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S3E30 AI's unglamorous wins for developer productivity with Tara Hernandez from MongoDB
In this episode, Tara Hernandez shares what 18 months of rigorous AI experimentation taught her at MongoDB — including why the initial results showed negative ROI, and where her team eventually found…
S3E29 What a year of hands-on AI coding teaches you about good software with Lada Kesseler
In this episode, Lada Kesseler shares what she’s learned from a year of hands-on experience building with AI coding tools — including the three fundamental challenges that define how these tools…
Being a CTO when everything is exploratory with Rob Zuber from CircleCI
In this episode, Rob Zuber shares what he’s learned from over a decade as CTO at CircleCI — including why the current market requires CTOs to be more hands-on than ever, and why he doesn’t even know…
Managing up, down, and the robots with Michael Lopp aka Rands
In this episode, Michael Lopp shares what he's learned leading engineering teams at Slack, Pinterest, and Palantir — including why AI is delivering real but modest productivity gains, and why junior…
S3E26 Develop, deploy, operate: Three stages of delivering business value with Titus Winters from Adobe
In this episode, Titus Winters discusses his framework for optimizing software’s commercial value, why having humans in the deploy phase is pure toil, and how to think about engineering productivity…
S3E25 How to hire normal engineers and help them do great work with Charity Majors from Honeycomb
In this episode of Engineering Unblocked, Rebecca talks with Charity Majors, CTO of Honeycomb, to explore the myths of engineering productivity and the importance of building systems that enable…
S3E24 Growing engineering headcount in the world of AI with Allan Leinwand, CTO of Webflow
In this episode of Engineering Unblocked, Rebecca sits down with Allan Leinwand, Chief Technology Officer at Webflow and serial engineering leader who has scaled teams at Slack, ServiceNow, and…
S3E23 Navigating developer productivity at Netflix with Kathryn Koehler
In this episode of Engineering Unblocked, Rebecca sits down with Kathryn Koehler, Director of Developer Productivity at Netflix, to explore the unique challenges of scaling engineering at a…
S3E22 Preserving culture and delivery speed through growth with Julianna Lamb from Stytch
In this episode of Engineering Unblocked, Rebecca sits down with Julianna Lamb, co-founder and CTO of Stytch, to explore the challenges of building and scaling engineering culture at a fast-growing…
S3E21 Developer productivity drivers and detractors with Max Kanat-Alexander from Capital One
In this episode, Rebecca sits down with Max Kanat-Alexander, Executive Distinguished Engineer for Developer Experience at Capital One, to explore the nuances of developer productivity and experience.…
S1E20 The science of developer experience with Kristen Foster-Marks from Depot
In today’s episode, Rebecca chats with Kristen Foster-Marks, Head of Developer Experience at Depot. They discuss questionable “ghost engineer” research, why ethical, rigorous studies matter, and how…
S1E19 The state of DORA and developer productivity with Nathen Harvey from Google Cloud
In today’s episode, Rebecca talks with Nathen Harvey who leads the DORA group at Google Cloud. Nathen shares insights from the 10th annual DORA report, covering topics like the relationship between…
S1E18 Mastering operational health with Iccha Sethi from Vanta
In today’s episode, Rebecca talks with Iccha Sethi, the new VP of Engineering at Vanta. They discuss taking stock of an engineering organization as a new VP, how technical engineering managers need…
Rising to engineering leadership challenges at Honeycomb with Emily Nakashima from Honeycomb
Emily Nakashima, VPE at Honeycomb, shares her experience about the hard choices an engineering leader has to make about how to structure — and sometimes restructure — their engineering org. Emily and…
S2E16 What makes a Platform Team work with Mason Jones from Zapier
Mason Jones recently started a new role at Zapier, where he’s bringing his platform leadership experience from Lattice and Credit Karma. In this episode, Mason shares his thoughts on what makes a…
S2E15 Pulling off a multi-month tech debt paydown project with Alice Bartlett from Financial Times
Alice Bartlett, Tech Director for Customer Products at the Financial Times, shares what it takes to introduce modern technology to a 136-year-old company and how to successfully lead significant…
S2E14 The evolution of data engineering in the age of AI with Colleen Tartow from VAST Data
Colleen Tartow, Field CTO and Head of Strategy at VAST Data, shares her experience from years in data engineering leadership roles. In this episode, Rebecca and Colleen talk about how “data” has…
S2E3 Building scaleups without hero culture with Andrea Corey from Homebase
Andrea Corey is a VP of Engineering for platform engineering at Homebase. In today’s episode, Rebecca and Andrea talk about Andrea’s experience in working at scaleups, the lessons she’s learned, the…
S2E12 Change: It’s a long game with Liz Hustedt from ActBlue
Liz Hustedt is a Senior Engineering Manager at ActBlue, an American political action committee and fundraising platform established serving left-leaning and Democratic nonprofits and politicians. In…
S2E1 Crafting a career at the intersection of tech and people with Scott Bonneau from Karat
Scott Bonneau is the EVP of Product and Operations at Karat, the end-to-end solution for technical hiring. Before Karat, Scott has worked in various engineering and HR roles at Google and Indeed. In…
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