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Theoverwhelmingmajorityofasoftwaresystem’slifespanisspentinuse,notindesignorimplementation.So,whydoesconventionalwisdominsistthatsoftwareengineersfocusprimarilyonthedesignanddevelopmentoflarge-scalecomputingsystems?In
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BetsyBeyerBetsyBeyerisaTechnicalWriterforGoogleinNewYorkCityspecializinginSiteReliabilityEngineering.ShehaspreviouslywrittendocumentationforGoogle’sDataCenterandHardwareOperationsTeamsinMountainViewandacrossitsgloballydistributeddatacenters.BeforemovingtoNewYork,BetsywasalecturerontechnicalwritingatStanfordUniversity.Enroutetohercurrentcareer,BetsystudiedInternationalRelationsandEnglishLiterature,andholdsdegreesfromStanfordandTulane.ChrisJonesChrisJonesisaSiteReliabilityEngineerforGoogleAppEngine,acloudplatform-as-a-serviceproductservingover28billionrequestsperday.BasedinSanFrancisco,hehaspreviouslybeenresponsibleforthecareandfeedingofGoogle’sadvertisingstatistics,datawarehousing,andcustomersupportsystems.Inotherlives,ChrishasworkedinacademicIT,analyzeddataforpoliticalcampaigns,andengagedinsomelightBSDkernelhacking,pickingupdegreesinComputerEngineering,Economics,andTechnologyPolicyalongtheway.He’salsoalicensedprofessionalengineer.JenniferPetoffJenniferPetoffisaProgramManagerforGoogle’sSiteReliabilityEngineeringteamandbasedinDublin,Ireland.Shehasmanagedlargeglobalprojectsacrosswide-rangingdomainsincludingscientificresearch,engineering,humanresources,andadvertisingoperations.JenniferjoinedGoogleafterspendingeightyearsinthechemicalindustry.SheholdsaPhDinChemistryfromStanfordUniversityandaBSinChemistryandaBAinPsychologyfromtheUniversityofRochester.NiallRichardMurphyNiallMurphyleadstheAdsSiteReliabilityEngineeringteamatGoogleIreland.HehasbeeninvolvedintheInternetindustryforabout20years,andiscurrentlychairpersonofINEX,Ireland’speeringhub.Heistheauthororcoauthorofanumberoftechnicalpapersand/orbooks,including"IPv6NetworkAdministration"forO’Reilly,andanumberofRFCs.HeiscurrentlycowritingahistoryoftheInternetinIreland,andistheholderofdegreesinComputerScience,Mathematics,andPoetryStudies,whichissurelysomekindofmistake.HelivesinDublinwithhiswifeandtwosons.
