J Bobby Dorlus at StaffPlus London 2023
summary
Describes a concrete practice called red and blue war games that validates on‑call readiness, intentionally shuts down clusters in rehearsal (one past run took down a whole cluster), and trains interns alongside seniors on Aurora/Mesos at hyperscale (500,000 containers, hundreds of thousands of nodes). Claims a 95% chance of removing impostor feelings by fostering open comms, empathy, and celebrating rituals, and cites a $122M efficiency win from empowered engineers.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:03Career journey
- 2:26Imposter syndrome in tech
- 3:50From individual to team
- 5:37On-call preparedness exercise
- 7:22Debugging imposter syndrome
- 8:45Diverse skill sets
- 9:27Team collaboration
- 10:53Inclusivity spaces
- 12:38Leadership for inclusivity
- 14:43Key takeaways
- 17:10Closing remarks
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