The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Chris] I initially wanted to build a career in consulting after receiving my graduate degree in Economics because I had a passion for analytical problem solving and statistical modeling. Tell me about some of the exciting projects you’re a part of. Your career is long (and unpredictable!),

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Dynatrace

MARCH 2, 2023

Following are five concepts Hightower shared with Grabner to talk about the challenges that come with ever-advancing technologies and infrastructures. Focusing on the fundamentals Grabner recalled a 2017 tweet from Hightower that outlined how his technology career gathered steam once he started to “focus on the fundamentals.”

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Best Practices Internet Internet Cloud 223

Dynatrace

AUGUST 18, 2022

Early in my IT career, I worked in IT Ops and DevOps roles, building release deployment solutions for repeatable outcomes. Because of the quantity of “proper noun solutions” I experienced in my System Administrator career, I wasn’t previously aware of the full spectrum of capabilities in Dynatrace. Everything I did was automation.

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Games Monitoring Infrastructure DevOps 298

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 31, 2023

One way we can go about that is annual assessment. I’m not talking about an ABC test: I’m talking about putting you into your environment that you’re going to be working in and seeing how well you do.” Senior leaders had asked Gorak about AI. “I I asked a specific question: ‘What problem are you trying to solve?’

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DZone

JANUARY 23, 2023

One of my favorite things about QuestDB is the ability to write queries in SQL against a high-performance time series database. Since I’ve been using SQL as my primary query language for basically my entire professional career, it feels natural for me to interact with data using SQL instead of other newer proprietary query languages.

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Dynatrace

MARCH 8, 2022

Our employees, our customers, and in some cases our families, were thrilled to see women represented and to witness an honest conversation about what it sometimes takes for women to succeed. We launched a career mentorship program, a guest speaker series, and an EMEA chapter of women. BreaktheBias for International Women’s Day 2022.

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DZone

JANUARY 29, 2021

In my estimation, I have given over 2,500 interviews in my career, the bulk of them for Software Engineer positions. First, let’s talk about interview Do’s. I have been interviewing Software Engineers for over 25 years and in my current role as CEO of Solution Street, I conduct, on average, two interviews a week.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 22, 2021

Kim joined us at Perform 2021, where he offered his own unique take and insight into DevOps from a career spanning 22 years. Why do we care about all that?” moment in his career: realizing the extent to which DevOps enables the creation of business value. What is DevOps? The DevOps movement is urgent and important,” Kim said.

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Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As the most decorated gymnast of all time , Biles’ meteoric gymnastics career culminated in bronze and silver medals at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Though the world often perceives her as superhuman, Biles’ experiences and her openness about the challenges she faces are universal and relatable. I just had a lot of power.

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Speed Curve

APRIL 22, 2024

It seems appropriate that we'd start with someone who is currently focused on keeping Etsy's site as fast as possible: Paul Calvano Not only has Paul had a long career dedicated to making the web faster for some of the largest and most popular sites in the world, he is humble, incredibly talented, and one of the kindest people you'll ever meet.

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The Netflix TechBlog

MAY 28, 2021

and what the role entails By Sean Barnes, Studio Production Data Science & Engineering I am going to tell you a story about a person that works for Netflix. I am going to tell you my story, but I will also tell you about how bringing together people with diverse backgrounds can have unexpected benefits.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JULY 15, 2021

Interview with Kevin Wylie This post is part of our “Data Engineers of Netflix” series, where our very own data engineers talk about their journeys to Data Engineering @ Netflix. In this post, Kevin talks about his extensive experience in content analytics at Netflix since joining more than 10 years ago. You’re in the right place!

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Data Engineering Engineering Entertainment Big Data 189

Speed Curve

JANUARY 15, 2024

So much of what I know about performance, I learned from this group of folks. I can remember seeing very very early versions of SpeedCurve before it was launched and getting incredibly excited about the tool and what Mark was doing with it. I met Mark shortly after. What would you say you do here?" I’ve been a consultant.

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The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 18, 2020

and what the role entails by Alex Diamond This Q&A aims to mythbust some common misconceptions about succeeding in analytics at a big tech company. I held plenty of jobs as a student, but now I needed a career. Despite the affinity for TV and movies that brought me here, I didn’t actually know very much about how they got made.

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Analytics Retail Education Engineering 138

Addy Osmani

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A coach talks to you, a mentor talks with you, and a sponsor talks about you. Each can play a valuable role in your career growth.

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Percona

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Your software, your knowledge, your books, and your career options were also suddenly similarly valued. If you do not believe me, visit your favorite career website and try to find openings for HPUX, Tops-10, RSTS/E, or SUNoS personnel. If this incenses you, then you need to do something about it. You get no appeal.

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Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

These are two values he shares with DevOps activist Andreas Grabner, who sat down with Hightower at Dynatrace Perform 2022 to talk about taming Kubernetes and the future of cloud-native technologies. When we think about Kubernetes, it’s really just one piece of the puzzle,” Hightower says. The art—and science—of simplicity.

Technology 218

Technology Technology Cloud Infrastructure 218

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Opportunities to be involved with different cultures, clients, and people, I see as a differential that adds a lot to my career.” Find out more about our commitment in our inaugural Global Impact Report. What is unique about Dynatrace? When asked “ Is there anything unique about the company that makes it a great place to work?

