Now, more than ever, organizations are investing in Atlassian tools. And the demand for people with knowledge on how to use them is at an all-time high.
In 7 years, I went from being a novice Jira user to becoming a Senior Atlassian Tools Engineer at Airbnb—increasing my salary by 63% in less than 3 years. Join me to learn why I decided to invest in Atlassian and how you can do the same. Explore how to navigate resources to find what you need, the importance of Atlassian University, and how to leverage your Atlassian skills to grow your career.
3. Level-set
Organizations are investing in Atlassian Tools.
Demand for skilled Atlassian Admins is at an all time high.
There aren’t enough Admins to fill the open positions!
5. TIMELINE
NOAA
Learned Jira &
Confluence
Amway NA
Learned Bamboo,
Bitbucket &
Crowd
Amazon
Learned to
Build a Cloud
Instance of Jira
Airbnb
Learned How
to Build a Jira
& Confluence
Data Center
2012-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 Present
13. A Brief History in Time
And why this was important in my story
14. Atlassian’s Journey
Atlassian Tools revolutionized
the way TEAMs get work
done.
Background
Age of Accelerations
From mainframes to servers
to clusters of clouds
Average Joe before
Jira
Work was something I did,
not what I enjoyed.
15. QUESTIONS FOR YOU
• What happened in 2007?
• Why is this so important?
• Are you using Atlassian tools?
16. THESE HAPPENED IN 2007
Apple - iPhone
Google - Android
Amazon - Kindle
Atlassian
Airbnb
18. The observation that the number
of transistors in a dense integrated
circuit doubles about every two
years.
MOORE’S LAW - 1965 GORDON MOORE - FORMER CEO INTEL
19. …this thing we call the Cloud, and
that I call the Supernova, is creating
a release of energy that is amplifying
all different forms of power.
THOMAS FRIEDMAN - THANK YOU FOR BEING LATE - 2017
20. Right now, three powerful forces -
technology, globalization and
climate change - are accelerating
exponentially.
THOMAS FRIEDMAN - THANK YOU FOR BEING LATE - 2017
21. We live in an age of accelerations
Climate change Globalization Technology Changes
22. Life as a PM
Aimlessly Hopping From Job to Job
Started With a Software
Development Crisis
All Routes Point to Rome
5 Months Later
The SDLC Process Was Approved
I was your
average “Joe”
23. Life as a PM
Aimlessly Hopping From Job to Job
Started With a Software
Development Crisis
All Routes Point to Rome
5 Months Later
The SDLC Process Was Approved
I was your
average “Joe”
24. Life as a PM
Aimlessly Hopping From Job to Job
Started With a Software
Development Crisis
All Routes Point to Rome
5 Months Later
The SDLC Process Was Approved
I was Your
Average “Joe”
25. Life as a PM
Aimlessly Hopping From Job to Job
Started With a Software
Development Crisis
All Routes Point to Rome
5 Months Later
The SDLC Process Was Approved
I was your
average “Joe”
26. Life as a PM
Aimlessly Hopping From Job to Job
Started With a Software
Development Crisis
All Routes Point to Rome
5 Months Later
The SDLC Process Was Approved
I was Your
Average “Joe”
33. Innovation - for its part, can refer
to something new, or to a
change made to an existing
product, idea or field.
