Distinguished Eng On Stack Ranking, Competing with Bezos, Regrets | Bryan Cantrill ย
Podcast: The Peterman PodPublished On: Mon Mar 02 2026
Description: Bryan Cantrill was a distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems and has now founded his own company called Oxide Computer Company. We discussed his career experiences through boom/busts, what competing with Bezos was like, and career regrets.๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐:โข YouTube: https://youtu.be/qhSL-5GtmQMโข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835โข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/distinguished-eng-on-stack-ranking๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐:โข Link to the part in the talk on Oracle/Sun we discussed - https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?si=eExjIMZROGjJcDsw&t=1977๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:42 - Working at Sun Microsystems00:10:17 - His growth to distinguished eng00:19:14 - Why goaling on promotion is bad00:29:34 - Stack ranking and layoffs00:36:00 - Why he hated the Oracle acquisition00:44:19 - Why Bezos is the apex predator of capitalism00:48:04 - Differences between CTO and VP00:49:58 - Starting his own company01:02:37 - Grilling him on his past01:11:57 - AI boom and bust advice01:14:41 - When he was happiest in his career01:17:22 - Top career regret01:19:21 - Advice for younger self01:20:57 - Outro๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป:โข LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-cantrill-b6a1/โข Twitter/X - https://x.com/bcantrillโข Personal Website - https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/โข His company - https://oxide.computer/๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ป:โข Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/โข X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpetermanโข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/โข Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpetermanโข Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpetermanโข TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
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