Using Reflection

Show Notes Topics: Ad Tech, Career Advancement, Cloud Platforms, Code Schools, Computer Science, Distributed Systems, Education, Hadoop, Internships, Interviewing, Open Source, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Teamwork, Team Leadership Companies Twitter Magnetic Introduction Alex Huras was drawn to the tech mecca of San Francisco from his native Ontario after getting a taste of American tech jobs (and salaries) through college internships as part of the University of Waterloo co-op program. Joining Twitter in 2014 with hopes of a bright future, he has stayed through four remarkably turbulent years. And all along he has kept observing and learning. How do teams maintain enough continuity to continue to deliver value through turnover? How does a company decide what to build? How does it avoid expert-level dependencies on open source projects supported by a short list of experts? How does a new engineer learn to solve problems in a big company with complex technical challenges that have been