Better Tech Leadership #66 Sam McAfee: Building Better - Engineering, Product, and Organizational Health in Tech
Welcome to the Better Tech Leadership podcast, where we connect with tech leaders from all over the world to share their know-how on bridging the gap between business and tech.
In this episode, host Benedykt Dryl, Head of Engineering at @Brainhubeu, talks with Sam McAfee, Founder & Managing Director at @Startup Patterns about:
- Tech Journey Through Time: Gain insights into a professional's extensive experience, starting from the late '90s dot-com boom, navigating economic crashes, and witnessing the transformative impact of tech waves over the years.
- Engineering-Product Interplay: Understand the unique role straddling engineering and product functions, offering a nuanced perspective on their interconnectedness and how it shapes the overall tech landscape.
- Holistic Organizational Focus: Explore the shift in the speaker's career focus towards organizational health, emphasizing the importance of factors beyond tech teams, such as leadership, communication styles, and cultural values, in driving successful product development.
- Tech Cycles Deja Vu: Reflect on consistent patterns observed in the tech industry, drawing parallels between historical periods of hype, crashes, and recoveries, and the current wave of excitement surrounding generative AI.
- Generative AI Realism: Gain a critical understanding of generative AI's capabilities, particularly in writing and coding tasks, with an emphasis on the current challenges and potential pitfalls.
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