Googler Steve Yegge Apologizes for Platform Rant, Shares Bezos War Story — LAUNCH Quote: "You have to understand: most people were scared around Bezos because they were waaaay too worried about trying to keep their jobs. People in high-level positions sometimes have a little too much personal self-esteem invested in their success. Can you imagine how annoying it must be for him to be around timid people all day long? But me — well, I thought I was going to get fired every single day. So fuck timid. Might as well aim high and go out in a ball of flame." I don’t relate to that at all. (categories: managementboldaccountableball-of-flameculturepower )
Cloud Optimization Circus – Subbu’s Blog Lots of great stuff in this post, quote: "Acknowledging that cloud spend is a variable that you can manage, that you must maintain the spend at a certain efficiency, and removing the stigma from cost optimization are essential to building a culture of cloud cost awareness." (categories: awscostspendmanagementcost-optimizationcloud )