Eddie Pettis·Nov 2, 2025Sometimes you just have to actI attended Google’s EDGE leadership training in 2012. I definitely learned something, but I’m not sure everyone would agree with it.A response icon3A response icon3
Eddie Pettis·Oct 26, 2025Wrangling complexity with breadth first problem solvingParachuting into a messy situation? Having trouble getting your bearings? Consider a breadth first problem solving approach instead.A response icon4A response icon4
Eddie Pettis·Oct 14, 2025How DCSW created an amazing cultureWe didn’t know it at the time, but we were building something special.
Eddie Pettis·Apr 5, 2025Interviewing with the eyes of a childI decided to play along when one of my co-workers said her nine year old wanted to be interviewed. Her daughter outperformed most adults.
Eddie Pettis·Jan 17, 2025The biggest technical mistake I ever made: Encoding data in a stringThey say the two hardest problems in computer science are naming, cache invalidation, and off-by-one errors. I screwed up naming sensors.A response icon2A response icon2
Eddie Pettis·Jan 16, 2025Breaking things down for executives and engineersEngineering presenters often use the wrong level of abstraction when communicating with executives.
Eddie Pettis·Dec 22, 2024Transitioning from a cog to a VPThe most poignant lessons from my first year at Equinix. Spoiler alert: They revolve around a radical increase in accountability.
Eddie Pettis·May 26, 2024You only get one chance to ask everyone to do somethingMost horizontal software programs die because they are organizationally difficult to prioritize and technically hard to execute.
Eddie Pettis·Feb 5, 2024How to build a large system diagramYou have a problematic ecosystem and decide to diagram the entire thing. Now you have two problems. These suggestions can help.
