#16 - Jade Rubick (ex VPE at New Relic, Eng Advisor to Jeli, Flatfile, Mode, Maze & more) - Tactical Advice for Building Effective Eng Teams, Anti-Patterns for Eng Teams to Avoid

Jade Rubick is a Eng Advisor to multiple startups (23 and counting). He was previously Vice President Engineering at New Relic and has taken on interim VPE roles at multiple other startups over the years before he began solely focused on advising startups. In this episode, Jade joins us to cover common anti-patterns he sees in eng teams, how teams can better communicate, what hiring practices work well and how to think about structuring career paths for employees. Everything from hiring tips, to product & feature development, to adjusting to the current “do more with less” environment and common advice across all startups is covered in this episode. For anyone interested in learning how to run effective eng orgs, this is the episode for you.

Where to Find Jade:

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/JadeRubick

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaderubick/

* Personal Website and Newsletter: https://www.rubick.com/

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In this episode, we cover:

(00:49) - Jade’s Background

(02:57) - When to Hire an Eng Leader & Common Anti-Patterns

(09:47) - Career Paths for Eng Management and IC and How to Identify Who Is a Fit

(17:13) - How Eng Teams Can Best Interface with Other Orgs

(28:41) - Frameworks for Balancing Scalability and Speed with Delivering Product

(34:58) - Adjusting and Operating in a Do More With Less Environment

(39:50) - Common Repeated Advice from Working with 20+ Startups Over Time

Show Notes:

* Playbook for Hiring Eng Managers

* How to Solve Cross Team Priorities

* High Trust and Low Trust Organizations

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