Özgür Özdemircili

May 22, 2021

CTO’s Guide to Saving Cloud Costs

The technology is changing so the way does things. If you wanted to build a new system to serve dynamic content 10 years ago I would advise you to to get a hosting package, 5 years ago the same question would result in me advising you to install a virtual…

Cloud

6 min read

May 22, 2021

Are you having problems keeping top talent in your company? Here is what you can do about it.

We live in a time where there is still a lot of hype around what is talent, how to attract talent and how to keep it. Having the opportunity to work in different industries, and grow around 10 teams from scratch(no bragging about it) I really had the chance to…

AWS

4 min read

Are you having problems keeping top talent in your company? Here is what you can do about it.

May 31, 2020

How to find better markets for your startup with “Oceans of Need”?

“People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole!” Theodore Levitt If you are like me, you will read this sentence, then wait a couple of seconds and you will read it again. The second time you read you will recognise something. This is not another…

Startup

6 min read

Published in AmazonWebServices

·Nov 20, 2019

What it is like to be a Technical Account Manager in AWS?

First of all, I would like to thank all of you for your comments, reaching out to me, your congratulations and your thanks to the previous article I have written. You folks rock! Thank you! How did I pass the AWS Job Interview and become a Technical Account Manager Since…

AWS

12 min read

What it is like to be a Technical Account Manager in AWS?

Aug 24, 2019

How coming from a poor family never stopped me from reaching my dreams and how you can too.

This is a story about you, about me. Although I will write my story, I know by heart that many people went through the same difficulties that I did, they succeeded nevertheless. I love writing not because it makes you popular or it plays with your ego seeing some thousand…

Love

8 min read

Why being poor was the best thing that happened to me?

Jun 11, 2019

How to convert a “Brilliant Idea” into a Fully Functional Startup with AWS?

I love startups. After having been to so many stages of a startup I also know how chaotic it is to bring an idea to life. …

AWS

7 min read

How to convert a “Brilliant Idea” into a Fully Functional Startup with AWS?

Published in AmazonWebServices

·May 7, 2019

How did I pass the AWS job Interview and become a Technical Account Manager?

How did I pass the AWS job Interview and become a Technical Account Manager? This is a personal note for those like me who have been, are or will be on their journey to become Amazon employees. And this is not a “How to land a job in AWS in 7 basic steps” article. If you are looking for insights on this, you can…

AWS

15 min read

How did I pass the AWS job Interview and become a Technical Account Manager?

Mar 30, 2019

How Amazon changed everything? Customer Obsession vs Company Obsession.

If you have been to re: Invent of 2018, or at least watched the Keynote with Werner Vogels you will remember Werner talking about shutting down their Oracle Data warehouses. But long before that we also heard Andy Jessy had given the news that they would be running 97%…

AWS

4 min read

Published in FAUN Publication

·Mar 17, 2019

How to write a post-mortem without killing anyone?

Post-mortem, as fancy it sounds now it is really not a piece of cake when it comes to putting it into action. And although it does not involve any corpses it surely can be blamed for having caused heart attacks and broken feelings all throughout its history. Let’s get one…

Programming

3 min read

How to write a post-mortem without killing anyone?

Mar 17, 2019

Readme for Ozgur

Preface: I always have been a fan of README documents. Back in 1998, I remember getting FreeBSD ports collection getting posted to me in a CD (Since I was using a 56K modem and you had to pay for the phone bill for the time you were connected to the internet)…

Startup

8 min read