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The Path to Tech Executive Roles Feb 12, 2025

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Drew Saur (Founder, Drew Saur Coaching) talks about the state of the job market in 2025, how delivery and measurements have changed, how to stand out, and what to think about when interviewing for a new role, especially at the executive level

SHOW: 897

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us about your background…

Topic 2 - As someone who helps tech folks with their careers, what is the state of the industry? The news is filled almost daily with layoffs. What advice do you have for folks in 2025?

Topic 3 - Many of our listeners are technical folks who are senior in their careers. Some (like me) struggle to that next step up where the game changes dramatically, and it’s a bit of a deep, dark secret in our industry at times. Tell everyone about that and the jump in thinking

Topic 4 - Brian and I talk to a lot of folks in our industry on an ongoing basis. I feel like the conversations from the last few years can fit in a few buckets but all under a common theme. Many have an idea of where they want to go in the industry or maybe they did and now they aren’t sure due to work from home, changing family dynamics etc. How do you coach folks to find that happy medium. Not everyone gets or wants to be a CEO. What do you balance and how do you balance this

Topic 5 - As we’ve discussed, we met last year and you helped land my with my current role. The tech hiring process, especially for leadership roles has changed in recent years. How should everyone approach the interview process?

Topic 6 - All of this can be overwhelming if approached all at once, what advice do you have on how to break things down and tackle what matters most

Topic 7 - If anyone out there is interested, where can they go for more info or to contact you?

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Welcome to the Bi-Modal Cloud Era Feb 09, 2025

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After a decade of Bi-Modal IT discussion, we’ve now reached the era of Bi-Modal Cloud. Balancing traditional CPU-based cloud resources is now clashing with the demands of GPU-based AI cloud needs. Let’s explore!

SHOW: 896

SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #896 Transcript

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Public cloud providers are missing the market with AI (David Linthicum, 2025)
Why digital business needs bi-modal IT (Gartner, 2015)
Microsoft / Azure earnings (Jan 2025)
Alphabet / Google Cloud earnings (Feb 2024)
Amazon / AWS earnings (Feb 2025)

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A BUSINESS HAS TO PRIORITIZE THE LOWER REVENUE PATHS

We’ve come full circle after 10+ years
Can the clouds make all this CapEx spending work because of other businesses?
Wait, is cloud interesting again?
What is Bi-Modal Cloud?
Is the cash cow still the cash cow?
How do cloud providers prioritize cloud vs. AI?
How do internal teams rationalize being profitable but unimportant?
Stargate might be a crazy idea, but is an AI-cloud a crazy idea?

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Cloud & AI News of the Month - January 2025 Feb 05, 2025

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Brian Gracely, Aaron Delp, and Brandon Whichard discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from January 2025 including the new DeepSeek model that is shaking up the industry.
SHOW: 895
SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #895 Transcript
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Link to January 2025 news and articles

SEGMENTS COVERED IN THE SHOW:

Good Old Fashioned Cloud News
The AI Innovation Continues

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Shut up and write code! Feb 02, 2025

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It feels like we’ve gone the last 15+ years of tech without really having to directly involve politics in the discussion. But that seems to be coming to an end, in a big way. Let discuss if we can discuss tech without discussing politics.

SHOW: 894

SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #894 Transcript

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United States vs. IBM
United States vs. Microsoft
Oracle vs. Google (Java)
EU vs. Apple (AppStore)
EU vs. Google
“Shut up and dribble” (2018)

THE OLD SWIM LANES ARE NO LONGER INDEPENDENT AND ISOLATED

Vendors are cloud providers, so they have to be involved in data location, and operating services (or allowing services to operate) - Oracle, Microsoft,
Consumer companies are also enterprise companies - Google, Amazon
Companies are involved in 1st Amendment situations - Google, Amazon/WashPost
All tech companies are bidding for Gov’t contracts
Intel is the target of the US Chips Act - govt subsidy
AI overlaps copyright, data sovereignty, govt regulations/restrictions
Nation-state funded security attacks

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Modernizing Video Production with AI Jan 29, 2025

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Tim Huckaby (@TimHuckaby, CTO at Lucihub) talks about building modern AI applications to generate business video, the human vs AI interactions, and the importance of domain expertise.
SHOW: 893
SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #893 Transcript
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Lucihub (homepage)
Lucihub - AI powered video creation platform (YouTube)

