Engineering Unblocked
by Swarmia
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Writing the same book three times with Rebecca Murphey and Otto Hilska
Writing the same book three times with Rebecca Murphey and Otto Hilska
About this podcast
Keeping software engineers in flow and unblocked is one of the key responsibilities of software development leaders. In each episode of the Engineering Unblocked podcast, Rebecca Murphey interviews leaders who have navigated challenges of scale, complexity, and growth. You’ll hear from people with lived experience across the software development ecosystem, from CTOs and VPEs to directors and line managers to product managers, program managers, tech leads, and more.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 31 episodes
- Writing the same book three times with Rebecca Murphey and Otto Hilska · 1 h 9 min · Episode 31In this special episode, former Engineering Unblocked host Rebecca Murphey returns — now at Honeycomb — alongside Swarmia CEO Otto Hilska, to talk through the third edition of…
- AI's unglamorous wins for developer productivity with Tara Hernandez from MongoDB · 48 min · Season 3 Episode 30In this episode, Tara Hernandez shares what 18 months of rigorous AI experimentation taught her at MongoDB — including why the initial results showed negative ROI, and where her…
- What a year of hands-on AI coding teaches you about good software with Lada Kesseler · 42 min · Season 3 Episode 29In this episode, Lada Kesseler shares what she’s learned from a year of hands-on experience building with AI coding tools — including the three fundamental challenges that define…
- Being a CTO when everything is exploratory with Rob Zuber from CircleCI · 54 min · Episode 28In this episode, Rob Zuber shares what he’s learned from over a decade as CTO at CircleCI — including why the current market requires CTOs to be more hands-on than ever, and why…
- Managing up, down, and the robots with Michael Lopp aka Rands · 49 min · Episode 27In this episode, Michael Lopp shares what he's learned leading engineering teams at Slack, Pinterest, and Palantir — including why AI is delivering real but modest productivity…
- Develop, deploy, operate: Three stages of delivering business value with Titus Winters from Adobe · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 26In this episode, Titus Winters discusses his framework for optimizing software’s commercial value, why having humans in the deploy phase is pure toil, and how to think about…
- How to hire normal engineers and help them do great work with Charity Majors from Honeycomb · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 25In this episode of Engineering Unblocked, Rebecca talks with Charity Majors, CTO of Honeycomb, to explore the myths of engineering productivity and the importance of building…
- Growing engineering headcount in the world of AI with Allan Leinwand, CTO of Webflow · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 24In this episode of Engineering Unblocked, Rebecca sits down with Allan Leinwand, Chief Technology Officer at Webflow and serial engineering leader who has scaled teams at Slack…
- Navigating developer productivity at Netflix with Kathryn Koehler · 43 min · Season 3 Episode 23In this episode of Engineering Unblocked, Rebecca sits down with Kathryn Koehler, Director of Developer Productivity at Netflix, to explore the unique challenges of scaling…
- Preserving culture and delivery speed through growth with Julianna Lamb from Stytch · 43 min · Season 3 Episode 22In this episode of Engineering Unblocked, Rebecca sits down with Julianna Lamb, co-founder and CTO of Stytch, to explore the challenges of building and scaling engineering…
- Developer productivity drivers and detractors with Max Kanat-Alexander from Capital One · 49 min · Season 3 Episode 21In this episode, Rebecca sits down with Max Kanat-Alexander, Executive Distinguished Engineer for Developer Experience at Capital One, to explore the nuances of developer…
- The science of developer experience with Kristen Foster-Marks from Depot · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 20In today’s episode, Rebecca chats with Kristen Foster-Marks, Head of Developer Experience at Depot. They discuss questionable “ghost engineer” research, why ethical, rigorous…
- The state of DORA and developer productivity with Nathen Harvey from Google Cloud · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 19In today’s episode, Rebecca talks with Nathen Harvey who leads the DORA group at Google Cloud. Nathen shares insights from the 10th annual DORA report, covering topics like the…
- Mastering operational health with Iccha Sethi from Vanta · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 18In today’s episode, Rebecca talks with Iccha Sethi, the new VP of Engineering at Vanta. They discuss taking stock of an engineering organization as a new VP, how technical…
- Rising to engineering leadership challenges at Honeycomb with Emily Nakashima from Honeycomb · 46 min · Episode 17Emily Nakashima, VPE at Honeycomb, shares her experience about the hard choices an engineering leader has to make about how to structure — and sometimes restructure — their…
- What makes a Platform Team work with Mason Jones from Zapier · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 16Mason Jones recently started a new role at Zapier, where he’s bringing his platform leadership experience from Lattice and Credit Karma. In this episode, Mason shares his…
- Pulling off a multi-month tech debt paydown project with Alice Bartlett from Financial Times · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 15Alice Bartlett, Tech Director for Customer Products at the Financial Times, shares what it takes to introduce modern technology to a 136-year-old company and how to successfully…
- The evolution of data engineering in the age of AI with Colleen Tartow from VAST Data · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 14Colleen Tartow, Field CTO and Head of Strategy at VAST Data, shares her experience from years in data engineering leadership roles. In this episode, Rebecca and Colleen talk…
- Building scaleups without hero culture with Andrea Corey from Homebase · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 3Andrea Corey is a VP of Engineering for platform engineering at Homebase. In today’s episode, Rebecca and Andrea talk about Andrea’s experience in working at scaleups, the…
- Change: It’s a long game with Liz Hustedt from ActBlue · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 12Liz Hustedt is a Senior Engineering Manager at ActBlue, an American political action committee and fundraising platform established serving left-leaning and Democratic nonprofits…
