#127 - Kelsey Hightower's Unfiltered Truths: 25 Years of Infrastructure, DevOps, and Retiring at 42

alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders by Tobias Schlottke - alphalist CTO Podcast

Aug 7, 202560:30Business

What happens when a distinguished engineer who shaped the cloud-native landscape decides to retire at 42? Kelsey Hightower, a pivotal figure in the Kubernetes community and former Google engineer, shares brutally honest...

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