Yep, we all know a bunch of you might be considering, “nope, no C-suite for me as we speak.” Managing folks dynamics? Doing issues apart from coding? Being chargeable for a P&L, accountable to a board, and managing headcount? Earlier than you cease studying, take into account the case of our visitor, Crimson Hat CEO Matt Hicks, who started as a developer, obtained his begin tinkering in open supply, and was finally pushed by the unstoppable pressure of curiosity to tackle roles as coach and chief officer.
Matt displays on the highlights of his profession journey, how he managed tradeoffs between his love for coding along with his momentum by way of managerial ranks, and the way his ardour to be a mentor has been the driving pressure behind his progress.
Cassidy Williams, who lately joined the C-suite herself, helps to steer the dialog.
Episode notes:
Matt takes us again to the origins of his open supply days and the spark that impressed his love for engineering — together with the purpose at which he found Linux.
He shares how he started studying from the code itself, which was finally a distinct type of studying than what was out there to him at college. Then, it was to the stacks, however not Stack Overflow. Assume Barnes and Noble, not YouTube movies.
Think about making an attempt to navigate getting your first engineering job throughout the dot-com crash of the late 90s and early 2000s.
We replicate on Matt’s expertise constructing initiatives along with his daughter, together with an AI-powered doorbell he constructed himself.
Talking of insatiable curiousity, we’d like to offer a giant excessive 5 to Wonton, who acquired the Inquisitive Badge. Thanks for approaching 30 separate days to take care of a optimistic query monitor report.
Comply with Matt, Ben, and Cassidy.
Tags: engineering management, linux, open supply, the stack overflow podcast
