Liam Bennett

Deputy CTO @Claranet, previously @OpenTable, @Mimecast and @Nexor. You can also find me on Mastodon @[email protected]

[Liam Bennett @liamjbennett]

@patrickdebois @garethr An amazing achievement @garethr and a well earned break. DevOps Weekly was the first newsletter I subscribed to and was out there way before newsletters had its resurgence.

I look forward to seeing what other things you get up to.

[Jon Topper @jtopper]

Followers here might remember Scale Summit, an unconference in London for people building scalable systems. During covid, we had to quickly pivot online, and since then we haven’t run an event. 🧵

[Liam Bennett @liamjbennett]

With all the redundancies and folks moving jobs recently I've been reflecting on my own career and skills.

With that in my mind I've just written a new blog post on skills mapping using #wardleymapping

https://t.co/w9YbTaqBJS

@wardleymaps @swardley

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Dear CEOs: mass layoffs are counterproductive.

Hundreds of studies: firms that downsize end up being less profitable than peers that find other ways to lower costs (e.g., exec pay cuts, unpaid leaves).

Layoffs bleed talent & breed guilt+anxiety. They should be the last resort.

[Joab Jackson @Joab_Jackson]

"In that moment all illusion vanishes. This place isn't your home, these people aren't your friends and your executive leadership would run you over with their cars if you stood between them and revenue growth." https://t.co/tRdTWNaTwz

[Brett Slatkin @haxor]

I want to see "undercover boss" for software engineering: VP of eng goes in disguise as a new hire at own company. Has to build a small feature and steward it to production. All kinds of maladies would be revealed (e.g., over-engineering, bureaucratic processes, lack of testing).

[Liam Bennett @liamjbennett]

[blog] Reviewing my workflow and my initial excitement transitioning to @ReadwiseReader

https://t.co/lwof1u4UYb

[Tristan @homsiT]

Huge news: after 1.5 years of private beta, thousands of testers, and a looot of incredible work by the team...

@ReadwiseReader is finally in public beta!

Save everything to one place, highlight like a pro, and replace several apps with one.

https://t.co/xsbJnS0U5t

[Jessica Kerr @jessitron]

“Put a hard thing in people’s hands without skills, sets them up to fail”

Data Mesh represents a significant amount of organizational change.
What type of company is it applicable for?

- large orgs with complexity.

Data Mesh for startups? Don’t.

@jessetanderson #YowLondon

[Jim Fan @DrJimFan]

Excited to go to NeurIPS conference tomorrow! It's an annual gala for AI. Many revolutionary ideas debuted here, like AlexNet, Transformer, & GPT-3.
I read *all 15* Outstanding Papers and can’t wait to share my thoughts with you all. Here's your front row seat to the festival:🧵

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

Steve Jobs famously said “creativity is just connecting things.” We rarely innovate from a blank page. So when people say they're "not creative", they've probably stopped looking outward for things to connect. Pay attention to things around you & be creative. Thanks @OzolinsJanis

[Liam Bennett @liamjbennett]

This month’s post is an oldie but a goodie - Chaos Engineering.

Does it it replace disaster recovery? Do people understand Chaos Engineering?

Are people using it or is it fiction?

How could you use it?

I try to answer some of these questions.

https://t.co/mKmb91kzqI

[Liam Bennett @liamjbennett]

Migrated mastodon servers and you can now find me on Mastodon @[email protected]

[Liam Bennett @liamjbennett]

@timhberry Not yet. Still doing it manually at the moment as I see people here posting their new profile links.

[Meri 8x💉“Exiled for Good of the Realm” Williams @Geek_Manager]

Tactical Tips:
↔️
- LinkedIn rolodex
- ask for intros
- submit a talk with a fellow leader
- carve out time for meet-ups
⬇️
- connect w skip-levels
- pressure test your vision
- office hours 🗓
- round tables
- host a summit
⬆️
- help your boss tell the story

@amyt #LeadingEng

[Liam Bennett @liamjbennett]

Some golden advice in this 🧵

[Meri 8x💉“Exiled for Good of the Realm” Williams @Geek_Manager]

First up, @lrnrd teaching us about strategic leadership:
1) have a strategy,
2) execute it,
3) profit!

#LeadDevSanFrancisco

[Corey Quinn @QuinnyPig]

I got a PR pitch today from some "expert" on "quiet quitting." Screw everything about that; this thread is about my preference, Loud Quitting.

[Russ Maschmeyer @russ_maschmeyer]

Next-gen pro headsets from @Meta and @Apple are dropping soon. Had us curious what the future of work might look like for Shopify merchants. 🤔

Could AR glasses revolutionize product photography?

🧵 #ar #futureofwork #quest