Carike Blignaut-Staden
Using technology to "work smarter, not harder"
Randburg, South Africa
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Carike Blignaut-Staden has a passion for using technology to help others. She is a DevOps engineer at OUTsurance and co-organiser of the JHBMSDUG developer community. Continuously improving and broadening her skillset, she holds multiple certifications from various disciplines such as AI, Cloud technologies, Cybersecurity, DevOps, IoT, and Site Reliability Engineering.
Away from the keyboard she loves playing sports, fishing and just being in nature. She is a former provincial hockey player and national karateka.
Dedicated to helping others upskill and sharing her knowledge. Connect with her on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carike) or X (@CarikeBStaden)
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In Case of Emergency - Managing an Outage
Do you know how to resuscitate your cloud infrastructure or use the jaws of life to reroute your network after an underwater cable break?
When things are going well, no one takes notice, but when things go pear shape people need to take immediate action and prevent a reoccurrence. I'll share my experiences and what is helping me to prepare for the next incident.
Dusting off your CV for 2025
With everyone thinking about new years resolutions, take the opportunity to invest in yourself and update your CV by updating the existing content, enrolling for some courses and completing certifications.
Introduction to JHBMSDUG
Provide a short introduction during the year end function about the Johannesburg Microsoft Developer User Group.
Use AI for Everyday Tasks
Fun and interactive adapted from the Microsoft Learn module Use AI for everyday tasks, equips business professionals and leaders with core AI skills to simplify tasks, reduce errors, and enhance their workflows.
You will be doing the exercises and have the opportunity to claim a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title AI Skills Fest badge!
DevConf 2025 Sessionize Event Upcoming
JHBMSDUG User group Sessionize Event
GitHub Constellation - Johannesburg 2024
Constellation 2024 is GitHub's in-person developer conference celebrating the best of the South African developer community. This is the first GitHub event hosted in Africa.
Carike Blignaut-Staden introduced the 5 new certifications available from GitHub and her journey to obtaining four of these certifications on a South African budget.
Carike Blignaut-Staden
Using technology to "work smarter, not harder"
Randburg, South Africa
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