Is there true value in using cloud optimization tools when they may be phased out in the near future? You may be surprised. In this Summer Replay of Screaming of the Cloud, Corey is joined by former VMware Senior Staff Engineer Bryan Liles. Since this episode was originally released, Bryan wasn’t just promoted to the Vice President of Principal Engineering at VMware, he’s also transitioned to a new role as a Senior Principal Engineer with AWS! Listen as the pair talk about the long-term viability of Kubernetes, what’s in a tech company’s name, flipping the script surrounding the discussion of diversity in the field, and why the words you use matter the most in criticism. If anything, this throwback will show the value of intention, whether in the tech industry or your everyday life. 

Show Highlights: 

• (0:00) Intro to episode
• (0:30) Backblaze sponsor read
• (0:56) The struggles of setting up interview times
• (2:22) What Bryan does at VMware
• (4:14) What Kubernetes has accomplished
• (5:39) Corey’s qualms with Kubernetes
• (8:16) The shelf life of Kubernetes
• (10:36) Optimizing Kubernetes in the cloud
• (13:25) What is Project Pacific?
• (15:28) Firefly sponsor read
• (16:04) Woes of the multicloud
• (19:09) VMware’s branding and Tanzu
• (21:00) Mispronouncing company names
• (22:07) Punching down and diversity discourse in tech
• (25:18) Intentional language in company critiques
• (28:50) Learning lessons from getting fired
• (30:36) Where you can find Bryan

About Bryan Liles

Bryan Liles is a Senior Principal Engineer with AWS where his team oversees all of S3. When not working, Bryan builds and races cars and drones.

Over the past 20 years, Bryan has worked around cloud technology and distributed systems. His approaches to technology are: simplify with fidelity and technology should give access to all.

Links Referenced: 

• https://vmware.com

Sponsors

• Backblaze: https://www.backblaze.com/
• Firefly: https://www.firefly.ai/