“You can always go to a startup.” Job seekers in the Bay Area hear this refrain, especially from people with no experience of startups (or tech, or the Bay Area). Startups are seen as the sexy option. Some startup employees even dismiss those who stay in “safe” jobs at bigcos: “You must lack the guts… Continue reading “You Can Always Go to a Startup”
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Marketing Your Tech Talent (at OSCON)
In early 2013, I submitted a talk to OSCON entitled “Marketing Your Tech Talent.” It was turned down, but soon after I was honored to have it accepted for Monktoberfest, where it was well received. I was amused and flattered that, as soon as I finished the talk, Laurel Ruma jumped up to congratulate me –… Continue reading Marketing Your Tech Talent (at OSCON)
Metrics Workshop at LISA13
At USENIX LISA`13, Brendan Gregg led a Metrics Workshop, along with Narayan Desai, Kent Skaar, Theo Schlossnagle, and Caskey Dickson. “This was an opportunity for many industry professionals to discuss problems with performance metrics and monitoring, and to propose and discuss solutions.” More details from Brendan here. I filmed the day, above is a playlist of… Continue reading Metrics Workshop at LISA13
Joyent Retrospective
Once again, I find it’s time for a retrospective of the videos I’ve done in the last few years. The people and events featured in this include: Brendan Gregg – The Perf Book: Getting Started is the Hardest Part dtrace.conf 2012 attendees – A Carousel of DTrace Bryan Cantrill – SVLUG Comparative Operating Systems Discussion Bryan… Continue reading Joyent Retrospective
Statistics & Visualizations: Two Lightning Talks by Brendan Gregg
At USENIX LISA 13, Brendan Gregg led a full-day, interactive workshop on metrics, with attendees from across the tech industry. Tutorial material was provided by Brendan, along with Caskey Dickson of Google and Theo Schlossnagle of OmniTI. There were also group exercises and presentations. I filmed it all, and we’ll be rolling it out to everyone soon.… Continue reading Statistics & Visualizations: Two Lightning Talks by Brendan Gregg