Tim McConnaughy is the author of the Leanpub book The Hybrid Cloud Handbook for AWS: AWS Cloud Networking for Traditional Network Engineers. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Tim about his background and career, the essential work network engineers do, his book, and his experience as an author.

This interview was recorded on March 23, 2023.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM259-Tim-McConnaughy-2023-03-23.mp3. The Frontmatter podcast is available on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/leanpub, in Apple Podcasts here https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/frontmatter/id517117137 or with this direct link https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/frontmatter/id517117137, on Spotify here https://open.spotify.com/show/00DiOFL9aJPIx8c2ALxUdz, and almost everywhere people listen to podcasts.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.