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Getting Unstuck in Your Career | Charles Max Wood Oct 31, 2023

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Staying on top of emerging trends is difficult enough, so what should you do when your whole career feels, well, stuck?
In this week's episode of Dev Interrupted, join co-host Conor Bronsdon and Charles Max Wood, CEO of Top End Devs, as they delve into overcoming career stagnation for developers. They discuss strategies to reignite momentum in your career, highlighting the importance of effectively showcasing your work, building strong networks, and committing to continuous learning.
Whether you're a newcomer seeking direction or a seasoned professional aiming to stay competitive, this conversation offers valuable insights and practical tools to confidently navigate today's complex tech landscape and get 'unstuck' in your career.

Show Notes:

Register today: DORA & LInearB Webinar Nov. 8
Learn more at topenddevs.com
Follow Chuck on Twitter

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Career Journey 5: Bringing Diversity to Tech Leadership | Bhavini Soneji Oct 24, 2023

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We know diversity fuels innovation, so how do we bring diversity into engineering leadership?
On this week’s episode of Dev Interrupted, Bhavini Soneji joins host Dan Lines for another installment in our series on the career journey of an engineering leader. Bhavini speaks to the synergy between diverse teams and enhanced performance, painting a vivid picture of creativity, insights, and knowledge sharing enriched by varied perspectives.
Bhavini connects these dynamics to a culture of converting intention into action, emphasizing that intentions are just the starting point. If companies are to follow through on their promises, they should apply lean product development principles to the way they think about diversity.
In this must-listen episode, learn how to transform your company’s culture, goal-setting, and hiring practices.

Show Notes:

Register today: DORA & LInearB Webinar Nov. 8
Connect with Bhavini: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhavinisoneji/
Learn more about Bhavini at her website: https://www.bhavinisoneji.com/
DORA's 2023 State of DevOps Report
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LinearB's 2023 Software Engineering Benchmarks Report

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AI & Productivity Insights: Go beyond DORA with AI-powered recommendations and dashboards to measure and improve performance.
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MCP Server: Interact with your engineering data using natural language to build custom reports and get answers on the fly.

Unpacking DORA’s State of DevOps Report | Nathen Harvey Oct 17, 2023

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What does this year’s Accelerate State of DevOps Report 2023 mean for your team?
LinearB & DORA have officially joined forces. On this week’s episode of Dev Interrupted, co-host Conor Bronsdon interviews Nathen Harvey, Head of Google Cloud’s DORA team.
With data gathered from over 36,000 global professionals, this year’s report investigated how top DevOps performers integrate technical, process, and cultural capabilities into their practices for success.
Listen to learn how your team can focus on three core outcomes of DevOps: enhancing organizational value, boosting team innovation and collaboration, and promoting team member well-being and productivity.

Show Notes:

Register today: DORA & LInearB Webinar Nov. 8
DORA's 2023 State of DevOps Report
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LinearB's 2023 Software Engineering Benchmarks Report

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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.

Career Journey 4: Product-Led & Customer-Obsessed | Bhavini Soneji Oct 10, 2023

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In a world where products are plentiful but genuine customer focus is rare, how do you build an engineering org focused on customer needs?
Embark on the 4th chapter of our series on the Career Journey of Engineering Leaders as Dev Interrupted host Dan Lines sits down with the talented, Bhavini Soneji. With a wealth of experience spanning over 25 years and pivotal roles at places like Headspace, Heal, and Microsoft, Bhavini has meticulously honed her approach to creating engineering orgs that prioritize both product innovation and a deep-rooted customer focus.
Listen as Dan and Bhavini unravel what it truly means to be 'customer-obsessed' as well as the secrets to maintaining that fervent customer passion well beyond a product's launch.

Show Notes:

Connect with Bhavini: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhavinisoneji/
Learn more about Bhavini at her website: https://www.bhavinisoneji.com/
Register today for LeadDev Berlin: https://leaddev.com/events/leaddev-berlin-2023
Check out all of LeadDev's events at: https://leaddev.com
Contribute to LeadDev: https://leaddev.com/leaddev-call-proposals

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AI 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.

Where are all the laid-off software developers going? | LeadDev’s Scott Carey Oct 03, 2023

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The news has been filled with stories of layoffs at many of tech’s biggest companies, so where are all those engineers going?
Scott Carey, LeadDev’s Editor-in-Chief, rolled up his sleeves, dusted off his skills as a trained journalist, and set out to answer that question. What he found was a simple question with a complicated answer.
On this week’s episode of Dev Interrupted, co-host Conor Bronsdon interviews Scott about the shifting job landscape, spotlighting the findings in Scott’s pivotal article, “Where are all the laid-off software developers going?”
Beyond the dynamics shaping the future of tech employment, the two discuss why non-traditional tech companies have difficulty hiring engineers [hint: it’s not money!], whether or not the “boom times are over,” and the major trends LeadDev is seeing within the engineering community.

