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This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club.http://gotopia.tech/bookclubRead the full transcription of the interview hereAjay Chankramath - CTO at Brillio & Co-Author of "Effective Platform Engineering"Nic Cheneweth - Principal Consultant at Thoughtworks & Co-Author of "Effective Platform Engineering"Bryan Oliver - Principal at Thoughtworks & Co-Author of "Effective Platform Engineering"Sean Alvarez - CTO of Life Sciences Business at Brillio & Co-Author of "Effective Platform Engineering"Wesley Reisz - Technical Principal at Equal ExpertsRESOURCESAjayhttps://chankramath.comNichttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicchenewethBryanhttps://olivercodes.comSeanhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/seanpalvarezWeshttps://bsky.app/profile/wesleyreisz.comLinkshttps://www.gartner.com/en/experts/top-tech-trends-unpacked-series/platform-engineering-empowers-developershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-driven_designhttps://www.openpolicyagent.orgDESCRIPTIONThe authors of Effective Platform Engineering—Ajay Chankramath, Sean Alvarez, Nic Cheneweth & Bryan Oliver—discuss the transformative role of platform engineering in software delivery. They highlight how platform engineering streamlines operations, enhances developer experience, and drives innovation through self-service toolsKey topics include evolutionary architecture, treating platforms as lifecycle-managed products, and using generative AI to optimize infrastructure. They also cover practical strategies for launching platform initiatives, focusing on organizational self-awareness, API boundaries, and balancing compliance with productivity. The authors aim to provide actionable insights for building adaptable platforms that drive business agility and long-term value.RECOMMENDED BOOKSChankramath, Cheneweth, Oliver & Alvarez • Effective Platform EngineeringGregor Hohpe • Platform StrategyKate Stanley & Mickael Maison • Kafka ConnectAdrienne Braganza Tacke • "Looks Good to Me": Constructive Code ReviewsMartin Fowler • RefactoringBlueskyTwitterInstagramLinkedInFacebookCHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUSJoin this channel to get early access to videos & other perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/joinLooking for a unique learning experience?Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.techSUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!
In this episode, Airbnb Developer Productivity leader Anna Sulkina shares the story of how her team transformed itself and became more impactful within the organization. She starts by describing how the team previously operated, where teams were delivering but felt they needed more clarity and alignment across teams. Then, the conversation digs into the key changes they made, including reorganizing the team, clarifying team roles, defining strategy, and improving their measurement systems. Mentions and linksFollow Anna on LinkedInFor A deeper look into how our Engineers and Data Scientists build a world of belonging, check out The Airbnb Tech BlogDiscussion points:(0:00) Intro(1:40) Skills that make a great developer productivity leader(4:36) Challenges in how the team operated previously(10:49) Changing the platform org's focus and structure(16:04) Clarifying roles for EM's, PM's, and tech leads(20:22) How Airbnb defined its infrastructure org's strategy(28:23) Improvements they've seen to developer experience satisfaction(32:13) The evolution of Airbnb's developer experience survey
Success as a platform PM requires both technical depth and exceptional emotional intelligence to navigate complex organizational dynamics...That goes double if you work in banking or finance!In this episode of Arguing Agile, Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando read and respond to a question from a listener who is a platform product managers at a Bank.Getting into the nitty-gritty of platform how-to's, this episode is perfect for product managers, agile coaches, and technology leaders working in traditional industries looking to modernize their approach to platform management!As industries embrace digital transformation (err... product operating model), platform product managers face unique challenges, including: How to effectively manage cross-functional relationships in siloed environmentsStrategies for prioritizing platform features that deliver organization-wide valueTips for reducing cognitive load across teamsWays to build trust and showcase value as a platform teamCreate value through standardization without weaponizing itBuild effective cross-functional relationships#ProductManagement #TeamTopologies #PlatformTeam #AgileLeadership #Banking #TechLeadership #ProductDevelopment #AgileCoaching= = = = = = = = = = = =Watch it on YouTube= = = = = = = = = = = =Subscribe to our YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8XUSoJPxGPI8EtuUAHOb6g?sub_confirmation=1Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agile-podcast/id1568557596Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/362QvYORmtZRKAeTAE57v3Amazon Music:https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ee3506fc-38f2-46d1-a301-79681c55ed82/Agile-Podcast= = = = = = = = = = = =Toronto Is My Beat (Music Sample)By Whitewolf (Source: https://ccmixter.org/files/whitewolf225/60181)CC BY 4.0 DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)
Click here to view the episode transcript. In this episode, Emanuel Mueller Ramos, Head of Developer Experience at Skyscanner, discusses the evolution of his team as they transitioned from focusing on frameworks and middleware to becoming a customer-centric, impact-driven organization. Emanuel details the strategies he used to gain stakeholder buy-in, why it's crucial to rethink traditional productivity metrics, and how they made a cultural shift to prioritize developer happiness and effectiveness. This conversation highlights the steps necessary to build a developer experience function that delivers meaningful impact.Mentions and links:Follow Emanuel on LinkedInMeasuring developer productivity with the DX Core 4Discussion points:(1:14) The beginning of Skyscanner's developer productivity division(3:53) Gaining stakeholder buy-in and refocusing the teams(5:57) Redefining success metrics for developer productivity(8:57) Pitching the developer experience focus to leadership(17:26) Moving from frameworks to feedback loops(20:45) Fostering a customer-centric culture(23:20) Defining the collaboration between platform and developer experience teams(26:41) Choosing the right metrics for developer experience success (31:31) Risks and challenges ahead
KESHIA HARRIS AND ASHLEY MAY ARE CUSTOMER SUCCESS TEAM LEADS AT CLEARPATH TMS, AND COLLINS MORLEY OVERSEES THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT; BUT IT'S THE FLUID NATURE OF GROUP COMMUNICATION THAT KEEPS THIS PLATFORM HUMMING. This is Automotive Ecosystem on ATI.
In this episode of the Arguing Agile podcast, Enterprise Agile Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando dive into the often misunderstood concept of platform teams. They discuss:- The definition and purpose of a platform team- How platform teams differ from stream-aligned feature teams - Key behaviors of effective platform teams- Common anti-patterns and mistakes made with platform teams- How platform teams enable greater business agility when implemented wellWhether you're a product manager, agile coach, or tech leader, understanding platform teams is critical for building high-performing organizations. Tune in to learn the do's and don'ts of platform teams.0:00 Podcast Intro0:11 Topic Intro: What is a Platform Team?0:58 What is a Platform?2:26 Stream-Aligned or Durable Teams3:22 What the Platform Team Does6:06 Good Behaviors: Collaboration8:04 Good Behaviors: Fast Feedback Loops9:57 Good Behaviors: Focus on Usability & Reliability12:25 Bottcher's Points: the Source Article16:36 Platform Confusion19:15 Platform Team Product Management21:17 Transferring or Sabotaging Cognitive Load23:49 No Dedicated Platform Team26:18 Customer Focus vs Platform Work30:23 Normal (Platform) Business32:13 Wrap-Upplatform team, platform as a product, stream-aligned teams, team topologies, cognitive load, business agility, product management, devops, enterprise agile= = = = = = = = = = = =Watch it on YouTubeSubscribe to our YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8XUSoJPxGPI8EtuUAHOb6g?sub_confirmation=1Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agile-podcast/id1568557596Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/362QvYORmtZRKAeTAE57v3Amazon Music:https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ee3506fc-38f2-46d1-a301-79681c55ed82/Agile-Podcast= = = = = = = = = = = =Toronto Is My Beat (Music Sample)By Whitewolf (Source: https://ccmixter.org/files/whitewolf225/60181)CC BY 4.0 DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)
Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers.
Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.In this episode, we are thrilled to be joined by Ben Sun, co-founder of Primary, a seed-stage fund based in New York. Ben shares his journey from investment banking to startup founder, and eventually to co-founding Primary, which has backed companies like Coupang and Jet.Ben provides deep insights into venture math and the intricacies of completing a GP-led secondary. He discusses his background and the inspiration behind starting Primary in 2015. Ben talks about the challenges he faced as a founder and the importance of truly understanding the business as a VC. He explains Primary's hands-on approach, emphasizing the need for a high seed-to-A graduation rate and how their impact team supports portfolio companies.The conversation covers the metrics used to measure success and the importance of waiting for the right investment opportunities. Ben explores the changing landscape of venture capital, strategies for finding alpha and generating returns, and the importance of sector specialization and deep sector expertise. He also touches on deal flow challenges at the seed stage and the role of incubations in lowering the cost basis.So many great nuggets in this episode, enjoy!About Ben Sun:Ben is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Primary. Forbes' Midas List ranks him as one of the top 100 tech investors in the world. His founder-first approach originates from having been one: His experiences cofounding Community Connect, one of the first social networking companies, and LaunchTime, an incubator, inform how he supports founders in the portfolio.Ben focuses his investing activities on primarily consumer-facing companies. Ben has been active in the NYC tech community for over 20 years. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur and investor, Ben worked at Merrill Lynch in the Technology Investment Banking Group, but he really began his career at the age of eight when he worked in his parents' Chinese restaurant.In this episode, we discuss:(01:21) Journey from investment banking to founding Primary Ventures.(03:45) Starting Primary Ventures and focusing on seed-stage investments in New York.(04:12) Emphasis on being hands-on and aligning with founders.(06:34) Roles and functions of the impact team at Primary Ventures.(10:00) Measuring success through surveys and key performance indicators(13:23) The importance of choosing the right investment opportunities and achieving high graduation rates from seed to series A(22:00) How partners wait for the right pitch using an internal rubric(26:57) Benefits of sector specialization, with a focus on fintech expertise(35:00) Strategies for maintaining a low-cost basis and navigating market fluctuations, including secondary sales(41:00) GP-led secondaries and benefits of providing liquidity to limited partners(49:00) Advice for new venture capitalists: support founders and develop a long-term strategyI'd love to know what you took away from this conversation with Lindel. Follow me @SamirKaji and give me your insights and questions with the hashtag #ventureunlocked. If you'd like to be considered as a guest or have someone you'd like to hear from (GP or LP), drop me a direct message on Twitter.Podcast Production support provided by Agent Bee This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ventureunlocked.substack.com
How to implement infrastructure as code? Ashish spoke to Armon Dadgar. Co-Founder and CTO at HashiCorp at Hashidays London. Armon speaks about his journey from co-creating Terraform, the first open-source language in the IaC space, to addressing the complex challenges enterprises face in cloud environments today. They speak about why having a platform team from the beginning is crucial for large enterprises, the evolution of IaC, the importance of standardization in managing cloud applications, and how automation plays a key role in maintaining security. Guest Socials: Armon's Linkedin Podcast Twitter - @CloudSecPod If you want to watch videos of this LIVE STREAMED episode and past episodes - Check out our other Cloud Security Social Channels: - Cloud Security Podcast- Youtube - Cloud Security Newsletter - Cloud Security BootCamp Questions asked: 00:00 Introduction 01:54 A bit about Armon 02:32 How has infrastructure as code evolved? 03:43 The role of Terraform 04:38 Infrastructure and Security Lifecycle Management 06:51 Best Practice for Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 09:11 Best Practice for Security Lifecycle Management 09:38 What is a Platform Team? 11:02 When should people start thinking about a platform team? 13:02 What is Zero Trust? 14:52 Challenges with IaC 17:35 How GenAI is impacting IaC? 20:04 Starting an open source project? 24:53 The Fun Section
Discover how to leverage platform engineering
I continue my conversation with Manuel Pais, co-author of the seminal Team Topologies book about team topologies suitable for reliability teams.In this second part, we will talk about platform teams. A quick refresher on what platform teams doIn the team topologies context:Platform teams provide a curated set of self-service capabilities to enable stream-aligned teams (product or feature teams) to deliver work with greater speed and reduced complexity.They achieve this directive by abstracting away common infrastructure and operational concerns. By doing this, they aim to allow stream-aligned teams to focus on delivering business value.Here are the key takeaways from our conversation For those who don't have time to listen to this episode (but you're missing out on a great conversation):* Focus on User-Centric Design: Prioritize the user experience in platform development. Regularly collaborate with internal teams to ensure the platform meets their needs and reduces their pain points.* Build and Maintain Trust: Establish and nurture trust with your platform's users. Trust is crucial for platform adoption and can prevent resistance thus assuring sustained use.* Justify Platform Value: Continuously demonstrate the value of your platform to management and stakeholders, especially during economic downturns. Highlight its contributions to avoid cuts and maintain support.* Understand Adoption Lifecycle: Recognize that platforms go through different stages of adoption. Identify and support early adopters, and gradually bring in late adopters by showcasing successful use cases.* Enhance Collaboration: Foster open communication between platform teams and other teams. Avoid rigid roadmaps and be adaptable to changing needs to prevent barriers and build stronger internal relationships.* Manage Cognitive Load: Be mindful of the cognitive load on your teams. Simplify processes and reduce unnecessary complexities to enhance productivity and efficiency.* Use Tools to Measure Cognitive Load: Implement tools like Teamperature to assess the cognitive load on your teams regularly. Use the insights to identify and mitigate factors contributing to cognitive overload.* Leverage Experienced Product Managers: Ensure experienced product managers are part of your platform team. They can balance long-term goals with the flexibility needed to adapt to the evolving needs of internal users.I think the uncommon takeaway here is #9 in that platform teams should treat their platform as a product. Product Managers like and Marty Cagan are doing great work in laying out the roadmap for product management. Did you end up checking out the reliability workstreams map I published last week?It's free and can help you stay focused on the right priorities at work.Check it out via this link This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit read.srepath.com
Embrace the Site Reliability Mindset with Alex Ewerlöf, Sr. Staff Engineer @ Volvo Cars
Today we have Simon Lohmann, Head of Platform & Investor Relations at Cavalry Ventures, an early-stage generalist venture fund in Germany to back European Software companies with a huge LP network and a sizeable platform team in place.Cavalry is investing out of Fund 3 with a total of 250m AUM and an established portfolio of 50+ companies and notable investments including Usercentrics (Consent Management), Planradar (Real-Estate Construction Management), Forto (Digital Freight Forwarder), and Aleph Alpha (Generative Enterprise AI), which just raised an enormous Series B.At Cavalry, Simon focuses on Fundraising and Investor Relations now and built up the platform before.Go to eu.vc for a full write up of our learnings from this episode
In episode 84 of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Alex Harris who is a Co-founder at FIAT Ventures. FIAT Ventures is a Venture Capital company based in Silicon Valley which has a unique method of working closely with their portfolio companies compared to other VC firms. This discussion ranges from the unusual journey Fiat Ventures took into the world of venture capitalism, to their insights into specific payment companies they have backed and the dynamics of those partnerships.VIDEO and PDF Transcript: - click here https://thepaymentsshow.substack.com/p/84 Summary of topics discussed:(00:36) - Welcome(03:02) - Start: Introducing Alex Harris and Fiat Ventures(03:33) - The Journey to Venture Capital(04:38) - The Growth of Fiat Ventures(06:07) - The Unique Approach of Fiat Ventures in Building Companies(08:29) - The Founding Story of Fiat Ventures(10:17) - Investments in Payment Tech Companies(16:29) - The Criteria for Investing in Companies(19:38) - The Unique Due Diligence Process of Fiat Ventures(20:55) - The Role of Fiat Ventures' Platform Team(22:05) - Exploring the Payment Space(22:41) - The Rise of Embedded Finance(24:31) - Increasing Importance of Fraud, KYC and Compliance Tools(25:28) - The Role of AI in Finance(28:28) - The Importance of Data Understanding(30:13) - The Future of Finance: Inclusion(38:55) - 2024 PredictionsDetails:- Recorded on 28 Nov 2023- Host: Satwant Phull- Guest: Alex Harris, Co-founder, FIAT Ventures[Next Steps]- Get in touch with Satwant: digitalmoneylab.com - FIAT Ventures: fiat.vc | @FiatVen
On this episode, we explore how Atlassian leverages Apache Druid's capabilities to handle millions of daily events and empower users with intelligent data-driven features. We're joined by Gautam Jethwani and Kasirajan Selladurai Selvakumari from the Confluence Big Data Platform Team who will talk through how they use Druid to power intelligent features, sub-second query latency, and complex ingestion tasks.
In questo primo episodio della quarta stagione di Continuous Delivery, parliamo di Frontend Platform Team, il team che crea le basi per il frontend di tutta un'organizzazione! Scopriamo come si affrontano problemi e sfide come gestire codebase grandi, abilitare funzionalità diverse, testare e debuggare il codice, e altro. Il nostro ospite è Stefano Magni, un esperto di frontend development. Non perdetevelo!Con: Edoardo Dusi, Claudio Serena e Stefano MagniPuoi trovare Stefano Magni qui:GitHub: https://github.com/NoriSteLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noriste/Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoristeElenco di articoli (e corsi, e talk): https://github.com/NoriSte/all-my-contributions#articles
Find out how to use platform engineering to scale your DevOps
This week, Dan Neumann is joined by his colleague Mike Guiler to talk about Teams. Dan and Mike explore the four types of Team topologies and the three different types of interactions among them. They also dive deep into how to design effective Teams and how to help them grow so they can move at the speed of the customer. Key Takeaways Why is a Team more than just a group of people? Sometimes you can see a collection of people, not really a Team. It is impossible for everyone to talk to everybody; the Team structure supports effective communication. A Team must have the power to make decisions, which is called bounded autonomy. A Team has autonomy and uses its expertise to decide the most appropriate decision at a given time. A Team can choose what it considers the right tool at a particular moment. Team Topologies: Four different types of Teams: Stream-aligned Team: aligned to a flow of work from (usually) a part of the business domain. This type of Team is a lot like a Scrum Team. Enabling Team: enables a Stream-aligned team to overcome impediments and can also notice missing capacities. This Team allows the stream-aligned Team to keep growing. Complicated Subsystem Team: where significant mathematics/calculation/technical expertise is required. Platform Team: a collection of other Team types which provide an exciting internal product to accelerate delivery by Stream-aligned Teams. Three different interaction modes between Teams: Collaboration: It is about working together for a designated time to discover new things (APIs, practices, technologies, etc.). X-as-a-Service: Defines the scenario when Team A provides, and Team B consumes something “as a Service.” Facilitation: It happens when a Team helps and mentors another Team. Mentioned in this Episode: Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow, by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais “What is a Thinnest Viable Platform (TVP)?” User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product, by Jeff Patton and Peter Economy Want to Learn More or Get in Touch? Visit the website and catch up with all the episodes on AgileThought.com! Email your thoughts or suggestions to Podcast@AgileThought.com or Tweet @AgileThought using #AgileThoughtPodcast!
Tune in to get an inside scoop of what happens behind the scenes of Platform Sports Management and get to know the team!
Charles Humble talks to Paula Kennedy about the rise of platforms. They discuss platform definitions; common anti-patterns and how to guard against them at both a team and organisational level; proving the value of a platform team to the business; setting up a platform team; lessons learned from Pivotal; and the Syntasso product.
Bryan Ross joins Jon on the podcast, discussing the process of building a developer platform in enterprise organisations while ensuring true value is understood and measured.
Independent Analyst and CTO Advisor Joep Piscaer join The CTO Advisor Studio Host, Keith Townsend, during VMware Explore 2022 EU to discuss how the concept of the Platform Team compares to the DevOps movement. Are these two concepts at odds or complementary?
On todays interview we sat down with the newest member of the platform team, Will Clarkson. Being both a player and a coach for NZ Lacrosse, Amrit and Will had a chat about how all of his experiences have led to him being the person he is today. They also talked about Will's own experience in the recruiting process. www.platformsportsmanagement.com
Ken Goudsward and Tyrone Ellington join forces for a cross-platform extravaganza of ancient mystery and spirituality. Ancient Aliens, Von Daniken, Sitchin, Nibiru, Sumeria, Text Referencing, Evidence, Science, Religion, Academia, Phenomenology, Questioning Authority, The WORD, Math/Maat, and much much more! Subscribe to the podcasts at https://rebirthoftheword.com/rebirthoftheword-podcast/ https://linktr.ee/dimensionfold --- Read the articles at https://rebirthoftheword.com/ Join the discussion at https://www.facebook.com/groups/853331861951805/ Buy the books at https://dimensionfold.com/ --- Research for yourself! --- Check out the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature - https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/ The Hebrew Interlinear Bible - https://biblehub.com/interlinear/genesis/1.htm More awesome ancient literature https://www.sacred-texts.com/
Własne platformy to coraz śmielej pojawiający się trend. Sprawdź 9 istotnych kroków, dzięki którym z sukcesem utrzymasz platformę i platform team-y!Nasz facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patoarchitekci/ Materiały do odcinka znajdziesz na: https://patoarchitekci.io/40
In this episode Abi speaks with Jelmer Borst, Product Manager for Picnic Technologies' Platform group. Jelmer explains what the value is of having a PM in an internal-facing team, and shares his process for gathering feedback from developers to understand where they're experiencing friction.
