Better Tech Leadership #127 Geoffrey Teale: From Development to Leadership - The Journey of Shaping a Tech-Driven Future
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In this episode, host Matt Warcholinski, CEO of software development agency Brainhub talks with Geoffrey Teale, about their role as Principal Product Engineer at Upvest.
During the conversation they cover:
- TThe Role of Product Engineers: Insights into how software engineers are positioned as product engineers, focusing on a product-centric approach across an organization.
- The Importance of Diversity in Tech: Why fostering diversity—across gender, race, and heritage—matters in technology and finance, not only for innovation but for creating sustainable, profitable businesses.
- Challenges of Building Diverse Teams: How recruiting from limited pools of experienced candidates can limit diversity, and the need to open opportunities for newcomers to build a diverse future.
- Developer Relations and Technical Branding: The importance of developer relations, not only in building a community around a technology product but also as a form of marketing to potential recruits and customers.
- Metrics in Developer Experience: The balance between using metrics to improve developer experience versus avoiding the trap of reducing productivity to mere numbers, and ensuring that metrics lead to meaningful outcomes.
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