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January 30, 2020

Episode 44: Corey Quinn (The Duckbill Group)

47 minutes

In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Corey talk about:

Humble beginnings as an "angry UNIX sysadmin" (aka the only kind of UNIX sysadmin)

Vowing to be the opposite of every crappy manager

Corey's Least Favorite Managers

Metaphors (for failure)

Why "We need to talk" sucks

An example of good leadership in crisis

Appropriate levels of intensity in the workplace

What a Cloud Economist does

How "Last Week in AWS" began (and becoming a #quinnfluencer :))

Punching up vs punching down, and knowing the difference

The depressing rareness of people who can take feedback well

Understanding one's own failure modes, and what twitter is good for

Choosing not to work at AWS: https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/why-i-turned-down-an-aws-job-offer/

Intentionally obfuscating one's personal life

The value of having the priority interrupt of a toddler's demands

Reconciling one's personal loneliness with a public persona

You can find Corey at https://www.lastweekinaws.com/ and on Twitter as @quinnypig

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3

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By Rachel Perkins and Kendall Miller

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