Dev Interrupted

Join Conor Bronsdon and Charles Max Wood, CEO of Top End Devs, as they discuss strategies to overcome career stagnation for developers. Topics include showcasing your work, building strong networks, and continuous learning. Gain valuable insights and practical tools to confidently navigate today's complex tech landscape and get 'unstuck' in your career.

Bhavini Soneji, an engineering leader with expertise in bringing diversity to tech leadership, joins host Dan Lines to discuss the importance of diversity in engineering leadership. They explore the benefits of varied perspectives, creativity, and knowledge sharing. They also share strategies for encouraging diverse hiring and promoting diversity and inclusion within companies.

Head of Google Cloud's DORA team, Nathen Harvey, discusses the key findings from the 2023 DevOps report, including the impact of change approval processes and trunk-based development on software delivery performance. He also emphasizes the importance of organizational system design, leadership, and developer-led improvement for enhancing team performance and collaboration.

Experienced engineering leader Bhavini Soneji discusses building customer-focused engineering organizations. They dive into the meaning of being 'customer-obsessed' and share secrets to maintaining customer passion beyond product launch. They also touch on differentiating elite VPs of engineering/CTOs from average ones and strategies to engage engineers post-launch.

Scott Carey, Editor-in-Chief of LeadDev, discusses the job landscape for laid-off software engineers and the challenges faced by non-traditional tech companies in hiring engineers. They also touch on the major trends within the engineering community and the upcoming LeadDev conferences.

Noah Labhart, CTO at Veryable and host of Code Story, shares insights on assembling and nurturing engineering teams. Topics include feedback, hiring developers vs programmers, treating programming as an art and a science, and the importance of setting up a great engineering team.

The debate on measuring developer productivity has arrived - and it’s here to stay. On this week’s episode of Dev Interrupted, cohost Conor Bronsdon welcomes LinearB cofounder & CEO Ori Keren and Kelly Vaughn, Director of Engineering at Spot AI, to offer their critiques of a debate that has captured the attention of the engineering community: can you measure developer productivity?Consulting giant McKinsey published an article that ignited a firestorm, prompting industry leaders Kent Beck and Gergely Orosz to counter with a detailed 2-part response via the Pragmatic Engineer.Believing the industry to be at a crossroads, Ori and Kelly combine forces to offer their perspective on the debate, sharing why it’s an opportunity for dev teams everywhere to “roll out metrics the right way.”Show Notes:The McKinsey article: Yes, you can measure software developer productivityOrosz & Beck 1: Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey, Part 1Orosz & Beck 2: Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey, Part 2CTO Board SlidesKelly's newsletter: Lessons in Engineering LeadershipRegister for the 2023 Engineering Benchmarks Report Release WebinarOFFERSStart Free Trial: Get started with LinearB's AI productivity platform for free.Book a Demo: Learn how you can ship faster, improve DevEx, and lead with confidence in the AI era.LEARN ABOUT LINEARBAI Code Reviews: Automate reviews to catch bugs, security risks, and performance issues before they hit production.AI & Productivity Insights: Go beyond DORA with AI-powered recommendations and dashboards to measure and improve performance.AI-Powered Workflow Automations: Use AI-generated PR descriptions, smart routing, and other automations to reduce developer toil.MCP Server: Interact with your engineering data using natural language to build custom reports and get answers on the fly.

Thiago Ghisi, Director of Engineering at Nubank, discusses the essential skills and key attributes of engineering leaders. They talk about efficient decision-making, developing new features, taking ownership and responsibility, and the four Ps of engineering leadership. The episode also includes promotions for the guest's podcast and the show's Substack.

Thiago Ghisi, Director of Engineering at Nubank, discusses the journey to becoming an engineering manager, the four C's paradigm for career management, skills and qualities for engineering managers, tips to stand out in the interview process, and the benefits of promoting from within the same company.

Simone Casciaroli, Head of Engineering at Onto, discusses building engineering platforms with the right metrics. They explore HEAT metrics and their alignment with established engineering standards like DORA. They also delve into the challenges and benefits of platform efficiency. The podcast concludes with a conversation about Onto, an electric vehicle startup offering subscriptions for hassle-free owning. They discuss the future of the electric car market and industry changes.