Introducing “Always an Engineer,” a New, Short-Form Podcast from Yotascale CEO Asim Razzaq

Asim Razzaq, founder, CEO of Yotascale and former head of platform engineering at PayPal and eBay, helps answer software engineers’ burning questions in each 10-15 minute episode.

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Asim Razzaq, founder, CEO of Yotascale and former head of platform engineering at PayPal and eBay, helps answer software engineers’ burning questions in each 10-15 minute episode

PALO ALTO, Calif.October 5, 2022Yotascale, the leading choice for cloud cost management in modern SaaS organizations, today announced the launch of a new podcast, titled “Always an Engineer” and hosted by Asim Razzaq, founder and CEO of Yotascale and former head of platform engineering at PayPal and eBay. The first four episodes of the short-form podcast were released today, each approximately 10-15 minutes in length. New episodes are expected to go live weekly starting this month. A two-minute trailer is also available now.

The premise of the podcast is, “Once an engineer, always an engineer... even when you’re a CEO.” Razzaq started his career as a software engineer. Over the past 20+ years he moved up the ladder to lead engineering teams and eventually lead a company. In this podcast, Razzaq shares his insights and lessons learned along the way, from an engineering perspective. From navigating difficult conversations with the C-suite, to managing frustrations with peers, to staying on top of continuous education, the podcast will cover a range of topics to help listeners improve the way they work–and work with others.

"There are so many decisions that software engineers and engineering leaders have to make to maximize opportunity and drive product innovation,” said Razzaq. “The Always an Engineer podcast will dive into the challenges they have to contend with daily, and deliver relatable insider tips and insights that will help listeners manage their careers in engineering and thrive in today's fast-paced, high-pressure technology environments.”The first four episodes cover a variety of topics, including:

  1. How Heroes Kill Culture
  2. A Simple Framework to Motivate and Keep Engineers
  3. Why Everyone Gets Software Estimation Wrong
  4. Software Engineers Hate Meetings for a Reason

Always an Engineer is now streaming anywhere you listen to podcasts, such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn and Stitcher. Visit www.alwaysanengineer.com for more information.

Got a topic to suggest or a guest to recommend? Contact us at https://www.alwaysanengineer.org/contact/.

For more information on Yotascale, visit https://www.yotascale.com/.

About Yotascale

Yotascale enables dynamic cloud cost management with unmatched business insights, attribution accuracy, and time to value, helping modern SaaS organizations reduce cloud spend by up to 50%. Yotascale is the only solution that makes it easy for distributed teams to take ownership of cloud costs, with granular cost attribution in their business context, all-in-one support for multi-cloud and containers (including Kubernetes), and actionable recommendations that make optimizing cloud costs simple, efficient, and predictable. Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, Yotascale's global customers are industry leaders in video conferencing, entertainment, fintech, retail services, and more.

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