Software Defined Interviews
Episode 121: Art Degrees, Sun Microsystems, and How Kubernetes Scales Contributions, with Josh Berkus
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Whitney and Coté discuss with Josh Berkus (Red Hat, Kubernetes contributor) how liberal and fine arts degrees (philosophy, photography, sculpture, pottery) apply to tech careers. Berkus details how early hardware experience influenced his database performance work, noting hardware's renewed relevance with AI and multi-arch computing. The conversation covers Sun Microsystems’ 1990s internet role,…