Welcome to Iteration, a podcast about programming, development, and design.
- John Intro — My name is John and I am a software developer for a home services startup.
- JP Intro — Hi, I'm JP and I am a software developer.
Context:
John ran an agency for a couple years with a few developers + Designers, now runs a team of 12(ish) developers + Designers
Few Topics
IC vs Manager
- Code on the side only to show things
- Not coding for production
- Code outside of your core code
Right sizing a team
- Systems Thinking "Stocks + Flows" (Slack)
Mythical Man Month
- False premise: More heads = faster results
Remove bottlenecks
- Break up the work
- Kitchen Metaphor
- Context + Documentation
Safety + Empowerment
- Permission + Trust
- Access
Leading by example
- "Law of the lid"
Don't scar on the first cut
Forbidden Conversations / honesty