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All Things Distributed

JULY 15, 2020

A few days ago I was fortunate to pick up a copy of a book that had a major impact on my early career as kernel engineer; The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 When I returned to school, they were about to decommission a PDP 11. BSD UNIX Operating System by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels and John S.

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Adrian Cockcroft

MAY 23, 2022

Picture by Peter Kostelnik My bio starts with this phrase “Adrian Cockcroft has had a long career working at the leading edge of technology, and is fascinated by what happens next.” About every 5–7 years the thing I was working on that was going to happen next matured and went mainstream, and something new and interesting took its place.

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Testsigma

JULY 22, 2021

In this post, we ask some of the expert testers how they feel about testing, how they landed up in the profession and what keeps them going! Tell us Richard, what’s that you most love about testing? But for me, it’s about connections. Being active in the testing community accelerated my career like nothing else has.”.

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Software Software Testing Energy 97

O'Reilly Software

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Watch highlights from expert talks covering cloud-native programming, software architecture career advice, and more. Gregor Hohpe explains how software architects can use what they know about technical systems to help refactor organizations. Career advice for architects. Watch " Career advice for architects.".

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The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Interview with Pallavi Phadnis This post is part of our “ Data Engineers of Netflix ” series, where our very own data engineers talk about their journeys to Data Engineering @ Netflix. In this post, Pallavi talks about her journey to Netflix and the challenges that keep the work interesting. You’re in the right place!

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Data Engineering Engineering Big Data Software Engineering 173

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

By carving the right AWS certification path, developers can even use their certification and training to advance their careers long term. Organizations need talented professionals with cloud skills to help them transform their businesses, so certification in AWS can help advance your career. Specialty AWS certifications.

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Testsigma

APRIL 20, 2022

Yes, changing your mindset can bring a lot of changes to your daily routine work, thought process, and career. Do you hear about other people’s beliefs/perceptions? You will try to understand more about the application/flow. You will be curious about the latest trends in the Testing space, and you will be up-to-date.

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 13, 2020

Throughout my career I’ve been asked several times by members of the ITOps teams, “Why end-user experience monitoring is critical”. So, I figured it’s about time I summarized the top reasons why you as an ITOps person need to look beyond your typical IT sources – logs, metrics and traces – which are these days known as Observability data.

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Adrian Cockcroft

MAY 23, 2022

photo taken by Adrian Cockcroft After a long career working at the leading edge of technology, I retire from full time work on June 3rd 2022. After taking a break, I’ll think about some part time advisory, board level, speaking and investing roles in the enterprise sustainability space that I’ve been focused on for the last few years.

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Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Helping customers navigate the increasing complexity of the enterprise IT environment to achieve success in their industries and careers, while empowering them to deliver amazing digital experiences, is why we reinvented the Dynatrace platform five years ago, and what continues to inspire us.

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The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

You go through the interview process, do really well, get really excited about the company and the people you meet, and in the end, you are “matched” to a role that does not excite you, working with a manager and team you have not even met during the interview process. Being prepared can help you minimize stress and anxiety.

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Engineering Games Entertainment Innovation 199

Testsigma

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

When I started my career, automation was used for automating UI-based regression testing. Q4: If you had to restart your career today, what key lessons would you take from the past? Spend time learning about practices and concepts in software testing. Spend time learning about practices and concepts in software testing.

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Tasktop

OCTOBER 13, 2021

And here’s the squeeze of what I found … Cooperative education is a voluntary academic program that enables students to alternate classroom studies with career-aligned industry experiences. Internships are brief work experience programs that last for about one semester. Are you interested in a career with Tasktop?

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Brendan Gregg

DECEMBER 2, 2019

This is what BPF is really about, and I described this for the first time in my [Ubuntu Masters] keynote. I'm also speaking about this topic at [re:Invent] this week as well (see you there). I'm also speaking about this topic at [re:Invent] this week as well (see you there).

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Professor Beekums

MARCH 6, 2022

In 2014, I had been hearing a lot of talk about Go. Having learned to code in Java and spending my early career working in Java, I was used to complex inheritence hierarchies and many many layers of abstraction. It sounded like a really exciting language that I wanted to try. The notion of NOT having inheritence was so out there.

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O'Reilly

MARCH 4, 2020

After George sent an email to a group of friends about Freeman’s death, Danny Hillis replied with a story that seems to perfectly encapsulate this gift of Freeman’s for seeing things that others missed. “I visited him recently,” Danny wrote, “and we got into a conversation about self-organizing systems.

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High Scalability

AUGUST 4, 2020

Developers care about shipping secure applications. We found that High Scalability readers are about 80% more likely to be in the top bracket of engineering skill. Take Triplebyte's multiple-choice quiz (system design and coding questions) to see if they can help you scale your career faster. Cool Products and Services.

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Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The video is now on [YouTube]: The slides are [online] and as a [PDF]: first prev next last / permalink/zoom In Q&A I was asked about CXL (compute express link) which was fortunate as I had planned to cover it and then forgot, so the question let me talk about it (although Q&A is missing from the video).

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Tech News Gather

JUNE 15, 2023

Health and nutrition education apps Empower users to make informed choices about their health and well-being with an app dedicated to health and nutrition education. The app offers career assessments, industry insights, job market trends, and resume-building and interview preparation resources.

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