Going Cloud-Native in 12 Months @ Investec | Seán Óg Travers

Seán Óg is Chief Technology Officer - Digital Savings at Investec, an experienced technology leader who understands what it takes to build high performing teams. He has cultivated a career largely based in the financial services industry, and began his career as a software engineer and has also built a successful start-up within a corporate environment. Investec is an international banking and wealth management group providing a range of financial products and services to a client base in Europe, Southern Africa, and Asia-Pacific. They bring an out of the ordinary approach to creating and managing wealth. Founded in South Africa as a small finance company, today they offer clients our services as a global bank and asset management group. During this Podcast episode, Seán Óg gives us insight into his career journey in technology, the mammoth challenge Investec has taken on in the last 12 months in going cloud-native, and how the organisation has responded to the challenges of 2020. Showtimes 0:55 - What is Investec and Sean's career journey into tech. 2:40 - How to accelerate your career with a 'work anywhere' mentality. 3:20 - The decision to move cloud-native at Investec. 9:33 - The risk to not make big changes and moving with the times. 10:10 - Some of the pitfalls when moving to cloud-native. 14:00 - New technologies used at Investec. 20:04 - Technical debt and onboarding. 24:50 - Sean's go-to resources and strategy when taking on new challenges. 29:13 - Breaking into the tech industry. 30:57 - Advice for people starting out in a tech career. 31:40 - Imposter syndrome.