David Gebhardt, CTO of mobile.de, shares insights on his journey from CTO to CPTO and back, self-efficacy as a CTO, innovation at mobile.de, and his thoughts on PHP. He discusses the evolving role of the CTO, time-saving tools like scheduling apps, and the use of AI in their work. The podcast also explores their fascination with technology from a young age and their engagement in home automation projects.

Cybersecurity for CTOs in 2024 Let’s hack cybersecurity in 2024 with Melanie Rieback, Co-founder & CEO of Radically Open Security, the world’s first not-for-profit cybersecurity consultancy with a focus on PenTesting🔏. Melanie is on a mission to fix cybersecurity consulting by putting people before profits and empowering internal teams “how to fish” 🎣. Tune in to hear about the current cybersecurity landscape from the person who not only authored a viral RFID paper (“Is Your Cat Infected with a Computer Virus?”), but also PenTested Tor, Homebrew and Greenpeace. Listen to find out: What is the business model💸 behind Post Growth Entrepreneurship (90% of profits go towards Open Internet Initiatives via NLNet) What to prioritise 🕵️‍♀️ in realistic internal IT policies (passwords, backups, updates..) Internal vs. External Security Teams Why she uses “Forgot My Password” as a “magic link” to access infrequent sites (and doesn’t remember the password on purpose) Listen here BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Swarmia and codecentric About Melanie Rieback: Dr. Melanie Rieback is CEO/Co-founder of Radically Open Security (the world's first not-for-profit computer security company), and "Post Growth" startup incubator Nonprofit Ventures. She is also a former Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Free University of Amsterdam. She was named "Most Innovative IT Leader of the Netherlands" by CIO Magazine (TIM Award) in 2017, and one of the "9 Most Innovative Women in the European Union" (EU Women Innovators Prize) in 2019. She is also one of the 400 most successful women in the Netherlands by Viva Magazine (Viva400) in 2010 and 2017, and one of the fifty most inspiring women in tech (Inspiring Fifty Netherlands) in 2016, 2017, and 2019. Her company, Radically Open Security was named the 50th Most Innovative SME by the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (MKB Innovatie Top 100) in 2016. TIMESTAMPS (approx) (00:00) Introduction to the Alphalist Podcast (02:13) What we will discuss today (03:12) What is the Business Model behind Radically Open Security (05:03) The Impact of Radically Open Security's Charitable Contributions (05:43) Where many cyber firms fail us. (09:13) How a Social Enterprise Works (10:15) Giving away 90% of profits? The Bookkeeping and cashflow behind it (13:27) Melanie's Nerd Journey: From human genome to RFD (17:18) Going viral with her RFD Thesis: Is your cat infected with a computer virus? (26:25) The Current State of Cybersecurity and Attack Vectors (26:55) Cybersecurity Challenges at Large Companies (29:18) Cyber Challenges at Smaller Organisations (30:54) Challenges of keeping software up to date at even multinational companies (31:10) Internal Politics and Cyber Policies (31:43) What challenges are fun to PenTest (35:39) Making the best of suboptimal stacks like Wordpress (37:12) Don't forget to back up (39:44) Getting Started: Securing a small team (41:25) Best Practices for Password Policy (42:39) The Future of Cybersecurity: New Approaches and Standards (44:15) 2FA on same device? (45:13) The Importance of Understanding Your Company's Attack Surface (45:35) External vs Internal Cyber Teams (48:52) Finding the right cyber company Quotes:### You don't know how to defend your company until you understand how to attack your company’” - Melanie Rieback, CEO/Co-founder of Radically Open Security,alphalist CTO podcast #94 About our sponsors Swarmia Swarmia is an engineering effectiveness platform for modern software organizations. Hundreds of data-driven companies from small startups to large enterprises use Swarmia to continuously improve across three key areas: business outcomes, developer productivity, and developer experience. Swarmia connects with the tools your teams are already using: from source code hosting to your issue tracker and chat. With it, you'll stay on top of strategic initiatives, measure key engineering metrics (including DORA and SPACE), and drive continuous improvement in teams. Learn more and start your free 14-day trial at link.alphalist.com/swarmia224. codecentric The codecentric Culture and Career Podcast is unique for a company podcast. It is just employees talking freely about their daily life - from IT consulting projects they are working to imposter syndrome. We support this because we think it's pretty cool that codecentric simply lets the colleagues talk about everything, no matter what it's about - project business, Imposter sydrome, further education or parental leave in the consulting business. For us it is definitely worth a recommendation. Listen in - the codecentric Culture and Career Podcast. Note - its in German. Just go to: www.link.alphalist.com/cc