Show Notes:

Register today for LeadDev Berlin: https://leaddev.com/events/leaddev-berlin-2023
Check out all of LeadDev's events at: https://leaddev.com
Contribute to LeadDev: https://leaddev.com/leaddev-call-proposals

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Start 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.

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AI 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.

Career Journey 3: Assembling & Nurturing Engineering Teams | Code Story's Noah Labhart Sep 26, 2023

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With great power comes great responsibility. Now that you've been promoted to a people manager, how do you build a healthy and successful engineering team?
Extending our series on the career journey of engineering leader, co-host Conor Bronsdon is joined by Noah Labhart, co-founder & CTO at Veryable, and host of the popular podcast Code Story.
Conor and Noah shift the series' focus to the intricacies of building effective engineering teams. Beyond team building, the episode delves into the subtleties of offering and accepting feedback, the importance of hiring developers vs. programmers, and fostering an environment where each individual can flourish.
If you haven’t listened to the first two episodes of our leadership series featuring NuBank's Thiago Ghisi, you can find them on Dev Interrupted's new website.

Show Notes:

Download The 2023 Engineering Benchmarks Report: https://linearb.io/resources/software-engineering-benchmarks-report
Listen to Code Story at codestory.co
Learn more about Noah on his website noahlabhart.com
Or find Noah on his LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/noahlabhart
Register for the 2023 Engineering Benchmarks Report Release Webinar

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Book a Demo: Learn how you can ship faster, improve DevEx, and lead with confidence in the AI era.

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AI 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.

The McKinsey Developer Productivity Debate | Ori Keren & Kelly Vaughn Sep 19, 2023

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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 productivity
Orosz & Beck 1: Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey, Part 1
Orosz & Beck 2: Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey, Part 2
CTO Board Slides
Kelly's newsletter: Lessons in Engineering Leadership
Register for the 2023 Engineering Benchmarks Report Release Webinar

OFFERS

Start 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 LINEARB

AI 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.

Career Journey 2: Essential Skills & Key Attributes | Thiago Ghisi Sep 12, 2023

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Once you've taken that step into leadership, what foundational skills and attitudes will carry you forward throughout your career?
Continuing our series on the career journey of an engineering leader, host Dan Lines once again welcomes Thiago Ghisi, Director of Engineering at Nubank.
In this second episode, they pivot the discussion from the initial steps of becoming an engineering manager to the more nuanced subject of building a robust foundation as a leader. The episode explores the essential skills, the dos and don'ts, and the philosophies that can guide engineering leaders to make an enduring impact on their teams and projects.
Tune in as we unravel the core principles and practices that underpin success.

Show Notes:

Listen to Thiago's podcast, Engineering Advice You Didn't Ask For
Read Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building
Register for the 2023 Engineering Benchmarks Report Release Webinar

OFFERS

Start 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 LINEARB

AI 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.

Career Journey 1: Interviewing & Getting Promoted | Thiago Ghisi Sep 05, 2023

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How do you become an engineering leader? Is it the right fit for your career? And if you do, how do you become a good one?
In this multi-part series on the career journey of an engineering leader, Dev Interrupted answers these questions and many more by inviting expert guests from the software industry to share their experiences, lessons, failures and triumphs as leaders. Whether you started your career today - or 20 years ago - this series has something for everyone.
In our first episode, host Dan Lines is joined by Thiago Ghisi, Director of Engineering at Nubank. Together, they explore the nuances of beginning a career as an engineering manager: from acing the interview process and securing a promotion to confidently navigating your first 3 weeks on the job.
Join us for a series of real-world lessons and insights from top engineering leaders.

Show Notes:

Listen to Thiago's podcast, Engineering Advice You Didn't Ask For
Register for the 2023 Engineering Benchmarks Report Release Webinar

OFFERS

Start 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 LINEARB

AI 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.

Using HEAT Metrics to Bring Purpose to Platforms | Simone Casciaroli Aug 29, 2023

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In an industry buzzing with enthusiasm for Engineering Platforms, many are developed without a clear product vision, leading to poor adoption or even hindering organizational performance.
On this week’s episode of Dev Interrupted, cohost Conor Bronsdon talks with Simone Casciaroli, Head of Engineering at Onto. We first encountered Simone's insights at LeadDev New York and immediately knew he'd be the perfect guest to discuss how to build engineering platforms using the right metrics.
Join us as Conor and Simone delve into the HEAT metrics and explore how they dovetail with established engineering standards like DORA. The episode rounds off with an engaging discussion about electric vehicle startup Onto.
Show Notes:

Read more from Simone at his website: simonecasciaroli.com
Follow Simone on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonecasciaroli/

OFFERS

Start 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 LINEARB

AI 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.

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