Beyond Coding Patrick Akil

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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!

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OUTLINE00:00:00 - Intro00:00:24 - Enhancing observability00:01:37 - Huge production issue00:04:08 - Orders are down, but why?00:05:28 - Things we don't think of as developers00:07:49 - Getting the first customer00:09:26 - Finding a niche00:11:54 - The fintech industry00:14:10 - The problem of many separate teams00:15:20 - Someone to hold you accountable00:17:14 - Knowing the competitors in your niche and sharing it00:20:42 - Filtering out what features you need00:23:24 - Standard operating procedures00:26:16 - Standardizing runbooks00:28:35 - Multiple proven tracks to follow00:31:05 - Anomaly detection and how to investigate00:32:50 - Developer experience and tools00:35:14 - We could build it better00:36:04 - What works well at a bigger scale00:39:55 - Analyzing your code and beyond00:43:04 - Opportunities for improvement00:44:50 - Most software is fast enough, or not?00:47:27 - Automating ourselves away

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OUTLINE

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:26 - The tech market now

00:03:34 - Getting a first job is harder

00:06:45 - From cold calling to a job

00:09:05 - Not all roles are advertised

00:11:32 - Crafting an application

00:14:11 - Does resume format matter?

00:17:07 - Being intentional with your resume

00:19:09 - Share your story!

00:22:13 - Patrick's poll

00:23:56 - Network is most important

00:26:45 - Downsides of referral policies

00:28:08 - Quality or quantity approach

00:30:53 - Mapping out the market

00:33:18 - Follow-ups matter more than you think

00:36:20 - Do your research and be genuine

00:38:49 - Keki should start a podcast!!

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OUTLINE

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:26 - Design and Developer pairing00:03:24 - Separate design teams00:06:45 - We are all users00:09:30 - Incorporating feedback00:12:51 - Data wins, but not always00:15:11 - You have to have buy-in00:17:17 - Testing your assumptions00:18:58 - Fail fast from design00:20:31 - Full-stack designer00:22:39 - Design responsibilities00:25:12 - Design feeding development00:27:36 - Keeping product phases in mind00:28:18 - Solo designer challenges00:30:23 - Research takes so much time00:32:50 - When design involves development00:35:11 - Investing in team culture00:37:24 - Staying in the same domain as designer00:41:54 - User journey differences across industries00:44:44 - The best design learning journey

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OUTLINE:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:30 - Digital vs. Physical boards

00:02:59 - The value of facilitating

00:08:41 - Standardizing way of working

00:12:40 - Elias explains how software is delivered

00:15:40 - Shift-left testing

00:17:14 - Cutting corners

00:20:15 - Changes and issues can not be prevented

00:22:23 - Quality engineers

00:25:47 - All engineers need to know the product

00:28:35 - Fail fast and often

00:32:28 - Communication issues between product and engineering

00:37:25 - Product minded engineers

00:40:51 - Zero bug policy

00:43:13 - Bugs in games

00:44:34 - Saying no

00:47:34 - Outro