Leveraging Your Tech Knowledge as CTO: Staying Hands-On and Readying for IPO Embrace the technical side 🔧 of the CTO role with Allan Leinwand, CTO of Webflow 🖱️ who has combined technical know-how with great products on every layer of the OSI Model: from setting up HP’s first ethernet, CISCO’s early networks, building the world’s first CDN at Digital Island, and continuing up the stack to enterprise cloud ☁️ (ServiceNow), social gaming​​ 🎮 (zynga), communications 💬 (Slack), eCommerce 🛒 (Shopify) and now webdesign 🎨(Webflow). Listen to find out; Why deep technical knowledge 🧠 allows better products How a monolith can combine individual code ownership and great deploy times 🤔 How to attract 🧲 talent with a ‘boring’ stack (+ Innovation Lab 101) How to embrace the role of a pre-IPO CTO 🧑‍🚀🚀 How to stay technical as a CTO 🧑‍💻 Why he ships small fixes from their #UX-Papercut chann Listen here BROUGHT TO YOU BY: WorkGenius and codecentric About Allan Leinwand: Allan Leinwand is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Webflow, where he leads the engineering team. He joined Webflow from Shopify, where he also served as CTO. Prior to that, Leinwand was SVP of Engineering at Slack and the CTO at ServiceNow, where he grew engineering from 100 to thousands and led the team through an IPO. Before ServiceNow, he was the Infrastructure CTO of Zynga, a Venture Partner at Panorama Capital, an Operating Partner at JP Morgan Partners, and spent 7 years at Cisco Systems (among many other roles). Allan is the author of two books ("Cisco Router Configuration" and "Network Management: A Practical Perspective"), an investor, a board member at Compass and a trustee at Harvey Mudd College. He is based in San Francisco. TIMESTAMPS (approx) (00:00) Intro (02:10) Creating A Frontend For Front-End Webdesigners At Webflow (04:31) Allan’s Nerd Journey (08:38) Allan's Experience In Venture Capital (09:16) Allan's Transition To Social Gaming (09:28) ServiceNow And Slack (09:43) Shopify And Webflow (11:04) How Technical Knowledge Creates Technical Excellence (12:41) 2 Types Of CTOs: Thought Leaders And Builders (13:34) Diverse Domains Need Diverse Stacks - Choosing New Challenges (16:22) Webflow's Tech Stack (19:25) Webflow's Secret Sauce (24:05) Staying Technical As A Builder CTO (25:58) The Importance Of Understanding Developer Workflow (26:25) The Role Of A CTO In Understanding And Improving The Tech Infrastructure (26:38) Solving Ux Paper Cuts: Why He Ships Small Changes (28:04) How To Stay Technical As CTO With Community And Coding (30:26) Why Webflow is Monolith (30:52) The Importance Of Code Ownership In A Monolith Structure (31:33) The Debate: Monolith Vs Microservices (31:59) Fast Deployment In A Monolith (Kubernetes And Docker) (33:10) The Role Of A CTO In Code Quality And Team Management (34:03) The CTO In A Pre-IPO Company (34:45) How To Make A Company IPO Ready As CTO (35:09) The Importance Of Aligning Engineering Needs With Business Needs (37:13) The Challenge Of Tech Debt And Its Impact On Innovation (40:36) Attracting Talent With Conservative Stack (43:19) The Role Of Innovation Labs In A Tech Company (46:40) The Importance Of Specialization In Engineering (48:09) Choosing The Right Company: The Role Of Passion And Leadership (51:46) The Importance Of Patience And Persistence In A Tech Career Quotes:### VC is not for everyone. It is hard to be that hands off when you're a technologist at heart ’” - Allan Leinwand, CTO of Webflow,alphalist CTO podcast #93 Look for companies where you passionately believe in the product, you passionately believe you can bring something to it, and they're led by folks that really understand the market they're tracking and they really are passionate about it because those things combined are just an amazing place to” - Allan Leinwand, CTO of Webflow,alphalist CTO podcast About our sponsors WorkGenius Tired of sifting through countless resumes and struggling to find the right tech talent? Look no further! WorkGenius has just acquired Expertlead, known for its innovation in matching tech freelancers with top-tier companies and offering peer-to-peer live coding assessments. Now, they bring even more efficiency to your hiring process. Whether you're a startup or an established enterprise, WorkGenius is now here to turbocharge your hiring process. Say goodbye to the guesswork and endless interviews. WorkGenius matches your candidates experienced senior developers and puts them through tailored, enjoyable, and fair technical interviews. Your company will get the cream of the crop - the most sought-after talents in the industry- while saving your hardworking Tech and HR teams valuable time. Start your journey with WorkGenius - head over to https://link.alphalist.com/work connect with an expert, and find the perfect match for your engineering needs. codecentric The codecentric Culture and Career Podcast is unique for a company podcast. It is just employees talking freely about their daily life - from IT consulting projects they are working to imposter syndrome. We support this because we think it's pretty cool that codecentric simply lets the colleagues talk about everything, no matter what it's about - project business, Imposter sydrome, further education or parental leave in the consulting business. For us it is definitely worth a recommendation. Listen in - the codecentric Culture and Career Podcast. Note - its in German. Just go to: www.link.alphalist.com/cc

Experienced management professional Johanna Rothman discusses self-management for CTOs: micromanagement chaos, flow metrics over Gantt charts, C-Suite essentials, and changes in management since the 70s. Dive into practical management advice and strategies for effective leadership.

