Damian Schenkelman's guest appearances

Damian Schenkelman

On-Call Nightmares Podcast

Enginears

Software Snack Bites

Melissa Palmer

Ben Halpern

Tanya Janca

Kolton Andrus

Gene Kim

Kelsey Hightower

Jay Gordon

Adam Jacob

JJ Asghar

Nathen Harvey

Mike Grayson

Molly Struve

Paul Reed

John Willis

Luca Mezzalira

OwlTail

Welcome to Software Snack Bites the Podcast! This podcast will be an exploration of all things enterprise software from technology trend deep dives, to company building, to enterprise purchase decisions. Damian Schenkelman was Employee 10 at Auth0 and has played multiple roles in the company from early engineer, to first Director of Engineering, to Principal Architect at Okta/Auth0 Lab which is exploring new products in the auth space. He is also an angel investor and advisor to numerous startups and is happy to help any founders who reach out! He joins us today to share the journey of Auth0 from the beginning and how early decisions on things like supporting on-prem and cloud customers can impact a company in the long term. We talk about the differences between being an individual contributor and a manager and also cover topics related to scaling reliability, tradeoffs between microservices &amp; monoliths, and how phase shifts in a company lead to needing to build and codify new decision making frameworks over time. There are numerous insights in here for companies in the early stage and also at scale as to how to avoid potential pitfalls and grow with their customers. For those who don’t know, Auth0 was acquired by Okta for $6.5B in 2020.Please subscribe directly on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help support the show!Where to Find Damian:* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damianschenkelman/* Twitter: https://twitter.com/dschenkelman* Personal Blog: https://yenkel.dev/Where to Find Shomik:* Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/* Software Snack Bites Newsletter: https://www.shomik.substack.comIn this episode, we cover:(00:00) - Damian’s Background(01:30) - What Auth0 Does &amp; What is Authentication and Authorization(07:43) - Why Auth0 Focused on Developers from Day One(10:15) - Signing the First Customers(14:43) - Tradoffs Between On-Prem and Cloud Customers(19:06) - Becoming Director of Engineering(24:05) - Returning Back to Being an Individual Contributor(27:40) - Leading the Platform Eng Team to Increase Reliability &amp; Scalability(36:56) - Dealing with Phase Shifts in Auth0 as the Company Scaled(40:30) - Improving Alignment Between Eng Teams(44:51) - Working on New Products at Auth0 Lab(49:20) - Favorite New Technology(50:43) - Favorite SnackAdditional Show Notes:* Excellent Written Interview about Damian’s Experience: https://staffeng.com/stories/damian-schenkelman* Damian’s Auth0 Podcast Series that Goes Deep into Auth Topics: https://authorizationinsoftware.auth0.com/public/49/Authorization-in-Software-f9b69587* Auth0 Lab’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/auth0labHow to Subscribe:Available on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

