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Episode 16 - Crafting Tech Talks and Pie with Ian Coldwater

Episode Summary

Ian's determination to take care of her family as a young parent and learn and create a career in the security space is awe-inspiring. Ian was a joy to talk to, they are so free with their knowledge and how they construct their talks. They provided an overall framework for how they put these talks together. We tackled Twitter questions from their adoring fans and ended with.a healthy discussion on pie.

Episode Notes

Ian Coldwater is a grown teenage hacker turned Lead Platform Security Engineer at Heroku, who specializes in hacking and hardening Kubernetes, containers and cloud-native infrastructure. In their spare time, they like to go on cross-country road trips, participate in Capture the Flag competitions, and eat a lot of pie. Ian's determination to take care of her family as a young parent and learn and create a career in the security space is awe-inspiring. 

Ian was a joy to talk to, they are so free with their knowledge and how they construct their talks. They provided an overall framework for how they put these talks together. We tackled Twitter questions from their adoring fans and ended with.a healthy discussion on pie. 

Episode Links: 
Ian's Speakerdeck: https://speakerdeck.com/iancoldwater 
Norske Nook Pie Cookbook: https://amzn.to/2zwqN2F 

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Timestamp/Topic: 
00:00 - Intro to Ian Coldwater/Early career to now 
09:50 - Ian's process on putting together talks and how to do it well 
17:34 - Ian Break's down their talk(s) and why they aren't a fan of slides 
20:04 - Ship of Fools talk 
23:32 - Blackhat talk with Duffy Coolie 
30:01 - Hello from the Other side 
34:24 - Questions for Ian from the Twitterverse 
50:03 - We talk PIE! 
53:10 - What work is Ian most proud of in their career?