Episode 420: Avoiding "careering" off the road, with Tony Young

What does it mean to be a Mac Admin in the year of jobs 2025? Long gone are the days of having to explain that no, that isn’t something that macs can integrate with. Instead we have all had to become experts in so many different silos within the modern IT organisation, from Identity, Security, Networking and Certificates. Being able to embrace and understand these concepts has also led to opportunities in career growth. Gone are the days where hoping for a small windowless room and the opportunity to get some new hardware to test once in a while was seen as a good deal. The growth of macOS in the enterprise has meant that our skills are incredibly attractive to large organisations, especially if we are able to combine technical prowess with the negotiation and collaboration required to drag Windows-centric teams towards the path of righteousness when it comes to a cross-platform or employee choice environment

Hosts:

• Tom Bridge - @[e-mail]
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

• Tony Young - LinkedIn

Links:

• Tony’s Career Audit
• Career Audit Template
• Kane Narraway
• What is Client Platform Engineering

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• Kandji
• Kolide
• Alectrona
• Watchman Monitoring

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