Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Today’s guest is Eyvonne Sharp, a Google Cloud technical leader, Network Collective co-founder, co-host of The Cloud Gambit podcast, and former network architect at a Fortune 100. Eyvonne shares stories from her impressive career, offers advice to her younger self, and how to appreciate those “magic” moments in your career when a project fires on all cylinders. She also shares her experience moving into a leadership role and how the need to become a force multiplier is more important than being an indispensable single point of failure.
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Links:
Eyvonne Sharp on LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/eyvonne-sharp
Google Cloud Next Speaker Profile - googlecloudevents.com/next-vegas/speaker/2144757/eyvonne-sharp
Eyvonne Sharp on X - https://x.com/SharpNetwork
Eyvonne Sharp on Mastodon - https://techhub.social/@SharpNetwork
Eyvonne Sharp’s Website - esharp.net
Eyvonne Sharp’s Tech Field Day Profile - techfieldday.com/people/eyvonne-sharp
The Cloud Gambit Podcast - packetpushers.net/podcast/the-cloud-gambit
Life In Uptime is a part of the Packet Pushers network. Visit our website to find more great networking and technology podcasts, along with tutorial videos, the Human Infrastructure newsletter, and loads more resources for building your IT career. packetpushers.net
Today’s guest is Eyvonne Sharp, a Google Cloud technical leader, Network Collective co-founder, co-host of The Cloud Gambit podcast, and former network architect at a Fortune 100. Eyvonne shares stories from her impressive career, offers advice to her younger self, and how to appreciate those “magic” moments in your career when a project fires on all cylinders. She also shares her experience moving into a leadership role and how the need to become a force multiplier is more important than being an indispensable single point of failure.
AdSpot Sponsor: Statseeker
Statseeker gives engineers near real-time performance insights, fast zero-touch deployment, and historical data going back as far as you need; so you can troubleshoot faster and prove what actually happened. Statseeker auto-discovers devices and starts polling every 60 seconds right out of the gate, building a full-fidelity, granular history of your network from the moment it’s deployed. Try it free at statseeker.com/uptimestories.
Links:
Eyvonne Sharp on LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/eyvonne-sharp
Google Cloud Next Speaker Profile - googlecloudevents.com/next-vegas/speaker/2144757/eyvonne-sharp
Eyvonne Sharp on X - https://x.com/SharpNetwork
Eyvonne Sharp on Mastodon - https://techhub.social/@SharpNetwork
Eyvonne Sharp’s Website - esharp.net
Eyvonne Sharp’s Tech Field Day Profile - techfieldday.com/people/eyvonne-sharp
The Cloud Gambit Podcast - packetpushers.net/podcast/the-cloud-gambit
Life In Uptime is a part of the Packet Pushers network. Visit our website to find more great networking and technology podcasts, along with tutorial videos, the Human Infrastructure newsletter, and loads more resources for building your IT career. packetpushers.net
