Software Defined Talk1 Nov 2019

Episode 203: Military clouds, stock IDEs, and team meetings

The annual team meetings are rolling around - what should you be doing and expecting from them? Also, we discuss what a big contract like JEDI can mean for a vendor, and also what those whacky developers are up according to a survey.

Mood board:

Stroke City.
QBR times four.
Travel costs.
We need a better word than “politics.”
Corporate virtue signaling.
Never ask anything.
There’s going to be Werner Hertzog!
There’s a difference between making a point and making money.
Are you just fillin’ a seat?
The fixie of IDEs.

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