WALTER ISAACSON
34. Do You Dream?
I Dreamed of moving
to San Francisco
Atlassian Dreamed for
50,000 Customers
Dreams
Airbnb’s Founders Dreamed of
Building a Company on Air Beds
35. Do You Dream?
I Dreamed of moving
to San Francisco
Atlassian Dreamed for
50,000 Customers
Dreams
Airbnb’s Founders Dreamed of
Building a Company on Air Beds
36. Do You Dream?
I Dreamed of moving
to San Francisco
Atlassian Dreamed for
50,000 Customers
Dreams
Airbnb’s Founders Dreamed of
Building a Company on Air Beds
37. Do You Dream?
I Dreamed of moving
to San Francisco
Atlassian Dreamed for
50,000 Customers
Dreams
Airbnb’s Founders Dreamed of
Building a Company on Air Beds
38. Buyers have more choices
Renders sellers less secure
Insecurity is not bad for you
Because it Spurs Innovation
THE SPIRIT OF INNOVATION - INNOVATE
ROBERT B. REICH - THE FUTURE OF SUCCESS - ALFRED A. KNOPF
39. Buyers are less constrained and have
Access to a widening set of choices and
Armed with better comparative data
So that sellers are pressured to make
better products
THE NECESSITY OF BETTER, FASTER & CHEAPER
ROBERT B. REICH - THE FUTURE OF SUCCESS - ALFRED A. KNOPF
41. Atlassian Stock
Four Year Trend
2015 - 2019
Source NYSE.com Stock Ticker Symbol TEAM
Share price is the best
predictor of its future
profitability and
current value - Reich
43. I Don’t Know Where to Start!
But, I had an idea
Designing My First Workflow
Spent Weeks Just Trying to Figure it Out.
Finally! - Success - It Worked!
Putting the Puzzle Together With All of the
Pieces of a Project
Innovate -
Making a
New “Joe”
44. I Was Overwhelmed
Have you ever feel like you took on
more than you could actually do?
I Did !
Title Text
45. I Don’t Know Where to Start!
But, I had an idea.
Designing My First Workflow
Spent Weeks Just Trying to Figure it Out.
Finally! - Success - It Worked!
Putting the Puzzle Together With All of the
Pieces of a Project
Innovate -
Making a
New “Joe”
46.
47.
48. I Don’t Know Where to Start!
But, I had an idea.
Designing My First Workflow
Spent Weeks Just Trying to Figure it Out.
Finally! - Success - It Worked!
Putting the Puzzle Together With All of the
Pieces of a Project
Innovate -
Making a
New “Joe”
50. After Jira
I have a Goal and a Mission
I Feel Alive and Invigorated
I Never Look Back
Before Jira
Uncertain About my Future
No Direction
No Motive but to Keep a Job
51. Learn - How I did it
Lessons I Learned - You Can Teach an “Old Dog” New Tricks…But Whose Old?
52. Where do good ideas come from?
A NEW WAY TO THINK - A NEW WAY TO LEARN!
53. A new idea comes suddenly and in a
rather intuitive way, but intuition is
nothing but the outcome of earlier
intellectual experience.
Albert Einstein - Innovators, Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster
54. Elastic Thinking - A bottoms up
cognitive style that frees the
mind to generate and integrate
novel ideas.
How to Be a Better Leader with Elastic Thinking - The Startup
55. Reframe your questions
Be Open to new paradigms
Use imagination to create ideas
Be willing to accept failure
HOW TO BECOME AN ELASTIC THINKER
LEONARD MLODINOW - ELASTIC - VINTAGE
56. Active Listening
Hear what is being said to promote greater understanding
Engage in
Open-Minded
Practices
Seek Out Opposing Opinions
Listen to them , process the information to understand and react
Read Widely
Generate new ideas by mining existing bodies of work for more
Don’t Be a Spectator
Be an active participant by engaging deeply is key to new ideas
57. Active Listening
Hear what is being said to promote greater understanding
Engage in
Open-Minded
Practices
Seek Out Opposing Opinions
Listen to them , process the information to understand and react
Read Widely
Generate new ideas by mining existing bodies of work for more
Don’t Be a Spectator
Be an active participant by engaging deeply is key to new ideas
58. Active Listening
Hear what is being said to promote greater understanding
Engage in
Open-Minded
Practices
Seek Out Opposing Opinions
Listen to them , process the information to understand and react
Read Widely
Generate new ideas by mining existing bodies of work for more
Don’t Be a Spectator
Be an active participant by engaging deeply is key to new ideas
59. Active Listening
Hear what is being said to promote greater understanding
Engage in
Open-Minded
Practices
Seek Out Opposing Opinions
Listen to them , process the information to understand and react
Read Widely
Generate new ideas by mining existing bodies of work for more
Don’t Be a Spectator
Be an active participant by engaging deeply is key to new ideas
60. Google is Your Best Friend
Searched everything and anything Jira
Atlassian Community
Like wine, it got much better with age
Atlassian Blog
Great Blog posts were published which piqued
my interest in Agile, Confluence, Bitbucket
Learn - How I
Did It
Atlassian University
Get Training and Certification
61. Google My Best Friend
Searched everything and anything Jira
Atlassian Community
Like wine, it got much better with age
Atlassian Blog
Great Blog posts were published which piqued
my interest in Agile, Confluence, Bitbucket
Learn - How I
Did It
Atlassian University
Get Training and Certification
62. Growing together
You and other Admins will help each other grow
Real Q + A
Log in to ask questions and get answers
Pro’s helping Pro’s
Admins helping Admins with Atlassian’s developers
Atlassian
Community
Get involved
What’s keeping you from logging in?
