Engineering Org Design
Team structure, platform teams, management models, and how CTOs design orgs that ship.
Episodes
- Understanding The Fear: Adaptive Leadership in the AI Age
Growing fear about AI among engineers and managers, framing it as an "adaptive moment" requiring leaders to disrupt old stabilizing practices. They…
- Deploys, Demos, and the Elusive Metric of Engineering Productivity
Wrestle with one of the industry's toughest questions: How do you measure engineering productivity? The conversation explores the hypothesis that deploy…
- The Outsourcing Playbook Gets an AI Rewrite: Engineering in the Age of AI and Global Teams
Dig deep into the real-world lessons of managing outsourced and distributed engineering teams. Drawing on decades of experience with partners in Romania,…
- From Code to Careers: AI's Disruption of Software and Work Itself
Dive into the fast-evolving world of generative AI—and what it means for the future of software development, careers, and the economy at large. They…
- How GenAI Is Changing the Two Guys in a Garage Founder Story
Tech entrepreneurs and avid scuba divers Justin Wolf and Joe Malek to share the story behind their generative AI–powered scuba guidebook and community…
- Autonomous Engineering Teams: What Works, What Breaks
Unpack one of the most debated questions in engineering leadership: Should engineering managers also serve as tech leads? They explore the organizational…
- From Chicken to Chatbots: Generative AI in Hospitality with Justin Kaufman
Special guest Justin Kaufman . Justin discusses his unique journey from working in health tech to founding the Mount Joy restaurant, where he's…
- Fake Profiles, Real Disruption: What AI Is (and Isn't) Doing to Tech Recruiting with Dave Hardwick
With Dave Hardwick, the disruptive yet beneficial impact of AI on recruitment processes. They explore how AI tools are revolutionizing candidate searches…
- Beyond the Resume: How to Hire and Get Hired in Tech with Dave Hardwick
Dave Hardwick, a seasoned technical recruiter. Together, they explore the intricacies of recruiting engineering talent, the gaps between what CTOs think…
- Bonus Episode with Greg Conklin: Navigating Hyper-growth and Tech Debt at Groupon and Dropbox
Dive into a conversation with Greg Conklin, exploring his experiences at two hypergrowth companies, Groupon and Dropbox. Greg shares insights on the…
- Culture, Quality, and Tech Debt: Lessons from the Front Lines with Greg Conklin
Are joined by special guest Greg Conklin for a candid and insightful conversation on what it takes to build high-performing engineering teams. Drawing…
- Lessons from the Mountains: Retrospectives and the Secret Sauce of High Performance Teams
The art and impact of retrospectives in engineering teams. Drawing on their experiences in both software and high-stakes environments like mountain…
- Understanding and Managing Technical Debt: Insights from John Helm
Guest John Helm to discuss the complexities and ramifications of technical debt within software projects. The conversation explores various analogies,…
- The Ball of Mud - Tackling Software Monoliths and Decomposing Tech Debt: Strategies and Challenges
The intricate challenges of engineering leadership, focusing on the decomposition of monolithic software systems and the monumental task of managing tech…
- Embracing Failure and Innovation: Lessons from Punk Rock with Kevin Goldsmith
Are joined by Kevin Goldsmith, a seasoned tech leader with a background in both music and technology. Kevin shares insights from his early career in the…
- Navigating Technical Debt and Code Quality in Agile Teams
A recent incident in a small engineering team that highlights challenges of managing technical debt even with skilled developers and robust code review…
- The Reality of AI in Software Engineering and the Future of Work
A recent OpenAI study on AI's effectiveness in completing real-world freelance software engineering tasks. They delve into the results showing that AI…
- Tackling Tech Culture and Interviewing: Insights from Ted Neward
Special guest Ted Neward, a senior distinguished engineer at Capital One, joins the hosts to discuss the challenges and intricacies of engineering…