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Alfonso Cabrera is the Director of Platform Engineering at Red Ventures, where he helps manage and optimize the company\u2019s extensive AWS footprint. Previously, he worked as a solutions architect at Amazon Web Services, a DevOps engineer at startups in the Charlotte area, and a systems administrator at NTT America, among other positions. For the last five years, he\u2019s also organized DevOpsDays Charlotte.\n\nJoin Corey and Alfonso as they explore Alfonso\u2019s journey with Red Ventures, what exactly it is that Red Ventures does, the crazy writing culture at AWS and why Alfonso believes it\u2019s better than the PowerPoint approach, the merits of principles-based decision-making, how AWS approaches solutions architecture, what it\u2019s like to have your writing reviewed at AWS, the difference between optimizing for prestige and optimizing for happiness in your career, what it\u2019s like to work on the Red Ventures campus, how cloud-native and serverless guide Red Ventures\u2019 approach today, the importance of not blocking engineers\u2019 workflows, and more.