Episode 299: Working Backwards

This week we take a deep look inside life at Amazon by discussing the book Working Backwards (https://www.workingbackwards.com) written by two former Amazon Executives. Rundown Working Backwards (https://www.workingbackwards.com) Amazon Leadership Principles (https://aws.amazon.com/careers/culture/) Stevey's Google Platforms Rant (https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611) AWS Compensation Explained (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-compensation-explained/) The Everything Store (https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Store-Jeff-Bezos-Amazon-ebook/dp/B00BWQW73E) Nonsense 17 Remarkable Facts About Outdoor Amsterdam Urinals (https://www.nicerightnow.com/destinations/europe/netherlands/amsterdam-urinals/) Sponsors CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt (https://cbtnuggets.com/sdt) strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT (http://strongdm.com/SDT) Listener Feedback Michael wants to work as a Senior DevOps Engineer in EMEA (https://boards.greenhouse.io/cloudbees/jobs/3113686) Dell Jobs Data Governance Lead (https://jobs.dell.com/job/austin/data-governance-domain-lead-senior-manager/375/19221536), Senior Manager Software Engineering (https://jobs.dell.com/job/austin/data-governance-domain-lead-senior-manager/375/19221536), Business Process Management (https://jobs.dell.com/job/bengaluru/sr-analyst-business-process-management-data-governance-quality-and-sustaining/375/18941323) Doug wants you to work at Ethos Life lots of jobs (https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/) after recent funding Conferences RabbitMQ Summit (https://rabbitmqsummit.com), July 13-14, 2021. SLOConf - (https://www.sloconf.com/) Virtual May 17-20 - Matt (https://twitter.com/SLOconf/status/1386643722616676354)’s talk is in the can SpringOne (https://springone.io), Sep 1st to 2nd. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/) and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/). Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=8) and he wants you to buy it for $0.99. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: Amazon Unbound (https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Unbound-Invention-Global-Empire/dp/1982132612/ref=asc_df_1982132612/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=475873515737&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3773888045350623501&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028293&hvtargid=pla-1167175049944&psc=1) by Brad Stone Photo Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/FtiXADBTqGY) Photo Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/r22qS5ejODs)