---
title: "DevOps Cafe Episode 19: Jesse Robbins"
description: Damon Edwards and John Willis hosted me on DevOps Cafe to walk through the path from teenage ISP work to firefighting to Amazon to Chef and Velocity.
doc_version: "1.0"
last_updated: 2011-09-20
slug: devops-cafe-episode-19-jesse-robbins
outlet: DevOps Cafe Podcast
author: Damon Edwards, John Willis
date: 2011-09-20
url: http://devopscafe.org/show/2011/9/20/devops-cafe-episode-19.html
type: Podcast
excerpt: Damon Edwards and John Willis hosted me on DevOps Cafe to walk through the path from teenage ISP work to firefighting to Amazon to Chef and Velocity.
tags:
  - DevOps
  - Chef
  - Amazon
  - Firefighting
  - Velocity Conference
  - Master of Disaster
  - Podcast
---

Damon Edwards and John Willis hosted me on DevOps Cafe for a long conversation: teenage ISP work, the Seattle Fire Department, joining Amazon, building GameDay, cofounding Velocity, and starting Chef. A full transcript ran on the Chef blog at the time.

## Also Mentioned

- Damon Edwards (person)
- John Willis (person)
- Chef (company)

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