Lunar is a 100% digital bank and a FinTech company that strives to democratize the power of money and the way we spend and invest it. Headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark, Lunar operates in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway serving its 500,000 active customers with a team of 650+ employees. Having received over €345 in funding, Lunar's valuation is currently at $2.25B.In the latest episode of our podcast the Art of Modern Ops, Bjørn Hald Sørensen, Engineering Manager of the Platform Team, and Kasper Nissen, Lead Platform Architect at Lunar Bank, are describing how Lunar Bank streamlined workflows and enhanced their developer experience with GitOps
The Burning Platform Team The second phase is to build the team that is going to support the change. Having your people involved will ensure better thinking and commitment to make it happen. If you have few employees, they will be part of the Guiding Coalition and Action Teams. If you are alone - then you have the load. The steps don't change, just the dynamics. Topics: Creating Guiding Team Who should be on the team What is their role How will they operate Developing the Change Vision Impact on the company's Vision - what modifications are required - if any Impact on the company's Mission - what modifications are required - if any Impact on the company's Values or Operating Principles - what modifications are required - if any Developing the Change Strategy What are the company's Aspirations (Initiatives) for the change? If the Aspirations are obtained, what are Results (Goals) for the change? If the Results are achieved, what are the Activities (Objectives) for the change?
Devin walks us through three (yes 3!) new additions to the ParkerGale team. We're calling it the Platform Team and it includes a Head of Community, a Head of Origination, and a Head of Research. Listen to hear a brief description of each role and if you are interested (or know someone who is) email your resume to devin [at] parkergale [dot] com and ryan [at] parkergale [com] with "Community" "Origination" or "Research" in the email title. We will send you a detailed job description so you can learn more.
Do you need a platform team at your organization? The answer is probably yes. The platform team delivers a consistent experience to your application development teams, and works with specialized folks like InfoSec and Compliance to make sure your organization is following best practices. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: https://nedinthecloud.com Pluralsight: https://app.pluralsight.com/profile/author/edward-bellavance GitHub: https://github.com/ned1313
Rennie grew up in Kenya, Honduras, Somalia, and Oklahoma; his parents volunteered for the Peace Corps before working for the US Government overseas. Audio tape drives are real! Check out this Retrocomputing question about how the Commodore 64 audio interface worked. If you want to remember something better, a 2014 study says you should write it out by hand. Rennie worked at Blackberry, and Ben remembered his colleagues at the Verge fondly hoping for their comeback. In fact, here's Ben hoping for their comeback!We did a podcast on moving from engineer to manager, which Rennie said was one of the hardest things to do. Rennie gave a shoutout to the book he's reading now, The Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson. Rennie works on our Platform team, which works on all of our reusable stuff, including our design system, Stacks. This week's Lifeboat badge goes to Vinzzz for explaining how to Create an array of random numbers in Swift.
Rennie grew up in Kenya, Honduras, Somalia, and Oklahoma; his parents volunteered for the Peace Corps before working for the US Government overseas. Audio tape drives are real! Check out this Retrocomputing question about how the Commodore 64 audio interface worked. If you want to remember something better, a 2014 study says you should write it out by hand. Rennie worked at Blackberry, and Ben remembered his colleagues at the Verge fondly hoping for their comeback. In fact, here's Ben hoping for their comeback!We did a podcast on moving from engineer to manager, which Rennie said was one of the hardest things to do. Rennie gave a shoutout to the book he's reading now, The Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson. Rennie works on our Platform team, which works on all of our reusable stuff, including our design system, Stacks. This week's Lifeboat badge goes to Vinzzz for explaining how to Create an array of random numbers in Swift.
“You” are in your bed, young again during the witching hour. Your parents are fighting, and you can hear it through the quiet walls of your room. Except someone else is in the room with you. Then the walls and floor begin to gush water. Written By: Federico Mostert Directed By: Joseph Blakey Cast: You - James Cullinane Voice - Rachel Thomas Narrator - Gabriel Krut Whales is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC as part of their second annual 5th Wall Festival. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!
A journalist interviews two concerned scientists about the secret dealings of a shady pharmaceutical company. Written By: Alex Mark Directed By: Hannah Eason Cast: Rhys - Harper Lee Carter/Analyst - Henry "Hank" McNeil Aubrey/Editor - Caitlin Hughes Voice Recording #72 is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC as part of their second annual 5th Wall Festival. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!
In three short months, Allen will have to say goodbye to his best friends as they all go to different colleges. Wanting to make the moments last, he takes them to explore a de railed train at the edge of town, only for the gang to be transported into a very bizarre world. Can they figure out what's going on, or will they come face to face with the impossible, "The Red Bandit"?Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!Follow @mytownpodcast on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the show.Cast:Allen - Casey Raiha (caseyraihaVO.com)Hannah - Nicole Tuttle(@Nicolevoice on twitter)Chris - Liam Mahon (Eggy McLeggy on Youtube)Chloe - Macy Mateer (@musicwithmacy on instagram)Zach - George Copeland (@georgescopeland on instagram)Narration - Declan Grogan (@declan_grogan on instagram)Music made by Seth Barnes. Contact him for work at his gmail: seth.dbarnes@gmail.comOh Wayward Nights is written and created by Declan GroganMy Town is an Audio Mint Podcast. Follow Audio Mint at @audiomintchi on Instagram and Twitter.
Oh Wayward Nights is a completely new type of audio drama where the cast reacts to the story alongside the audience. Join us for the next six Mondays as you meet five voice actors that are meeting their characters for the first time.In Silver River, when people leave, they don't come back. It's 1997 and Allen and his four best friends have hung out together every Friday Night for the past eighteen years, but once summer is over they'll all be going off to different colleges and leaving Silver River behind. In an effort to make the moments last, Allen brings his friends to explore a train that just derailed itself on the outskirts of town, but when they find “The Red Bandit”, a fictional character from their favorite childhood cartoon, digging around in the wreckage, they embark on a series of dreamlike adventures to find the bandit, find themselves, and live every wayward night to the fullest before the fall rolls around.Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!And don't you worry, My Town will return soon enough.
The bandit is in Allen's grasp but what does Allen truly want? Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!Follow @mytownpodcast on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the show.Cast:Allen - Casey Raiha (caseyraihaVO.com)Hannah - Nicole Tuttle(@Nicolevoice on twitter)Chris - Liam Mahon (Eggy McLeggy on Youtube)Chloe - Macy Mateer (@musicwithmacy on instagram)Zach - George Copeland (@georgescopeland on instagram)Narration - Declan Grogan (@declan_grogan on instagram)Music made by Seth Barnes. Contact him for work at his gmail: seth.dbarnes@gmail.comOh Wayward Nights is written and created by Declan GroganMy Town is an Audio Mint Podcast. Follow Audio Mint at @audiomintchi on Instagram and Twitter.
Allen is ready to make good on his promise to find the Red Bandit, but when his determination causes tension between him and Hannah, things go off the deep end. Also there are horny trees.Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!Follow @mytownpodcast on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the show.Cast:Allen - Casey Raiha (caseyraihaVO.com)Hannah - Nicole Tuttle(@Nicolevoice on twitter)Chris - Liam Mahon (Eggy McLeggy on Youtube)Chloe - Macy Mateer (@musicwithmacy on instagram)Zach - George Copeland (@georgescopeland on instagram)Narration - Declan Grogan (@declan_grogan on instagram)Music made by Seth Barnes. Contact him for work at his gmail: seth.dbarnes@gmail.comOh Wayward Nights is written and created by Declan GroganMy Town is an Audio Mint Podcast. Follow Audio Mint at @audiomintchi on Instagram and Twitter.
A night at the King's Palace Arcade turns sour.Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!Follow @mytownpodcast on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the show.Cast:Allen - Casey Raiha (caseyraihaVO.com)Hannah - Nicole Tuttle(@Nicolevoice on twitter)Chris - Liam Mahon (Eggy McLeggy on Youtube)Chloe - Macy Mateer (@musicwithmacy on instagram)Zach - George Copeland (@georgescopeland on instagram)Narration - Declan Grogan (@declan_grogan on instagram)Music made by Seth Barnes. Contact him for work at his gmail: seth.dbarnes@gmail.comOh Wayward Nights is written and created by Declan GroganMy Town is an Audio Mint Podcast. Follow Audio Mint at @audiomintchi on Instagram and Twitter.
As the search for the bandit wears on the group, two key relationships are tested in fantastical ways.Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!Follow @mytownpodcast on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the show.Cast:Allen - Casey Raiha (caseyraihaVO.com)Hannah - Nicole Tuttle(@Nicolevoice on twitter)Chris - Liam Mahon (Eggy McLeggy on Youtube)Chloe - Macy Mateer (@musicwithmacy on instagram)Zach - George Copeland (@georgescopeland on instagram)Narration - Declan Grogan (@declan_grogan on instagram)Music made by Seth Barnes. Contact him for work at his gmail: seth.dbarnes@gmail.comOh Wayward Nights is written and created by Declan GroganMy Town is an Audio Mint Podcast. Follow Audio Mint at @audiomintchi on Instagram and Twitter.
Chris confronts his father while the rest of the gang searches an old light house for the bandit. Also Declan's zoom cuts out for a second and everyone panics.Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!Follow @mytownpodcast on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the show.Cast:Allen - Casey Raiha (caseyraihaVO.com)Hannah - Nicole Tuttle(@Nicolevoice on twitter)Chris - Liam Mahon (Eggy McLeggy on Youtube)Chloe - Macy Mateer (@musicwithmacy on instagram)Zach - George Copeland (@georgescopeland on instagram)Narration - Declan Grogan (@declan_grogan on instagram)Music made by Seth Barnes. Contact him for work at his gmail: seth.dbarnes@gmail.comOh Wayward Nights is written and created by Declan GroganMy Town is an Audio Mint Podcast. Follow Audio Mint at @audiomintchi on Instagram and Twitter.
“Rooted” is a new radio drama that briefly explores the complexities of an LGBTQIA+ youth's coming-of-age experiences. Content Warning: Sexuality, Sexual Violence, Suicide Written By: Ivory Bennett Directed By: Kylie Fletcher Cast: Daughter - Lisa Von Werder Mother - Maggie Behan Boy - Harrison Brousseau Grandmother/Soothing Voice - Callista Kinnan Narrator - Theresa Thomas Music: www.bensound.com Rooted is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC as part of their second annual 5th Wall Festival. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!
A mix up happens at a car rental place and two friends are stuck with an old car that only plays cassette tapes and the radio. They soon find out that the radio in the car does not play music. Instead, each station they turn to is an audio playback of memories throughout their lives. With one station narrating everything they are doing in the moment. Written By: April Singletary Directed By: Serena Norr Cast: Caitlin - Caitlin Hughes Harper - Harper Lee Employee - Henry "Hank" McNeil Radio - Jamie B. Steinbach Narrator - Aaron Joshua Nelson RadioWaves is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC as part of their second annual 5th Wall Festival. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!
When you die, who returns your library books? This is not the story of Joseph Hoffman, who died in a car accident on his 26th birthday. Through voicemail messages, Leave A Message instead tells the stories of those left behind, providing insight into 21st-century life after death. Written By: Ari Masters Directed By: Aaron Joshua Nelson Cast: Rose - Maggie Behan Brad - Harrison Brousseau Matilda - Lisa Von Werder Mom - Callista Kinnan Julia - Theresa Thomas Joseph - Aaron Joshua Nelson Leave a Message is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC as part of their second annual 5th Wall Festival. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!
