Episode description

When you hear a name like “Jamf,” you aren’t likely to think of cloud architecture, but for Levi McCormick, it’s his bread and butter. On this Summer Replay of Screaming in the Cloud, Corey and Levi chat about how Jamf’s business approach benefits both their clients and their development team. Levi gives his take on the relationship between software development and personal ownership, how he gamified learning for young engineers, the economic challenges presented to professionals trying to break into the cloud, and how AWS can improve its rollout of new products. Seeing as Levi McCormick is now Jamf’s Director of Engineering, those insights have seemingly paid dividends! You can check out this blast from the past (as well as Corey’s usual wit and hot takes) right now!

Show Highlights

(0:00) Intro to the episode

(0:58) Panoptica sponsor read

(1:49) Levi’s role as a Cloud Architect

(2:41) The history of Jamf and the services they provide

(5:58) Breaking down the cloud for customers

(8:18) Services, development, and ownership

(11:44) Identity and assumed roles in software engineering

(14:41) The woes of mismanagement in the field

(17:03) Pantoptica sponsor read

(17:26) Explaining the Cloud Resume Challenge

(20:11) Hesitancy to take the challenge wider

(21:26) Economic barriers for young engineers

(26:00) Thoughts on reInvent 2021

(28:45) What’s ahead for Levi McCormick

(29:33) Where you can find Levi

About Levi

Levi's passion lies in helping others learn to cloud better.

Links Referenced

• Jamf: https://www.jamf.com
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/levi_mccormick
• Original Episode: https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/an-enterprise-level-view-of-cloud-architecture-with-levi-mccormick/

Sponsor

• Panoptica: https://www.panoptica.app/