On this Screaming in the Cloud Replay, we look back at our conversation with Amy Negrette. Before she joined DigitalOcean Senior Development Advocate, she was a cloud economist at The Duckbill Group. Prior to that, Amy worked as a cloud architect at Trek10, Inc., a cloud software engineer lead at Cloudreach, a software developer at ASRC Research and Technology Solutions, and a software engineer at Yahoo, among other positions. She’s also an organizer of Write/Speak/Code, an organization committed to helping Under Represented Genders sharpen their technical speaking and writing capabilities. Join Corey and Amy as they discuss the pros and cons of remote work, what Duckbill’s organizational structure is like, remote work during the pandemic vs. remote work during the before times, why it’s nice to be able to work whenever you want to work instead of during fixed hours, why the future of travel in the tech industry should change, how Corey and Amy met, what makes cloud economics come natural to Amy, a tool that helps recreate physical events online more effectively than Zoom, and more.

Show Highlights

(0:00) Intro

(0:57) The Duckbill Group sponsor read

(1:30) Amy’s experience working with The Duckbill Group during the pandemic

(7:20) When Amy was the only cloud economist with a background in software engineering

(12:36) Is it antiquated to go on-site to meet with clients?

(16:23) Amy’s time spent working at NASA

(17:55) The Duckbill Group sponsor read

(18:38) What it’s like working IT for NASA

(20:28) Amy’s background prior to cloud consulting

(24:15) Amy’s view on public speaking events coming out of the pandemic

(29:21) Corey’s qualms with re:Invent

(31:51) Where you can find more from Amy

About Amy Arambulo Negrette

With over ten years industry experience, Amy Arambulo Negrette has built web applications for a variety of industries including Yahoo! Fantasy Sports and NASA Ames Research Center. One of her projects modernized two legacy systems impacting the entire research center and won her a Certificate of Excellence from the Ames Contractor Council. Amy believe that strong and consistent communication can produce the best product and overall customer experience, whether it's in gaming, educational outreach, or internal tools. Her long term goal is to lead people and have creative control over my projects.

Links

• The Duckbill Group: http://duckbillgroup.com/
• Amy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdypaws

Original Episode

https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/a-conversation-between-cloud-economists-with-amy-arambulo-negrette/

Sponsor

The Duckbill Group: duckbillgroup.com

On this Screaming in the Cloud Replay, Corey is joined by Microsoft's current Vice President of Developer Community, Scott Hanselman. They talk about how Scott is selling enthusiasm around free and open source software to empower the next generation of programmers, how technology can help you escape a suboptimal position in life, moving a blog that was hosted on a Windows Server 2008 server to Azure, using TikTok to encourage younger folks to get into coding, why there isn’t a wrong programming language to learn and why you should learn JavaScript, how the rise of SaaS and cloud computing has made Microsoft a “simpler” company, convincing banks to use open source in the 2000s, and more.

Show Highlights

(0:00) Intro

(0:29) The Duckbill Group sponsor read

(1:13) What Scott did as Microsoft’s Partner Program Manager

(2:05) Scott’s various passions and projects

(4:37) Changes at Microsoft since Corey last kept track of the company

(10:15) Why Corey struggles to get back into the Windows ecosystem

(17:45) The convenience of having everything more accessible and hosted in Azure

(24:36) The Duckbill Group sponsor read

(25:19) The importance of the struggle when starting out in tech

(30:55) Microsoft’s cultural transformation

(34:32) Why Scott has turned to social media to reach the next generation of engineers

(39:18) Where you can find more from Scott

About Scott Hanselman

Scott has been a developer for 30 years and has been blogging at https://hanselman.com for 20 years! He works in Open Source on .NET and the Azure Cloud for Microsoft out of his home office in Portland, Oregon. Scott has been podcasting for over 950 episodes of http://hanselminutes.com over 18 years and over 750 episodes of http://www.azurefriday.com. He's written a number of technical books and spoken in person to over one million developers worldwide! He's also on TikTok, which was very likely a huge mistake.

Links

• Hanselminutes Podcast: https://www.hanselminutes.com/
• Personal website: https://hanselman.com

Original Episode

https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/inspiring-the-next-generation-of-devs-on-tiktok-with-scott-hanselman/

Sponsor

The Duckbill Group: duckbillgroup.com

On this Screaming in the Cloud Replay, Corey is joined by James Governor, co-founder of RedMonk. In this throwback, they discuss how RedMonk is different from traditional analyst firms. You’ll also learn how Corey and James met, how James credentialed Corey as a bona fide industry analyst on Twitter, and how anyone can be an analyst in theory. Beyond that, James explains the mindset required to give advice as an analyst, what attracted him to becoming an analyst in the first place, and why RedMonk focuses on the qualitative instead of the quantitative.

Show Highlights

(0:00) Intro

(0:29) The Wiz sponsor read

(1:31) What lead James to become an analyst and founding RedMonk

(4:36) Why James believes developers are the “ new monarchmakers”

(10:06) Recounting the time James credentialed Corey as an analyst on Twitter

(12:24) Who and what are analysts?

(17:44) The woes of rage-driven development

(21:01) The Wiz sponsor read

(21:55) Why Corey thinks James is a model Twitter user and advocate

(25:23) What makes RedMonk’s industry events stick out from everyone else

(35:15) Why James habitually changes his name on Twitter

(36:45) Where you can find more from James

About James Governor

James Governor founded RedMonk in 2002 with Stephen O'Grady. They focus on developers as the real key influencers in tech. Understanding that people choose technology because of gut instincts not facts per se. As an ex-journalist, James has managed teams and news agendas in the weekly publication grind. He has also been IBM and MS watcher since 1995.

Links

• RedMonk: https://redmonk.com/
• James’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/MonkChips
• Monktoberfest: https://monktoberfest.com/
• Monki Gras: https://monkigras.com/

Original Episode

https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/analyzing-analysts-with-james-governor/

Sponsor

The Wiz: wiz.io/scream