Episodes 14
Avg. Duration 50m
Activity Active
Since Jan 2020
Latest Episode Jun 2025

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Semi-Annually
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

What does it take to be a great leader? We asked some of the most influential names in software engineering and product management. You’ll learn ways to grow as a software engineering leader, optimize your time, develop your team, structure your organization, and get the right products to market, faster. In each episode, Joshua Samberg and Robin Pokorný uncover the empowering insights and daily habits of industry leaders who think, speak, and act in ways that make a positive difference in their lives and in the lives of others.

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S2E7 Driving product mindset and engineering excellence at scale (with Vinay Ram)

Jun 27, 2025 39m

In this episode, Robin talks with Vinay Ram, VP of Product Engineering at Productboard, about leading high-performing teams, building trust fast, and driving a product-first mindset across…

S2E6 What staff+ engineers need to be successful in the ML field (with Žilvinas Girėnas)

Oct 21, 2024 39m

In this episode, Robin interviews Žilvinas Girėnas, a Senior Engineering Manager at Productboard. They dive into Žilvinas’ experience leading a machine learning team focused on building Productboard…

S2E5 Learning new languages, harnessing the strengths of management and IC tracks, and embracing adaptation (with Jany Koščo)

Jun 21, 2024 41m

In this episode, we examine how mastering multiple programming languages is a huge advantage in today’s rapidly evolving tech environment. Jany Koščo, Senior Staff Engineer at Productboard, explains…

S2E4 Insider tips on hiring staff & senior staff engineers (with Claudiu Andrei)

Feb 04, 2024 44m

In the fourth episode of Season 2, we sit down with Claudiu Andrei, Site Tech Lead at Productboard’s San Francisco office, who’s in the process of building up two new teams to better serve our…

S2E3 Staff+ ambitions: Top tips for landing your IC leadership job (with Alice Rum, Dmitry Belyaev and Tomáš Růžička)

May 18, 2023 43m

Our third episode of Season 2 was a special live recording from this year’s WebExpo conference in Prague, where we discussed what it takes to become a Staff+ Engineer. We sat down with a trio of…

S2E2 Mentor me this: a master's guide to mentoring for staff+ engineers (with Hussien Khayoon)

Apr 06, 2023 44m

In our second episode of Season 2, we chatted with Hussien Khayoon, Staff Software Developer at Shopify, about the undisputable importance and value of mentoring – regardless if you’re just starting…

S2E1 From manager of managers to principal engineer (with Ralph McTeggart)

Feb 22, 2023 51m

In our first episode of Season 2, we chatted with Ralph McTeggart, Principal Engineer at Productboard, about his decision to become a Tech Lead after wearing a manager hat for several years. He…

S1E7 Self-reflection: How to become a confident, high-performing leader (with Ramona Shaw)

Jan 03, 2022 1h 24m

In the seventh episode of our podcast series, Joshua welcomes Ramona Shaw, his BetterManager leadership coach. Ramona works with both emerging and experienced technology leaders to help them achieve…

S1E6 Building a development center from the ground up (with Timmy Ho)

Aug 06, 2021 1h 1m

In the sixth episode of our podcast series, Joshua welcomed Timmy Ho, our first engineering hire in North America. An engineering manager in our Vancouver office, Timmy reflected on bootstrapping our…

S1E5 Becoming the leaders we wished we’d had (with Disha Al Baqui)

Dec 15, 2020 1h 18m

For the fifth episode in our podcast series, Joshua welcomed a former colleague and old friend, Disha Al Baqui, Principal Engineering Manager at Hulu. Joshua and Disha met in 2014 when they worked as…

S1E4 Leading during a crisis: Chaos engineering for collaboration (with Raz Shuty)

Jul 07, 2020 1h 20m

For the fourth installment in our podcast series, Joshua welcomed Raz Shuty, Director of Engineering at Delivery Hero. This was an episode of firsts: the first non-productboard guest and the first…

S1E3 Employee growth: Conversations on the way to the lighthouse (with Daniel Hejl)

Apr 07, 2020 42m

In the third instalment of our Engineering Leadership podcast, Joshua welcomes Daniel Hejl, our CTO and co-founder. During an interesting discussion around facilitating employee growth, Daniel…

S1E2 Community Q&A #1: Empathy is a skill that can be learned (with Vojtech Vondra)

Jan 14, 2020 31m

What metrics do you use to track team performance? What challenges are there when scaling teams? And how do you maintain healthy relationships at work while having the difficult conversations that…

S1E1 It’s not a promotion, it’s a career change (with Vojtech Vondra)

Jan 13, 2020 29m

Kicking off the podcast series, host Joshua Samberg is joined by our very own Director of Engineering, Vojtech Vondra. During a wide-ranging conversation, they discuss productboard’s efforts to…

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