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Working In TechEp 49 - How to Become A Staff Engineering Manager with Anjuan SimmonsTech is a team effort, and knowing how to nurture multi-functional teams is what leads to great products.
On this episode of #WorkinginTech, we're talking to Anjuan. Anjuan is a seasoned software development leader with over two decades of experience. At companies like Accenture and Deloitte, as well as several startups, he's excelled at shipping features customers love while managing healthy teams.
Passionate about sharing knowledge, Anjuan is an energetic speaker who presents at conferences, universities, and corporations worldwide. He covers topics including leadership, diversity and inclusion, and effective software development practices.
Anjuan will share his journey leading development...2024-10-111h 01
Coffee and Open SourceAnjuan SimmonsAnjuan Simmons has led software development teams for over two decades, and he excels at shipping features that customers love while also managing healthy teams. He’s delivered software for large global management consulting companies like Accenture and Deloitte as well as a number of startups. Anjuan’s approach to leading teams combines the rigor of large corporations with the scrappy style of new ventures. He is currently a Staff Engineering Manager at GitHub.
Anjuan is an energetic and informative speaker who presents at conferences, universities, and corporations around the world on topics including leadership, effective software deve...2024-04-091h 11
Managing ManagersEpisode 13: Digging your well, the Staff Engineering Manager and managing burnout with Anjuan SimmonsAnjuan taught me a few new concepts in this chat such as the saying of digging your well and what that means, what the unusual title of Staff Engineering Manager is and also some practical tips on managing burnout, especially important for manager of managers. Listen to this episode to find out more.
Guest Biography:
Anjuan Simmons has led software development teams for over two decades, and he excels at shipping features that customers love while also managing healthy teams. Anjuan’s goal is to help everyone he meets become the best possible version of wh...2024-01-2051 min
This Developer's Life5.0.1 VoiceWhat do you do when your voice gains an audience? Do you rattle cages or open doors? That's what we talk about in this episode.Scott talks to Anjuan Simmons about the power of lending your privilege, lifting people up by getting out of the way.Rob talks to April Edwards about being an ally, listening, and shutting up. April's blog post about her health battle can be found here.MusicThe music used for this show is shared, kindly, by the following artists - our thanks to them! Zakhar...2023-11-0642 min
Leaders Unscripted27: GitHub’s Anjuan Simmons on Helping Yourself and Others Through BurnoutWe’re more aware of burnout than ever before, but are we looking out for leaders as much as our teams?As GitHub’s Anjuan Simmons can attest, burnout is an equal opportunity force, which affects teams, managers, VPs and CEOs alike.His advice on spotting and dealing with burnout within yourself and your team is absolutely inspired, and makes for an incredibly powerful episode of Leaders Unscripted.This episode covers:How Star Trek influenced Anjuan’s careerSpotting the signs of burnout, and how it happensLeaders’ experiences with burnoutThe art of ‘self-arresting’How to build...2023-10-0345 min
Managers Club, Interviews and Resources for Engineering ManagersBeing a Great Coach with Anjuan Simmons Engineering Coach at Help ScoutIn this podcast, I talk with Anjuan Simmons, Engineering Coach at Help Scout. We discuss how an engineering manager is like a coach. Anjuan has some great advice for aspiring engineering managers. We discuss a key insight between dissatisfaction and satisfaction. He talks about his player-centric approach, unique approach to time management, as well as some great reading recommendations and critical insights.
It's a long episode, but I think you will find it worthwhile.
#engineering #leadership #coaching #BlackInTech
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/managersclub/support2022-03-0647 min
Service EvolutionServing Our Country in FMShownotes:(0:57) Introduction To AnJuan Thomas(3:04) Journey into FM(5:08) What Are You Reading? (6:42) FM Within the Military(9:15) How The Military Impacted Leadership Skills in FM(12:54) Transitioning from Military to FM Role(15:29) Creating an American Experience in a Foreign Country(18:02) Global Labor Shortage & Supply Chain Challenges(21:15)Love to Serve and Love to Learn(29:08) Military Life vs. Civilian Life(35:25) AnJuan’s Legacy(39:46) Advice & Wrap Up Links:Shawn BlackAnJuan Thom...2021-10-2942 min
Deploy Friday#31: The BIPOC experience (Black Indigenous People of Color) in techGuest Anjuan Simmons and host Robert Douglass explore the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) experience in the tech world.
Facing additional burdens
As a Black manager and leader with 25 years of experience in the technologist space, Anjuan carries more burdens than most. He lists:
Being many people’s first Black manager
Being looked at as a “token hire”
Dealing with stereotypes others have about Black people
Anjuan sums it up, “Really, I have to do two jobs: the job I was hired to do, and the job of carrying these bur...2021-06-301h 03
Greater Than Code235: RailsConf Scholars: 2021 Remote EditionThe RailsConf Scholarship Program
03:12 - Tram’s Superpower: Getting 8 Hours of Sleep Per Night!