Welcome to Software Snack Bites the Podcast! This podcast will be an exploration of all things enterprise software from technology trend deep dives, to company building, to enterprise purchase decisions. Damian Schenkelman was Employee 10 at Auth0 and has played multiple roles in the company from early engineer, to first Director of Engineering, to Principal Architect at Okta/Auth0 Lab which is exploring new products in the auth space. He is also an angel investor and advisor to numerous startups and is happy to help any founders who reach out! He joins us today to share the journey of Auth0 from the beginning and how early decisions on things like supporting on-prem and cloud customers can impact a company in the long term. We talk about the differences between being an individual contributor and a manager and also cover topics related to scaling reliability, tradeoffs between microservices &amp; monoliths, and how phase shifts in a company lead to needing to build and codify new decision making frameworks over time. There are numerous insights in here for companies in the early stage and also at scale as to how to avoid potential pitfalls and grow with their customers. For those who don’t know, Auth0 was acquired by Okta for $6.5B in 2020.Please subscribe directly on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help support the show!Where to Find Damian:* LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/damianschenkelman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/damianschenkelman/</a>* Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/dschenkelman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/dschenkelman</a>* Personal Blog: <a href="https://yenkel.dev/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://yenkel.dev/</a>Where to Find Shomik:* Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21</a>* LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/</a>* Software Snack Bites Newsletter: <a href="https://www.shomik.substack.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.shomik.substack.com</a>In this episode, we cover:(00:00) - Damian’s Background(01:30) - What Auth0 Does &amp; What is Authentication and Authorization(07:43) - Why Auth0 Focused on Developers from Day One(10:15) - Signing the First Customers(14:43) - Tradoffs Between On-Prem and Cloud Customers(19:06) - Becoming Director of Engineering(24:05) - Returning Back to Being an Individual Contributor(27:40) - Leading the Platform Eng Team to Increase Reliability &amp; Scalability(36:56) - Dealing with Phase Shifts in Auth0 as the Company Scaled(40:30) - Improving Alignment Between Eng Teams(44:51) - Working on New Products at Auth0 Lab(49:20) - Favorite New Technology(50:43) - Favorite SnackAdditional Show Notes:* Excellent Written Interview about Damian’s Experience: <a href="https://staffeng.com/stories/damian-schenkelman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://staffeng.com/stories/damian-schenkelman</a>* Damian’s Auth0 Podcast Series that Goes Deep into Auth Topics: <a href="https://authorizationinsoftware.auth0.com/public/49/Authorization-in-Software-f9b69587" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://authorizationinsoftware.auth0.com/public/49/Authorization-in-Software-f9b69587</a>* Auth0 Lab’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/auth0lab" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/auth0lab</a>How to Subscribe:Available on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/software-snack-bites/id1669999483" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> or <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5voKCX3gQXRqGPZm1z29Ot?si=lK4W6WQCTjmWIQhWbEGIWw&amp;nd=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://shomik.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shomik.substack.com</a>

Damian Schenkelman - Principal Architect at Okta, Scaling from Employee 10 to Exit at Auth0

In this episode, we’re joined by Damian Schenkelman at Auth0.  If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!  Prefer to listen on the move? Check us out on Spotify or Apple podcasts! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2PhxgT7 Apple: https://apple.co/2DTI7xm You can also find us at: Website: https://enginears.io Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYr Instagram: http://bit.ly/2rz2mO5 LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2P8mJuL  Host: Elliot Kipling: https://bit.ly/3i1KIYM Editor: Kane Hunter: https://bit.ly/2Vij5kD 

In this episode, we’re joined by Damian Schenkelman at Auth0.  If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!  Prefer to listen on the move? Check us out on Spotify or Apple podcasts!  Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/2PhxgT7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://spoti.fi/2PhxgT7</a> Apple: <a href="https://apple.co/2DTI7xm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apple.co/2DTI7xm</a> You can also find us at:  Website: <a href="https://enginears.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://enginears.io</a> Twitter: <a href="http://bit.ly/36cTJYr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/36cTJYr</a> Instagram: <a href="http://bit.ly/2rz2mO5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2rz2mO5</a> LinkedIn: <a href="http://bit.ly/2P8mJuL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2P8mJuL</a> Host: Elliot Kipling: <a href="https://bit.ly/3i1KIYM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3i1KIYM</a> Editor: Kane Hunter: <a href="https://bit.ly/2Vij5kD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2Vij5kD</a>

Inside Auth0 and SRE with Damian | Enginears Podcast

Welcome back to another podcast about downtime!  Once again we meet with another technologist who's building a new product and getting it out to the world.  This time we meet Damian of Auth0 who's been working with his team to ensure identity services.Damian is an Software Engineer that loves to solve hard problems of any type, especially those related to making software and teams scale. He is a Director of Engineering at Auth0 helping make identity simple for developers. Before Auth0, Damian spent many years working for and at Microsoft on Azure, Media and patterns &amp; practices related initiatives. He spends his spare time with family, friends, exercising and catching up on all things NBA. Twitter: @dschenkelmanauth0.com

Welcome back to another podcast about downtime! Once again we meet with another technologist who's building a new product and getting it out to the world. This time we meet Damian of Auth0 who's been working with his team to ensure identity services. Damian is an Software Engineer that loves to solve hard problems of any type, especially those related to making software and teams scale. He is a Director of Engineering at Auth0 helping make identity simple for developers. Before Auth0, Damian spent many years working for and at Microsoft on Azure, Media and patterns &amp; practices related initiatives. He spends his spare time with family, friends, exercising and catching up on all things NBA. Twitter: @dschenkelman <a href="http://auth0.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">auth0.com</a>

Episode 13 - Damian Schenkelman - Auth0