Gavin Diamond MD of Box.com shares his career story to emphasise the non-linear nature of careers in the platform space. Gavin also discusses with host Shane Williams the concept of micro-credentialing, and how education is going through a revolution that is unlocking the power of diversity to deliver truly customer focussed customer value centred around empathy. Gavin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavindiamond/ Box: http://www.box.com/ Shane Williams: https://www.shanewilliams.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The bandit is in Allen's grasp but what does Allen truly want? Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!Follow @mytownpodcast on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the show.Cast:Allen - Casey Raiha (caseyraihaVO.com)Hannah - Nicole Tuttle(@Nicolevoice on twitter)Chris - Liam Mahon (Eggy McLeggy on Youtube)Chloe - Macy Mateer (@musicwithmacy on instagram)Zach - George Copeland (@georgescopeland on instagram)Narration - Declan Grogan (@declan_grogan on instagram)Music made by Seth Barnes. Contact him for work at his gmail: seth.dbarnes@gmail.comOh Wayward Nights is written and created by Declan GroganMy Town is an Audio Mint Podcast. Follow Audio Mint at @audiomintchi on Instagram and Twitter.
A night at the King's Palace Arcade turns sour.Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!Follow @mytownpodcast on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the show.Cast:Allen - Casey Raiha (caseyraihaVO.com)Hannah - Nicole Tuttle(@Nicolevoice on twitter)Chris - Liam Mahon (Eggy McLeggy on Youtube)Chloe - Macy Mateer (@musicwithmacy on instagram)Zach - George Copeland (@georgescopeland on instagram)Narration - Declan Grogan (@declan_grogan on instagram)Music made by Seth Barnes. Contact him for work at his gmail: seth.dbarnes@gmail.comOh Wayward Nights is written and created by Declan GroganMy Town is an Audio Mint Podcast. Follow Audio Mint at @audiomintchi on Instagram and Twitter.
Sorry about that folks! Here's the full episode.As the search for the bandit wears on the group, two key relationships are tested in fantastical ways.Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!Follow @mytownpodcast on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the show.Cast:Allen - Casey Raiha (caseyraihaVO.com)Hannah - Nicole Tuttle(@Nicolevoice on twitter)Chris - Liam Mahon (Eggy McLeggy on Youtube)Chloe - Macy Mateer (@musicwithmacy on instagram)Zach - George Copeland (@georgescopeland on instagram)Narration - Declan Grogan (@declan_grogan on instagram)Music made by Seth Barnes. Contact him for work at his gmail: seth.dbarnes@gmail.comOh Wayward Nights is written and created by Declan GroganMy Town is an Audio Mint Podcast. Follow Audio Mint at @audiomintchi on Instagram and Twitter.
As the search for the bandit begins to wear on the group, two key relationships are tested in fantastical ways.Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!Follow @mytownpodcast on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the show.Cast:Allen - Casey Raiha (caseyraihaVO.com)Hannah - Nicole Tuttle(@Nicolevoice on twitter)Chris - Liam Mahon (Eggy McLeggy on Youtube)Chloe - Macy Mateer (@musicwithmacy on instagram)Zach - George Copeland (@georgescopeland on instagram)Narration - Declan Grogan (@declan_grogan on instagram)Music made by Seth Barnes. Contact him for work at his gmail: seth.dbarnes@gmail.comOh Wayward Nights is written and created by Declan GroganMy Town is an Audio Mint Podcast. Follow Audio Mint at @audiomintchi on Instagram and Twitter.
Chris confronts his father while the rest of the gang searches an old light house for the bandit. Also Declan's zoom cuts out for a second and everyone panics.Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!Follow @mytownpodcast on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the show.Cast:Allen - Casey Raiha (caseyraihaVO.com)Hannah - Nicole Tuttle(@Nicolevoice on twitter)Chris - Liam Mahon (Eggy McLeggy on Youtube)Chloe - Macy Mateer (@musicwithmacy on instagram)Zach - George Copeland (@georgescopeland on instagram)Narration - Declan Grogan (@declan_grogan on instagram)Music made by Seth Barnes. Contact him for work at his gmail: seth.dbarnes@gmail.comOh Wayward Nights is written and created by Declan GroganMy Town is an Audio Mint Podcast. Follow Audio Mint at @audiomintchi on Instagram and Twitter.
Allen is ready to make good on his promise to find the Red Bandit, but when his determination causes tension between him and Hannah, things go off the deep end. Also there are horny trees.Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!Follow @mytownpodcast on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the show.Cast:Allen - Casey Raiha (caseyraihaVO.com)Hannah - Nicole Tuttle(@Nicolevoice on twitter)Chris - Liam Mahon (Eggy McLeggy on Youtube)Chloe - Macy Mateer (@musicwithmacy on instagram)Zach - George Copeland (@georgescopeland on instagram)Narration - Declan Grogan (@declan_grogan on instagram)Music made by Seth Barnes. Contact him for work at his gmail: seth.dbarnes@gmail.comOh Wayward Nights is written and created by Declan GroganMy Town is an Audio Mint Podcast. Follow Audio Mint at @audiomintchi on Instagram and Twitter.
In three short months, Allen will have to say goodbye to his best friends as they all go to different colleges. Wanting to make the moments last, he takes them to explore a de railed train at the edge of town, only for the gang to be transported into a very bizarre world. Can they figure out what's going on, or will they come face to face with the impossible, "The Red Bandit"?Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!Follow @mytownpodcast on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with the show.Cast:Allen - Casey Raiha (caseyraihaVO.com)Hannah - Nicole Tuttle(@Nicolevoice on twitter)Chris - Liam Mahon (Eggy McLeggy on Youtube)Chloe - Macy Mateer (@musicwithmacy on instagram)Zach - George Copeland (@georgescopeland on instagram)Narration - Declan Grogan (@declan_grogan on instagram)Music made by Seth Barnes. Contact him for work at his gmail: seth.dbarnes@gmail.comOh Wayward Nights is written and created by Declan GroganMy Town is an Audio Mint Podcast. Follow Audio Mint at @audiomintchi on Instagram and Twitter.
Oh Wayward Nights is a completely new type of audio drama where the cast reacts to the story alongside the audience. Join us for the next six Mondays as you meet five voice actors that are meeting their characters for the first time.In Silver River, when people leave, they don’t come back. It’s 1997 and Allen and his four best friends have hung out together every Friday Night for the past eighteen years, but once summer is over they’ll all be going off to different colleges and leaving Silver River behind. In an effort to make the moments last, Allen brings his friends to explore a train that just derailed itself on the outskirts of town, but when they find “The Red Bandit”, a fictional character from their favorite childhood cartoon, digging around in the wreckage, they embark on a series of dreamlike adventures to find the bandit, find themselves, and live every wayward night to the fullest before the fall rolls around.Oh Wayward Nights is produced by Platform (a production company), LLC. To learn more about Platform, check out their website platformprodco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitch. Lastly. Platform is proud to have an open door policy for any and all artists. If you are a creative with an original idea for platform-specific art looking to get produced, send an email to opendoor@platformprodco.com with a brief description of your project to schedule a meeting with the Platform Team!And don't you worry, My Town will return soon enough.
What's different about the day in the life of a DevOps Platform pro from an infrastructure pro? In speaking with Joe Hoh of Great American Insurance Company it's all about delivering capabilities instead of objects. The work isn't measured by the number of VMs delivered and tickets fulfilled. It's about adding new capabilities to developers and their business use cases. And that is much more rewarding work. What helps? Embracing the reality of change and making rework easier with a platform. With so much base capability automated, the platform team gets more return on spending time with developers, helping them be successful. "A lot of what DevOps is is educating each other." What did Joe bring to his platform role from infrastructure days? Read the full show notes at: https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/podcasts/from-objects-to-capabilities-joe-hoh-on-infrastructure-team-to-platform-team
What's different about the day in the life of a DevOps Platform pro from an infrastructure pro? In speaking with Joe Hoh of Great American Insurance Company it's all about delivering capabilities instead of objects. The work isn't measured by the number of VMs delivered and tickets fulfilled. It's about adding new capabilities to developers and their business use cases. And that is much more rewarding work. What helps? Embracing the reality of change and making rework easier with a platform. With so much base capability automated, the platform team gets more return on spending time with developers, helping them be successful. "A lot of what DevOps is is educating each other." What did Joe bring to his platform role from infrastructure days? Read the full show notes at: https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/podcasts/from-objects-to-capabilities-joe-hoh-on-infrastructure-team-to-platform-team
What's different about the day in the life of a DevOps Platform pro from an infrastructure pro? In speaking with Joe Hoh of Great American Insurance Company it's all about delivering capabilities instead of objects. The work isn't measured by the number of VMs delivered and tickets fulfilled. It's about adding new capabilities to developers and their business use cases. And that is much more rewarding work. What helps? Embracing the reality of change and making rework easier with a platform. With so much base capability automated, the platform team gets more return on spending time with developers, helping them be successful. "A lot of what DevOps is is educating each other." What did Joe bring to his platform role from infrastructure days? Read the full show notes at: https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/podcasts/from-objects-to-capabilities-joe-hoh-on-infrastructure-team-to-platform-team
What's different about the day in the life of a DevOps Platform pro from an infrastructure pro? In speaking with Joe Hoh of Great American Insurance Company it's all about delivering capabilities instead of objects. The work isn't measured by the number of VMs delivered and tickets fulfilled. It's about adding new capabilities to developers and their business use cases. And that is much more rewarding work. What helps? Embracing the reality of change and making rework easier with a platform. With so much base capability automated, the platform team gets more return on spending time with developers, helping them be successful. "A lot of what DevOps is is educating each other." What did Joe bring to his platform role from infrastructure days? Read the full show notes at: https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/podcasts/from-objects-to-capabilities-joe-hoh-on-infrastructure-team-to-platform-team
What's different about the day in the life of a DevOps Platform pro from an infrastructure pro? In speaking with Joe Hoh of Great American Insurance Company it's all about delivering capabilities instead of objects. The work isn't measured by the number of VMs delivered and tickets fulfilled. It's about adding new capabilities to developers and their business use cases. And that is much more rewarding work. What helps? Embracing the reality of change and making rework easier with a platform. With so much base capability automated, the platform team gets more return on spending time with developers, helping them be successful. "A lot of what DevOps is is educating each other." What did Joe bring to his platform role from infrastructure days? Read the full show notes at: https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/podcasts/from-objects-to-capabilities-joe-hoh-on-infrastructure-team-to-platform-team
Facebook Workplace oder wie es korrekt heisst "Workplace by Facebook" ist ein internes Kommunikations- und Kollaborationstool aus dem Hause Facebook. Wir bei der Hutter Consult haben das Tool seit Anfangs 2017 im Einsatz und wir müssen ehrlich sein - wir können nicht mehr ohne. Warum das so ist? Wie man Workplace by Facebook in Unternehmen einsetzen kann? Und wie man Workplace by Facebook in einer Agentur nutzen kann? Dies Fragen werden in dieser Episode beantwortet. Die Antworten gibt Livia Mosberger und Stefan Lungaretti aus dem Platform Team der Hutter Consult. Sie unterstützen tagtäglich Unternehmen und Agenturen, die Probleme mit einzelnen Plattformen haben und mit den eigenen Möglichkeiten nicht mehr weiter kommen. Livia und Stefano sind aber auch darauf spezialisiert, für unterschiedliche Tools Anforderungskataloge zu erstellen und anhand des Katalogs die Tool-Evaluation vorzunehmen.
