Retired, not tired. (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Kelsey Hightower is back to share more of his wisdom. This time it’s one year after his retirement from Google. But guess what? He might be “retired,” but he’s not tired. In this episode Kelsey shares what drives him, what he fears, and how he thinks through his life choices and parenting. This is a good one.

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Featuring:

• Kelsey Hightower – Twitter, GitHub
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn

Show Notes:

• “I’m retired, not tired.”
• Changelog & Friends #6: Even the best rides come to an end
• Run:ai
• Brondell Bidet
• From Sleeping in His Car to Distinguished Engineer at Google (Kelsey Hightower)

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Chapters

1. This is The Changelog (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Sentry (00:01:30)

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3. Start the show! (00:05:10)

4. A morning in Kelsey's shoes? (00:07:18)

5. Bidets, totally worth it. (00:11:32)

6. How does consulting work for you? (00:15:10)

7. Fractional CTOs (00:18:05)

8. Give me the story (00:19:31)

9. Simplifiying complex ideas (00:22:57)

10. Sponsor: 1Password (00:29:39)

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11. What's Kelsey into? (00:34:31)

12. What do you fear? (00:39:31)

13. American Psycho flying commerical (00:47:25)

14. Podcasting is powerful (00:52:15)

15. Entertaining conspiracy theories? (00:59:30)

16. Sponsor: Cronitor (01:08:44)

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17. Are you raising chickens? (01:10:11)

18. Do you give bad advice? (01:15:21)

19. Becoming wise (01:20:13)

20. Wrapping with a mic drop (01:28:12)

21. There's a bonus! (01:29:56)

22. Ok, this show is done. (01:30:33)