The IT Guy Show
Navigating Technology and Careers
Displaying items 1-10 of 21 in total of The IT Guy Show with the tag "itguyeric".
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Episode 19: The Problem with Subscriptions
February 17th, 2026 | 28 mins 40 secs
2026 tech, data ownership, digital minimalism, digital sovereignty, foss, homelab, itguyeric, linux server, nixos, open source, personal cloud, self-hosting, selfhosted apps, subscription burnout, subscription fatigue, subscription model, the it guy show
We’re starting 2026 with a reality check: subscriptions are eating our wallets. From streaming services to password managers, cloud storage to to-do apps — the "monthly drip" is everywhere.
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Episode 18: Wayland and My eX-11 | The IT Guy Show 018
November 18th, 2025 | 47 mins 33 secs
brodie robertson, compositor, display server, fedora, gnome, itguyeric, kde, linux, linux desktop, linux history, linux performance, linux podcast, linux window manager, nixos, open source, pipewire, screen tearing, tech podcast, the it guy show, tiling window manager, ubuntu, wayland, x11, xorg
Join Eric and guest Brodie Robertson as they explore the history of X11, its weird quirks, and why it stuck around so long, before unpacking what makes Wayland different, better, and sometimes frustrating.
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Episode 17: Reality-based Approach to LinkedIn Jobs
November 4th, 2025 | 57 mins 50 secs
careercoaching, careerdevelopment, careertransition, devopscareers, eric the it guy, interviewprep, itguyeric, itprofessionals, jeffry ullman, jobhunting, jobsearch, jobsearchstrategy, layoff, linkedin, linuxjobs, networking, opensource, personalbranding, remotework, resume, techcareers, techpodcast, visibility
Applying online and hearing nothing back? You’re not alone, and it’s not your fault.
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Episode 16: When the Layoff Comes
October 21st, 2025 | 35 mins 28 secs
burnout, careeradvice, careertransition, devrel, eric the it guy, itguyeric, jobloss, jobsearch, layoff, mentalhealth, networking, opensource, remotework, resiliencemindset, resume, survivingalayoff, sysadmin, techcareer, techlayoffs, techpodcast
Getting laid off is hard. It can shake your confidence, your routines, and your sense of direction. But it doesn’t have to define you.
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Episode 15: DevLife with Chris DeMars
October 7th, 2025 | 43 mins
accessibility, chris demars, developeradvocate, developerexperience, developerrelations, devempathy, devrel, devtools, eric the it guy, frontenddev, itguyeric, nerdculture, opensource, techcareer, techcommunity, technicalmarketing, techpodcast, techspeaking, webdev
What happens when two nerds who love the community side of tech get together? A whole lot of stories, laughs, and insights.
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Episode 14: Life as a SysAdmin with Nate Lager
September 23rd, 2025 | 1 hr 14 mins
automation, careerstories, devops, eric the it guy, infrastructure, infrastructureascode, itguyeric, linux, nate lager, oncalllife, opensource, redhat, sres, sysadmin, sysadminlife, systemadministration, techcareer, techcommunity, technerds, techpodcast
The role of the system administrator has changed a lot in the last couple decades, but some of us are still proudly flying the flag.
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Episode 13: How I Became a SysAdmin
September 9th, 2025 | 32 mins 1 sec
bash, careerpath, devops, eric the it guy, homelab, howigotstarted, infrastructure, itcareer, itguyeric, itlife, itpodcast, linux, opensource, serveradmin, sysadmin, systemadministrator, techcareers, techcommunity, techjourney, techstory
Before DevOps, SRE, and the cloud were all the rage, there were sysadmins—tech generalists who kept the lights on, often with duct tape, bash scripts, and caffine.
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Episode 12: Working in GovTech: What’s Different?
August 26th, 2025 | 54 mins 7 secs
aiinfrastructure, careertransition, cloudadoption, compliance, devsecops, digitaltransformation, eric the it guy, federalit, gitlab, governmenttech, govtech, itcareers, itguyeric, itleadership, joel krooswyk, modernization, opensource, publicsector, publicservice, remoteleadership, techpodcast
From AI to compliance, modernization to mission-critical infrastructure, working in the public sector versus government tech can look similar on the surface… but the reality is often worlds apart.
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Episode 11: NixOS: The Distro That Thinks Code
August 12th, 2025 | 24 mins 12 secs
aaron honeycutt, ahoneybun, configurationmanagement, devops, eric the it guy, flake, homelab, itguyeric, linux, linuxadmin, linuxdesktop, linuxdistro, nix, nixenv, nixos, nixpkgs, nixstore, opensource, reproducibleinfrastructure, techcommunity, techpodcast
For many Linux users, configuration means dotfiles, bash scripts, and duct tape. But what if your entire system, from packages to users to services could be described, versioned, and rolled back like code?
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Episode 10: GitOps for the Linux Administrator
July 29th, 2025 | 42 mins 16 secs
devops, digitaltransformation, eric the it guy, git, gitops, infrastructureascode, it, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, kubernetes, linux, linuxadmin, linuxsysadmin, opensource, platformengineering, red hat, site reliability engineering, sre, techcommunity, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips
GitOps can feel like buzzword soup, especially for seasoned Linux admins who’ve spent years mastering bash, cron, and config files. But what if it’s not as scary—or as different—as it sounds?