Hi all, over the coming weeks we are going to be posting a series of interview style blog posts all about you!
They are going to be posted and promoted on SharePoint-community.net plus Collab365 Global Conference in a “meet the community” series.
The goal is to find out about the wonderful community, plus help educate others by sharing experiences.
*** answer these 3 questions in the comments ***
Question 1 : What does a typical day working with SharePoint look like?
(I.e. Do you develop, administer, sell it, write about it, demo it? Let’s us know which version) … Try to share at least a couple of sentences 😉
Question 2 : How do you keep your skills up to date?
(I.e. Where do/did you get the knowledge and skills needed to do your job? Is it courses, conferences, books, videos, peers, “influencers”? Give examples).
Question 3 : What is the one (non Microsoft) App / tool / script you couldn’t do without when working with SharePoint (or Office365)?
(E.g. In my developer days I would say things like .net reflector, SPServices, Resharper, Balsamiq mockups, CKS Dev). (If you can’t think of one let us know your favourite SharePoint feature).
Optional Question : How do you get involved in the SharePoint community?
(I.e. Do you attend user groups, blog, speak, write, SPS, conferences?)
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That’s it. If you can post the answers in the comments we will get them copied over and published. Can you also let us know of a good profile photo to use? We can take it from your FB profile if you give us permission..
Who’s the bravest one to go first?
Btw – You can also do it in video format if you like. I am sure Jeff Shuey will give it a go from his paddle board! Doesn’t need to be polished just turn your phone camera on and start talking.
What does a typical day working with SharePoint look like?
As SP2007/2010/2013 consultant in Canada, I do SharePoint builds iteratively – gather requirements from business, do the mockup/build, train Site Owners, and repeat… Do special assignments like OpenText AGA, research solutions, audit sites, etc.
How do you keep your skills up to date?
Check out blogs (this one, Technet, MSDN, etc.), attend Collab events, learned from companies I’ve previously worked with, SP Twitter feeds from people/companies I follow, took SP Admin courses, soon to set up my SP 2016 envt on Azure
What is the one (non Microsoft) App / tool / script you couldn’t do without when working with SharePoint (or Office365)?
Notepad, SnagIt, MS Word/Visio for occasional mockups (otherwise I do the mockup on a UAT/PRD SP site)
