Today I'm interviewing one of my mentors (and an occasional coworker), Brian! He's a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), former Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), former platform engineer, sysadmin, Java developer, and full-time motorcycle and car restoration/experimentation mechanic.
00:00 Intro
01:30 Brian's Background
10:00 Brian's tech philosophy
11:35 We're All Tech Mechanics
13:38 Impostor Syndrome
16:00 Abstraction is a two-edged sword
17:25 XKCD reference
17:38 Understand the Abstractions
18:45 Curiosity and Enthusiasm as Strengths
19:51 How to start in tech from scratch
24:15 Theory vs Practical Application
26:10 Current favorite tech work
28:35 All devops branding is BS
31:30 Networking for real
34:44 Advantages of middle-aged white dudes
36:30 Reach out and help good people
37:48 Skills people neglect
43:25 Future predictions for the tech world
49:01 Worse is better
51:03 Undifferentiated heavy lifting
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