Autonomy, Motivation and Purpose Empower your team with the right type of autonomy 🚀 as we define the balance in this CTO podcast with Andy Walker, who has years of experience leadings teams at Skyscanner and Google. After 30 years in tech, Andy finally has the time to share what his hard won insights about tech leadership. You will enjoy his nuanced approach to autonomous teams, team size and work-life balance. Listen to find out: Why the more senior you are, the less decisions you should make 🤔 How to give the right amount of autonomy by career stage 🧑‍💻 (and how to have the right conversations about it 💬) How to empower 🚀and support an autonomous team What is the ideal team size?🍕 (What happens beyond Dunbar’s Law?) What motivates your team? 🤗 (SPOILER: Autonomy, Mastery🌟, and Purpose ala Dan Pink) why Daily Active Users is the Wrong Metric 🫣 Listen here BROUGHT TO YOU BY: WorkGenius and codecentric About Andy Walker: Andy has over 30 years experience as a software engineer, leader and coach. A ten year veteran of Google where he worked on Maps, Search and Ads and previously at Netscape and Sony. Recently he’s been focused on how to create an environment for teams to do their best work and coaching leaders to enable this. He’s currently writing about the lessons he has learned about working with people and doing ad hoc coaching and the occasional conference talk. TIMESTAMPS (approx) (00:00) Introduction to the Alphalist Podcast (02:06) Introducing Guest: Andy Walker (02:38) Andy's Current Daily Life (03:27) What is Autonomy (04:37) The Balance of Autonomy (04:47) Autonomy in Parenting (06:28) The Importance of Autonomy in Companies (07:24) Communicate to Discover the Right Amount of Autonomy (08:15) Overview of Autonomy Across the Company (10:05) How to Align in Autonomous Teams (10:31) Progression of Autonomy from Junior to Senior (12:01) How to do Autonomy (12:51) Role of Leadership Skills in Autonomy (13:20) The Importance of Communication in Autonomy (14:01) Good Leaders Know How To Apply Leadership Best Practices (15:56) 3-Question Smell Test for Leaders (18:08) Why the best leaders make the least decisions (20:00) Who makes decisions in Multi-Disciplinary Teams (22:28) Bad Managers and Micromanagement (27:20) Effective Teams (30:26) What motivates people (inspired by Dan Pink) (31:03) How Autonomy Motivates (31:19) How Purpose Motivates (33:35) How Mastery Motivates (35:52) Ideal Size for Autonomous Teams (38:38) Ideal Team Size Varies (40:20) Work-Life Balance (41:16) Rapid Fire Questions (42:18) Biggest Mistake Leaders Make With Autonomy (42:32) Why Daily Active Users Could Be a Bad Metric (44:10) Best Prompt to Improve Work-Life Balance (48:00) Advice for New Leaders (48:18) Advice to Younger Self Quotes:### And when we're talking about autonomy within companies, you should understand that you're trying to give every person the most autonomy they can handle at a given point in time ….. And so what you're looking at saying is how much autonomy can you handle right now? And how do we put you in a situation where the bits where you don't have autonomy over what you're learning from so that your ability to tackle larger and more difficult things grows over time? And what tends to happen with autonomy as we don't have that conversation? So when somebody feels that they don't have appropriate decision-making power, they turn around and say, ‘You're not giving me autonomy ‘like it's necessarily a bad thing rather than the better conversation of ‘what level autonomy should you have at this point and how can we help you grow that level of autonomy’” - Andy Walker,alphalist CTO podcast #91 One of my rules of thumb as to whether I'm functioning as a leader was,” How many decisions do I have to make?” And my goal is to never have to make a single decision. This is a futile goal, because that's never going to happen. But it makes me think about how do I push the decision to the lowest part of the hierarchy as possible, so that the people closest to the work are able to have agency over what they're doing. And this should be business as usual. And in fact, if you're working on something, and you're responsible for getting it done, you should have decision-making power over 99 percent of the things in front of you. The interesting case is the edge case for that 1 