May 29 2019 44 mins 2
SHOW: 400 DESCRIPTION: Aaron and Brian continue the "Four for Four Hundred" shows, with a focus on engineering career opportunities. Then Brian talks with Nick Weaver (@lynxbat, Engineering Leader) about transitioning from customer to vendor, from junior to senior engineers, and the realities of Digital Transformation. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: Digital Ocean Homepage Get Started Now and Get a free $50 Credit on Digital Ocean Get 20% off VelocityConf passes using discount code CLOUD SHOW INTERVIEW LINKS: Nick’s previous appearance on The Cloudcast - Eps 4, 33, 38, 172, 212 Nick’s Blogs The Sustainable Leader (formerly Nickapedia) SHOW NOTES: Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show, it’s been way too long. What are you up to these days? Topic 2 - We wanted to bring you back on because you’ve gone through quite a few transitions as an engineer, from infrastructure to cloud to vendor-side to customer-side. Can you share some of the ways that you were able to make transitions, and how you overcame concerns about some of the big leaps? Topic 3 - Some projects are a success (EMCworld Labs), often wildly successful. How did you deal with success, and then how did you deal with the ongoing maintenance once the shininess wore off? Topic 4 - Some projects are less successful (vCloudAir). How did you personally handle some of the problems, and how did you grow from it? Topic 5 - You’re in an engineering leadership role now (and have been for the last few years). How has that changed your perspective, and what are some of the lessons you’ve learned? Topic 6 - Can you quickly tell the stories of all the Nick Weavers? FEEDBACK? Email: show at thecloudcast dot net Twitter: @thecloudcastnet and @ServerlessCast