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us about your background…
Topic 2 - Having seen a lot of technology evolution, how do you think about today’s possibilities with AI?
Topic 3 - Let’s talk about Lucihub. They deliver video production using AI. Help us understand how their approach is different? (very curious about the interaction of AI and humans in the design of the platform)
Topic 4 - What are the expectations of creators to interact with the AI parts of the system vs. the expectations to interact with humans?
Topic 5 - How are you seeing companies compare the experience of using Lucihub vs. experience they had previously with non-AI agencies?
Topic 6 - Your other passion is fly fishing. Do you find any symmetries between the nurture of fly fishing and your work with technology, or is it the contrast that you need to find a balance in your life?
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Big Announcements or BIG Announcements? Jan 26, 2025

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At a time when many AI and Cloud announcements are happening, how can we determine which ones are important, disruptive, or just me-too?

SHOW: 892

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REACTING AND PLANNING WHEN SO MANY BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE HAPPENING

Why is the announcement happening now?
What are the facts of the announcement?
How are Enterprises thinking about these announcements?
How are Enterprises thinking about how this pace of change impacts their thinking?
What are the technology impacts of the announcement?
What are the direct economic impacts of the announcement? Secondary impacts?
- OpenAI profitability?
- NVIDIA ability to charge premium for leading-edge chips?
- Pricing for any AI offering (Co-Pilots, etc.)
- Write-offs of existing GPU/Training investments?

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SaaS Pricing & Startup Monetization Jan 22, 2025

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James D. Wilton (@jamesdwilton, Managing Director, @Monevat) talks about pricing strategies for SaaS products and organizations as well as his new book, Capturing Value: The Definitive Guide to Transforming SaaS Pricing and Unshackling Growth
SHOW: 891
SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #891 Transcript
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Monevate (homepage)
Capturing Value: The Definitive Guide to Transforming SaaS Pricing and Unshackling Growth (James Wilton new book)

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us about your background.
Topic 2 - Five evolving pricing models today’s investors and VCs should be aware of
Topic 3 - How to eliminate revenue losses caused by misaligned pricing or unnecessary discounts
Topic 4 - Exploring the science and discipline behind pricing - particularly for ventures with subscription offerings
Topic 5 - The do's and dont's when migrating your current customers to new pricing strategies
Topic 6 - How AI Is redefining SaaS pricing models
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What would an AI-First CIO do? Jan 19, 2025

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In the 2010s, many CIOs adopted a Cloud-First strategy for building their digital services and skills. So how would a CIO build an AI-First strategy in today’s world?

SHOW: 890

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WHAT CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD GO INTO AN AI-FIRST STRATEGY

3-month, 6-month, 12-month projects
What are the AI possibilities?
AI Center of Sharing Experiences
Base Models vs. Trained/Aligned Models
Augment vs. Replacement (or AI Beginning) activities
Vendor offering vs. Open Source evolution
Cost Modeling and Cost Monitoring
The Ecosystem (of the large LLMs) is questionable - will they be viable in 1-2yrs?
Security policies - how broad, how strict, how to evaluate?
Data scientists vs. non data scientists?

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The Ethics of Using AI Tools at Work Jan 15, 2025

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Brian and Michael Cote (@cote, Co-Host @SoftwareDefinedTalk) talk about the ethics of using AI at for internal and external facing work.

SHOW: 889

SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #889 Transcript

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SHOW NOTES:

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us about your background…
Topic 2 - What does your day-to-day use of information look like, and how do you translate that into things you create/publish?
Topic 3 - Where do today’s AI tools come into play for your work? What else would you like them to do?
Topic 4 - Why did you have concerns about the Ethics of using these tools, or the Ethics of the output of these tools? What’s the general rules or sentiment about using AI tools within your company (or people you know)?
Topic 5 - At what point do you think it’s your Ethics problem, and when/why should your company care?
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Does your CEO know what your group does? Jan 12, 2025

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Does your boss’ boss know what your group does? How far up the org chart is it before your group is unknown? Let’s look at ways that your group can make sure it has visibility up the ranks of your management team.

SHOW: 888

SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #888 Transcript

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WHAT HAPPENS IF YOUR CEO DOESN’T KNOW WHAT YOUR GROUP DOES?