We've reached the end of Season 1! In this final episode, Alex and Brian take some time to reflect on what we've learned so far, what themes tend to keep coming up across episodes, areas we're targeting for personal growth, and finally, what you can expect from Season 2. Thanks for being a part of our first season! We'll be back in 2024 with all new guests, insights, and stories from the Staff Engineer's Journey.

• Alex:
  • Email vs Capitalism, or Why We Can't Have Nice Things
• Brian:
  • “Everything You know about latency is wrong” from Brave New Geek

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Episode 10 Transcript

Is your platform secure? How do you know? How do you even know all of the machines, networks, software, and data that make up your platform in the first place? We're joined by Amirali Shahinpour, Head of Security Data Platform at Twitch to discuss driving security priorities across your organization.

• Prepare (Requires Asset Inventory)
• Identify (Threat intel: what’s affected?)
• Analyze (Prioritize: use extra context from Inventory)
• Communicate
• Treat (take action)

• Amir:
  • The Art of the Start 2.0, by Guy Kawasaki
• Alex:
  • The Mythical Man-Month, by Frederick P. Brooks Jr
  • "Git Hidden Gems", by Enrico Campidoglio
• Brian:
  • "Don’t Ask Forgiveness, Radiate Intent", by Elizabeth Ayer

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Episode 9 Transcript

Part 2 of our discussion with Lee McKeeman, Staff Engineer at Google, on empathy and inclusion. Why do companies struggle to prioritize efforts around inclusion and accessibility? And what can we, as technical leaders, do about it?

• Lee:
  • LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/lmckeeman
  • Substack, https://leemckeeman.substack.com
• Alex:
  • Swamp Thing, by Alan Moore
• Brian:
  • Build and deploy full stack web sites with SvelteKit and Vercel

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Episode 8, Part 2 Transcript