63. Google My Best Friend
Searched everything and anything Jira
Atlassian Community
Like wine, it got much better with age
Atlassian Blog
Great Blog posts were published which piqued
my interest in Agile, Confluence, Bitbucket
Learn - How I
Did It
Atlassian University
Get Training and Certification
Learn - How I
Did It
64. Google My Best Friend
Searched everything and anything Jira
Atlassian Community
Like wine, it got much better with age
Atlassian Blog
Great Blog posts were published which piqued
my interest in Agile, Confluence, Bitbucket
Learn - How I
Did It
Atlassian University
Get Training and Certification
Learn - How I
Did It
Learn - How I
Did It
65. Get trained
Your first stop to stay up tp date and current
Learning for all levels
Something for everyone
Content from the experts
Designed by Atlassian SME’s
Get certified
The road to success
Atlassian
University
66. Get trained
Your first stop to stay up tp date and current
Learning for all levels
Something for everyone
Content from the experts
Designed by Atlassian SME’s
Atlassian
University
Get certified
The road to success
67. Get trained
Your first stop to stay up tp date and current
Learning for all levels
Something for everyone
Content from the experts
Designed by Atlassian SME’s
Atlassian
University
Get certified
The road to success
68. Get trained
Your first stop to stay up tp date and current
Learning for all levels
Something for everyone
Content from the experts
Designed by Atlassian SME’s
Atlassian
University
Get certified
The road to success
69. So where did that leave me?
WHAT’S HOLDING YOU IN YOUR CAREER?
70. Thriving - Build Your Brand
How I created leadership and took ownership of my career
+
71. Thrive - Build
Your Brand
Update Your Resume
Recruiters react on new and updates to resumes
Updating your resume will keep you at the top
Flexibility in Work Location
Being flexible to relocate opens up many
additional opportunities for greater growth
Share your Knowledge
Use your knowledge and experience with
Atlassian Tools & join your local AUG and network
72. Share your Knowledge
Use your knowledge and experience with
Atlassian Tools & join your local AUG and network
Thrive - Build
Your Brand
Update Your Resume
Recruiters react on new and updates to resumes
updating your resume will keep you at the top
Flexibility in Work Location
Being flexible to relocate opens up many
additional opportunities for greater growth
73. Update Your Resume
Recruiters react on new and updates to resumes
updating your resume will keep you at the top
Flexibility in Work Location
Being flexible to relocate opens up many
additional opportunities for greater growth
Thrive - Build
Your Brand
Share your Knowledge
Use your knowledge and experience with
Atlassian Tools & join your local AUG and network
77. Innovate - Change Yourself
If you are not happy with your current job, let your
passion guide you to explore the world of Atlassian
Learn - Get Certified
Enroll in a class and pursue one of the
certifications in Atlassian University
Thrive - Build Your Brand
Use your knowledge and experience with
Atlassian Tools, join your local AUG and network
Take Aways
78. Innovate - Change Yourself
If you are not happy with your current job, let your
passion guide you to explore the world of Atlassian
Learn - Get Certified
Enroll in a class and pursue one of the
certifications in Atlassian University
Thrive - Build Your Brand
Use your knowledge and experience with
Atlassian Tools, join your local AUG and network
Take Aways
79. Innovate - Change Yourself
If you are not happy with your current job, let your
passion guide you to explore the world of Atlassian
Learn - Get Certified
Enroll in a class and pursue one of the
certifications in Atlassian University
Thrive - Build Your Brand
Use your knowledge and experience with
Atlassian Tools, join your local AUG and network
Take Aways