percent where what you're working on may be mutually exclusive to another team. ” - Andy Walker,alphalist CTO podcast #91 About our sponsors WorkGenius Tired of sifting through countless resumes and struggling to find the right tech talent? Look no further! WorkGenius has just acquired Expertlead, known for its innovation in matching tech freelancers with top-tier companies and offering peer-to-peer live coding assessments. Now, they bring even more efficiency to your hiring process. Whether you're a startup or an established enterprise, WorkGenius is now here to turbocharge your hiring process. Say goodbye to the guesswork and endless interviews. WorkGenius matches your candidates experienced senior developers and puts them through tailored, enjoyable, and fair technical interviews. Your company will get the cream of the crop - the most sought-after talents in the industry- while saving your hardworking Tech and HR teams valuable time. Start your journey with WorkGenius - head over to https://link.alphalist.com/work connect with an expert, and find the perfect match for your engineering needs. codecentric The codecentric Culture and Career Podcast is unique for a company podcast. It is just employees talking freely about their daily life - from IT consulting projects they are working to imposter syndrome. We support this because we think it's pretty cool that codecentric simply lets the colleagues talk about everything, no matter what it's about - project business, Imposter sydrome, further education or parental leave in the consulting business. For us it is definitely worth a recommendation. Listen in - the codecentric Culture and Career Podcast. Note - its in German. Just go to: www.link.alphalist.com/cc

Product Discovery for Engineers (and CTOs) Invest your engineering resources better by truly understanding the core problem your product needs to solve with this CTO podcast featuring Bob Moesta, co-architect of the Jobs to be Done Theory, who has developed and launched over 3500 products. As an engineer-turned-product-guru, Bob’s explanation of Product Discovery will delight your nerd brain 🧠 (complete with references to set theory, push-pull forces, and the problem space) while being super practical 🔧about the challenges CTOs are dealing with (like scope creep and trade offs). Listen to find out: Why “Build and They Will Come” is a Myth 🫣 SAM (Serviceable Addressable Market) vs. TAM Why engineers should be involved in product discovery 🧐 Customer Interviews: Who to Ask and What to Ask Hypothesis Building Research vs Hypothesis Proving Research Why tradeoffs should be influenced by the opinions of those who already bought 🫠 (and not engineers who ran out of time) Listen here BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Pentalog, WorkGenius and Sipgate About Bob Moesta: BOB MOESTA is a teacher, builder, entrepreneur, and co-founder at The Re-Wired Group, a design firm in Detroit, Michigan. Bob has developed & launched over 3,500 products and sold everything from design services, software, and houses to consumer electronics, and investment services. He’s an adjunct lecturer at Kellogg School at Northwestern University and the author of Choosing College, Demand Side Sales 101, and Learning to Build. QUOTES: "Well, if you think about it, 70% of our life cycle costs are fixed in the first 10% of how we develop and set up a new platform. And yet we spend all the money usually on the backend. And we don't spend that time upfront thinking. And so the more we can spend that time upfront thinking about the right things in the boundaries and understanding kind of the limitations, we then will actually have a better understanding of what to build and what to know." ##Timestamps## (Approx) (00:00) Introduction (05:18) Who is Bob Moesta (07:09) Bob Moesta's Journey in Learning How to Build (08:23) Understanding the Customer's Perspective (08:55) 'Build it and They Will Come' Myth (09:20) Specific Problems People Have (09:54) Limits of Personas in Product Design (10:31) Understanding the Buying Process (11:10) Struggling Moment Insights (11:36) Interrogation Methods in Customer Understanding (13:12) Impulse Buying Discussion (13:31) Context and Outcome in Purchases (15:59) Trade-offs Customers Make (16:11) Espresso Machine Case Study (17:27) Forces in Purchase