Manager talk! DO IT!
++++++1) *So, you've become a manager. Now what?* - Adam On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Nic Benders <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey gang, > > I am coming down to LA RubyConf on the 4th, and the SD Ruby meeting is > just a few days before that, so it would seem rude not to stop by. > > I left San Diego about a year-and-a-half ago to work for New Relic up in > Portland and I want to give a little bit back to the fantastic SD Ruby > community. So for starters New Relic will be happy to buy a few rounds at > the pub after the meeting and I'll come loaded with plenty of trial codes > and hopefully some shirts and other crap. > > But in addition, I'd like to present some of the things I've learned in > the last 18 months. I have several things that I can think of that I'd > like to talk about, but the question is, what do people want to hear about? > Here are some possibilities, just let me know: > > 0) *WTF? How do you handle 1 million requests per minute on just 10 > servers?* This would be a general technical talk about how we scaled our > environment over the last four years, with emphasis on MySQL, data storage > and Keep It Simple. I'll hit some quick Rails and Java points too, but > mostly I'm thinking about performance architecture. > > 1) *So, you've become a manager. Now what?* It happens to a lot of us: > you're doing a good job as an engineer, you've been around the company for > a while, and BAM! you get "promoted". Well, it turns out that management > isn't that different from engineering. Which is to say, you can't just > expect that because you're smart you'll be good at it. Uniquely among > companies that I have worked at, New Relic actually works on developing > this skill set, so I'd like to pass on some of the things I've learned. I > promise there won't be any company loyalty song or Six Sigma BS. > > 2) *I am a New Relic, ask me anything.* Hey, maybe you just want to know > how the hell to get custom errors working in New Relic, what "IO > Utilization" is in Server Monitoring, or why we're jamming your Twitter > stream with "promoted tweets" all of a sudden. I'm more than happy to just > answer random questions about our product or company. > > 3) *Just shut up already, etc.* > > I'll need a little bit of time to come prepared, so send your feedback and > I'll iron out the details this week. Anyway, I'm definitely looking > forward to the trip, I'll see you guys on Thursday the 2nd! > > -Nic Benders > > P.S. We are giving away a free pass to LA RubyConf if anyone still needs > one, check our blog for details. > - > http://blog.newrelic.com/2012/01/25/want-to-go-to-la-ruby-conf-get-your-free-pass-here/ > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
