Authority Issues
Authority Issues
Rachel Perkins and Kendall Miller
Episode 69: Aye Thu (Slack)
47 minutes Posted Jul 30, 2021 at 4:00 am.
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In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Aye talk about:
Being an Old (Java 1.0 certified!)
Realizing he used to be "hard to work with"
Transitioning away from electrical engineering and into enterprise software
The idea that management is where people who can't build software anymore "go to die"
Starting to understand that there is more to life than writing Java code
Moving to Las Vegas and having his life changed by the Zappos culture
Parades!
Learning how to be a better manager from a good team
How knowing the wrong things to do is not the same as knowing the right things to do
Starting a company...to help managers do a better job (at
Discovering that marketing and sales is hard and that most places don't invest in management tools :(
Finding a desirable culture and good work-life balance at Slack
Wishing he had a good leadership mentor earlier in his work life
The fact that the immature asshole developer is a pretty common archetype
Enjoyment of kettlebell exercises and a whole new world for Kendall
You can find Aye on LinkedIn and on Twitter as @damnitjim ;)
Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3