After years of trying, Corey has finally convinced a TAM to come on the show! In this lively episode, AWS Senior Technical Account Manager Shlomo Dubrowin takes the mic to share his fascinating experiences dealing with cloud complexities. Listen in as Shlomo recounts building AWS Reasonable Account Defaults from scratch, stresses the importance of writing a solid application, and shares the benefits of leveraging GenAI to help maintain his work. Don't miss this entertaining and insightful conversation that could save you a few bucks!

Show Highlights:

(0:00) Intro

(0:42) Chronosphere sponsor read

(1:15) Finally getting a TAM on the show

(2:24) Providing quality customer service as a TAM

(5:31) AWS Reasonable Account Defaults

(11:01) What went into crafting AWS Reasonable Accounts Defaults

(12:20) Chronosphere sponsor read

(12:54) Writing a program that won't break easily

(17:25) Optimizing billing data

(19:53) Transparency in costs

(21:27) Expanding AWS Reasonable Account Defaults

(23:34) Further optimizing AWS Reasonable Account Defaults in the future

(26:18) Building with GenAI

(29:01) Where you can find more from Shlomo

About Shlomo Dubrowin

Shlomo Dubrowin has been a TAM for over 6 years supporting AWS customers from startups through to Fortune 100 companies. He has spoken at re:Invent twice and has specialized in Cost Optimization. Shlomo has been in the tech industry since 1994. And he lives with his wife, son and 2 dogs.

Links

• Clouded Torah: https://www.clouded-torah.org/

Sponsor

Chronosphere: https://chronosphere.io/?utm_source=duckbill-group&utm_medium=podcast

In this Screaming in the Cloud Replay, we revisit a spirited debated between Corey and the VP of Product and Industry Marketing at Google Cloud, Brian Hall. The topic — How much time should one spend in a job? But thankfully, their conversation doesn’t limit itself to just that! Corey and Brian chat about how social media’s failure to capture nuance and context can lead to some unfortunate misinterpretations. Brian offers some insight on his significant amount of time spent at Microsoft under various roles. He gives his perspective on how one should optimize their career path for where they want to go, and not just follow the money. Tune in to see how Corey and Brian let the dust settle, and develop what was a disagreement into a well-rounded conversation.

Show Highlights:

(0:00) Intro

(1:02) Chronosphere sponsor read

(1:36) Job hopping vs. job loyalty

(6:14) Being in the right place at the right time

(9:57) Investing in the job vs. the job investing in you

(13:31) Weighing the cost of job hopping

(20:14) Chronosphere sponsor read

(20:47) Changing jobs to get a raise

(24:02) How to attract people as a cloud employer

(26:31) Changing paths into the industry

(30:14) What's ahead for Brian

(32:33) Where you can find more from Brian

About Brian Hall

Brian Hall leads the Google Cloud Product and Industry Marketing team - focused on accelerating the growth of Google Cloud. Before joining Google, he spent more than 25 years in different forms of product marketing or engineering.

Brian is the father of three children who are all named after trees in different ways. He met his wife Edie at the beginning of their first year at Yale University, where he studied math, econ, and philosophy and was the captain of the Swim and Dive team my senior year. Edie has a PhD in forestry and runs a sustainability and forestry consulting firm she started, that is aptly named “Three Trees Consulting”. They love the outdoors, tennis, running, and adventures in Brian's 1986 Volkswagen Van, which is his first and only car, that he can’t bring myself to get rid of.

Links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/IsForAt
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brhall/
• Episode 10: https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/episode-10-education-is-not-ready-for-teacherless/

Original Episode:
https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/letting-the-dust-settle-on-job-hopping-with-brian-hall/

Sponsor

https://chronosphere.io/?utm_source=duckbill-group&utm_medium=podcast

On this Screaming in the Cloud Replay, we revisit our fall of 2021 conversation with Chloe Condon. At the time of recording, Chloe was a Senior Cloud Advocate for Microsoft, and today, she works for Google as a Senior Developer Relations Engineer. When we spoke to her, Chloe had recently started the Master Creep Theatre (yes, with the British spelling) which is a project to bring some more creative and artistic efforts into the tech world! Given Chloe’s non-traditional background she’s able to bring a lot of great perspective to weaving these two worlds together. Chloe also discusses the politics of navigating DMs as a woman on the internet, fun. Her and Corey discuss internet culture in general and how to make the most of it, in spite of all the baggage. Tune in for Chloe's take!

Show Highlights:

(0:00) Intro

(0:47) Sonrai sponsor read
(1:48) Master Creep Theatre
(6:16) The wide world of creepy DMs
(12:21) What's the root of the creep behavior?
(15:52) Harassment and privilege in tech
(20:00) The fight for privacy

(27:58) Backblaze sponsor read
(28:24) Designing things to be more inclusive and "jerk-free"
(37:49) Where you can find more from Chloe

About Chloe Condon:
Chloe is a Bay Area based Developer Advocate for Google Cloud and AI. Previously, she worked at Microsoft, as well as Sentry.io where she created the award winning Sentry Scouts program (a camp themed meet-up ft. patches, s’mores, giant squirrel costumes, and hot chocolate), and was featured in the Grace Hopper Conference 2018 gallery featuring 15 influential women in STEM by AnitaB.org. Her projects and work with Azure have ranged from fake boyfriend alerts to Mario Kart 'astrology', and have been featured in VICE, The New York Times, as well as SmashMouth's Twitter account. Chloe holds a BA in Drama from San Francisco State University and is a graduate of Hackbright Academy. She prides herself on being a non-traditional background engineer, and is likely one of the only engineers who has played an ogre, crayon, and the back-end of a cow on a professional stage. She hopes to bring more artists into tech, and more engineers into the arts.

Featured in the Grace Hopper Conference 2018 gallery featuring 15 influential women in STEM by AnitaB.org: https://vimeo.com/289762602/30c246c503

Links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChloeCondon
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gitforked/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChloeCondonVideos

Sponsors
Sonrai: http://sonrai.co/zombie
Backblaze: https://www.backblaze.com/