Earlier this week, Parris got a chance to speak with Jason Ronald, The Director of Program Management for the Platform Team at Xbox. We discuss the next generation features of the Xbox Series X|S including the Velocity Architecture, faster load times, the quick resume. #XboxSeriesX #Xbox #Podcast Help us cover travel costs and upgrading our equipment for future events. Anything helps and your contributions will allow us to expand our content https://donate.gamertagradio.com (https://donate.gamertagradio.com/) Watch the award-winning film, Gamertag Radio: A Podcast Story now for free on Youtube - story.gamertagradio.com (http://story.gamertagradio.com/) | Store: store.gamertagradio.com (http://store.gamertagradio.com/) . Send us questions - fanmail@gamertagradio.com | Speakpipe.com/gamertagradio (http://speakpipe.com/gamertagradio) or 786-273-7GTR. Join our Discord - https://discord.gg/gtr chat with other GTR community members.
As the saying goes, before you judge or criticize someone (or a team), you should walk a mile in their shoes. In this week's episode, Dormain sits down with Adam Furtado (Twitter: AdamSFurtado), who recently went from leading product development teams at Kessel Run (a division of the United States Air Force), to walking a mile in the platform teams shoes. What has he learned? Have a listen and read the show notes here: https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/podcasts/sympathy-for-the-platform-team-with-adam-furtado-of-kessel-run
As the saying goes, before you judge or criticize someone (or a team), you should walk a mile in their shoes. In this week's episode, Dormain sits down with Adam Furtado (Twitter: AdamSFurtado), who recently went from leading product development teams at Kessel Run (a division of the United States Air Force), to walking a mile in the platform teams shoes. What has he learned? Have a listen and read the show notes here: https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/podcasts/sympathy-for-the-platform-team-with-adam-furtado-of-kessel-run
As the saying goes, before you judge or criticize someone (or a team), you should walk a mile in their shoes. In this week's episode, Dormain sits down with Adam Furtado (Twitter: AdamSFurtado), who recently went from leading product development teams at Kessel Run (a division of the United States Air Force), to walking a mile in the platform teams shoes. What has he learned? Have a listen and read the show notes here: https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/podcasts/sympathy-for-the-platform-team-with-adam-furtado-of-kessel-run
As the saying goes, before you judge or criticize someone (or a team), you should walk a mile in their shoes. In this week's episode, Dormain sits down with Adam Furtado (Twitter: AdamSFurtado), who recently went from leading product development teams at Kessel Run (a division of the United States Air Force), to walking a mile in the platform teams shoes. What has he learned? Have a listen and read the show notes here: https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/podcasts/sympathy-for-the-platform-team-with-adam-furtado-of-kessel-run
As the saying goes, before you judge or criticize someone (or a team), you should walk a mile in their shoes. In this week's episode, Dormain sits down with Adam Furtado (Twitter: AdamSFurtado), who recently went from leading product development teams at Kessel Run (a division of the United States Air Force), to walking a mile in the platform teams shoes. What has he learned? Have a listen and read the show notes here: https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/podcasts/sympathy-for-the-platform-team-with-adam-furtado-of-kessel-run
In dieser Podcast-Episode spreche ich mit Andreas Kretz, welcher als LinkedIn Top Voice Data Science & Analytics 2018 & 2019 zu den bekanntesten deutschsprachigen Coaches und Influencern im Bereich Data Engineering gehört. Bevor wir auf alle damit zusammenhängenden Tätigkeiten eingehen, besprechen wir im ersten Teil noch seine Tätigkeit bei Bosch Rexroth.
Jedną z zalet chmury publicznej jest automatyzacja. Konfiguracja infrastruktury z użyciem kodu (Infrastructure as Code), automatyzowanie powtarzalnych zadań oraz deploymedntu aplikacji pozwalają przyspieszyć cały procesy wdrażania. Aby udało się zbudować takie podejście w zarządzaniu, potrzebne są nie tylko narzędzia, czy umiejętności, ale również kultura - mówi się kultura DevOps. Czym dokładnie jest, jak podejść do całego procesu zarządzania chmurą w sposób sprawny i zautomatyzowany rozmawiamy z moim gościem - Michałem Kosińskim. NOTATKI: Kim jest Michał Kosiński - Jak to się wszystko zaczęło - 1:30 min Czym jest DevOps wg. Michała - 6 min Jak wygląda praca inżyniera DevOps - 18 min. Kiedy wdrażać podejście DevOps - 30 min Największe wyzwania wdrożenia praktyki DevOps - 39 min Kiedy i jakie narzędzia stosować - 51 min Lesson Learned - co napewno zrobić, a czego unikać - 61 min Co trzeba umieć aby rozpocząć prace jako inżynier DevOps - 70 min LINKI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michal-kosinski/ Why Do Organizations Need a Platform Team? The Twelve-Factor App https://www.terraform.io https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/ https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/
There are a number of changes to process and culture needed to be good at software development, and one of the most challenging for many enterprises is creating a team dedicated to the platform and treating it as a product. But that, says Pivotal's Paula Kennedy, is a major predictor of success. "The [Pivotal] customers that are the most successful are those that have their own dedicated team with its own dedicated product manager," says Kennedy. "Those are the ones that are able to prioritize, able to meet users needs, able to release features quickly." Listen on for this and other insights from Paula, a member of Pivotal's PCF Solutions team, on best practices for platform teams to successfully adopt platform-as-product.
There are a number of changes to process and culture needed to be good at software development, and one of the most challenging for many enterprises is creating a team dedicated to the platform and treating it as a product. But that, says Pivotal's Paula Kennedy, is a major predictor of success. "The [Pivotal] customers that are the most successful are those that have their own dedicated team with its own dedicated product manager," says Kennedy. "Those are the ones that are able to prioritize, able to meet users needs, able to release features quickly." Listen on for this and other insights from Paula, a member of Pivotal's PCF Solutions team, on best practices for platform teams to successfully adopt platform-as-product.
There are a number of changes to process and culture needed to be good at software development, and one of the most challenging for many enterprises is creating a team dedicated to the platform and treating it as a product. But that, says Pivotal's Paula Kennedy, is a major predictor of success. "The [Pivotal] customers that are the most successful are those that have their own dedicated team with its own dedicated product manager," says Kennedy. "Those are the ones that are able to prioritize, able to meet users needs, able to release features quickly." Listen on for this and other insights from Paula, a member of Pivotal's PCF Solutions team, on best practices for platform teams to successfully adopt platform-as-product.
There are a number of changes to process and culture needed to be good at software development, and one of the most challenging for many enterprises is creating a team dedicated to the platform and treating it as a product. But that, says Pivotal's Paula Kennedy, is a major predictor of success. "The [Pivotal] customers that are the most successful are those that have their own dedicated team with its own dedicated product manager," says Kennedy. "Those are the ones that are able to prioritize, able to meet users needs, able to release features quickly." Listen on for this and other insights from Paula, a member of Pivotal's PCF Solutions team, on best practices for platform teams to successfully adopt platform-as-product.
There are a number of changes to process and culture needed to be good at software development, and one of the most challenging for many enterprises is creating a team dedicated to the platform and treating it as a product. But that, says Pivotal's Paula Kennedy, is a major predictor of success. "The [Pivotal] customers that are the most successful are those that have their own dedicated team with its own dedicated product manager," says Kennedy. "Those are the ones that are able to prioritize, able to meet users needs, able to release features quickly." Listen on for this and other insights from Paula, a member of Pivotal's PCF Solutions team, on best practices for platform teams to successfully adopt platform-as-product.
