097: Programming in Go with Michael Levan

<p>Though its usage is not widely known, more and more people from both the development and infrastructure side are beginning to program in Go.</p> <p>Mike’s guest today is Michael Levan, back on the show to discuss his shift from writing production-level code to content creation, and back to writing production-level code. He is now working at Octopus Deploy as a Developer Advocate, focusing on all the different types of integrations that tie into Octopus.</p> <p>Michael is here to talk about the increase of programming in Go and just how much this programming language is being used already!</p> <p>In this episode, we talk about…</p> <ul> <li>Day-to-day breakdown of Michael’s job at Octopus Deploy</li> <li>Diving into Go as a widely-used programming language</li> <li>Michael’s book, Quality Code with Go</li> <li>Who is using Go and what they are using it for</li> <li>Go’s adoption on the infrastructure side with things like Terraform configurations</li> <li>How Go helped Michael when learning to write Terraform</li> <li>The best way to start with Go completely from scratch</li> <li>Michael’s advice for anyone looking to go down the path of DevRel</li> <li>Thoughts on public speaking for beginners</li> </ul> <p>Resources from this episode:</p> <ul> <li>Mike's Book: <a href="https://gumroad.com/l/ASyXy">Quality Code with Go</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.clouddev.engineering/">Mike's Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJplKuiU76yYqlRmFv0Vbyg">Mike on YouTube</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/thenjdevopsguy">Mike on Twitter</a></li> </ul> <p>If you'd like to read the full text transcript for this episode head over to <a href="https://cloudskills.io/blog/episode-097">cloudskills.io/blog/episode-097</a></p> <p>Don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list at <a href="https://cloudskills.io/subscribe">cloudskills.io/subscribe</a> for weekly updates, exclusive training, and advice on how to amplify your career.</p>