Kelsey Hightower
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The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
You don't want to do it.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
Yes.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
I didn't want to do it.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
Because you understand the dynamics.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
The dynamics, especially I, in many ways, Google had been really, really good to me in every facet.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
So it wasn't ultimatum time.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
It was more like I've earned it.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
And he said that too.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
I gave him the PDF.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
And he looked at it.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
He just started smiling.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
And like, oh, wow.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
Whoa.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
And then he said something that was really dope.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
He says, I want you to know you're worth every penny of this.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
That was a game changer because he knows me like no other person I've ever worked with.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
No one knows me as well as Greg does.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
He knows my strengths.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
He knows my weaknesses.
The Pragmatic Engineer
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
He knows my ambitions and my motivations.