Episode 200: The mystery of the 2,000

The mystery of the 2,000

Two thrilling topics this week: moderating panels and the mystery of Oracle cloud. Also, some Austin talk.

Mood board:

• The East India Company and Kodak
• I just want your best 5 hours.
• Executives can only pay attention for 20 minutes.
• I’m in for a panel.
• I’m more interested in hearing from the artist, not the people looking at the painting.
• Ten year journey with billions of burn.
• We’re talking about trillion dollar companies.
• You can’t have enough storage for your podcasts.
• Fired 2,000 people…and now hiring 2,000 people.
• First-gen cloud building people are often a handful.

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Relevant to your interests

• How to moderate a panel.
• Oracle Shelves Larry Ellison’s Dream of Cloud Dominance
  • tl;dr: “this is a bummer, man”…?
  • “Midlevel product managers were being offered $750,000 in compensation while some engineers with a vice president title were paid more than $5 million a year, people familiar with the matter said.” - Shoulda listed “Oracle cloud” on my LinkedIn…
• Oracle to Make 2,000 Hires in Cloud Push
• Will Salesforce Dump Oracle and Pick AWS? An Insider’s Perspective
• Larry vs Jeff: An Epic Battle who controls Salesforce, coming at Dreamforce
• Google Cloud Worth $225 Billion, Deutsche Bank Says
• TechCrunch Disrupt: A tale of two markets separates tech from non-tech IPOs
• Austin-based AI Startup SparkCognition Raises $100M Series C
• Is Microsoft Out to Destroy Linux? Linus Torvalds Shares His Thoughts
• Open Core Summit: The Value of Cloud and Commercial Open Source Software New browser security debate heats up
• Microsoft Unveils Battery-Powered Version of Azure That Fits in a Backpack - Simpsons already did it.
• Microsoft using Android is bigger than its Surface Duo phone - looks cool, sure.

Nonsense

• Animals on Airbnb Experiences
• Drink up! Missouri bar charges by the hour, not by the glass

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Conferences, et. al.

• Oct 9th to 10th - Cloud Expo Asia Singapore, Oct 9th and 10th
• Nov 2nd - EmacsConf 2019
• Nov 3rd to 7th - Gartner Symposium, Barcelona. Coté has a €625 discount code if you ask him for it.
• December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
• December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Summit Sydney
• Discount off KubeCon North America which is November 18 – 21 in San Diego. Use code KCNASFTPOD19 for a 10% discount.
• NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd, Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too.

Listener Suggested Jobs Openings

• DevOps Engineer Viasat in San Diego from Justin Hallas
• Full-Stack Software Engineer at NS8 remote options from Joshua Hover.

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Recommendations

• Brandon: Synology, Plex and HDHomeRun.
• Coté: cookies with bourbon raisons.