GUEST BIO: Keith is currently a member of the Platform Team at Okta working on Identity and Authentication APIs. Previously he was an early Developer Evangelist at Twilio and before that he worked on the Ultimate Geek Question at the Library of Congress. Keith’s underlying goal is to get good technology into the hands of good people to do great things. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Keith Casey. For nearly two decades, he has been working in the IT industry. During that time, he has worked as a systems developer, IT architect, technology officer, principal advisor and senior developer evangelist. He is now working for Okta as a member of their Platform Team, specifically on Identity and Authentication APIs. Keith is also a well-known public speaker. KEY TAKEAWAYS: (00.57) – So Keith, can you expand on that brief introduction and tell us a little bit more about yourself? Keith explains that his first job, after leaving college, was working at the Library of Congress, helping them to digitize everything. The lengths they go to capture every element of a piece of information is amazing. So, when people ask him how much data is held in the Library of Congress, he finds it impossible to give an accurate answer. Naturally, at this point, Phil asks him for the figure. Keith’s response is to explain, that when he got started there were no blogs, iTunes or any of the platforms that churn out a huge amount of information every day. Yet, it was estimated that the librarians would have had to catalog around 200 terabytes a day to have been able to keep pace with what was being produced, even back then. (2.28) – Can you please share a unique career tip with the I.T. career audience? Keith’s top tip is to treat your career as an investment. Think about the long term, in the same way you would if you were investing in shares. So, when deciding if it is worth learning how to use a tool, think about how it will help you in both the short and the long term. By all means learn the tools you need to be able to do the job you are doing right now. But, make sure that you also pick up skills that you will be able to use for the next 5 to 10 years. (3.23) Phil agrees. He thinks there is too much short-termism, especially when it comes to learning programming languages. People tend to just learn what they need to get by on their current projects. But, fail to learn and understand the underlying principles. (3.59) – Can you tell us about your worst career moment? And what you learned from that experience. For Keith that was when he accidentally corrupted a huge news article database while working on an App for Associated Press, about 15 years ago. Fortunately, there was a backup. Unfortunately, it was 8 hours old. News happens continuously. So, even after the restoration, there were around 64,000 updates still missing. This was a tough way to learn not to do development work in production. (5.50) – What was your best career moment? For Keith that happened when he was working as a developer evangelist at Twilio developing the SMS API. As an evangelist, one of his key roles was to get out there and show that their stuff worked. Whenever possible, Keith and his colleagues would do a 5-minute demo in front of an audience. They would open an empty Vim file and build an application right there and then. Then use it to allow the people in the room to send them a text straight away. This demonstrated that their stuff really worked and was super quick and easy to use. For Keith these presentations gave him a huge lift. Seeing so many people’s eyes light up was amazing. (7.38) – Can you tell us what excites you about the future of the IT industry and careers? The pervasiveness of today’s tech is something that Keith finds exciting. It is everywhere and touches every aspect of our lives. No matter what your passion is, you can get involved in tech. For example, if you are interested in farming, there are self-driving tractors, data analysis, drones and all kinds of other things. Working in tech no longer means sitting behind a screen most of the time. You can go out and touch the real world and see how what you are doing affects everyone. (8.39) – What drew you to a career in IT? For Keith it was the fact that it is a great way to pay the bills. Interestingly, his desire to succeed in tech was also partly driven by the fact that he is a theatre geek. He really enjoyed the fact that IT opened up new ways for him to get things done in the theatre. (9.01) – Can you give us an example of how you used your IT skills in the theatre? Keith explained that using basic trigonometry they were able to set up microphone arrays along the edge of the stage. This enabled them to get the lighting rig to figure out where an actor was on stage and automatically follow them with a spotlight. (9.29) – What is the best career advice you have ever received? Keith says that has to be – “Help good people around you.” Do it without expecting anything back. Just help them because they are fantastic. Doing that has led to some really great things for Keith. Through this habit, he has developed several important personal and business relationships. (10.02) – If you were to begin your IT career again, right now, what would you do? Keith says that he would probably go deeper into security, especially now that IoT is so big. For this to succeed, better security is essential. (10.32) – What are you currently focusing on in your career? Actually, that is connected to what he was saying earlier about building up people around you. He is currently working with an international startup accelerator program called TechStars. (11.00) – So, what sort of projects are involved in that? Keith explains it could be anything. But, he particularly likes getting involved with the ones that are for industries where the use of tech is still a fairly new thing. His focus tends to be on product market fit, especially for more technical products. (11.51) – What is the number one non-technical skill that has helped you the most in your IT career? Being able to get up on stage and explain a concept from beginning to end has proved to be very useful. If you can do that, you will win 80% of all conversations, simply because most other people cannot explain in such an effective way. Plus the fact that you are a public speaker means that you automatically get a certain level of respect. Interestingly, Keith learned his presentation skills largely as a result of being a theatre geek. (12.25) – Is that a skill that has evolved and developed over time? Keith explains that he still actively works at it. In particular, he studies the old school comics like Richard Pryor and Steve Martin. They do the same thing again and again, yet still manage to keep their audiences engaged. (13.09) – Phil asks Keith to share a final piece of career advice with the audience. Keith’s advice is not to be afraid to experiment. You do not necessarily have to restrict yourself to only learning things for which there is a pressing need. Also, Keith says it is a good idea to learn through other people’s experience. BEST MOMENTS: (2.43) KEITH - "Treat your career as an investment." (3.25) PHIL –“I think there can be too much short-termism in terms of what people look out." (8.26) KEITH - "You don't have to just be behind a screen 24 seven, figuring how to build things.” (9.37) KEITH – “Help good people around you. You'll cross paths with fantastic people.” (13.33) KEITH - "Just go and learn things you will never be hurt by knowing more.” CONTACT KEITH: Twitter: https://twitter.com/caseysoftware LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseysoftware/
We discuss our time at the CTO Summit at the NASDAQ Marketsite from a couple weeks back. This was a great conference, because technology leaders from startups to larger companies congregated to talk about managing and scaling tech teams. We talk about software process, distributed teams, how deployment is the main cause of all software failures, and a whole bunch of other interesting software development topics. Just as a warning, there isn’t a lot of crypto content on this one, but we thought our learnings from the conference were worth highlighting. Topics: On the CTO Event Recaps - Eliot Horowitz of MongoDB Inc.: The Right Amount of Process to Scale Your Engineering Team - Maria Belousova of Grubhub: Building Highly Distributed Teams - Michael Boufford of Greenhouse: Establishing a Management Cadence - Bjorn Freeman Benson of Fresnel Research: Seventeen Things that Have Bitten Us But Shouldn’t Have - Yvette Pasqua of Meetup: Engineering Leadership Through High Growth and High Change - Angie Ruan of Nasdaq: The Nasdaq Financial Framework Transformation - Rebecca Miller-Webster of DevMynd: Refactoring Trust on Your Team - Johnny Ray Austin of Mapbox: Setting Your Team Up For Failure - Mona Soni of Dow Jones: Is Your Team Built to Be Effective? - Edith Harbaugh of LaunchDarkly: What I learned From Not Running 100 Miles - Lena Reinhard of CircleCI: Better Communication for Stronger Teams - Michael Ellison of CodePath.org: Improving Diversity in Tech by Transforming CS Education at Colleges - Stacy Gorelick of Flatiron: Growing a Platform Team - Jean Barmash of Komodo Health: How to Receive Feedback - Ushashi Chakraborty of Mode Analytics: Run Engineering Meetings Using Improve Skills -Kwame Thomison of Magnetic Inc.: Your Hiring Pipeline is a Product - Debbie Madden of Stride Consulting: How to Retain Developers. And When To Let Them Go - James Kenigsberg of 2U: Standing on the Shoulder of Giants - Adapting Existing Technologies for Speed and Credibility - Andrew Montalenti of Parse.ly: Fully Distributed & Asynchronous: Building Eventually-Coordinated Teams That Ship - Randy Shoup of WeWork: Breaking Codes, Designing Jets, and Building Teams Links: Bjorn Freeman Benson - https://twitter.com/bjorn_fb Johnny Ray Austin - https://twitter.com/recursivefunk Lena Reinhard - https://twitter.com/lrnrd Why we re-designed our engineering career paths at CircleCI - bit.ly/circleci-matrix Debbie Madden - https://twitter.com/debbiemadden200 Andrew Montalenti - https://twitter.com/amontalenti Randy Shoup - https://twitter.com/randyshoup
In this show I talk with close friend Keith Casey. Keith is in love with APIs and the security around them and while our conversation starts with API’s it finishes with the dumpster fire around security and our responsibilities as a developer today. Keith Casey currently serves on the Platform Team at Okta working on Identity and Authentication APIs. Previously, he served as an early Developer Evangelist at Twilio and before that worked on the Ultimate Geek Question at the Library of Congress. His underlying goal is to get good technology into the hands of good people to do great things. In his spare time, he helps build and support the Austin tech community, blogs at CaseySoftware.com and is fascinated by monkeys. He is also a co-author of “A Practical Approach to API Design” from Leanpub. https://caseysoftware.com
Lindsey Gray leads the Platform Team at Two Sigma Ventures. She is responsible for identifying the needs and challenges of portfolio companies, and developing resources, programs, and connections to help them succeed. Lindsey is also helping to build out Two Sigma Ventures' marketing and content strategy. Lindsey joined Two Sigma Ventures from NYU where she was Senior Director of the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute. Prior to NYU, Lindsey worked with Fortune 500 companies on corporate spin-outs and innovation strategy as part of Clay Christensen's consulting firm, Innosight. Lindsey received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Connecticut College.
The moments we realized that workplace culture exists. Then Courtney takes part in a remote work roundtable with pals from fellow remote(ish) startups Trello and Zapier. One fun tip that emerged: Using your dog as a remote work accountability partner. Courtney: Hi, I'm Courtney Seiter. Carolyn: I'm Carolyn Kopprasch. Courtney: And this is the Buffer CultureLab podcast. Carolyn: Where we’re slightly obsessed with creating happier, more human work. Courtney: And we're back. Welcome to episode two of Buffer CultureLab. In our first episode, we shared a little bit about why we're interested in creating this podcast, and now we're excited to start digging deeper. In each episode, we want to bring you two chapters, if you will. In the first, Carolyn and I will chat about an element of workplace culture, and in the second, I bring you interviews with folks who have unique cultures, and people who are innovating and creating in the realm of work culture. Today Carolyn and I talk about when it dawned on us that workplaces even have cultures of their own. Then I'll share a conversation I was lucky to have with folks from fellow tech startups, Trello and Zapier, about the triumphs and challenges of working remotely. Courtney: I think it's interesting to talk about how people become aware that workplaces have a culture, and I'm curious to hear from you, Carolyn, when that realization happened for you? Carolyn:I was very lucky to work for a company called Emma before I started at Buffer. Courtney: Shoutout to Emma. Fun people. Carolyn: Yeah, Emma is awesome. And I worked there for several years, and that was such a different vibe than my job before that. But that was the first time that I was sort of understood that-- I think that workplace culture has such an impact. Because previously I'd worked at an agency, and the people were lovely, and we'd try to do well by our clients and all normal business and human values upheld, but it was never really talked about, and it just wasn't all that explicit, and I didn't spend a lot of mental energy on it. And then I got to Emma. And [laughter] well first of all, when I applied at Emma, they had a question in the application that said, "If you were going to rip a phone book in half, what song would you like playing the background [laughter]?" Courtney: What? Carolyn: That's the point, I was like [chuckles], "This is a very unique place." Courtney: What song did you say [laughter]? Carolyn: “Who Let the Dogs Out” dance remix [laughter]. Courtney: Wait, I have a follow-up. Why [laughter]? Carolyn: I don't know [laughter], but I've always had a special place in my heart for that song ever since-- because I'm like, "Oh, my three years at Emma", when I think about it. The history behind that is that there's a person who used to work at Emma who actually could rip the phone book in half - there was a trick to it. Anyway [chuckles]. Courtney: Wow. Carolyn: And you learn that when a whole company all brings in their phone books every year and piles them in front of this guy's desk, and the whole company rallies around and chants, and is so excited