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Brian Cooksey

Brian Cooksey is the Platform Engineering Lead at Zapier and Missouri native.

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What it's Like to Take a Long Paternity Leave
August was fast approaching, and my son's due date was roughly two months away. At the time, Zapier did not have an official parental leave policy. No employee had had a child yet, so we hadn't needed one.
By Brian Cooksey

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6 min read
Business tips
Don't Let Tech Lingo Hold You Back: 7 Common Developer Terms Explained
Spend a little time with developers and it won't be long until you hear acronyms like "DB" and "AWS" or see the word "get" repeatedly misspelled as "git".
By Brian Cooksey

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10 min read

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