04:08 - Leah’s Superpower: Being a Companion to Long-Distance Runners
04:55 - Stefanni’s Superpower: Doing Things She’s Terrified of Doing
05:34 - Being Afraid and Grappling with Self-Doubt
Asking Questions and Being Vulnerable
Call-Out Bad Behavior
12:34 - Team Psychological Safety
17:20 - Education & Learning Environments; Tech Journeys
Ada Developers Academy
The Turing School
27:52 - Making & Noticing Progress; Comparing Yourself to Others
The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance---What Women Should K...2021-05-1942 min
The Lily Poddo ur friends know u love them? ~ platonic intimacy, valuing friendship, and rejecting the romance narrativeTechnology Colonialism by Anjuan Simmons - https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/technology-colonialism joining me this week is my wonderful friend Antea Zivanovic, who is here with me to guide a conversation on platonic intimacy! we'll be chatting about everything from the representation of platonic vs. romantic relationships, the importance of intentional language, understanding the nuances of friendship, trauma dumping, and the beauty of saying 'I love you'. cuddle up with a cup o' tea and join in....... and don't forget to tell ur friends u love them.to join the conversation, follow @th...2021-05-1053 min
Championship Vision Basketball PodcastEpisode 232: Coach Scott Bracco (Head Boys Basketball Coach Lambert High School) Suwanee, GA ("Building a Strong Feeder Program")Coach Scott Bracco is entering his ninth year as the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Lambert High School. Coach Bracco has put Lambert Basketball on the map with a career record of 177-55 in his eight years at the helm.
In 2015 – 2016, Coach Bracco led the Longhorns to a record setting season with a 27-3 overall record and an undefeated Region record of 21-0 with their third consecutive Sweet-16 finish in Class 6A. In addition, the Longhorns captured the Region 6-6A regular season and Back to Back 6-6A Region Championship. The Longhorns were ranked in the Top 1...2021-02-121h 43
Arrested DevOpsBreaking Down Gates With Tim Banks
Texas Chili Parlor in Austin
Chili John’s - the chili place Matt’s friend brought him to in California
Gatekeeping and the DevOps Revolution: We Haven’t Always Known Everything - Kat Cosgrove at All Day DevOps 2020
Lending Privilege - Anjuan Simmons
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Senior + Principal folks: Is your resume contained to one page or do you opt for longer to encompass all your experience? I’m in a debate and I need your input.— emily freeman (@editingemily) November 10, 2020
Shout-out to Matt’s friend Marcelo for the link for Chili John’s (and for taking Matt th...2020-11-1750 min
What's Your Story?Lending privilege as a Black man - Anjuan SimmonsAnjuan Simmons, Engineering Coach at Help Scout, was drawn to his career path as an engineer thanks to seeing himself in Geordi La Forge, Starship Engineer from the TV Series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Through collecting a wealth of experiences throughout his career as an engineer, he realized the need to lend the privileges he had acquired to others. In our discussion, he touches on his belief that inclusion is coming no matter what we do teams, organizations and companies so those that truly invest will be better served when it arrives. He also shares a great parent...2020-09-2749 min
INSPIRE 20EP04: Anjuan Simmons, Engineering CoachAnjuan Simmons is a technologist with a successful track record of delivering technology solutions from the user interface to the database. He is also behind the idea of ‘Lending Privilege’In this interview Anjuan describes how privilege can be lent and why it is so important to do so. He also gives his thoughts on the difference between diversity and inclusion.2020-07-0610 min
The Ticket: Discover the Future of Customer Service, Support, and Experience, with IntercomSpeaking out: Inside Intercom on allyshipIntercom's CEO Karen Peacock is joined by Wikimedia COO Janeen Uzzell and Anjuan Simmons for a thought provoking panel discussion on allyship. We hear how we can do better, where we can help and where we need to listen – as a company and on an individual level.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2020-06-2544 min
Staying The Course PodcastAnjuan & Aneika Simmons, PhD: How Racial Injustice & Racism In America Is Re-Energizing Talks About The Lack Of Diversity In The WorkplaceIn this episode of the Staying The Course Podcast, Jimmie chats with technologist and international speaker Anjuan Simmons, and his wife, Dr. Aneika Simmons, a speaker, author, consultant, and professor at Sam Houston State University. In this...
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stayingthecoursepodcast/message2020-06-1744 min
Storytime With ManagersBurnout with Aneika and Anjuan SimmonsStorytime With Managers is a collection of twenty minute conversations where Jennifer Tu finds answers to questions of interest to both established and budding leaders in technology fields.
What is burnout? What does it look like in an individual, versus a team? What can you do to counter burnout?
What do you do if your new team is already suffering from burnout, before you've had a chance to build relationships with anyone?
In Episode 24, Professor Aneika Simmons (@aneika on Twitter) and engineering manager Anjuan Simmons (@anjuan on Twitter) talk about burnout...2020-05-1335 min
Greater Than Code182: Labor Organizing with Ellen Wondra00:41 - Ellen’s Superpower: Knowing what her pets are thinking. (Observation and Paying Attention to Non-Verbal Cues.)
Virginia Satir, Congruence and Incongruence
Lie to Me
Detecting Microexpressions
10:33 - Shareholder and Stakeholder Economies
Game Theory
Out of the Crisis
Mitbestimmung
Codetermination and Alienation
Complexity Theory
18:30 - Termination of Employment Contracts
Emergent and Deliberate Strategy
27:44 - Collective Action – Why aren’t tech workers organizing more?
Amazon Reinstates Fired Warehouse Worker After Employees Strike
The Potential Usefulness and Benefits of Unions
Project Maven
37:47 - Moving in the Direction of Stakeholder Value – What do we do next...2020-05-1350 minGreater Than Code182: Labor Organizing with Ellen Wondra00:41 - Ellen’s Superpower: Knowing what her pets are thinking. (Observation and Paying Attention to Non-Verbal Cues.)
Virginia Satir, Congruence and Incongruence
Lie to Me
Detecting Microexpressions
10:33 - Shareholder and Stakeholder Economies
Game Theory
Out of the Crisis
Mitbestimmung
Codetermination and Alienation
Complexity Theory
18:30 - Termination of Employment Contracts
Emergent and Deliberate Strategy
27:44 - Collective Action – Why aren’t tech workers organizing more?
Amazon Reinstates Fired Warehouse Worker After Employees Strike
The Potential Usefulness and Benefits of Unions
Project Maven
37:47 - Moving in the Direction of Stakeholder Value – What do we do next...2020-05-1350 min
The DevRelX Podcast (ex Under the Hood of Developer Marketing)Save yourself from burnouts in DevRel with Anjuan and Aneika SimmonsTrick question of the week:
How can you lead a healthy community when you are not feeling healthy?
Burnouts are -unfortunately- a common theme in the Tech industry and in DevRel.
Why?
Because of our empathy. According to Anjuan and Aneika Simmons who join us for this episode, burnout is the result of chronic stress. As Anjuan puts it: "in DevRel you work with many developers that are under stress and because you care, this stress is projected back at you.".
In this episode, we discuss stress and burnouts in developer marketing a...2020-01-3033 min
So, What's Next?From managing the burnout burn down to the science behind micro managingIn this episode, we discuss with Dr Aneika Simmons and her husband, Anjuan Simmons, are public speakers who operate at the intersection of business and technology. They share their thoughts about how managing stress can help organisations achieve better business outcomes, deliver faster value to customers, and create a happier workforceHere's the link that covers the topic of their talk at The Lead Developer conference in New York back in April https://anjuansimmons.com/talks/managing-the-burnout-burndown/here's a direct link to a video of us giving the talk: https://youtu.be...2019-06-0335 min
Better, Faster, HappierFrom managing the burnout burn down to the science behind micro managingIn this episode, we discuss with Dr Aneika Simmons and her husband, Anjuan Simmons, are public speakers who operate at the intersection of business and technology. They share their thoughts about how managing stress can help organisations achieve better business outcomes, deliver faster value to customers, and create a happier workforceHere's the link that covers the topic of their talk at The Lead Developer conference in New York back in April https://anjuansimmons.com/talks/managing-the-burnout-burndown/here's a direct link to a video of us giving the talk: https://youtu.be...2019-06-0300 min
Greater Than Code077: Creating Space to Shine with Anjuan SimmonsRubyConf 2017: Lending Privilege by Anjuan Simmons
01:18 – Anjuan’s Superpower: Flexibility
04:55 – Cultivating Variety on Teams
08:22 – What makes a great team?
13:46 – Empowering Others
19:21 – Culture Fit
21:24 – The Tension Between Structure and Agency
24:35 – Creating Space for People to Shine
33:46 – Responses to “Weirdness”
38:27 – Building Constructive and Authentic Relationships with People
41:12 – Having Visible Differences on Teams
43:53 – “Othering”
49:29 – Earning Trust by Listening to People
Reflections:
Sam: Safety can improve teams and lead to wonderful harmonies.
Rein: Building caring and genuine relati...2018-04-2559 minGreater Than Code077: Creating Space to Shine with Anjuan SimmonsRubyConf 2017: Lending Privilege by Anjuan Simmons
01:18 – Anjuan’s Superpower: Flexibility
04:55 – Cultivating Variety on Teams
08:22 – What makes a great team?
13:46 – Empowering Others
19:21 – Culture Fit
21:24 – The Tension Between Structure and Agency
24:35 – Creating Space for People to Shine
33:46 – Responses to “Weirdness”
38:27 – Building Constructive and Authentic Relationships with People
41:12 – Having Visible Differences on Teams
43:53 – “Othering”
49:29 – Earning Trust by Listening to People
Reflections:
Sam: Safety can improve teams and lead to wonderful harmonies.
Rein: Building caring and genuine relati...2018-04-2559 min
Marketing Mixtape with Scott DavisDiversity and Leadership with Anjuan SimmonsTech Consultant and Speaker Anjuan Simmons joins me to discuss leadership and diversity. We talk about making the leap from technical producer to manager. Anjuan provides deep insight on making diversity a part of your work life and motivates the need to be more inclusive. He also discusses his move to the world of public speaking. Show Notes http://anjuansimmons.com/ https://twitter.com/anjuan https://hbr.org/2018/01/how-and-where-diversity-drives-financial-performance2018-02-2041 min
Marketing Mixtape with Scott DavisDiversity and Leadership with Anjuan SimmonsTech Consultant and Speaker Anjuan Simmons joins me to discuss leadership and diversity. We talk about making the leap from technical producer to manager. Anjuan provides deep insight on making diversity a part of your work life and motivates the need to be more inclusive. He also discusses his move to the world of public speaking. Show Notes http://anjuansimmons.com/ https://twitter.com/anjuan https://hbr.org/2018/01/how-and-where-diversity-drives-financial-performance2018-02-2041 min
CodeNewbieEp. 104 - Scrum Master (Anjuan Simmons)Have you ever heard of a scrum master and wondered what that was? Anjuan Simmons, certified scrum master and project manager, breaks it down for us in this highly informative interview. He explains the practical applications of agile, the different tools and processes used to apply its key principles, and how you can apply the agile philosophy to your learn-to-code journey. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Manifesto for agile software development Principle 2: Welcome Changes 4 Ls Retrospective Dan Savage AutoCAD Lean Scrum Velocity Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Anjuan SimmonsAnjuan Simmons is a...2016-09-051h 27
No More Reasonable Doubt PodcastE40 - Anjuan Simmons | Managing Director | Jannua LLCIn this No More Reasonable Doubt episode we interview Anjuan Simmons who is the Managing Director for Jannua LLC.
Jannua houses all of his entrepreneurial ventures. He is also an Agile Project Manager and SCRUM Master (love that title).
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Send in a voic...2015-11-2251 min
Hanselminutes with Scott HanselmanRelationships, Geek Culture, and Raising Nerds with Anjuan SimmonsScott sits down with Technical Project Manager and Conference Speaker Anjuan Simmons to talk about the rise of "Nerdland" and fan culture, the difficulties raised when Geeks marry Normals, and how we pass our fandom on to our kids.
2015-07-0334 min
BDPA iRadio ShowBDPA iRadio Show, September 9, 2014The BDPA iRadio Show creates a vibrant communications platform that speaks to all BDPA stakeholders. We have an exciting line-up for our show on September 9, 2014.
Joneé' Drake, Associate Information Consultant, Eli Lilly and Company
Anjuan Simmons, Project Manager, OnCenter Software
The co-hosts are Franne McNeal and Everaldo Gallimore. The show is sponsored by the BDPA Education and Technology Foundation and the BETF Executive Director Wayne Hicks. The technical advisor is John Malonson. BDPA iRadio broadcasts the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month. Join us on www.blogtalkradio.com/BDPA.2014-09-1000 min
#BITTechTalk by Blacks In Technology#BITTechTalk ep.43 w/ Anjuan SimmonsIn this episode of the Blacks In Technology podcast, Greg Greenlee and Ayori Selassie lead a spirited discussion with our guest, newly published author and technology translator Anjuan Simmons. We discuss Anjuan's new book "Minority Tech...Journaling Through Blackness and Technology". The book chronicles his experiences as an African American man in the technology sector using curated information from his blog. Follow on Twitter: @anjua2013-10-251h 14#BITTechTalk by Blacks In Technology#BITTechTalk ep. 26 w/ Anjuan SimmonsIn this episode Greg Greenlee talks with Information Technology consultant, speaker, and writer, Anjuan Simmons. Anjuan is a self described "Technology translator" who helps companies understand and implement enterprise software solutions. He is also an avid public speaker who speaks passionately on topics such as social media, careers in technology and IT Leadership. He has been featured in a number of major publications including USA Today, Black Enterprise, The Huffington Post and NPR's Morning Edition. He holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Texas AM University.Connect...2012-01-051h 29