to watch somebody do this, that's a workplace culture. Courtney: That absolutely is a very specific workplace culture. Carolyn: Very specific [laughter]. So I think that job really taught me not only how important it is, but how different it is at different places. Courtney: When your agency job felt like-- and you don't need to say anything bad about them, but I'm interested in what it's like to work for a company that doesn't have any discernible culture, because I've had some experiences with that as well [chuckles]. Carolyn: I think I would probably be quoting a whole lot of startup people if I said, "If you think you don't have a culture, you do, you're just not being very intentional about it and it's probably not that great [laughter]." Courtney: Most people, I feel like, and this is a vast generalization, the big part of the working world, people are generally like, "I'm going to do my job, I'm going to show up, I'm going to sit at my computer - whatever it is I do on the workplace floor - and then I'm going to go home. And home is where my real life is." And a lot of jobs I've had - I worked in the corporate world previously with publicly traded companies before I came to the startup world. And I've had the experience of being on a committee who was charged with putting on fun events so people would hang out. So we were sort of trying to create a culture where there really wasn't any interest in one. That's the moment I was like, "Oh, okay, workplace culture is a thing, and this place really doesn't quite have it, but would like it. And how do you create it when it doesn't really exist?" We never could figure out a solution to that problem [chuckles]. Carolyn: I think my response to that is that it's awesome to put energy into that, and to be saying, "We want to create events," and "We want people to hang out." I would say that's a really lofty view of how to change culture. And that is part of it, those parties and things like that. I think culture exists on a much more micro-level. The things people talk about at lunch, and if they eat lunch at their desk, and how people connect if it's saying, "How's your family?" Or, "I hate work [laughter]." Those little moments - that's workplace culture, I think. There's a book called The Decision Maker, that we have talked about a lot at Buffer, that I recommend. It's kind of a fable. It's a pretty easy read. The idea is they're like, "We're going to make workplace culture so we're going to install a pinball machine in the break room." Carolyn: One of the executives ends up overhearing a conversation between two people, who are like, "Yeah, that doesn't..." It's kind of like putting lipstick on a pig a bit. What really matters to us is how we feel in our day to day jobs. Not how it feels when we're invited to spend a couple minutes a day in this fun thing. So kegs and pinball machines, and things like that I think is often used as evidence of culture, but this book is sort of suggesting that it really happens in how decisions are made, and how employees talk to each other, how teammates interact, and how one to ones are operated, and how team leads discuss things with teammates or with each other, or things like that. I think it's really awesome to focus on that, but I would say that's probably 5% of it. Courtney: I love the phrase evidence of culture. Because when you're adding things on, like parties, pinball machines, like darts, or whatever it is. It probably came about from-- there probably were companies with great cultures where those things happened organically, like the phone book ripping [chuckles], you can't just install. It has to spring from an authentic place of people feeling comfortable with one another, people wanting to hang out, people feeling a genuine connection. Not that you have to hang out. I don't think a great workplace culture equals, "We're best friends. We want to hang out all the time." You can have a super great professional workplace culture and get the job done, and have a lot of stuff going on in your personal life, and that's fine too. I think somehow it's happened where we tend to equate games, beer at the office, as air-quotes "culture." It's like 5% of what culture really could be, maybe, if you really want to dig into it. Carolyn: Yeah. And what was interesting for us at Buffer, was that we didn't have the luxury of pointing at those things, or to say it another way, maybe a more cynical way, hiding behind those things, because we were distributed. We didn't have the pinball machines, and the beers, and the hanging out. We had to say, "What is our culture if we don't have those things?" So that's kind of where the shared values and the decisions about gifting Kindle books and a Kindle to everyone on the team. Courtney: That’s the best perk. Carolyn: Yeah, I know. It's the best perk ever. And we kind of said, We don't really have that sort of in-office fun workplace type idea or opportunity. So what does it look like if a bunch of people are still going to have conversations and get to know each other, and talk and connect, and talk about work, and talk about personal lives, both to each other and to their families and to their friends? How do we provide an environment where people feel like they want to talk about things that are exciting to them, or helping them improve or be their best selves, without sort of forcing it? Without saying, "Every Friday we get together, and we talk about what we're doing to..." It's this funny line of like leading a horse to water, like, "Here's books and here's a Jawbone, and here's all sorts of other things to try and create an environment where you feel supported, and you feel like you can be your whole self, and you feel like you can pursue your dreams, and talk about things that you're excited about.” You want to be uplifting but without having this hammer about it. Courtney: Yeah. You have to trust people to create that. It's like throwing a party, you can't have people get together and say, "Okay, talk about this." Carolyn: Totally, and just like the party example, it all comes down to who's there. So if you have people in the environment, in the office or in the party or wherever it is, who are happy to be there and excited about what direction the company is going, and genuinely caring about each other, then it's a lot easier to create a great culture [chuckles]. It's kind of like cheating to start at the hiring level. Courtney: Yeah, the best way to create culture is to hire amazing people [laughter]. Just do that and you'll be fine. Carolyn: There's this quote - I think it's Jim Rome, but I could be wrong, that says that he saw a sign that said, "We don't train our employees to be really nice people. We just hire nice people [laughter]." And he loves that, he's like, "That's so clever. That's such a smart hack." [music] Courtney: We talk about remote work a lot at Buffer, and it seems like any company that makes this way of work an option has a lot to say about it. Recently I got to be part of a great remote work roundtable hosted by Lauren Moon, who is a Content Marketing Manager at the productivity app Trello. She asked me and Alison Groves of the tool Zapier a lot of awesome questions. Have a listen. [music] Lauren: So I really wanted to just kind of do a round table. I have some questions to ask you guys, just kind of really kind of a casual conversation about some of your reflections on remote work and how we got here. And what maybe you wish could be different, or things like that. Pain points, too. So let's start with a quick intro. What do you do at your company? How long have you been there? Courtney: I am Courtney, I work at Buffer, working on the marketing side and people side. I'm a hybrid right now doing half brand marketing - like, our culture, our values, why we do what we do, the transparency side - and half inclusivity and diversity efforts. So helping us grow in a deliberate way. I have been there for two years and it was my very first remote work jobs, so I got a crash course really quickly. Alison: My name is Alison, and I work for a company called Zapier, and we do automation, business automation, not necessarily home automation, but anything you can think of in anything that you need to automate worlds would help you take care of that. I'm also a hybrid like Courtney, I'm both on the Platform and the Marketing Team helping us bring new apps and partners to the Zapier platform. So they come to us most of the time to put their app in our ecosystems, and I work with the Platform Team to help organize that, and then on the marketing side, we make sure that every app gets a brand new introduction into the Zapier community. So we're bringing a new app to Zapier, as of now, every single day. So it's all happening [chuckles]. Lauren: Right. And how long have you been there? Alison: Two years. Lauren: What was the transition like when you guys went full remote? Alison: When I started doing it, it was very hard for me, and I know Courtney and I kind of went through these struggles together where for the first couple months it was-- I don't know anything to do, but to work, because there's so much to do, and I'm really excited, and I want to be doing this, and there's no clear separation between what I'm doing during the day and what I'm doing at night. So I think-- Courtney, I think you and I probably spend a lot of evenings together in those early days to kind break ourselves away from trying to find that work-life balance for sure. Courtney: One of the things that was really helpful to me was to have a designated stop point in the day, and someone or something, who could hold me accountable to that, whether it's like my dog knows we take walks at 6:00 PM, or someone is expecting me to come over to make dinner, just something beyond myself, because I myself could not stop myself from working at certain points. Buffer especially, because we're an international team, everyone's coming on at all hours of the day. When you're signing off some people in other parts of the world are just signing on and you're like, "Oh, I want to talk to this person," or like, "We could do this together," and there's an impulse to just stay on your computer forever and ever. So I really discovered early on that I needed very strong incentives and reasons to not be on a computer and that was really helpful. Lauren: I like the idea that your dog is like, "Okay. What are we doing here [chuckles]?" Courtney: He’s a great accountability partner. Lauren: Yeah. It could be your dog. I think that's adorable. Are you still all in? Can you ever imagine going back to an office? Courtney: I can't at this point. It took me a long time to get it, because I come from a very butts-in-the-seats type of environment. I had never had that kind of freedom to live this way, and I saw all my teammates traveling, going these exotic places and working. And I will admit, I had a slight perception, I was like, "They're probably not working as hard as I am." When I'm my desk like typing, typing, typing. And then when I started traveling I was like, "Oh, it forces you to condense your day in such like a laser focus way." I honestly think I get more done when I'm on the move, because it makes me prioritize my day so tightly that I can't spend an hour just browsing Twitter which -- it happens [chuckles]. I've got to get this done. There's no other alternative. It was a huge, humbling learning for me that you can so much more done and I definitely should not have judged people who travel as less hard workers, that's not true at all. Alison: I think Courtney nailed it. When I'm at home, and I know even when we're at home together, if she and I are working it's just together. It's just, you're at home, you are still getting work done but there is no real end point. I know for a fact that, Courtney, that you and I have sat there until 7:00 o'clock at night, not even realizing together what we're doing. And then we're like "Oh, we're hungry, we should do something about that". Whereas when you're on the road, and you're on the move, you have to be very, very, very deliberate about your time, and what you're doing, and I know that I get-- this is probably sad to admit, I get way more done in a shorter time when I travel. Lauren: What do you guys think about the idea of you have this desk that maybe you don't even go to really if you're not working at your house? It's a mind association thing. You go to this desk, that means you're working. Or whatever. Or maybe you're couch sitters, I don't know. Alison: I work everywhere in my house, except for my bed, that's the one place I don't take my work. Lauren: Good idea. Alison: When I was younger, I fell into that terrible trap of never getting out of bed, and always having my laptop with me. Now and part of that was demand of the job, like it was kind of a 24/7 job, but at the same time it was a terrible, terrible habit. I have a standing desk in my office, but sometimes I find that a little distracting, because I have a big monitor I find myself-- my brain can go really quickly to everything that's on it. So a lot of times if I need to write, I will actually just take my laptop over to the couch or somewhere else where I have a tiny screen, and I can only focus on what I'm writing. So everyone's going to have a different answer to that question. But I personally have never been one who was like, "Oh well, you know I have to have my designated work space, and my designated living space." But I do understand why people do that. Courtney: I would like to be a person who does that, but right now I lack discipline terribly in that. I work from everywhere, including beds - a lot. I don't know, I don't even want to say it's not good, because for me it kind of actually works okay. But I do understand why you would want to create a place. Otherwise your whole house becomes slightly associated with work, and you have work feelings all over it, which is not always a good emotion to be having all over your house [laughter]. Alison: Work feelings [chuckles]. Lauren: Work feelings. You're like, "I can't go in that corner, it just reeks of work feelings.” [music] Lauren: I want to transition a little bit into the company dynamics behind a remote culture. Ours is different because it's only half remote, so there is this sense that there is a home base. What I want to hear is the entirely remote aspect of it. How does that affect you personally? How do you think it affects company culture? How do you guys get to know each other? Those kind of questions. Alison: At Zapier we do physical onboarding. Any new employee-- and I think this might be impossible for Buffer, one because the people-- the sort of oldest employees are still pretty transient, I think they travel a lot. Whereas our three co-founders are in the