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Engineer Explains: Turning mistakes into wins with CHAOS ENGINEERING

Milena Radivojević

We've asked experienced engineers to share how they would explain some tech terminology at three levels of experience - from junior developer to CTO.

Ever heard of chaos engineering? It’s a part of software resilience, focused on accepting that mistakes are inevitable and preparing to bounce back stronger rather than stressing over them.

As Kelly Shortridge (Senior Director of Portfolio Product Management at Fastly) says, failures aren’t disasters – they’re just opportunities to learn.

The trick is to adapt quickly by making small, manageable changes, thinking beyond isolated code, and keeping an eye on the bigger picture.

This video is a part of ShiftMag’s video series, Engineer Explains.

We’ve asked experienced engineers to share how they would explain some basic and some less basic tech terminology to different tech job titles or at three levels of experience — from junior developer to CTO.

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