The Leverage Point
by Timi Ogunjobi
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Recruitment Fraud as a Management and Security Problem
Recruitment Fraud as a Management and Security Problem
About this podcast
The Leverage Point is the podcast for senior technology professionals who've outgrown surface-level advice. Every episode cuts straight to the frameworks, hard truths, and peer-level insights that engineering managers, CTOs, and Staff engineers actually need — without the fluff. From the staff-vs-manager career fork to AI strategy behind closed doors, we go where most shows won't. Hosted by someone who treats your intelligence as a given and your time as sacred. Sharp thinking. Straight talk. Real leverage.
Episodes
- Recruitment Fraud as a Management and Security Problem · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 10AI is making recruitment fraud harder to recognize, with convincing messages, counterfeit offer letters, impersonated employees, and deceptive video interviews. This edition of…
- Scaling from 10 to 100 Engineers · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 9Why do engineering organizations often struggle as they scale from 10 to 100 engineers? This topic identifies three predictable inflection points: around 15 engineers, where…
- Build Versus Buy · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 8Why do build-versus-buy decisions often go wrong in technology organizations? The episode argues that the choice should not begin with cost, speed, or vendor features, but with…
- The AI Governance Gap · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 7Organizations are deploying AI faster than governance functions can adapt, creating a critical risk gap. Most companies lack visibility into their AI systems, exposing them to…
- Platform Teams: Savior or Bottleneck? · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 6As engineering organizations grow, the systems that once helped teams move fast can quietly become the reason they slow down. That is when many leaders decide they need a…
- The Accidental Manager · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 1In this episode we cover: • Why technical excellence is a poor predictor of management success • The four failure modes of accidental managers • Why organizations are…
- Staff Engineer or Engineering Manager - The Fork in the Road · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 2In this episode we cover: • Three misconceptions that corrupt the decision before it starts • An honest account of what Staff Engineering actually demands • An honest account of…
- What CTOs Actually Think About AI — Off the Record · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 3In this episode we cover: • Why a gap exists between public AI confidence and private CTO reality • Five things technology leaders are privately wrestling with right now • The…
- Why Engineers Hate Your Roadmap · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 4In this episode we cover: Key themes: Product-engineering alignment ·Roadmap planning · Technical estimation · Cross-functional trust · Engineering leadership The question to…
- Technical Debt as a People Problem · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 5In this episode we cover: Key themes: • Technical debt • Engineering culture • Incentive design • Knowledge management • Engineering leadership • Retention The one question to…
