👾Travis Johnson — Software Engineer
I love what I do, and I love enabling the people around me to love what they do too. I'm also pretty good at it but I don't think that's as important. I'm a career SRE, taking the "Linux System Administrator adds more code to their work" approach I expanded my scope to the application level; stopping just short of User Interfaces (design work still confuses me... except maybe Terminal Interfaces). As I did this I thought more and more broadly about how to ensure products are built reliably; this led to a stronger and stronger focus on education, and facilitating communication within, and between, engineering teams. Now, almost my entire focus is on psychological safety; creating an environment that helps people feel comfortable taking risks. For a better explanation I highly recommend reading about Project Aristotle and I'll quote one thing from that page: "Psychological safety refers to an individual’s *perception* of the consequences of taking an interpersonal risk" (emphasis mine) https://rework.withgoogle.com/print/guides/5721312655835136/ I do this through many means, some "mechanical" (i.e. good and fast CI/CD reduces the stress and impact of experimentation), and some social (being head of an IT department makes for many opportunities to gain (and lose) user trust). Above all else I make sure my team and my coworkers understand that I put them first; above my boss, and above the company. The choice between your employees and the company is a false one; there is no company without its employees. In the businesses where I've worked the only true company assets have been the people building and running everything; make them *want* to be there, and let them show you what they can do. I want to change the world, but I haven't quite figured out how yet; for now I've found I can make things better for the people near me, and that feels pretty nice. Those seem like the relevant parts: travis@thisguy.codes The beautiful fluff in the picture is Cloud, and yes he's a good boy :)
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned SRE with a focus on DevOps in the SaaS industry.
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Experience: 13 yrs 7 mos
Skills
- Kubernetes
- Amazon Web Services (aws)
- Cloud Security
- Devops
- Reliability Engineering
- Leadership
Career Highlights
- Expert in creating psychologically safe work environments.
- Strong focus on education and team communication.
- Extensive experience in reliability engineering and DevOps.
Work Experience
Babylist
Senior Software Engineer, Platform (2 yrs 1 mo)
Marqeta
Principal Security Engineer (10 mos)
Ocrolus
TechOps Manager (1 yr 4 mos)
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (1 yr 4 mos)
Imagen Technologies
Lead Systems Engineer (9 mos)
Peloton Interactive
Sr. SRE (9 mos)
LiquidSky Software, Inc.
Head of NetOps | Master of Machines (10 mos)
true[X]
Devops Engineer (1 yr 2 mos)
ZEFR
SRE (9 mos)
Software Engineer (10 mos)
theFirehoseProject
Code Mentor (3 yrs)
NutraClick
Business Intelligence Developer (3 mos)
System Administrator (11 mos)
support.com
Personal Technology Expert (1 yr)
ManpowerGroup
Associate (8 mos)
Landry's Restaurants
Bus boy (4 mos)