Valley, and they're kind of homebodies, and like just stay put. So anytime someone new comes on they actually go out there for a week, and some of us will join them. I usually go every couple of months, and just hang out with new people, and then kind of spend the week just learning the ropes whatever that might be. So for developers it will be getting their production environment set up, for support people it's just throwing them into the fire, and trying to support 600 different apps, and then getting all that sort of stuff set up. And then for us on the marketing side we might spend a couple of days brainstorming, or just having good conversations face-to-face with the person. Alison: So that on-boarding process for us, I think still works really well. I don't know if how you know when we're growing exponentially if we're going to be able to pull that off still. But I do really like that. I think it's really, really helpful, and it also allows you to get to know a couple of your teammates, like, right off the bat. So that's really good. And I'll let Courtney talk about retreats, because we kind of do the same thing, but for us it's sort of those two chunks. Like one, when you first start, you have your on-boarding time, and then that other part is you might go back out there to San Jose for someone else's onboarding. So we do sort of have those smaller experiences. And then we just like Buffer do, do two retreats a year. All face-- so, everyone together. Courtney: For Buffer, this is a big one. So early on, our founders basically got kicked out of Silicon Valley, because they are Austrian and British, and didn't have the right visas. So that's how Buffer sort of became remote at first, because they [chuckles] were in the wrong place, so had to go somewhere. Lauren: Wow. Courtney: And so as a result they really started to enjoy this travel experience, and what they gained from going other places, and it became ingrained in Buffer's culture very early, before there even was a product almost. This was a cool way to be able to live and work. Then, as we grew-- and I mean as we grew first 5, 10, 15 people, a decision had to be made around, "Do we want this to be how it works for Buffer?" We felt pretty strongly (and this is way before me, so when I say, "We," I don't mean me personally - I mean people who came earlier) that it needed to be one or the other. We didn't want, for our personal reasons, to split the difference, and have an office with some people in it and some people floating around remotely. We really wanted there to be one solution and there's no preference either way, whichever one we chose. Courtney: So they ending up going with the remote idea, and I think it's had a huge impact in shaping our culture. Almost everything we do has to be slightly different, slightly skewed, because we're not in the same place in the world. Like how we deal with time zones. We do a lot of asynchronous work, like if you're working with someone in Cape Town, South Africa, I've got maybe a one hour or two hour overlap with my teammates there. So we can meet during that time, otherwise we're going to need to work on a Paper doc where I can add stuff, and then he can wake up and add his stuff. And work can sort of be happening all of the time that way. Courtney: The way we communicate with one another on a day-to-day basis has changed a lot because of that. It's so hard to transmit emotion when you don't see someone physically face to face. So we try and overcome that with GIFs and emojis, basically [chuckles]. Because our hub is Slack, it's our water cooler, it's our office, it's like everything for us. So we have to take advantage of that, and create those moments to have fun, and be yourself, and bring some of who you are - your humor, your personality - into how we communicate and what we do. Because otherwise we would never know one another beyond a surface level until we went on retreat, and we do that twice a year. So you could go every six months with these people being just random faces in a box to you, unless you really take that extra effort to get to know them. Lauren: It's interesting to hear what you guys do, and kind of compare it to what we do. We were a totally HQ company, and then someone who's originally from Hawaii wanted to go remote. He sort of started the whole thing. From there it just became a compelling recruiting tool to be able to attract anyone from anywhere, as opposed to just in New York. We're half remote. My team especially is half remote, my Marketing Team. So my manager is remote. But he person I work closest to, Brian, I sit right next to, so obviously I'm closer to Brian. Lauren: But for us we have found-- and there was a lot of pain points in the beginning in terms of communication because we were all just figuring it out. My manager was the first remote manager. It was interesting what you said, Courtney, about face-to-face, because we realized that when there were pain points or we weren't communicating very well a lot of it had to do with trying to convey this on Slack or trying to figure it out on Slack, and eventually we learn to immediately default to a video, and that assuaged a lot of the weirdness. How often do you guys default to face-to-face conversations through video chat? And how does that help or not help? Courtney: I would say I have three to four video chats a day, everyday. If it's a meeting or something that if there are big decisions to be made, really almost any decisions to be made, we tend to default to video, and that's how we do our one-on-ones, our coaching. It's a huge part of our day, and I don't know that it would work without it. Lauren: Right. Alison: I'm kind of opposite. I would go many, many days without having a video chat, and I think that's because we're still as small as we are, and everyone still has really sort of independent, yet super defined, spaces that they operate in. So when I do a chat, it's because we're either having our weekly marketing meeting, our weekly platform meeting. I do a one-on-one every week with Danny, who's our Marketing Team Lead, and he brings all the information together and disseminates it back out to everyone else. But other than that I think, again-- and it might be just the nature of what I do. Like, what I do is so singular and so me, and doesn't really involve anyone else, that I don't need to do that. Alison: But I think that's pretty common across Zapier. We're still at that point where everyone has really, really defined roles, and even the-- as the teams grow they're still really independent. It will be interesting to see if that changes the more we grow, and the more our roles start to overlap each other, or we get more-- not necessarily more help, but like when we get more hands in like what that will mean, as far as communication goes. Lauren: We also have these Friday afternoon, like we all drink beer together on the video chat. Which ends up being-- like you'd think it would be like weird but it's actually like a pretty compelling time. Like sometimes it goes on for hours, like hours and hour, which is hilarious. Courtney: I love that. That's so adorable. Lauren: Yeah, it's called beer bash, or remote beer bash. Courtney: We've been thinking about doing something like that. One of the hardest things for me about being remote is when you really like your teammates, and you want to hang out with them, and you want to go to happy hour, but they live somewhere totally across the world. Lauren: Right. That is like one of the hardest things for me. Especially because I do have all these-- we do hang out all the time the HQ people and we're like "Man, wouldn't it be so cool if like she was here? Or like.." Whoever, like, "Oh, Ryan would love this show, but he lives in LA". It just feels like I have all these-- I feel like I have all these friends all over the place now, which is whacked, because I'm like do I even really know them? The funniest-- I don't know if you guys have ever experienced this, but like, there are people who are like really outgoing and all over Slack, and like in every channel, and like funny and hilarious and you feel like you really like know them. You know? And you're like, "They're great. This is awesome." And then they come to HQ, and they're like super shy. And they're in person [chuckles] and you got to like, "Ooh." I'm like, "Talk to me, we talk all the time." And they're super shy and you're like, "Is this like internet, what is this? What is happening here?" Courtney: That's so fascinating. Courtney: We've had the opposite happen a lot, where we can't really tell like, "Oh maybe they're shy?" Or like, "Maybe they're very professional?" And then at our retreat they're like the karaoke superstar. And you're like, "I had no idea!" Lauren: That's great. But there is a lot to know about people. And the other thing is with the remote thing, because I'm in HQ, I see everybody when they on-board - they are here for the first week - but if I don't work on your team-- like for example, I would never work with a QA tester. There is absolutely no reason that I ever need to interface with a QA tester. So if they're remote and I never have to work with them, I really don't know them at all, and if I was remote too, I would have never even met them, and I would've never even worked with them. So I think about those things a lot. I think about remote people who don't know each other and I'm like, "You might like each other." Or like, "It's crazy that they don't even know each other," and those are the things that-- I worry about that or [laughter]-- I don't know. Lauren: As teams grow, what can you really do about that? You can't be friends with everybody anyway. Even if we were all in the same building. I just am always wondering how do you supplant that funny little conversation that you had with that random person in the bathroom by the sink, or that silly little interaction when that person spilled all the pencils everywhere. How do you get that? I know you said, Courtney, that you guys have a lot of personal Slack channels. You have family channels and pets channels. That's something that we do too. All those cat people know everybody else's cats names and stuff like that. Alison: All the cat people [laughter]. Courtney: Yes. You’ve got to know the cats’ names. Lauren: Those are not my people. I'm in the dog room, but anyway [laughter]. Courtney: One thing that we found, and this is brand new. In Hawaii we were like, "Let's figure out Snapchat." So we did. We came back and we created a thread in our internal Facebook group where we're like, "Let's all follow each other on Snapchat." And it's turned out to be the most interesting way to see inside someone's life, because the stuff you share on Snapchat is your randomest, everyday, what's going on, like, "I'm walking to work, I'm eating a muffin," whatever is happening. Now I know people's pets, I people's kids, I know what filters they like. It's been a level of getting to know people that we just discovered. Lauren: That's a great one. Alison: That might be the only legitimate use of Snapchat. Courtney: Right? It's perfect for remote teams. Lauren: That's a great one. Also, I'm always like, I'm too old for Snapchat. Courtney: That's what I thought, too. I'm very old. Alison: One thing that we did that's a lot of fun, everyone you know, you have that one little thing you know about them that's not necessarily mean, but it's that one little thing that you poke at. So one of our co-founders, Mike - he's our product guy - he loves Bud Light. He loves it. He unabashedly loves it [laughter]. That's what everyone knows about Mike and we all pick on Mike because of that. Everyone in Slack has their own little custom emoji that our developers will make. So Mike has his own little Bud Light can, mine is me riding a Segway. Courtney: You're riding a Segway? That's your thing? Alison: No, Zapier has a Segway. It was a gift from someone. And so whenever you go out to HQ you ride the Segway, it's almost like an initiation because they're really hard to ride. Someone took a picture of me riding the Segway and someone else, who wasn't there, loved it and turned into a Slack emoji. You find those fun little things that you-- little quirks in people, and that really comes out in Slack, for sure. And then that carries over, that carries over in real life too. Alison: But it's getting more and more difficult, I think, the bigger we are. For us in Florida, I felt, and I think this is just a part of who I am, I felt a pretty tough-- a rough burden to make sure that everyone was hanging out, and was together, and I just think you pass a certain point. I'm sure, Courtney can speak to this too that's just not feasible, and you just really kind of have to let people and groups, say larger than 25, just kind of find their own thing and migrate around, and I think people are pretty good about doing that. There's a giant board game contingency at Zapier and that's something that like all the more introverted people like to do. I'm not a huge fan of it all, so I always abstain. So I think there is always ways for people to figure that out, and just you have to work a little bit harder at it when you are remote. Lauren: Do you feel like you've made real friends? I feel like I have made real friends, but HQ and remote, more so HQ obviously because I see them more, but definitely remote also. I feel like I have made friends that are not just coworkers, but actual friends. Do you guys feel like you have that? Alison: Yeah. In fact, I just traveled a couple of months ago to Barcelona to spend a week with one of my teammates there. Lauren: Amazing. Alison: And she's lovely. I love her to bits. I think that-- and I imagine Courtney and I have probably had this conversation personally before, but the older you get, you realize that you have to work harder for things that mean something. If something does mean something it's worth that work. And so I feel the same way with having being on a remote team. It's like when you find those people that personally even outside of work that you really like, and that you want to spend time with, who cares where they are or what the circumstances are? If it's worth having you just work hard and you do it. And so I think that that really kind of manifests itself in this world, because we all work harder to be there for each other, and to kind of grow, not only professionally, but personally as well. [music] Courtney: We'd love to hear how this podcast felt to you. If you've got questions, thoughts, feedback, we're definitely new at this. We're excited to learn. So please be in touch with us. You can reach us on Twitter at@buffer and you can email us at hello@buffer.com. We're excited to hear from you. [music]
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