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The most effective leaders know that what they say matters 5% and what they do matters 95%.

The irony of leadership is that the people who most need to grow and change are those that are the least likely to be open to it.

Career Achievement Unlocked: Referencing by number an obscure 20+ year-old RFC off the top of your head and it having the answer to the question!

I always always type "mysql" when I'm trying to type "myself" (<-- literally just mistyped it here and had to fix)

I would definitely participate in this Rackspace Feedback Session if the incentive was a $100 in AWS credits.

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This is so toxic because they end up sabotaging themselves at the same time, failing to realize that your team/organization getting better, making more informed decisions means that you get better. "A rising tide floats all the boats"

Information hoarding also helps people individually move on projects or position themselves in a good light because they were artificially able to perceive the future. Once everyone else gets the information, they hoarder has an apparent step up.

I find that in low trust organizations people hoard information because they want to be involved in decisions. Making the information hard to get guarantees they will have a seat at the table during decision time.

oh they left the company? proceed with gusto.

Pro Tip: maybe do a git annotate (blame) before you decide to talk shit about the code someone in your slack channel wrote.

use a wide ranging spectrum to describe vendor lock-in, and treat it like it can be measured and estimated

much like leveraging technical debt, vendor lock-in can be exploited or used as a tool, consider the trade-offs

not all vendor lock-in is created equal

1) Introhm (Agent 23) 2) You make it rough (Chromeo) 3) Street Scene (St. Germain) 4) Feel like a stranger (the dead)

OH: We have an MVP, but M stands for Maximum. not #agile not #lean

Implementing successful CI/CD is so fulfilling. Taking a change from my laptop to production in less than 30 minutes is still amazing to me. I giggle every time.

@yanaga highlighting the classic #devops problem: the Wall of Confusion #CNADPHX