Kelsey Hightower
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Self-taught software engineer, formerly a distinguished engineer at Google Cloud and one of the most visible voices in the Kubernetes community; retired from…
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Entrepreneurship is over-glorified: a parts-and-service business has none of the upside people imagine, because it does not grow the way a software company does. (opens korrents.com)
“and it turns out people kind of over glorify entrepreneurship. I think a lot of people believe there is tremendous upside, right? the type of entrepreneurship we talk about with software companies, the the upside is…”
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Being an all-star at the activity is not impact: the measure is whether the team's queue is empty, not how many calls you personally took. (opens korrents.com)
“And it's the first time I learned the difference between activities and impact. activity is you being an all-star answering a bunch of calls, but the ticket queue for the team is still high.”
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Every talk you give is a job interview, because an audience is reading what you are as much as what you are saying. (opens korrents.com)
“And what I learned from the puppet days, every presentation is an interview. I don't think a lot of people think about it that way cuz people are looking at you on stage and they get to see what you're about.”
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Entrepreneurship is over-glorified: a parts-and-service business has none of the upside people imagine, because it does not grow the way a software company does. (opens korrents.com)