Episode 379: TAMs are a Trap

This week we discuss the rate of Public Cloud adoption, Google’s Simplicity Sprint and OKR’s. Plus, some thoughts on slippers.

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Runner-up Titles

• You’re not proud of the product


• You can have both


• Landing Pages


• It’s just like Serial


• Don’t bring me these unqualified deals


• It’s a Floppy Disk Problem


• The better the metrics, the less useful they are


• The sooner you are successful, the longer yoy’are successful


• Highly Edited


• Focus on Earnings

Rundown

• AWS CEO says the move to cloud computing is only just getting started
  
  
  • Acquired Episode on AWS (Podcast)
  
  


• Google and Developer Toil
  
  
  • Google CEO Pichai tells employees not to 'equate fun with money' in heated all-hands meeting
  
  
  • Google CEO tells employees productivity and focus must improve, launches 'Simplicity Sprint' to gather employee feedback on efficiency
  
  
  • Google CEO tells staff not to 'equate fun with money'
  
  
  • Google CEO Pichai: We need to get 20% more productive
  
  

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