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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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A grounded episode on engineering leadership, IC work, and adapting technical choices as reality changes.
A senior staff engineer's path gives this episode a useful frame for thinking about adaptation: moving through software engineering, CTO responsibilities, and the individual contributor track without treating any step as a final identity.
Specialists walking through software's tradeoffs, one system at a time.
Founders and engineers on AI coding agents like Claude Code, and supply chain security.
The engineering decisions behind code, agents, and control.
Python tools, practical trade-offs, and the occasional programming joke.
Matt Stratton interviews DevOps practitioners on security, platform engineering, and trusting AI-written code.
Jani says his most valuable move was not staying in one lane: he went from software engineer to CTO, then from engineering manager back to IC work at Product Board.
A hiring manager discusses what they look for when hiring staff and senior staff engineers.
A panel of staff and principal engineers discuss how to become a staff engineer and navigate promotions in tech.
Hussein Kayyoun, a staff software developer at Shopify, explains how mentoring ranges from helping bootcamp students schedule 20 hours of study to advising senior engineers about jobs and compensation.
Host Robin Pokorný interviews principal engineer Ralph McTaggart about the nuances of staff-plus engineering roles and effective communication in technical leadership.
Host Joshua Samberg introduces a free-flowing conversation with Disha Al-Baki, a leader at Hulu, discussing their shared background at Samsung and themes of developing as a leader.
CTO Daniel Hale discusses facilitating employee growth in software engineering, sharing insights on learning and career progression.
This episode is a community-driven conversation about engineering leadership, using audience-submitted questions to explore common challenges and insights.
Host Joshua Samberg introduces a new podcast about engineering leadership, sharing his background and setting the stage for conversations with industry leaders.