some of the techniques, websites, YouTube channels I follow to keep myself updated:
Events / Summits :
I attend 3 events every year and they are:
- 1. AWS re
:Invent ( Generally happens at Las Vegas every year in November) - 2. Data Summit (Generally happens at San Jose Convention Center every year in June)
- 3. TDWI Data Analytics based summits (optionally attend) (Generally happens multiple times in various cities)
Websites and Online Channels:
I subscribed to following online portals that provides wealth of information on emerging trends:
- SafariBooksOnline.com
- YouTube Monthly Subscription (enables me to download videos on my smartphone)
- O’Reilly Media Programming Newsletter ( I receive an email frequently)
- Data Science Central (https://www.datasciencecentral.com)
- DZone (https://dzone.com)
YouTube Channels
- OreillyMedia YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/OreillyMedia/featured) – This one has multiple sub-topics including AI (Artificial Intelligence), Strata Data Conference, Jupyter Conference) and so on.
- Databricks on Spark (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3q8O3Bh2Le8Rj1-Q-_UUbA/featured)
- Oreilly Software Architecture Conference (https://conferences.oreilly.com/software-architecture?utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_campaign=sany19&utm_content=yt_cta)
Blogs I Follow
- Big Data Hortonworks blogs – https://hortonworks.com/blog
- Martin Fowler Blogs (https://www.martinfowler.com)
- MicroServices Blogs (https://blogs.mulesoft.com/dev/microservices-dev)
- For Innovative Companies, People (https://www.crunchbase.com)
- The Blog of Things (https://readwrite.com)
Meanings: Thought Leadership: Thought leaders are informed opinion leaders and the go-to people in their field of expertise. They are trusted sources who move and inspire people with innovative ideas; turn ideas into reality, and know and show how to replicate their success.