Beyond Coding Patrick Akil

Connect with Ilya Pimenov:

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OUTLINE

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:27 - Starting your career as full stack developer?

00:02:57 - Learning every day

00:04:45 - Product managers talk to A LOT of people

00:07:31 - Ilya's career path

00:11:31 - Staff engineer challenges

00:13:34 - Patrick's next career steps

00:15:45 - Entrepreneurship and individual contributor skills

00:19:24 - Listening to internet traffic

00:25:05 - Comfort with ambiguity

00:27:45 - Fully understanding LLMs

00:29:58 - The biggest impact is in backend development

00:31:33 - Great Frontend engineers

00:33:05 - Why people use LeetCode in interviews

00:38:21 - LeetCode exercises transfer to software development

00:39:23 - Hiring for potential

00:40:56 - Investing in LeetCode opens doors

00:42:33 - System design interview

00:44:26 - Getting better at LeetCode

00:47:39 - Why people hate LeetCode

00:48:27 - Legendary LeetCode solver couldn't deliver as engineer

00:50:02 - What makes a great senior engineer

00:54:00 - Dealing with ambiguity is a life skill

00:56:41 - Buying and renovating

00:59:55 - Modular home

01:03:20 - Startup failures and learnings

01:07:18 - Hustling and executing

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OUTLINE00:00:00 - Intro00:00:24 - New leadership pitfalls00:03:17 - Vulnerability builds trust00:04:54 - Chimpanzees and empathy00:06:07 - Improving empathy00:08:45 - Think friend00:10:08 - Psychological safety00:12:02 - Memorable conversations00:15:09 - Strategic empathy00:17:52 - Soft on the relationship, tough on the content00:19:19 - Active listening skills00:21:32 - Autonomy and ownership pitfalls00:24:42 - Similarity bias and personal approach00:26:07 - Quality, autonomy and risk00:29:47 - Peter principle00:35:05 - Mentor vs. Manager00:36:58 - The "team" in leadership teams00:39:52 - When inspiration works00:41:03 - The responsibility weight of leadership00:43:10 - Your team is your tribe00:46:40 - Authentic leadership00:49:23 - Vulnerability invites vulnerability00:51:06 - Rose of Leary00:53:15 - On a mission to put empathy back in the workspace

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OUTLINE00:00:21 - Bullshit management, or Product management?00:03:58 - Uncertainty and driving value00:06:54 - Find the science through the noise00:08:51 - What do you do as a product manager?00:11:12 - Timelines and roadmaps00:12:59 - Product strategies00:15:46 - Competence, confidence and experience00:17:17 - Split focus00:19:27 - Clarity increases productivity00:21:44 - Small bets00:24:45 - Product manager backgrounds00:26:20 - Coordinative model, or collaborative?00:27:32 - Remaining untrapped00:30:09 - A victim of your calendar00:33:01 - A fresh perspective00:34:49 - The business blocker00:38:12 - Staying as long as its challenging00:40:10 - Conflict with the CTO00:44:03 - Moving on when the ship is sinking00:46:29 - Be humble00:49:32 - Finding common ground00:50:47 - Untrapping product teams

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References:

Where I'm from activity | https://theinspiredclassroom.com/2019/04/where-im-from-poetry-activity/



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OUTLINE00:00:00 - Intro00:00:26 - Finding more joy at work00:03:17 - Childhood ambitions00:05:50 - Curiosity and straight to the point00:08:02 - 1-1 coaching00:10:02 - Time and attention for people in teams00:11:51 - Performing comes after trust00:13:00 - Instant trust00:15:05 - The responsibility as a facilitator00:16:49 - The effects of leadership behaviour00:19:42 - Local culture wins over global00:23:20 - The things that bind us00:24:32 - Diverse teams perform better, only with great leadership00:26:56 - Business principles00:28:48 - Different cultural behaviour00:32:24 - Who needs to change?00:33:55 - Toxic environments00:36:20 - It's not my problem00:38:52 - Allowing people to do it themselves00:40:24 - Managing time and getting better at it00:42:43 - Referring to colleagues00:44:31 - Reacting to change00:46:55 - Open up the conversation00:48:32 - When God created men, she was only joking

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OUTLINE

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:21 - Frequent performance reviews

00:03:36 - Working towards shared outcomes

00:06:26 - Working with OKRs

00:09:20 - Freedom of choice

00:12:14 - Promotions and favouritism

00:14:38 - Feeling heard

00:17:55 - Maximising happiness

00:20:57 - Aligning with a team

00:22:43 - Rewarding individual performance

00:24:57 - Challenges and motivation

00:27:09 - What can I do differently?

00:28:26 - Doing the bare minimum

00:31:37 - Expectations and change

00:34:31 - Underperformance and letting someone go

00:38:46 - Mass layoffs vs. the individual approach

00:42:58 - Taking responsibility

00:44:20 - Inequality and opening a dialog

00:46:53 - Should salaries be open and public?

00:50:28 - Salary secrecy

00:54:41 - Top performers

00:56:22 - Transparent business goals

00:58:09 - Final thoughts

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OUTLINE

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:36 - How to negotiate salary in an interview00:05:43 - Knowing your numbers00:07:34 - Landing your first job00:11:16 - Balancing work, school and hobbies00:15:33 - Working remotely abroad00:20:47 - Developing tech skills and soft skills00:25:26 - Seeing the business side as a Product Manager vs. as an engineer00:30:11 - Learning large codebases00:35:25 - How to get into AI as web developer00:37:49 - Keeping your motivation as podcaster00:42:55 - Thank you so much!