Authority Issues Episode 44: Corey Quinn (The Duckbill Group)

In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Corey talk about:

Humble beginnings as an "angry UNIX sysadmin" (aka the only kind of UNIX sysadmin)
Vowing to be the opposite of every crappy manager
Corey's Least Favorite Managers
Metaphors (for failure)
Why "We need to talk" sucks
An example of good leadership in crisis
Appropriate levels of intensity in the workplace
What a Cloud Economist does
How "Last Week in AWS" began (and becoming a #quinnfluencer :))
Punching up vs punching down, and knowing the difference
The depressing rareness of people who can take feedback well
Understanding one's own failure modes, and what twitter is good for
Choosing not to work at AWS: https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/why-i-turned-down-an-aws-job-offer/
Intentionally obfuscating one's personal life
The value of having the priority interrupt of a toddler's demands
Reconciling one's personal loneliness with a public persona

You can find Corey at https://www.lastweekinaws.com/ and on Twitter as @quinnypig

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3