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title: Firefighting
description: Interviews, articles, podcasts, and talks where Jesse Robbins discusses Firefighting.
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# Firefighting

Interviews, articles, podcasts, and talks where Jesse Robbins discusses Firefighting.

## [Q&A: Ex-Amazon 'Master of Disaster' Jesse Robbins on the Power of 'Relentless Optimism' in Startups](https://jesserobbins.com/mentions/master-of-disaster-relentless-optimism-geekwire.md)

*2012-10-27*

GeekWire ran a long Q&A while I was running Opscode and pulled out the operating principle I kept using inside Amazon: when people say no, find a way to make them say yes.

## [DevOps Cafe Episode 19: Jesse Robbins](https://jesserobbins.com/mentions/devops-cafe-episode-19-jesse-robbins.md)

*2011-09-20*

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.

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