Listen "My Job is to Predict the Future"
Episode Synopsis
Sam Ramji is an odd duck. He is full of curiosity, insights and ideas. He is also is the Chief Strategy Officer of Datastax.
In the most wide-ranging conversation I've ever recorded, we discussed the most interesting ideas in computing. From the 1980s - all the way to 2032. Along the way you'll learn how to craft a career as an odd duck with talent for strategy, how to transform an organization, how to create a strategy, and you'll hear 3 future predictions and 3 big data trends that are happening right now.
Related links:
- The data architecture video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovWiOD6AG78
- Sam's Podcast: https://www.datastax.com/resources/podcast/open-source-data
- Hacking SaaS, the latest and greatest of everything developers need to know when building SaaS: https://hackingsaas.substack.com/
- SaaS Community Slack, join the conversation! https://launchpass.com/all-about-saas
00:00 - Intro: Ducks and curiosity
2:43 - Brief history of computing
6:00 - Career as an odd duck
8:00 - Product Management
12:20 - Microsoft, you have a SaaS problem
20:00 - Clouds, APIs and scale
28:45 - How do we think together
29:53 - APIs are eating the world
33:00 - Advice for engineers in a transforming company
43:40 - The Developer Experience Architect
45:00 - How to Strategy
56:10 - 3 Futuristic Predictions
01:02:47 - 3 Trends in Data
1:14:37 - D&D 5th Edition
In the most wide-ranging conversation I've ever recorded, we discussed the most interesting ideas in computing. From the 1980s - all the way to 2032. Along the way you'll learn how to craft a career as an odd duck with talent for strategy, how to transform an organization, how to create a strategy, and you'll hear 3 future predictions and 3 big data trends that are happening right now.
Related links:
- The data architecture video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovWiOD6AG78
- Sam's Podcast: https://www.datastax.com/resources/podcast/open-source-data
- Hacking SaaS, the latest and greatest of everything developers need to know when building SaaS: https://hackingsaas.substack.com/
- SaaS Community Slack, join the conversation! https://launchpass.com/all-about-saas
00:00 - Intro: Ducks and curiosity
2:43 - Brief history of computing
6:00 - Career as an odd duck
8:00 - Product Management
12:20 - Microsoft, you have a SaaS problem
20:00 - Clouds, APIs and scale
28:45 - How do we think together
29:53 - APIs are eating the world
33:00 - Advice for engineers in a transforming company
43:40 - The Developer Experience Architect
45:00 - How to Strategy
56:10 - 3 Futuristic Predictions
01:02:47 - 3 Trends in Data
1:14:37 - D&D 5th Edition
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