Episode 58: The Cloud Is Great, But It Isn’t Perfect
In the same way that the cloud can be incredibly helpful, it can also be the source of a few headaches. Just like the printing press, technology can help eliminate the arduous parts of our jobs and help create new specialties. But it doesn’t mean that we have the golden ticket.
Today we are talking to Cloud Data Engineer, Richard Boyd, of iRobot about the perils of getting services to talk to each other and keeping your career flexible in the ever-evolving tech world.
About Richard Boyd
Richard is a Cloud Data Engineer with the iRobot Corporation’s Cloud Data Platform where he builds tools and services to support the world’s most beloved vacuum cleaner. Before joining iRobot, Richard built discrete event simulators for Amazon’s automated fulfillment centers in Amazon Robotics, ensured your Alexa device had all the skills you could ever want on Amazon’s Alexa team, held test engineering lead roles at BAE, cyber warfare systems analyst roles at MIT, and research roles for the Center for Army Analysis. He holds advanced degrees in Applied Mathematics & Statistics.
Links Referenced
- https://aws.amazon.com/deepracer/
- https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway
- https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/
- https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation
- https://twitter.com/cloudtrekau/status/936300151005626368
- https://twitter.com/rchrdbyd
- http://rboyd.dev
- https://richardhboyd.com
- https://linkedin.com/in/richard-h-boyd
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