Platform Engineering and SRE @SlalomBuild. Mastodon: @opsrob@hachyderm.io
Seattle
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Excited to share a bit about our Platform Engineering re-launch at Slalom Build! (we are hiring!)
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Check out my latest article: Slowification, Simplification, and Amplification linkedin.com/pulse/slowifica… via @LinkedIn
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DevOpsDays Seattle is a volunteer-led community-focused event targeted at Seattle-area DevOps professionals. In addition to our CFP-based schedule (which is open for submissions now), we also hold open spaces onsite for attendees to discuss whatever topics interest them!
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Key pillars of platform engineering:
• Self-service
• Platform operations
• Platform as product
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Advice for any tech worker who's been laid off: if your former employer comes running back to you asking for you to save their bacon, you can and should quote your "fuck off" consulting rates.
Also, if it won't buy a house those rates are almost certainly not high enough.
Enterprise leaders: Sharp, experienced folks are coming available. I implore you to seed your existing sharp, experienced folks with new ideas from this talent pool to move towards platforms focused on reducing the silo-hopping your product teams are forced to endure.
Well...was going to post some exciting Slalom Build news. Instead...if you are a dude in leadership like myself wondering what you can do today, at a minimum: cut your folks some slack, give them the day off, help them run interference with their project teams.
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Only 15 days left to submit your talks to the DevOpsDays Seattle CFP! Get your 5min lightning talk and 20min session ideas in at: sessionize.com/devopsdays-se…
I had been an advocate of "assume good intent"...as I continue to grow I realized just how much privilege that requires and have dropped it from my toolbox. I strive to do the work to understand my impact and call out when others are bringing folks down, regardless of intent.
One of the most interesting challenges and my focus over the last three years has been the SRE lead for this program. So honored to work with an amazing team on such a meaningful mission.
Slalom is proud to partner with @USCIS to modernize its cloud-based systems, like @EVerify - cutting cloud costs by 20% and improving speed and accuracy for the public. slalom.ws/32AdY29 #SlalomFederal
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There's only 4 days left before our virtual event is live. Take some time out of your weekend to register. devopsdays.org/events/2021-s…
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if you’re a leader, and you aren’t analyzing how you would act, and why, in the situation at basecamp, you’re missing a golden opportunity. Every step offers a gold mine of introspection.
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Our speaker line-up is live. Check out these amazing talks and register today to attend DevOpsDays Seattle on
May 4th. devopsdays.org/events/2021-s…
Woke up to a lot of folks who are suddenly experts on data center fire detection and suppression design. Having been on the receiving end of multiple "fire trucks on the way to the DC" calls, I can tell you "it's complicated" and happens far more often than you realize.
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Our CFP is open. Please apply to speak at our virtual event on May 4th. Looking for both 20 min talks and 5 minute lightning talks. sessionize.com/devopsdays-se…
So excited to be growing our team again! Love cloud and all things DevOps? Come work with some amazing folks that love solving hard problems. Builders wanted: slalombuild.com/careers
Human error still being tossed around in post incident reviews. You all have my permission and expectation to call that out in the moment. What was the context that human was operating under? Systems have inflows and outflows and ever changing context. Dig in!
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