Tim Banks is a CNCF and devops technologist, Formerly of Equinix Metal and recently announced Principal Cloud Economist for the Duckbill group and host of the upcoming CloudNative.tv show Solid State. We talk all the way through his journey from Band Geek to Chef to his current work in the tech field. We discuss self esteem and body dysmorphia and how its ok for people to seek therapy. In this episode, Tim is raw, Tim is real, and Tim is a treasure in one of i believe one of the best POPCAST interviews we have ever done'. This is Tim's Banks Statement.
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Timeline/Topic
00:00 -- opener
00:07 -- Introduction to Tim Banks
01:07 -- Tim's Journey (from Band Geek to Marine to overall Bad ass)
10:17 -- Chef Banks and how it applies to DevOps...
18:51 -- Tim gets into Tech.
20:25 -- Equinix Metal / Joining Presales / and Self Esteem
30:43 -- Body Perception
38:44 -- Kubernetes Bake Off and does it pair well with Bourbon?
41:59 -- What work is Tim Banks most proud of
Episode Links
CloudNative.tv
Tim's Twitter - https://twitter.com/elchefe
https://www.duckbillgroup.com/
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