Decisions (21:19) Total Addressable Market's Role (21:48) Serviceable Addressable Market Importance (24:34) Hypothesis-Building Research (25:34) 4 Forces Helping Change (26:26) Speaking to Past Buyers (27:03) AIDA's Place in Sales (28:03) Jobs to be Done Building Blocks (29:14) Applying Jobs to be Done (29:46) Mormon Church Case Study (30:05) CrossFit as Religion's 'Competitor' (31:09) Getting Started with JTBD (31:16) Top Innovators' Skills (31:51) How People Buy (32:15) Questions for Recent Customers (32:44) Cross Functional Interviews (33:26) Understanding Requirements (33:45) Quantitative vs Qualitative Data (33:57) Choosing the Right Variables (34:44) Prototyping with Qualitative Data (35:12) Iterative Framework Application (36:26) Cross-Functional Collaboration (36:34) Interview Conductors (37:07) Aligning Language and Understanding (37:37) Engineer’s Blindspot (41:20) Innovation Process (42:30) Personas vs. Jobs (43:15) Bitchin' or Switching? Struggle and Workarounds (44:00) Progress Customers Try to Make (44:32) Identifying What Doesn't Matter (45:55) Observation Muscle (46:38) Time Machine (49:32) Advice to Younger Self About our sponsors Pentalog Your project deserves an exceptional team, and your teams deserve the best support! Pentalog is a software company part of Globant, global leader in digital transformation and AI. As a key partner in digital innovation for major international brands such as Google, Disney, Fifa, Adidas, Tripadvisor, Santander or Nissan, the company brings over 20 years of technology expertise into industry transformation and customer experience reinvention through 40 specialized studios, 52 production centers, and 29,000 carefully evaluated experts. Pentalog also invests heavily in continuous education for tech leaders by building tools such as the CTO assessment, decision-making matrices and maturity models, and various resources exploring a tech leader’s role and challenges. To learn more, visit the Resources for Tech Leaders page on the Pentalog website. Sipgate Sipgate is a cloud-based all-in-one telephony solution that will satisfy your company's pretty much every use case. From sales to customer support - having a good connection with your customers has never been easier. The NEW Sipgate App comes with AI-powered features, noise-canceling, and a seamless integration with other business tools like all major CRMs - Your sales team will love it. Their intuitive user interface makes business calling even more efficient and is available on any device or operating system. Great for hybrid teams. Plus, as a German company - they know all your GDPR needs. Sounds good? Well, keep listening as it gets better: As an alphalist CTO podcast listener, you get € 500 worth of free credits when you sign up at https://link.alphalist.com/sipgate and use the code: sipgatealpha in the form there. WorkGenius Tired of sifting through countless resumes and struggling to find the right tech talent? Look no further! WorkGenius has just acquired Expertlead, known for its innovation in matching tech freelancers with top-tier companies and offering peer-to-peer live coding assessments. Now, they bring even more efficiency to your hiring process. Whether you're a startup or an established enterprise, WorkGenius is now here to turbocharge your hiring process. Say goodbye to the guesswork and endless interviews. WorkGenius matches your candidates experienced senior developers and puts them through tailored, enjoyable, and fair technical interviews. Your company will get the cream of the crop - the most sought-after talents in the industry- while saving your hardworking Tech and HR teams valuable time. Start your journey with WorkGenius - head over to https://link.alphalist.com/work connect with an expert, and find the perfect match for your engineering needs.

Melissa Perri, author of 'Escaping the Build Trap' and 'Product Operations', discusses the importance of balancing qualitative and quantitative data in product management. They explore the consequences of overhiring and overscaling in companies, and the need for a solid product strategy. They also introduce the concept of ProductOps and highlight the significance of data and insights in shaping product strategy. Listen to this episode to gain valuable insights into crafting an ideal product strategy.

