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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