It’s important to remember not to “equate fun with money”, especially when you have to do repetitive and boring things that aren’t fun and don’t get you more money. SHOW: 658CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering TeamsCDN77 - CDN Focused on VOD and SecurityCDN77 - ask for a free trial with no duration or traffic limits.Datadog Monitoring: Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsStart monitoring your infrastructure, applications, logs and security in one place with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.SHOW NOTES:Google CEO demands higher employee productivityGoogle asks employees to find 20% more productivity(“Simplicity Sprints”)Amazon builds internal team to keep developers from being bored SOMETIMES THINGS GROW AND IT’S FUNWe’re hiring! Launches! Everyone is a rock-star! Nobody cares about accountability during the good times, because growth hides all the flaws.SOMETIMES GROWTH COMES FROM BEING EFFICIENTGoogle added 25k people per year (2019-2021)Do less hiring (less interviews, less new hire-stuff, less “where is?”)Don’t put the burden on the employees to fix leadership ambitionsGoogle “Simplicity Sprints”Amazon “Amazon Software Builder Experience” (ASBX)20% more productive33% do repetitive workIs this good or bad for the concept of Platform EngineeringFEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet