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The Engineering Leadership PodcastInfluencing without authority: What every engineering leader can learn from security w/ Srinath Kuruvadi #227Influencing without authority is the hidden superpower of security leadership—and a crucial skill every engineering leader must master. In this episode, Srinath Kuruvadi (Head of Cloud Security @ JPMorgan Chase) breaks down how to influence without formal authority and advocate when ROI isn’t immediately clear. We cover tactics for shaping problems from the POV of other stakeholders, Plus, strategies to establish shared outcomes, insights on optimizing your time, emerging AI x security trends, and how his team is operationalizing curiosity & experimentation through The Innovation Lab.ABOUT SRINATH KURUVADISrinath Kuruvadi is a globally recognized cybe...2025-07-2237 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastVision-first leadership & reimagining product w/ “Shift Out,” Do-It-as-a-Service & Jobs-to-Be-Done w/ John Amaral #226John Amaral (CTO and co-founder @ Root.io) joins us to discuss the evolving role of engineering leaders and why vision-first leadership & building your “vision” muscle is more critical than ever. We dive into why “shift left” is dead and why SaaS is being replaced by “do-it” as a service. John also unpacks how to think in outcomes, apply the Jobs-To-Be-Done framework to eliminate toil, and reimagine product experiences. Plus, we look inside Root.io’s approach to building AI-native security products that ship daily. Whether you’re rethinking your org design or exploring the frontier of AI-powered engineering, this episode will res...2025-07-0844 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastQuick Summer Break! Join us @ ELC Annual 2025 (Early Bird Tickets End Soon)We’re pausing the pod this week as we gear up final planning for ELC Annual 2025 - the premier event for engineering leaders. New episodes return next week (on a biweekly schedule!). This is our biggest event of the year… 1,000+ CTOs, VPs & Directors in San Francisco @ ELC Annual 2025 for two days of leadership breakthroughs, tactical peer learning & curated connections! We’d love for you to join us. 🎟️ Early Bird pricing ends soon – secure your spot at the best rate. 🔗 Get your ticket now → https://sfelc.com/annual2025 2025-07-0102 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastScaling decision-making, designing eng orgs for speed & scope as underrated leverage w/ Dhruv Parthasarathy #225In this episode, we go inside Commure’s engineering org w/ Dhruv Parthasarathy (CTO @ Commure & Athelas). We cover how to push decision-making down to move faster and reduce risk, structure teams for rapid iteration, and turn customers into product co-creators. Dhruv also shares how they cultivate polymath capabilities across EPD to accelerate velocity, why scope is one of the most underrated sources of leverage in engineering, and the frameworks they use to identify compound wins. If you’re scaling an eng org, leading in a complex domain, or designing your team for speed—this episode is packed with tactical framew...2025-06-2537 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastThe evolving velocity playbook, building product taste & exceptional product experiences in the AI era w/ Loïc Houssier #224Loïc Houssier (VP Engineering @ Superhuman) shares his evolving playbook for driving velocity in eng orgs today, building product-minded teams, and cultivating product taste. We cover leading culture / mindset transformation, creating exceptional product experiences, operational excellence when product quality is increasingly subjective. Plus the evolution of productivity tools!ABOUT LOÏC HOUSSIERLoïc Houssier is an engineering executive with 20 years of leadership experience spanning startups, scale-ups, and global enterprises. He specializes in helping high-growth companies scale with speed and discipline, combining technical depth with a strong operational mindset.He currently leads engineering at...2025-06-1746 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastRapid Prototyping, Lightning Pods & the End of PRDs: Redefining product development & EPD in the age of AI w/ Nissim Lehyani #223When Nissim Lehyani (VP of Product at Life360) used AI to build a math game for his son, he didn’t just prototype a game, he rewired how he thinks about product development and the relationship between engineering, product, and design. In this episode, Nissim shares how that personal “aha” moment sparked a shift in how his teams build, collaborate, and ship. We dive into how AI is accelerating product iteration from months to hours, why it’s time to drop the “M” from MVP, and how prototypes are replacing PRDs as the central artifact of product work. Plus how product...2025-06-1038 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastNo New Episode - But We Launched Something New... Introducing the ELC Forum!We just launched the ELC Forum — a new space for engineering leaders to dive deeper into real challenges and get peer support It’s a discussion board (like Reddit) but focused on eng leadership. We’re sharing takeaways from recent episodes and kicking off new discussions. Plus, AMAs with guests are coming soon. See you in the Forum!Click here to explore the forum, ask questions, & share insights and takeaways!https://elc.community/home/forum 2025-06-0301 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastFrom architect to AI exec: Scaling leadership, maintaining credibility & effective communication to non-technical execs w/ Prashant Ramarao #222How do you go from deeply technical IC to leading 100+ engineers - and still stay close to the tech? Prashant Ramarao, SVP of Engineering & Head of AI @ Yahoo shares lessons from his unconventional leadership journey, exploring the mindset shift from expert IC to executive! We cover how to scale your leadership while maintaining technical credibility and how to effectively communicate with GMs & other non-technical stakeholders. Plus, Prashant shares personal AI projects that enhanced his technical credibility, leadership skills & understanding of how to integrate AI into products If you’re navigating the leap from technical to strategic, or scaling your le...2025-05-2743 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastThe Startup Epoch: Rethinking Company Building & Defensibility in an AI World w/ Craig McLuckie #221AI is reshaping the fundamental economics of startups—lowering product development costs, compressing GTM cycles, and rewriting the rules of competition. In this episode, Craig McLuckie (Co-Founder & CEO @ Stacklok, co-creator of Kubernetes) unpacks “the epoch of the startup,” a moment of massive disruption where fast-moving founders have a unique edge over incumbents. We explore how Craig is navigating this new era from rethinking cost structure, value capture, and defensibility to leveraging open-source, community, and asymmetric advantages as core pillars of Stacklok’s strategy. Craig shares lessons from pivotal product shifts, frameworks for identifying moats, and the broader societal implications of AI-dr...2025-05-2042 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastAMD’s unified hardware + software strategy & building an open-source AI ecosystem w/ Anush Elangovan #220Anush Elangovan (VP of AI Software @ AMD) is helping lead a strategic evolution at AMD, from silicon/components provider to a systems and solutions company built for the AI era. In this episode, we explore the first principles behind AMD’s unified AI hardware and software strategy and how the company is building a fully open-source AI ecosystem. Anush shares how his team creates a tight feedback loop between core engineering and customer deployment, and the daily rituals they use to operate at the speed of AI. We also unpack the leadership mindset required to navigate the tension between fa...2025-05-1336 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastLessons Leading EPD: Mindset, decision-making, 80/20 product strategy & pivoting for leverage/speed w/ Farnaz Azmoodeh #219When Farnaz Azmoodeh (CTO @ Linktree) stepped into her new role, she unexpectedly took on product & design just three months in—owning all of engineering, product, and design during a critical period of change. In this episode, Farnaz shares hard-won lessons from that transition, including the mindset shift from delivery to discovery, balancing data vs. intuition in decision-making, knowing when to pivot your product strategy, and building small / fast-moving cross-functional teams. We also cover applying the 80/20 rule to simplify complex product surfaces, her favorite frameworks for pattern recognition, and how to reset assumptions when pattern-matching can backfire. If you’re navi...2025-05-0643 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastEmpowering Teams & Cultivating True Ownership in Engineering Orgs w/ Wade Chambers #218Wade Chambers, Chief Engineering Officer @ Amplitude, joins us to discuss what it looks like to empower individual engineers & overall engineering teams and recommendations for creating a culture that cultivates ownership! First, Wade defines what true ownership looks like – and what it doesn’t look like. We cover frameworks for identifying & cultivating high ownership in individuals & across teams, implementing systems that encourage ownership, communicating shared vision / goals, and coaching engineers when passing the baton of ownership. We also discuss navigating difficult conversations around empowerment / ownership – or lack thereof – and Wade shares examples of impactful questions to ask.ABOUT WADE CHA...2025-04-2944 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastBuilding partnerships w/ complex stakeholders, aligning tech debt w/ business value & decisive vs. thoughtful decision-making #217In this episode, we’re back with more insights from our local community leaders — discussing leadership insights on strategic decision-making, managing technical debt and fostering true cross-functional partnerships! Funmi Oludaiye (New York City) shares strategies for building strong cross-functional relationships between eng & business leaders. Ketan Gupta (London) breaks down the STIR framework for managing tech debt & aligning it with business value. And Sasha Hall (Toronto) works through examples of how to balance decisive (fast) vs. thoughtful (slow) decision-making. You’ll also learn some of these leaders’ best tips for diving in & getting involved with your local ELC community!ABOUT...2025-04-2249 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastRecalibrating leadership priorities, leveraging your time & empowering senior leaders w/ Vinod Marur #216In this episode, Vinod Marur (SVP of Engineering @ Databricks) shares his approach to recalibrating leadership priorities as organizations scale. Vinod breaks down his personal recalibration framework—why he does it every 3–6 months, signals that it’s time to reassess, and how to design communication and collaboration structures that reduce information asymmetry during periods of rapid growth. We dive into rewriting hiring playbooks, tailoring recruitment pitches, and the impact of AI on hiring. Plus actionable strategies for onboarding and empowering senior leaders, identifying the highest-leverage problems to solve, and finding champions to carry key initiatives forward.ABOUT VINOD MARUR 2025-04-1540 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastFrom early days to IPO: Scaling leadership, enterprise growth, product ownership, & outgrowing your failure modes w/ Jon Hyman #215Jon Hyman (Co-Founder and CTO @ Braze) shares the pivotal moments that shaped the company - from being the only person on call in the early years to identifying (and pivoting) product-market fit. Jon discusses how they navigated early-stage failure modes, carved out areas of product ownership, and made the shift to enterprise customers. Plus how leadership priorities evolve pre- vs. post-IPO and the next evolution of Jon’s leadership growth after almost 14 years at Braze.ABOUT JON HYMANJon Hyman is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Braze, the customer engagement platform that delivers me...2025-04-0857 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastUpskilling: practices to improve hiring, storytelling & structuring personal/leadership problems with engineering principles #208ABOUT COLLEEN TARTOWColleen Tartow, Ph.D. is Field CTO and Head of Strategy at VAST Data and has 20+ years of experience in data, analytics, engineering, and consulting. Adept at assisting organizations in deriving value from a data-driven culture, she has successfully led diverse data, engineering, and analytics teams through the development of complex global data management solutions and architecting enterprise data systems. Her demonstrated excellence in data, engineering, analytics, and diversity leadership makes her a trusted senior advisor among executives. An experienced speaker, author, valued mentor and startup advisor, Colleen holds degrees in astrophysics and lives...2025-02-1843 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastBuilding Trust: Strategic humor, bridging communication gaps & enabling your team to do more #205ABOUT ANDY KORTZAndy Kortz is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Integra Testing, where he leads technology transformation and drives operational efficiency in aggressive growth organizations. Andy also is a co-lead for the ELC Local Chapter initiative in Chicago. With over 20 years of experience in enterprise architecture and software development, Andy has consistently delivered innovative solutions while reducing IT expenses and improving application value. Drawing on his expertise in cloud technologies, data solutions, and integrations, Andy focuses on fostering a culture of continuous learning, building and empowering high-performing teams, and delivering customer-centric solutions in fast-paced environments.2025-01-2836 min

English Learners Club(ELC)101【Yuttan】Celebrating 100episodes with ELCIn this podcast, Abe’s students present monologues that they have prepared and practiced for his lessons. I’ve always dreamed of being able to communicate fluently in English, but it’s hard to improve and stay motivated due to my age, and lack of opportunities to use it. Then I came across a podcast called “GoGo Abe Kaiwa” Abe’s English is very easy to understand and Yoshi speaks in Japanese, so I can always understand what they are talking about, and most importantly, their conversations are very interesting. Therefore I found myself getti...2025-01-1003 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastLeading change, navigating career growth & finding inspiration beyond engineering - Live from ELC Annual 2024! #196In this episode, we’re bringing listeners into the final conversations from the pop-up podcast booth at ELC Annual 2024! Patrick sat down with a few eng leaders attending the event to discuss takeaways from ELC Annual 2024 & eng leadership insights they want to share with others in the community. He chatted with Nick Hurlburt (Executive Director of the Aselo program @ Tech Matters), Manju Abraham (Vice President of Engineering, Primary Storage @ HPE), and Bhupesh Bansal (Head of Engineering - Product Server @ Square). These leaders share some of the guiding principles of their eng leadership careers, highlights from ELC Annual 2024, advice for fi...2024-11-1229 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastCareer growth in today’s market + effective partnerships between engineering & hiring partners - Live from ELC Annual 2024 #195We’re back with another episode live from ELC Annual 2024’s podcast booth! Patrick discusses the practices and rituals around effective hiring & recruiting with a few speakers and roundtable hosts from ELC Annual 2024, including Lawrence Bruhmuller (SVP of Engineering @ Great Expectations), Eric Fettner (Co-Founder @ Job Sauce), and Scott Swedberg (CEO & Co-Founder @ Job Sauce). Scott shares insights & takeaways from his roundtable conversation on assessing career growth & determining next steps during this trend of eng orgs continuing to become flatter. Eric and Lawrence also stop by the booth to share about their unique partnership, hiring best practices, ensuring candidates maintain your org’...2024-11-0529 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastSelling your ideas, leveraging curiosity in tough conversations, managing emotions & psychological safety - Live from ELC Annual 2024! #194This episode came live from ELC Annual 2024! Local ELC chapter leaders from across the globe share some of their favorite leadership principles, covering topics like how to sell your ideas & gain buy-in from senior leaders, how to manage yourself and your regulate emotions, how to leverage curiosity in tough conversations, how to build psychological safety and more! Thank you Ali Littman (VP of Engineering @ Modern Health), Mehmet Sencer Kardayi (CTO @ Dexter Energy), Tarik Kilick (Engineering Manager @ Booking.com), and Liz Sink (Director of Engineering @ Amount) for sharing your insights + a huge thank you to all of our local leaders...2024-10-3024 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastPodcast Break for ELC Annual 2024!We’re taking a quick break from releasing episodes for a few weeks while we wrap up everything for ELC Annual. We’ll be back in late September with new guests! We have some excellent sessions at the conference - check out the agenda here: https://sfelc.com/annual2024#agendaJoin us at ELC Annual 2024!ELC Annual is our 2 day conference bringing together engineering leaders from around the world for a unique experience help you expand your network and empower your leadership & career growth.Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to expand your...2024-08-1503 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastConnecting bugs & quality to the business bottom line w/ Dave Rhodes #190Dave Rhodes, CEO @ Sauce Labs, joins the pod to discuss the value of great digital experiences & how/why quality issues affect companies’ bottom lines, and how to connect bugs to the business! Dave dissects strategies for addressing quality issues, examples connecting quality with the bottom line, best practices for quality testing strategies, and incorporating the philosophy of embracing the impossible within your eng teams. We also cover highlights of Dave’s recent report, “Every Experience Counts” exploring the relationship between broken experiences, lost consumer trust, and topline revenue. And to set the stage & magnify the stakes, the Crowdstrike & Microsoft outage c...2024-08-0648 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastLive from Config 2024! Product-building, leadership & execution lessons behind the launch of Figma’s Dev Mode w/ Marcel Weekes #189In our latest episode, we’re coming to you live from Config 2024, Figma’s annual design conference for people who build products! This is our first time ever doing a live interview from another conference, so we are excited to share it with you. We’re joined by Marcel Weekes, VP of Engineering @ Figma. In our conversation, we dive into topics including highlights from Config 2024 & reactions to Figma’s latest feature demos (like Dev Mode), how Figma’s eng teams are involved in product design iterations, why product support teams help preserve Figma’s community, strategies for incorporating feedback into design...2024-07-3039 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastTackling All Top 10 Engineering Leadership Challenges w/ Farhan Thawar #188Farhan Thawar, VP & Head of Engineering @ Shopify, was our first-ever ELC pod guest, so it’s fitting that he’s here to join us for this culmination of our series tackling the Top 10 challenges that engineering leaders face in a rapid-fire, high-energy format! Farhan shares insights into individual challenges, including motivating others after a reorg or period of uncertainty, why always being willing to learn & help is key for managing in any direction, strategies for creating buy-in, and best practices for coaching / mentoring. We cover team challenges, such as working cross-functionally to identify a shared truth and vision, using demo...2024-07-2340 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastSpeed v. Quality, Measuring Productivity & Cross-Functional Relationships - Tackling the Top 10 Eng Leadership Challenges! #186This is Part 2 of our Top 10 Challenges series! In this episode, we’re focusing on three common team challenges that eng leaders face: how to increase velocity without losing quality, measure productivity & create meaningful metrics, and work cross-functionally with other teams. We identified these challenges based on conversations with hundreds of eng leaders from podcast episodes, ELC events, and more. For this ep, we’ve pulled insights from various eng leaders, including Richard Wong @ enrich, Fatemah Alavizadeh @ Notion, Andrew Fong @ Prodvana, Randall Koutnik @ Jellyfish, Abi Noda @ DX, Barbara Nelson @ InfluxDB, Laura Fay @ L Fay Associates, and Jeremy Henrickson @ Rippling.2024-07-0942 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastCoaching, Influencing, Motivating & Managing Up - Tackling the Top 10 Engineering Leadership Challenges! #185In today’s episode, we’re kicking off a four-part series on the Top 10 challenges eng leaders face based on feedback from hundreds of eng leaders. In Part 1 of this mini-series, we’re tackling the first four issues: developing & coaching team members, strategies for motivating & inspiring others, influencing / creating organizational buy-in, and managing up & sideways. This episode compiles some of the best insight we’ve gained on these issues from a collection of past ELC episodes, ELC Annual sessions, events, and more, with insight from Tara Ellis @ Netflix, Elaine Zhou @ SageCXO, Pete Peterson @ Riviera Partners, Johnny Ray Austin @ Best Egg, Jan...2024-07-0242 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastThe Top 10 Challenges Engineering Leaders Face: A Sneak PeakAfter surveying hundreds of engineering leaders, we’ve pinpointed the top 10 challenges engineering leaders face! Exciting news - next week marks the launch of our 4-part series, sharing some of the best insights from hundreds of ELC events, podcasts & conference sessions. The finale? A dynamic rapid-fire session with Shopify's VP of Engineering, Farhan Thawar, tackling each challenge head-on.Have solutions of your own? Share your strategies and help spread knowledge throughout our community. Reach out at podcast@sfelc.com or tag ELC in a post/comment on LinkedIn.Join us at ELC Annual 2024!EL...2024-06-2502 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastWhy Engineering Needs a Seat at the Negotiating Table with Melody Hildebrandt #182We revisit an episode from the podcast archives – Melody Hildebrandt (CTO @ Fox) shares her experience representing the tech org during the biggest deal in entertainment history! We cover Melody’s most important lessons negotiating on behalf of the tech org plus how they leveraged the M&A event to accelerate innovation and productivity.Melody will be joining us as one of our featured speakers @ ELC Annual 2024 (our two-day conference on 8/27-8/28! Check out our incredible line up of speakers, other conference experiences & tickets at sfelc.com/annual2024 Use the exclusive discount code "podcast10" (all lowercase) for a 10% disc...2024-06-0450 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastInside ELC Annual 2024: 2 days to recharge, reconnect & empower your growth #180Welcome to a special episode highlighting ELC Annual 2024, our annual conference bringing together engineering leaders from around the world! Tune in to hear how we built this 2-day experience to be the ultimate accelerator of leadership and professional growth. We cover how the conference will expand your perspectives with curated peer-led roundtables and expert-led sessions with people like Thuan Pham (former CTO @ Uber & Coupang), Melody Hildebrandt (CTO @ FOX), James Everingham (VPE @ Meta) Marcel Weekes (VPE @ Figma), Rajashree Pimpalkhare (VPE @ Twilio) and 40+ more speakers! We promise that you will walk away from the event with meaningful connections and actionable strategies...2024-05-2108 min

Engineering FoundersExecution strategy, proof of concepts & intermediate value-creation steps at deep tech startups w/ Quinn JacobsonQuinn Jacobson, Director of the Technical Entrepreneur Coaching Hub (TECH) @ Carnegie Mellon University, joins us to share best practices for implementing a successful execution strategy at deep tech startups. He draws from his own experience as a serial founder & former VPE, sharing strategies for building on technical expertise; driving product evolution from early concept results; finding your “ledge” & thinking of value creation in smaller, incremental steps. Plus we talk about the pitfalls new founders should avoid and the importance of listening! Quinn also shares how & why he transitioned into academia & why these recommendations will help new founders create disruptive, exci...2024-02-1534 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastMake Great Decisions Quickly, the Unscary Way w/ Alamelu Radhakrishnan #144Alamelu Radhakrishnan reveals her best frameworks for making great decisions quickly without fear in one of our favorite ELC Annual sessions last year. She covers her threefold approach to knowing when to make a decision, pitfalls & anti-patterns to avoid throughout the decision-making process, and strategies for delegating and avoiding decision fatigue, all while working around fear of failure & empowering other decision-makers to act with confidence. Alamelu also shares some interesting decision-making concepts including first principles, the 40% to 70% guide, and more.Interested in topics like this, and beyond? #ELCAnnual2023 is happening 8/30 & 8/31! You can get your ticket to join...2023-08-1045 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastTurn Your Career into a Rocket w/ Oksana Kubushyna #142In this week’s episode, we’re featuring another of our most popular, inspiring sessions from ELC Annual 2022. Oksana Kubushyna, former VP of Entertainment Operations @ Riot Games, shares her best strategies for turning your career into a rocket, along with plenty of inspiring stories from her eight years and multiple promotions within Riot Games. She reveals why your mindset is the most important driver of career success, the importance of prioritizing your team, customers, & company over yourself when it comes to getting ahead, and tips for getting feedback, asking for help, prioritizing relationships, showing initiative, and much more. This is a...2023-08-0338 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastHow Businesses, Creators, and Researchers are Building the “Generative Generation" w/ Mira Murati, Naveen Gavini & Vijay Karunamurthy #140This episode features one of our most fascinating sessions from ELC Annual 2022 – we explore how businesses, creators, and researchers are building the “generative generation” & harnessing generative AI’s potential – featuring Mira Murati, CTO @ OpenAI, Naveen Gavini, SVP, Products @ Pinterest & moderated by Vijay Karunamurthy Head of Engineering @ Scale AI. This session covers the current state & future of generative AI, its potential impacts, what is being done to mitigate potential risks, how smaller companies can take advantage of open-source generative AI technology, and the factors impacting future generative AI innovation.Interested in topics like this, and beyond? #ELCAnnual2023 is happening 8...2023-07-2849 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastSummer Break 2023 - Back Next Week!We’re taking this week off for a short summer holiday. Until then, here are a few episodes from the backlog we highly recommend, for a little fun summer listening... Leveraging OODA Loops in Leadership with Oksana Kubushyna #118 - https://elc.community/home/podcasts/building-platforms-vs-products-and-leveraging-ooda-loops-in-leadership-oksana-kubushnya-riotgames Navigating Multiproduct Expansion + other eadership & career insights from Kris Rasmussen #124 - https://elc.community/home/podcasts/navigating-multi-product-expansion-leadership-and-career-insights-kris-rasmussen-figma Alignment is the key to delivering great product & team outcomes w/ Jonathon Hensley #90 - https://elc.community/home/podcasts/alignment-is-the-key-to-delivering-great-products-and-outcomes And a deep cut from the archives… Conscious Career Growth parts 1 & 2 with Wade Chambers!! #20 & #21- https://elc.community/home...2023-07-0401 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastCommunity insights from our Pop-Up Podcast Booth at ELC Annual! #129Welcome to the ELC Annual Pop-Up Podcast Booth! This episode features behind-the-scenes conversations of engineering leaders who joined us at ELC Annual last October. These community members jumped into our recording studio to share their best strategies for good communication and providing critical feedback; using OKRs to realign your org; lessons learned from early leadership days; balancing speed vs. quality within your eng team; how technology shifts / bets impact your org; challenges with rapidly changing workspaces between remote, in-person & hybrid; creating a culture of pride & celebrating wins; and combining empathy with the best engineering qualities to determine what you...2023-05-101h 31

The Engineering Leadership PodcastMaking Bold Decisions and Taking Risks in Your Career w/ Annie Cheng, Claire Hough, Lisa Gelobter & Arezoo Riahi #114Being a woman in a predominantly male industry can be challenging at times – and seeking the advice of successful women eng leaders can help inspire you to be bold! In this episode, we feature three women who shared their leadership stories & advice at ELC Annual: Annie Cheng, VP of Engineering @ Waymo; Claire Hough, CTO @ Carbon Health; and Lisa Gelobter, CEO and Founder @ tEQuitable. They discuss their career moves, along with strategies for combating disrespect in the workplace, finding work-life balance, overcoming imposter syndrome, and more. Mediated by Arezoo Riahi (Head of Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity @ Waymo), this is a hi...2023-01-2444 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastBecoming A Force Multiplier w/ Cal Henderson & Maria Kazandjieva #113In this episode, Cal Henderson (Co-Founder & CTO @ Slack) and Maria Kazandjieva (Co-Founder @ Graft) discuss strategies for how to be a force multiplier within your organization! They cover Cal’s leadership journey & the early days of Slack, how to identify lateral inflection points, aligning your people throughout periods of change, tips for personal retrospectives on where you invest your time, and more. Additionally, Cal & Maria share plenty of frameworks for both identifying if you are currently a force multiplier & how to identify opportunities to inspire productivity in others.This is a featured session from ELC Annual 2022 - check ou...2023-01-1740 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastLessons on being deliberate w/ Megan Kacholia #112As eng leaders, there are many things outside of our control – however, Megan Kacholia (VP of Eng @ Google) believes being deliberate can help you realize the many factors you DO have control of. Megan provides real-life lessons from her own leadership journey on how to take ownership of your time/calendar, tips for saying “yes” & knowing when to say “no,” and strategies for communicating with authenticity. Megan also covers why it’s important as an eng leader to feel comfortable with feeling uncomfortable, frameworks for having difficult conversations, communicating with empathy, and how she balances her role in a part-time ca...2023-01-1043 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastHow to do an effective re-org w/ Aaron Erickson & Mike Tria #111Reorgs are never easy, often impacting eng teams – and that’s why they should always be a last resort. However, sometimes they are necessary for an org’s success! Mike Tria (Head of Eng @ Atlassian) joins Aaron Erickson (Co-Founder & CEO @ Orgspace) to discuss frameworks & strategies for implementing a successful reorg, why eng leaders should be involved throughout the entire reorg process, alternative solutions to reorgs, who is accountable when a reorg goes poorly, how to improve communication channels throughout a reorg, and implementing smooth transitions.This is a featured session from ELC Annual 2022 - check out all of the...2023-01-0344 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastWe'll be back releasing new episodes on 11/15We’re taking a quick break from releasing episodes for a few weeks while we wrap up everything for ELC Annual. We’ll be back to regularly releasing episodes November 15th with a couple great guests! Claus Moberg, VP of Engineering @ Roblox joins to discuss his journey scaling his leadership impact & org size 10x in 6 years! Elaine Zhou CTO @ Change.org joins to discuss upleveling your team and helping them become more self-sufficient. Plus we’re launching new episodes of Engineering Founders! Email us at hello@sfelc.comAnd to stay involved, join the community at elc.commun...2022-11-0301 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastWhat we’re looking forward to most at ELC Annual 2022ELC Annual is only a few weeks away! Jerry and I sat down to discuss what we find the most frustrating about conferences… and share what we're most excited about for ELC Annual! Listen in to hear about some of the unique elements of ELC Annual that we’re looking forward to most.Learn more at sfelc.com/annual2022 2022-10-1403 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastLeading through ‘black swan’ events & pivoting AI/ML product strategy w/ Bridget Frey #95We discuss the challenges with leading eng orgs through unpredictable global events (like the covid-19 pandemic) & pivoting product strategy with Bridget Frey (CTO @ Redfin). We also cover the challenges & successes of building out AI/ ML products in your engineering org, creating an “uncertainty” algorithm, incorporating mental health best practices in your teams, and addressing data bias & systemic racism in your product’s features! Featuring guest co-host Ali Littman (Interim Head of Eng @ Modern Health).ABOUT BRIDGET FREYAs Redfin’s Chief Technology Officer, Bridget Frey (@SVBridget) leads the software engineering and analytics teams. Her mission is to bu...2022-08-0252 min

The Engineering Leadership Podcast“Cloud-flation” & preventing runaway cloud costs w/ Leon Kuperman @ Cast.ai #94We cover why locked-in cloud commitments are bad for eng teams & how your org can take advantage of elastic pricing models instead! Leon Kuperman (CTO @ Cast.ai) explains the dilemma of locked-in cloud spend, cost planning strategies for SaaS orgs, how to minimize egregious cloud egress cost and drive better cloud utilization through consistent analysis & debates in your eng org. Also learn why Leon is betting on container deployment as the future of software delivery & what that means for Cast.ai!ABOUT LEON KUPERMANFormerly Vice President of Security Products OCI at Oracle, Leon’s pr...2022-07-2646 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastBuilding your data engineering org w/ Taylor Murphy @ Meltano #93We discuss the dynamics & challenges behind building out your data engineering function with Taylor Murphy (Head of Product & Data @ Meltano). Taylor also shares his recommendations for collaborating in multi-stakeholder environments, the relationship between the data team & engineering, why you should run your data team like a product team, gaining buy-in around the ROI of data, and what it’s like being a company’s first data eng hire. Featuring guest co-host/community member John Wang (Director of Engineering @ Petal)!ABOUT TAYLOR MURPHYTaylor Murphy (@tayloramurphy) is the Head of Product and Data of Meltano, an open...2022-07-1945 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastEliminating hierarchy, going direct & removing team friction w/ Greg Czajkowski #91Greg Czajkowski (SVP of Engineering @ Snowflake) shares some of the secrets he’s learned about great teams! We discuss the power of eliminating hierarchy, “going direct,” reducing energy dissipation in your team, removing friction in your org, and creating “higher innovation per time unit.” Plus dilemmas balancing velocity & quality, what to do when team size is used as proxy for power, and how to know your eng org is operating at peak output!ABOUT GREG CZAJKOWSKIGrzegorz (Greg) Czajkowski, a distributed systems and organizations scaling expert, is Senior Vice President of Engineering and Support at Snowflake...2022-07-0532 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastAlignment is the key to delivering great products & outcomes w/ Jonathon Hensley #90We discuss why alignment is key to delivering great digital products & team outcomes, how to recognize & navigate misalignment, and create better alignment with Jonathon Hensley (CEO @ EMERGE, Author of "Alignment"). We cover a couple of community case studies exploring dilemmas like navigating misaligned product vision & executive conflict, transforming grand product visions into clear execution, AND shifting toward a customer-centric engineering culture!ABOUT JONATHON HENSLEYJonathon Hensley (@jonathonhensley) is co-founder and CEO of Emerge, a digital product consulting firm that works with companies to improve operational agility and customer experience. For more than two decades, Jonathon...2022-06-2848 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastOperational & Organizational Innovation w/ Zhichun Li #89We discuss operational & organizational innovation with Zhichun Li (Director of Engineering @ Scale AI)! We explore the early days of Rapid at Scale AI, different organizational design experiments Zhi’s tested, and many of the principles behind their operational practices. You’ll hear about merging engineering & ops, designing orgs for autonomy, scaling into multiple products, and leveraging different org structures for innovation.ABOUT ZHICHUN LIZhichun Li (@zhichun_li) is Director of Engineering @ Scale AI. She built the Rapid team from scratch with a focus on providing the fastest way to production-level quality labels within a day...2022-06-2143 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastFrom IC to global leadership: career growth as a Technical Advisor w/ William A. Adams #88We explore the career journey of Technologist & Technical Advisor William A. Adams. We cover how he identifies his next career challenges, the technical advisor role and how you can build your skills to grow into the role. Plus we get into the “people challenges” of the job, how the “human work” is the secret to unlocking creativity, and why building the social fabric of work matters.ABOUT WILLIAM A. ADAMSWilliam A. Adams (@LeapToTech) is an award-winning D&I innovator, engineering trailblazer, and philanthropist. He was named the first Technical Advisor to Microsoft’s CTO, Kevin Scot...2022-06-1455 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastStorytelling and the Art of Public Speaking w/ Arquay Harris #86If you ever find yourself staring at a screen not knowing how to even start an important presentation this episode is for you! Arquay Harris (VP Engineering @ Webflow) underscores the importance of storytelling in public speaking, and shares valuable tips on how to craft a narrative and get your point across in a way that feels natural for you.For Arquay’s slides & original presentation from our 2022 Spring Virtual Summit - check out the full video here: https://bit.ly/3GxMjT3ABOUT ARQUAY HARRISArquay is the VP of Engineering at Webflow. Prior to...2022-05-3121 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastSPECIAL: Pre-seed fundraising, pitching investors & dealing with rejection w/ Aaron Erickson & Brian Guthrie #81This is a special episode from our new series Engineering Founders - We deconstruct the recently closed pre-seed fundraising experience of our friends Brian Guthrie & Aaron Erickson (co-founders of Orgspace). Brian & Aaron share their experience finding a co-founder and making the decision to leave their engineering leadership positions at big companies. Plus they share great advice on navigating the fundraising experience and dealing with rejection! Check out Engineering Founders - https://bit.ly/3KnIfFILearn more about Orgspace & check out their new beta HERE: http://orgspace.io/elcABOUT BRIAN GUTHRIEBrian Guthrie...2022-04-2655 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastSpecial *LIVE* preview of the 2022 ELC Virtual Summit & community-led round tables #80Welcome to our first ever LIVE recording of the show! This is a special behind-the-scenes preview of the upcoming 2022 ELC Virtual Summit (4/20-4/22)! We cover speaker sessions we’re excited about, why we’re excited for community-led round tables, how they’ll help you harness community & build your support network! Plus we showcase 4x round table discussions covering performance management, courageous leadership, hiring vs. buying, and helping women thrive not just survive in tech!Learn more & register for the 2022 ELC Virtual Summit HERE: www.sfelc.com/summit2022SHOW NOTESWelcome to our first ever LIVE r...2022-04-1259 min

Engineering FoundersPre-seed fundraising, pitching investors & dealing with rejection w/ Aaron Erickson & Brian GuthrieWe deconstruct the recently closed pre-seed fundraising experience of our friends Brian Guthrie & Aaron Erickson (co-founders of Orgspace). Brian & Aaron share their experience finding a co-founder and making the decision to leave their engineering leadership positions at big companies. Plus they share great advice on navigating the fundraising experience and dealing with rejection!Learn more about Orgspace and sign up for their JUST launched beta - http://orgspace.io/elcABOUT BRIAN GUTHRIEBrian Guthrie (@bguthrie) is Co-Founder and CTO at Orgspace. His career spansr 20 years, leading teams at everything from global enterprises...2022-04-0754 min

Early Life Crisis PodcastSchluss mit Content? Marvin und Ben über die Zukunft von ELC | Folge 12In dieser kurzen Special Folge stellt sich Ben aus dem ELC Team vor und wir sprechen über die weiteren Pläne von Early Life Crisis. Damit beenden wir die erste Podcast-Season und nehmen Anlauf für die zweite Season, die im Laufe des Jahres beginnt. Ein Blick hinter die ELC Vorhänge - macht euch gefasst auf die anstehenden Projekte! Bis dahin erreicht ihr uns aber natürlich weiterhin über alle Kanäle und auch der Support im Online Kurs läuft wie bisher weiter =) Dein erster Schritt Richtung Traumjob mit dem ELC Online Kurs - jetzt zum Schü...2022-03-2814 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastHow eng orgs (and careers) evolve through hyper-growth w/ Samir Naik #77How eng orgs (and careers) evolve through hyper-growth w/ Samir Naik #77Samir Naik (Head of Engineering, Core Products @ Plaid) shares how Plaid’s engineering org has evolved over the last 10 years & the many unexpected ways his own career has transformed alongside Plaid. Samir deconstructs 3 different growth phases at Plaid, the indicators that your company is ready for the next growth stage, and how to choose an emerging tech city to expand to! Plus critical questions that helped guide Samir’s career within Plaid.ABOUT SAMIR NAIKSamir Naik (@samirnaik) is Head of Engineering for...2022-03-2253 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastHypergrowth, Scaling & Org Design w/ Surabhi Gupta #76Hypergrowth, Scaling & Org Design w/ Surabhi Gupta #76Discerning what to prioritize is key to success for any organization, and even more critical during hypergrowth. Surabhi Gupta (Head of Engineering @ Robinhood) shares how she identified current and future priorities as their eng org scaled from 300 to 1,000+ engineers. Plus her approach to org design, how to set up new hires for success during hypergrowth, and a framework for predicting future personnel requirements.ABOUT SURABHI GUPTASurabhi Gupta is the VP of Product Engineering at Robinhood, where she oversees the company's growing engineering organization. Prior to...2022-03-1549 min

Early Life Crisis PodcastEndgegner Abitur - Vorbereitung auf den Showdown mit Luca | Folge 11Ein letztes Mal klingelt der Wecker dich morgens aus dem Bett – die Tage deiner Abiturprüfung stehen vor der Tür. Wie fühlt es sich an, wenn sich dieser Lebensabschnitt Schule so langsam dem Ende neigt? Welche Gefühle ergeben sich in der Vorbereitung auf die letzten Klausuren deiner Schulzeit? Wie fühlt es sich an, die gesamte Oberstufe in Zeiten von Home Schooling, Corona-Tests und fehlender persönlicher Begegnung verbracht zu haben? Der angehende Abiturient Luca nimmt uns mit in seine Gedankenwelt kurz vor dem Showdown gegen den „Endgegner“ Abitur. Gemeinsam diskutieren wir Tipps, wie du in dieser stres...2022-03-1429 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastConflict Optimization with Jordan Adler #74Conflict is a necessary part of the job. So how can you transform conflict to be collaborative, not competitive? Jordan Adler (Head of Dev Eng @ OneSignal) previews his conflict optimization workshop taking place at our 2022 Spring Virtual Summit! Jordan shares some of the main sources of conflict in eng teams, how to uncover underlying needs, shift people from entrenched positions & other frameworks to create an optimal environment for healthy conflict.ABOUT JORDAN ADLERJordan M. Adler (@jordanmadler) is the Head of Developer Engineering at OneSignal, where he drives the cutting edge of cross-platform customer engagement...2022-03-0145 min

Early Life Crisis PodcastDas Auslandsjahr und der Ruf deines Herzens - mit Cedric Lorenz | Folge 10Soll ich oder soll ich nicht? Vielleicht kennst auch du diese Frage von damals, vor dem ersten Sprung des 3-Meter-Bretts im Schwimmbad. In dieser Episode sprechen wir jedoch von einer Frage, in der es um mehr geht: Eine mögliche Auslandserfahrung. Fernab von der heimatlichen „Komfort-Zone“ strömen jedes Jahr (vor der Pandemie) Tausende Abiturienten und Schulabgänger in die Ferne: Australien, Neuseeland, Kanada, Südamerika oder auch einfach das Interrail-Ticket durch Europa. Als „Gap-Year“ nach der Schule lautet unserer Erfahrung nach die Devise: je früher du diesen Schritt gehen möchtest, desto leichter und wahrscheinlicher wird auch die tatsächlic...2022-02-2838 min

Early Life Crisis PodcastDie Wahrheit über Network Marketing - mit Niilo Winkelmann | Folge 09Weiße Strände, blaues Meer, viele Network-Kaffeedates und vormittags um 11:00 Uhr mit RentnerInnen im Gym oder um 15:00 Uhr mit LehrerInnen auf dem Tennisplatz abklatschen: Die Ketten an Klischees und Vorurteilen über das Network Marketing sind vielseitig. Ist es wirklich nur Abzocke und ein Arsenal falscher Versprechungen? In dieser Episode nimmt uns Niilo mit auf seine Journey ins Network Marketing und erzählt, warum er hier seine Berufung gefunden hat. Wir beleuchten Vor- & Nachteile und räumen auf mit falschen Vorstellungen über ein Business, das in den letzten Jahren immer mehr Aufmerksamkeit gewinnt. Folge uns auf Instagram: ...2022-02-1439 min

Early Life Crisis PodcastChancengerechtigkeit in der Bildung - mit Nuri Arbursu | Folge 08Max und Lisa gehen in die Grundschule und treffen zwei weitere Mitschüler, allerdings mit Migrationsbiografie. Bestimmt der Bildungshintergrund der Eltern die Bildungschancen ihrer Kinder? Wie hoch ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass Max später sein Abitur oder Lisa ihren Master machen wird im Vergleich zu Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund? Dieser Frage gehen wir in der heutigen Episode nach und fragen, wie fair und gerecht das deutsche Bildungssystem eigentlich ist. Nuri Arbursu hatte damals keine Gymnasialempfehlung und hat es dennoch an Eliteuniversitäten in Großbritannien geschafft – wie geht das? Taucht ein in einen Streifzug realer Erfahrungen, die Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund in Deu...2022-01-3132 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastSurprising Lessons from Sales with Maulie Dass #69What lessons can you learn from the strange and unfamiliar world of the sales team? Maulie Dass (Global Lead @ Cisco Innovation Labs) has experienced both worlds and joins to share what she’s learned! We cover questions to help you get to the root issues of your customer, design thinking strategies to generate customer empathy in your teams, how to balance product vision vs. feature requests from sales & more!ABOUT MAULIE DASSMaulie Dass (@mauliedass) is the Global Lead for Cisco's Innovation Labs, which works closely with local industries to create new technology solutions that so...2022-01-2543 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastTransitioning to Crypto with Lewis Tuff, VPE @ Blockchain.com #68Lewis Tuff (VP of Engineering @ Blockchain.com) joins us to share his experience on building a career in the cryptocurrency space! We cover his transition from traditional finance/tech to crypto, how to shift your mindset from centralized to decentralized, qualities that lead to success, tactics to help you gain exposure and experience, AND why it’s not too late to start your career in crypto! ABOUT LEWIS TUFFLewis (@tuffleuk) is the Vice President of Engineering at Blockchain.com where he is responsible for the technology underpinning Blockchain.com’s services. As the 2nd engin...2022-01-1850 min

Early Life Crisis PodcastDie Power von Schülermessen - mit Jack Marschall von Stuzubi | Folge 07„Da ist schon wieder so eine Anzeige von einer Ausbildungs- und Studienmesse – was soll ich denn da?“, hast du dich bestimmt schon einmal gefragt. In dieser Folge sprechen wir über die tollen Chancen, die dir Karrieremessen nach der Schule bieten können. Jack Marschall von Stuzubi erklärt, wie die Schülermessen der Stuzubi dir in deiner Berufsorientierung helfen können und warum sich dir einmalige Möglichkeiten eröffnen. Im Gespräch mit Ausstellerinnen und Ausstellern sowie Azubis oder Studierenden kannst du Erfahrungen aus erster Hand gewinnen, die dir über reine Recherche im Internet verborgen geblieben wären. Vorträge rund um...2022-01-1734 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastBuilding Inclusive Products with Jeremy King #67Jeremy King (SVP of Engineering @ Pinterest) discusses some of the challenges, principles & frameworks behind building inclusive products. We also cover filtering decisions through your company mission, investing in rest and emerging challenges around creating serendipity with ideas, onboarding, retaining talent and the hard logistics of workplace flexibility.ABOUT JEREMY KINGJeremy King is Senior Vice President of Engineering at Pinterest, where he leads the company’s technical direction and oversees the entire Engineering team building deeply technical products, platforms and machine learning systems. Previously, he was the CTO of Walmart, where he led the...2022-01-1144 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastAddressing Burnout in Your Engineering Org with Erica Lockheimer, Sabry Tozin & Lori Allen #66This conversation is about BURNOUT! You’ll hear holistic perspectives to help you identify the causes, conditions, & early indicators of burnout. Plus organizational & individual practices to address & become resilient to burnout with Sabry Tozin (VPE @ LinkedIn), Lori Allen (VP HR @ LinkedIn), & Erica Lockheimer (VPE, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, LinkedIn Learning & Glint @ LinkedIn).About Erica LockheimerErica Lockheimer is VP of Engineering, Talent Solutions, Learning, and Glint @ LinkedIn. During her more than 10 years at the company, she built the Growth Engineering team into a high-performing 120-person team, focused on increasing membership, and deepening member engagement. In January 2018, sh...2022-01-0448 min

Early Life Crisis PodcastChancen und Risiken der Selbstständigkeit nach der Schule - mit Marc Böhmer | Folge 06Selbstständigkeit besteht aus den Teilworten „selbst“ und „ständig“; diese Beschreibung einer vermeintlich pausenlosen unternehmerischen Aktivität hat Jungunternehmer Marc Böhmer bereits zu Schulzeiten gekannt – und sich dennoch in das Abenteuer Selbstständigkeit gestürzt. In dieser Folge reflektieren wir Vor- und Nachteile der Selbstständigkeit nach der Schule und werfen einen Blick auf den Alltag fernab von Angestellten-Dasein, festen Urlaubstagen, und Kantinen-Zuschüssen. Ist die Selbstständigkeit direkt nach der Schule - ohne den Schutzfaktor Studium oder Ausbildung - per se ein Himmelfahrtskommando? Viel Spaß bei diesem Ausflug in das Spannungsfeld von Sicherheit, Risiko, Urvertrauen und Visio...2022-01-0336 min

Early Life Crisis PodcastDas 1x1 der Berufsorientierung mit whatsnextforyou-Gründerin Erika | Folge 05Welche konkreten Tools kannst du direkt für deine Berufsorientierung nutzen? In dieser Podcast-Episode sprechen wir mit Whatsnextforyou-Gründerin Erika Burkhardt über den Weg einer besseren Orientierung nach der Schule. Gemeinsam beleuchten wir den Stellenwert von Fokus im Entscheidungsprozess sowie die Frage, inwieweit Mentoren und „Business-Insider-Gespräche“ dich in deiner Entscheidung unterstützen. Zudem erklärt sie, wie du mehr Ruhe und Klarheit im „stürmischen Meer der Möglichkeiten“ gewinnen und so deine Early Life Crisis überwinden kannst. Neben ganz pragmatischen Tipps während Schule, Ausbildung oder Studium, stellt sie das Vision Board als kreatives Tool vor. Lass dich inspir...2021-12-2038 min

Early Life Crisis PodcastWas deine Berufsorientierung so schwierig macht - mit Abiturientin Vanessa | Folge 04Warum haben wir ELC überhaupt ins Leben gerufen? Im Meer der Möglichkeiten aus über 20.000 Studiengängen, über 300 Ausbildungsberufen und unzähligen Optionen im In- und Ausland den Weg in Richtung Traumjob zu finden, ist ein ziemlich schwieriges Unterfangen – in dieser Episode sprechen wir mit Vanessa, Abiturientin aus Freiburg, über die Schwierigkeiten während ihrer Berufsorientierung. Lasst euch inspirieren von Stereotypen der Berufswahl, Umgang mit externen Erwartungen, Stolpersteinen ins Glück und der so genannten „Fear of missing out“ (FOMO). Unterstütze uns mit einer 5-Sterne Bewertung bei Apple Podcast: https://bit.ly/ELC_Apple_Podcast G...2021-12-0633 min

Early Life Crisis PodcastWas mir in der Schule niemand erzählt hat: Das hätte Studentin Caro gerne eher gewusst | Folge 03In der heutigen Folge sprechen wir mit Caro, Journalismus-Erstsemesterstudentin in Ansbach, über all die Dinge, die ihr in der Schule nicht erzählt wurden. Welche Wissens-Nuggets hätte sie im Vorfeld gerne gewusst? Welche Herausforderungen gilt es nach der Schulzeit zu meistern, die eben nicht in Deutsch, Geschichte oder Biologie unterrichtet worden sind? Viel Spaß bei unserem Streifzug durch all die Überraschungen nach der Schulzeit! Unterstütze uns mit einer 5-Sterne Bewertung bei Apple Podcast: https://bit.ly/ELC_Apple_Podcast Google: https://bit.ly/ELC_Google Folge uns auf Instagram: https...2021-11-2229 min

Early Life Crisis Podcast100 Tage nach dem Abi: Malte Nebel über seine Erfahrungen, Konflikte und Ideen nach der Schule | Folge 02Was passiert eigentlich in den ersten Wochen und Monaten nach dem Schulabschluss? Genau darum geht es in der heutigen Episode, in der unser erster Podcast-Gast Malte Nebel von den 100 Tagen nach seinem Abi erzählt. Wie genau er seine Richtung gefunden hat und was er dir mit auf den Weg gibt, damit auch du endlich Klarheit über deine berufliche Zukunft erlangst, erfährst du in dieser Folge vom Early Life Crisis Podcast. Unterstütze uns mit einer 5-Sterne Bewertung bei Apple Podcast: https://bit.ly/ELC_Apple_Podcast Google: https://bit.ly/ELC_Goog...2021-11-0837 min

Early Life Crisis PodcastPremiere bei ELC: Marvin über die Idee zum Podcast und seine eigene Early Life Crisis | Folge 01In der offiziell ersten Folge des Early Life Crisis Podcasts spricht Marvin über seine eigene Story und unsere Intention des neuen Podcast-Formats. Ab sofort gibt es alle zwei Wochen eine neue Folge zu spannenden Themen und Perspektiven der Berufsorientierung - Interviews mit Menschen, die ihren Traumjob gefunden haben, und Solo-Episoden zu den verschiedensten Möglichkeiten, die nach der Schule auf dich warten. Wenn dir die Folge gefallen hat, lass uns gerne eine Bewertung da und check unsere weiteren Kanäle ab: Folg uns auf Instagram: https://bit.ly/ELC_Pod_IG 2021-10-2913 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastWe'll Be Back January 2022!We’re taking a break to make a few BIG updates to the show and will return in January 2022! We won’t be completely gone... We’re releasing a few “experimental” episodes and preparing to announce the 2022 ELC Summit. Help us define the future of the show! Send us an email to hello@sfelc.com with feedback, topics, or guest ideas! To stay updated on the ELC Summit & our return… Sign up for email updates at www.sfelc.com! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/engineeringleadership/message 2021-10-2002 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastSpeed vs. Quality with Richard Wong #63Richard Wong (SVP of Engineering @ Coursera) shares how the dilemma of speed & quality evolves as a company scales. We cover how to balance building new features & fixing quality issues, internal & external signals to help you determine your priorities, & how to gain alignment. Plus how to avoid over-engineering!ABOUT RICHARD WONGRichard oversees Coursera's infrastructure and product development. Prior to joining Coursera, Richard held various engineering leadership roles at the early days of LinkedIn, with a key focus on scaling the Jobs marketplace and Talent Solutions to become its first billion-dollar product.Richard also oversaw...2021-09-2858 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastChanging Priorities & Making Massive Engineering Pivots with Vivian Shen #62Juni scaled 2x-3x week-over-week in the 1st month of Covid-19 restrictions. Vivian Shen (Co-Founder & CEO @ Juni Learning) shares why they had to massively shift priorities from growth to internal tooling/operations & how they gained buy-in from their engineering teams throughout the process. Plus you’ll hear about their pitch process to surface innovative ideas, and how the “engineering pod” team structure increases ownership, creativity & directly connects engineering to user impact!ABOUT VIVIAN SHEN, CO-FOUNDER & CEO @ JUNI LEARNINGVivan's experience ranges from strategy development for Fortune 500 companies to building teams from scratch at startu...2021-09-2147 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastThe “Energy Audit,” Reclaiming Your Time, & Increasing Ownership with Brad Henrickson #61Brad Henrickson (Leadership Coach, Former CTO @ Scoop Technologies) shares how to reclaim ownership of your time by using an energy/calendar audit! You’ll learn the mechanics of how to conduct an energy audit and how to transform energy-draining moments engineering leaders commonly encounter, into energy-giving moments. Plus how to apply this at scale to amplify energy AND increase ownership throughout your entire org! ABOUT BRAD HENRICKSON, LEADERSHIP COACH, FORMER CTO @ SCOOP TECHNOLOGIESBrad is a seasoned technology leader with a broad range of experience from founding companies, to building product, to maturing org...2021-09-1449 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastDebate! Flat vs. Hierarchical Organizations w/ Farhan Thawar & Jerry Krikheli #60Welcome to our community’s FIRST DEBATE! Farhan Thawar (VPE @ Shopify) & Jerry Krikheli (Sr. Director of Engineering @ Facebook) hash out which org structure should rule them all… Should you go flat? Or should you become a hierarchy? You’ll hear how each structure impacts culture, innovation, and velocity!FARHAN THAWAR, VP OF ENGINEERING @ SHOPIFYFarhan Thawar is currently VP, Engineering at Shopify via the acquisition of Helpful.com where he was co-founder and CTO. Previously he was the CTO, Mobile at Pivotal and VP, Engineering at Pivotal Labs via the acquisition of Xtreme Labs. He is...2021-09-0732 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastStrategies to Tend, Feed & Grow your Professional Network w/ Dan Portillo & Jim Cook #54This ELC Hiring Summit special feature explores tactics & strategies to help you build powerful relationships & professional network! We cover the impact of vulnerability, why you should focus on “giving” first, how to break down power dynamics, prepare for important introductions & more with Dan Portillo (Managing Partner & Founder @ Sweat Equity Ventures) & Jim Cook (CFO @ Orbital Insight). DAN PORTILLODan is a former Talent Partner @ Greylock. Previously, he was VP of Success & Engagement at Rypple, and VP of Organizational Development at Mozilla, creators of Firefox. Earlier in his career Dan spent a decade building out succe...2021-08-1031 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastCompensation Mindset & Strategy with Thanh Nguyen & Cyrus F #53This ELC Hiring Summit special feature dives into compensation! We cover where you should start with your comp strategy, how to create consistency/transparency in your program, competing on comp/equity at the early stages, how to consider geography, and when you should bring in external support with Thanh Nguyen (Founder & CEO @ OpenComp) and Cyrus F. (GM/SVP @ Hatched Labs). THANH NGUYEN, FOUNDER & CEO @ OPENCOMPThanh has spent the greater part of his decades-long career partnering with founders and investors on compensation and HR strategies. He is a leading expert in his field a...2021-08-0327 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastAttracting Top Talent & Engineering Branding w/ Cosmin Nicolaescu, Kris Rasmussen, Brad Henrickson & Sam Wholley #52What IS engineering branding? What are the most effective things you can do to immediately improve your engineering brand & attract top talent? This special feature from the ELC Hiring Summit covers all things engineering branding & attracting top talent with Cosmin Nicolaescu (CTO @ Brex) Kris Rasmussen (VPE @ Figma) Brad Henrickson (Leadership Coach / former CTO @ Scoop Technologies) & Sam Wholley (Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners). SHOWNOTESWhat are the most important things you can do to attract top talent? (1:52)How have you changed how you attract top talent post-pandemic? (4:44)Tactical tips to overcome the gap between virtual and onsite e...2021-08-0324 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastBuilding a Diverse Hiring Pipeline with Ragini Holloway & Gabe Westmaas #51This ELC Hiring Summit special feature covers building a diverse hiring pipeline! You’ll hear how to approach DE&I holistically & what success looks like beyond the metrics. Plus how to balance headcount demand with DE&I goals, hold execs/managers accountable & ideas for effective DEI programs & partnerships with Ragini Holloway (SVP People @ Affirm) and Gabe Westmaas (VPE @ Checkr). RAGINI HOLLOWAY, SVP PEOPLE @ AFFIRMRagini is currently Senior Vice President of People at Affirm and is an advisor for PeopleTech Partners and tech startups, including Shift.org and Pinkaloo Technologies. Ra...2021-07-2730 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastOptimizing & Scaling Your Hiring Process w/ Vinithra Varadharajan, Cat Miller & Keng He #50This special feature from the ELC Hiring Summit covers optimizing and scaling your hiring process! You’ll learn signs that indicate it’s time to optimize/scale, tactics to create a consistent hiring bar, key metrics to measure efficiency, feedback loops & more with Catherine Miller (VPE @ Flatiron Health) Vinithra Varadharajan (Head of Platform Eng @ Airtable) & Keng He (Sr. Director of Eng @ LiveRamp). SHOWNOTESThe current size and scale of Cat/Vinithra’s engineering teams + their current hiring process (1:55)Early signs indicating it’s time to optimize or scale your current hiring process (3:34)Tactics to ensure you have...2021-07-2728 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastSourcing Engineering Candidates in a Remote World w/ Kah Seng Tay, Shauna Geraghty & Mike Pinkowish #49This special feature from the ELC Hiring Summit covers everything sourcing engineering candidates! You’ll hear the latest sourcing trends, most effective sourcing tactics, how to get candidates attention, increase response rates to your outreach, & source senior engineers with Kah Seng Tay (GM & Eng @ Airtable) Shauna Geraghty (SVP, Head People & Ops @ Talkdesk) & Mike Pinkowsky (Head of Eng @ Gem) KAH SENG TAY - GM & Engineering @ AirtableSHAUNA GERAGHTY - SVP, Head People & Operations @ TalkdeskMIKE PINKOWISH - Head of Engineering @ Gem SHOWNOTESSourcing Trends (2:26)Shauna, Kah Seng & Mike...2021-07-2029 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastThe State of Hiring w/ Maia Josebachvili, Bret Reckard & Erica Lockheimer #48This special feature from the ELC Hiring Summit explores the current state of hiring and how the rise of remote work will affect sourcing engineering candidates, the interview process, and compensation with Bret Reckard (Talent Partner @ Sequoia), Maia Josebachvili (former Head of People @ Stripe), and Erica Lockheimer (VPE @ LinkedIn)BRET RECKARD - Talent Partner @ Sequoia CapitalMAIA JOSEBACHVILI - Head of M&A and Investing (interim), former Head of People @ StripeERICA LOCKHEIMER - VP of Engineering, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, LinkedIn Learning & Glint @ LinkedInSHOWNOTESIntroduction to Maia, Bret...2021-07-2043 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastBuilding technology that endures with Melissa Binde #47Melissa Binde, VP Engineering, Cloud @ Splunk, shares lessons from her time building Amazon Apollo. You’ll hear the origin story of Amazon Apollo, how to define the right problem, identify the right solution, and what makes technology endure 20+ years. Plus how to improve your engineering storytelling and pitch the right product features to the right stakeholders!"We were heavily influenced by an early project manager I worked with who called it, the 'JEDI principle' - You make just enough decisions to implement! And so anytime we hit something. We would actually stop, if we were arguing, we'd st...2021-07-1346 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastBecoming a site lead, bootstrapping new teams & re-thinking vacation in a pandemic w/ Sarah Clatterbuck #46Sarah Clatterbuck, Sr. Director of Engineering, YouTube & Google Zurich Site Lead @ Google, shares the story of her transition as a site lead during the covid-19 pandemic. We cover her past experiences that helped prepare her for the role, what it was like bootstrapping a new team during a pandemic, re-introducing teams to in-person work, AND the story behind her 18-day staycation & its impact on team burnout."You can't worry about pleasing everyone because there are many thousands of people that I'm trying to represent. But you can try to think about what kind of decisions optimize for...2021-07-0643 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastNon-Incremental Career Transitions with Asif Makhani #45Asif Makhani, CTO @ Handshake shares about making non-incremental career transitions, unique opportunities at startups, and exercising influence at mid-stage companies. Plus Asif shares questions to help you gain clarity before your next transitions AND how to attract & retain senior engineers at smaller companies."When you have the ability to take a step back, you begin to think a little bit more philosophically about your journey. And it's not just incremental thinking. When it's incremental thinking it's about, 'what's next in my career.'But when you are able to take a step back, it's about...2021-06-2948 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastSummer Break - Back in 2 Weeks!We’re taking a quick break for the next two weeks and will return on Tues 6/29/21! When we return, Asif Makhani, CTO @ Handshake, joins us to share his experience making company transitions! Sarah Clatterbuck, Senior Director of Engineering YouTube & Google Zurich Site Lead @ Google, shares her journey about becoming a site lead outside of Silicon Valley, & Melissa Binde VP of Engineering, Cloud @ Splunk shares stories about the long term implications of technical decisions. --- Special thanks to our exclusive accessibility partner Mesmer! Mesmer's AI-bots automate mobile app accessibility testing to ensure your app is al...2021-06-1501 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastBridging the Gender Gap with Christina Wick #41We have a conversation with Christina Wick, CTO @ Flowcode, on the current state of the gender gap in tech and what we can do as engineering leaders to actively bridge that gap. We cover stories of the historical impact of women in tech as well as what you can do to remove bias in interviews, performance reviews and feedback. Plus what you can do to intervene when you observe bias happening."The first time I heard someone talking about how "women should seek executive sponsorship" I got really annoyed... The term executive sponsor in project management usually...2021-05-1840 min

The Engineering Leadership PodcastUnlock Developer Productivity AND Happiness with Allan Leinwand #40Allan Leinwand, SVP of Engineering @ Slack shares his core philosophy & approach to creating developer productivity AND happiness! You’ll learn how Allan combines what developers want most + metrics, & analysis of the dev pipeline to optimize productivity. Allan covers how to translate those principles to remote/hybrid work and how to tell (and what to do...) if your dev teams are unhappy."I generally say developers want to do three things... They want to solve hard problems at scale. They want to see that hard problem when they solve it... get put to use! The third thing that I...2021-05-1144 min

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Educational Learning Centre PodcastELC Supervision of Students & Volunteer StandardELC Supervision of Students & Volunteer Standard Roles & Responsibilities of the Director/Designate Roles & Responsiblites of the Supervising Educator Roles & Responsibilities of the Student and Volunteer Contravention of Standards 2021-03-0704 min