Dev Interrupted LinearB

"Is my team solving the right problem?" 

To answer this seemingly simple question, we assembled a panel of some of the smartest engineering leaders we know and asked them how they answer this question with their own teams.

Featuring Rukmini Reddy, SVP of Platform Engineering at Slack, James Stanier, Dir. of Engineering at Shopify, and Smruti Patel, VP of Engineering at Apollo, the following conversation debuted in front of a live audience at the Interact engineering conference. 

Originally an exclusive conversation for Interact attendees, we listened to our fans and decided to drop the full conversation as an episode of the podcast. 
Items of note: 
This panel was filmed in October prior to many of the recent layoffs that have been in the news. When this panel was recorded Smruti Patel worked at Stripe. She has since taken a job with Apollo. 
Show Notes
Learn how to increase your dev team's efficiency by up to 30% at our Scaling Developer Efficiency workshop on February, 15th. Register for free at: linearb.io/efficiency

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Randy Kern, CTO at Marqeta, thinks that every engineer should "go deep" - all the way to understanding the transistors if you have to. He implores us never to be satisfied with black boxes, believing that it's not only risky not to understand what your code is really doing, but it's not fun either.

We love this episode because Randy's joy is infectious. He reminds us why we got into software engineering in the first place. If you've been looking for a reminder yourself, this is the episode for you.

Show Notes
Marqeta is hiring - check out their career page!
Learn how to increase your dev team's efficiency by up to 30% at our Scaling Developer Efficiency workshop on February, 15th. Register for free at: linearb.io/efficiency

Learn about the power of Continuous Merge with gitStream Join the Dev Interrupted Discord Want to try LinearB? Book a LinearB Demo and use the "Dev Interrupted Podcast" discount code.

As your startup scales it's not enough to know what to measure - you have to know WHEN to measure. Metrics that are important in one growth phase might not be in the next.

To help us make sense of it all, we invited Laura Tacho onto the show. Laura is a VP of Engineering & Leadership Coach, and an expert when it comes to startup growth and metrics, having worked with over 125 different companies.

We love this episode because it takes a team-first approach to metrics and then relates those metrics back to the growth of your organization. Whether you are a seasoned engineering leader or an IC trying to understand where your team is headed, this unique take on metrics will set your team up for success - and happiness - in 2023.

Show Notes
Measuring Development Team Performance course
https://lauratacho.com/


Learn how to increase your dev team's efficiency by up to 30% at our Scaling Developer Efficiency workshop on February, 15th. Register for free at: linearb.io/efficiency

Learn about the power of Continuous Merge with gitStream Join the Dev Interrupted Discord Want to try LinearB? Book a LinearB Demo and use the "Dev Interrupted Podcast" discount code.

Happy New Year and welcome to Season 3 of Dev Interrupted! 

We couldn't think of a better way to kick off Season 3 of the podcast than with the immensely talented Forrest Brazeal. 

Not only is Forrest the Head of Developer Media at Google Cloud, but he lists being a writer, speaker, cartoonist, cloud architect and AWS Serverless Hero, among his many accolades. 

To top it all off, Forrest is an all around great guy with a passion for education and advocacy. That's why he's working to help educate, train and develop the next generation of cloud engineers. But he needs your help. 

Listen as Forrest explains why so many great engineers get overlooked by companies - and how to stop it. 
Show Notes
Cloud Resume Challenge
Google Cloud Next '22 Developer Keynote: Top 10 Cloud Technology Predictions
Learn how to increase your dev team's efficiency by up to 30% at our Scaling Developer Efficiency workshop on February, 15th. Register for free at: linearb.io/efficiency

Learn about the power of Continuous Merge with gitStream Join the Dev Interrupted Discord Want to try LinearB? Book a LinearB Demo and use the "Dev Interrupted Podcast" discount code.

Sit back, relax, grab your favorite beverage and listen as Dev Interrupted co-hosts Dan Lines & Conor Bronsdon recap the Season 2 of the podcast. 

In this special episode, our co-hosts describe their perfect holiday meal, share some of their favorite moments from the past year (personal and professional!) and give a sneak peek at what the audience can expect from Season 3 of the podcast.

From our family to yours, have a wonderful holiday season and we’ll see you on January 3rd for Season 3!


Show Notes
Dan's favorite interview: Charity Majors
Dan's favorite topic: Ship/Show/Ask
Conor's favorite interview: Kelly Vaughn
Conor's favorite episode: Discord

What do you want to see for Season 3? Tell us at:
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email: conor@linearb.io
Learn how to increase your dev team's efficiency by up to 30% at our Scaling Developer Efficiency workshop on February, 15th. Register for free at: linearb.io/efficiency

Learn about the power of Continuous Merge with gitStream Join the Dev Interrupted Discord Want to try LinearB? Book a LinearB Demo and use the "Dev Interrupted Podcast" discount code.

Picture this: an auto manufacturer with no clue what parts are in its supply chain, where those parts come from and no ability to recall those parts if vulnerabilities are discovered.

That’s not a reality consumers would accept. So why do organizations (and manufacturers!) tolerate it when it comes to software? 

On this week’s episode of Dev Interrupted, Brian Fox, co-founder & CTO, and Stephen Magill, VP of Product Innovation, join us to talk about Sonatype’s State of the Software Supply Chain Report. 

Listen as Brian and Stephen explain the ins and outs of open source risk management, how companies that aren’t open source maintainers can do a better job protecting themselves and why cybercrime is like “VC funds for the bad guys.” 
Show Notes
8th Annual State of the Software Supply Chain Report
Learn how to increase your dev team's efficiency by up to 30% at our Scaling Developer Efficiency workshop on February, 15th. Register for free at: linearb.io/efficiency

Learn about the power of Continuous Merge with gitStream Join the Dev Interrupted Discord Want to try LinearB? Book a LinearB Demo and use the "Dev Interrupted Podcast" discount code.