Understanding People and the Tech Stack

Aadil Maan is Lead Engineering Program Manager at Humane and a big tech veteran, having worked at the likes of Google, Apple, and Blackberry.

Today’s theme is The World Builder Framework — Aadil's own approach to problem solving and solutioning processes, frameworks and workflows for product and engineering teams.

Here are a few things we discussed in our chat:

• What do TPMs do? 🗺️
• The World Builder Framework 🌎
• Startups vs Big Tech 🏢
• Hardware vs Software 🤖
• Joining a new team 🎽

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This episode is brought to you by LinearB, the software engineering intelligence platform enabling engineering leaders improve their team’s operational efficiency, and align R&D investments to business goals.

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Here are the key chapters from the interview:

(00:00) Introduction

(04:30) What is Technical Program Management

(09:21) The World Builder Framework

(25:44) The Anti-Framework Approach

(31:49) Mixing Frameworks for Bespoke Solutions

(40:33) Startup vs Big Tech

(50:35) Hardware vs Software

(01:00:30) The Power of Conversations

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• 📱 Apple

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