Staying Calm with Duffie Cooley

About this episode

Duffie Cooley shares his experiences and insights on staying grounded in the tech industry.

Sidero and Oxide Kubecon NA event registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oxidesidero-at-kubecon-north-america-2025-tickets-1538869282449 Duffie has lived through a lot. From multiple startup exits to big company changes. He stays grounded by remembering where he came from and what's important—people. This episode is full of career and life advice from one of the kindest people in the industry. Links Unfortunately, we don't have links for most of the companies Duffie talks about because they've all been acquired. CoreOS, Heptio, and Isovalent are all either gone or part of bigger companies now. CoreOS -> Red Hat -> IBM Heptio -> VMware -> Broadcom Isovalent -> Cisco Thankfully the Isovalent products are still going strong. Check them out at isovalent.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Justin Garrison, Autumn Nash

Guest: Duffie Cooley

Topics covered

• career advice
• startup experiences
• technology industry
• personal growth
• life lessons

Keywords

• Duffie Cooley
• career advice
• startup exits
• technology
• life lessons
• Kubecon
• Isovalent

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CoreOS, Red Hat, IBM, Heptio, VMware, Broadcom, Isovalent, Cisco, Sidero, Oxide

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