Rich Lafferty (PagerDuty)

StaffEng by David Noël-Romas (@davidnoelromas) and Alex Kessinger (@voidfiles)

Aug 24, 202149:53Technology

Oscillating between the roles of individual contributor and management has been a recurring theme on this show. Our guest today, Rich Lafferty, has some special insights into this pattern that can help anyone looking to...

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