#158 Zhamak's Corner 10 - Blazing Trails not Blazing Saddles - Setting Yourself Up For Success

<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/datameshradio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Data Mesh Radio Patreon</a> - get access to interviews well before they are released</p><p>Episode list and links to all available episode transcripts (most interviews from #32 on) <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZmCIinVgIm0xjIVFpL9jMtCiOlBQ7LbvLmtmb0FKcQc/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a></p><p>Provided as a free resource by DataStax <a href="https://www.datastax.com/products/datastax-astra?utm_source=DataMeshRadio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AstraDB</a>; George Trujillo's contact info: email (<a href="mailto:george.trujillo@datastax.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">george.trujillo@datastax.com</a>) and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgetrujillo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></p><p>For more great content from Zhamak, check out her book on <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/data-mesh/9781492092384/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">data mesh</a>, <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/software-architecture-the/9781492086888/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a book she collaborated on</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhamak-dehghani/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">her LinkedIn</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/zhamakd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">her Twitter</a>. <a href="https://data-mesh-learning.slack.com/archives/C01NGBKC6QL/p1667767709690889" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oh, and she's hiring</a>.</p><p>What can we do now relative to data mesh with what we have? People want to move, not wait for the tools to evolve. We can start to shift in anticipation of tooling getting better. It might not make things a ton better now, but when tools start to emerge, then we can jump ahead quickly. Learn from what happened in the API revolution and don't compromise on interoperability - that will just lead to high quality data silo