James Turnbull

James Turnbull
VP of Technology Operations, Puppet Labs

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James is an author and open source geek. James authored the two books about Puppet (Pro Puppet and the earlier book about Puppet. He is also the author of three other books including Pro Linux System Administration, Pro Nagios 2.0, and Hardening Linux.

For a real job, James is VP of Tech Ops for Puppet Labs. He likes food, wine, books, photography and cats. He is not overly keen on long walks on the beach and holding hands.

Sessions

Business Leadership Day
Location: F 151
James Turnbull (Puppet Labs), Selena Deckelmann (PostgreSQL)
Average rating: ****.
(4.33, 6 ratings)
Ever hire someone and have it “just not work out”? How long did that take to figure out? Weeks? Days? Before your morning coffee? The tech industry is currently in the middle of a competitive hiring bubble and it’s really hard to find good people. It’s even harder to retain them. So how do you find good people, and keep them? Read more.

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