Episode 379: TAMs are a Trap

This week we discuss the rate of Public Cloud adoption, Google’s Simplicity Sprint and OKR’s. Plus, some thoughts on slippers.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 379.

Runner-up Titles

• You’re not proud of the product
• You can have both
• Landing Pages
• It’s just like Serial
• Don’t bring me these unqualified deals
• It’s a Floppy Disk Problem
• The better the metrics, the less useful they are
• The sooner you are successful, the longer yoy’are successful
• Highly Edited
• Focus on Earnings

Rundown

• AWS CEO says the move to cloud computing is only just getting started
  • Acquired Episode on AWS (Podcast)
• Google and Developer Toil
  • Google CEO Pichai tells employees not to 'equate fun with money' in heated all-hands meeting
  • Google CEO tells employees productivity and focus must improve, launches 'Simplicity Sprint' to gather employee feedback on efficiency
  • Google CEO tells staff not to 'equate fun with money'
  • Google CEO Pichai: We need to get 20% more productive

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Conferences

• Sydney Cloud FinOps Meetup, online, Oct 13, 2022 Matt’s presenting
• KubeCon North America, Detroit, Oct 24 – 28, 2022
• SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6–8, 2022
• THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors Jan 16-19, 2023

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