March 24, 2022

Brian Jackson - Determining which technical skills you can be more flexible filtering on

21 minutes

Highlights from my conversation with Brian:

Niche industry but not niche skills

Working with other teams to partner where there is a skills gap

Realizing which parts of the tech stack you can “let go” to broaden the candidate pool

Software engineering foundations go a long way

Building an ecosystem around the Windows platform

Meet: Brian Jackson is a DevOps advocate currently helping create immersive Star Wars experiences at Lucasfilm. Currently, Brian is the Manager of DevOps Engineering at Lucasfilm. Previously helped Apple Pay and ESPN.com be more productive through delivery automation.

If you have any questions for Brian, please feel free to reach out via:

https://twitter.com/jaxzin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianrjackson/

https://www.instagram.com/jaxzin/

I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand). Please send me a message if you would like me to cover certain topics with future guests.

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