Time Management + Continuous Learning Tips for CTO Stay on top of your professional development with these learning and productivity tips from Luca Rossi, whose refactoring.club newsletter 🌀 is read by 50k subscribers every week. After scaling Wanderio to 25M users 🚀 as founding CTO, Luca sat down to distill his experiences and in the process created the tech leadership content 📰 he so badly needed. With diagrams. 🖼️ In this alphalist CTO podcast, Luca shares what he has learned about leadership - including the self-leadership needed to structure one's time and effectively harvest the plethora of ideas published online into action. Listen to find out: What is the flaw in the 'State of Flow"?🌊 Why CTOs should write more ✍️ How he structures his day 🌞 Should CTOs be generalists?🤔 How he organises his tech leadership 'news clippings' 🗂️ Tobi getting real 🫣 about recurring 1:1s BROUGHT TO YOU BY: codecentric, instaffo and WorkGenius Timestamps (approx..) (00:00:00) What is the alphalist CTO podcasts? (00:02:23) Who is Luca? (00:03:40) - (00:06:23) Luca's Journey to Full-Time Writing (00:06:24) The Growth of the Refactoring Newsletter (00:07:05) Staying in-the-know when no longer an active CTO (00:09:27) How Luca got into Computing (00:11:11) Wanderio as a Italian Startup (hyperlocal) (00:13:39) New CTO Job? Don't refactor everything (00:18:09) The Rise of the Generalist CTO (00:21:09) How Luca Stays Up to Date on Tech Trends (00:22:19) Why Luca Prefers Newsletters (00:23:26) How to organise ideas from content (00:24:50) Structuring His Day (00:26:41) Finding Your Unique Angle and Voice (00:29:01) Productivity Techniques for Solo Work (00:31:21) Overriding Time Boxes (00:31:41) Flaw in the 'State of Flow' (00:30:27) Time Management Tools (00:31:48) Can CTOs Timebox? (00:33:42) Recurring Meetings (00:35:27) Too Many 1-on-1s? (00:36:39) Curriculum of a CTO School (00:39:57) 3 Tips for CTOs (00:40:44) Which Engineering Metrics (00:45:31) A CTO is a Maker (00:46:35) Share your Thoughts Online (00:47:56) Advice To Younger Self About our sponsors codecentric The codecentric Culture and Career Podcast is unique for a company podcast. It is just employees talking freely about their daily life - from IT consulting projects they are working to imposter syndrome. We support this because we think it's pretty cool that codecentric simply lets the colleagues talk about everything, no matter what it's about - project business, Imposter sydrome, further education or parental leave in the consulting business. For us it is definitely worth a recommendation. Listen in - the codecentric Culture and Career Podcast. Note - its in German. Just go to: www.link.alphalist.com/cc instaffo Instaffo is a recruiting platform that allows you to hire tech talent in less than 25 days. It is loved by over 600 companies - including HelloFresh, Amazon, and MyPoster. By leveraging sophisticated matchmaking and allowing you to chat directly with pre-qualified tech talent right on the platform they’ve made the hiring process 3X more effective. From ‘Matched’ to ‘Chat’ in one go. While classic job portals, in-house active sourcing and headhunters give you the headache of paying upfront, having high setup efforts and dealing with 30% hiring fees, with Instaffo this now history for you. As an alphalist listener, you get to enjoy the Instaffo recruiting platform absolutely free until you find that perfect hire. Already over 2.000 tech talents and companies are connected weekly on instaffo, so what are you waiting for? Go to https://instaffo.com/cto to get started. WorkGenius Tired of sifting through countless resumes and struggling to find the right tech talent? Look no further! WorkGenius has just acquired Expertlead, known for its innovation in matching tech freelancers with top-tier companies and offering peer-to-peer live coding assessments. Now, they bring even more efficiency to your hiring process. Whether you're a startup or an established enterprise, WorkGenius is now here to turbocharge your hiring process. Say goodbye to the guesswork and endless interviews. WorkGenius matches your candidates experienced senior developers and puts them through tailored, enjoyable, and fair technical interviews. Your company will get the cream of the crop - the most sought-after talents in the industry- while saving your hardworking Tech and HR teams valuable time. Start your journey with WorkGenius - head over to https://link.alphalist.com/work connect with an expert, and find the perfect match for your engineering needs.

Reimagine version control systems with Scott Chacon, Co-founder of GitHub and GitButler. Is the Git Protocol still useful? Can we streamline our code and commit less? Discover Scott's journey into computing, the early days of GitHub, and his passion for teaching. Learn about enhancing the Git Protocol and improving the code review process. Explore challenges in finding tech talent and the value of GitHub as a software development tool.

Leading Through A LayOff: How to downsize nicely Is there a nice way to downsize? Mike Fisher, former CTO of Etsy, shares what he learned when the company downscaled by 27% in 2 rounds of layoffs right before he joined. Find out how you can help your team navigate this sensitive period - both pre- and post-layoff. How much time⏳ you lose in a layoff (the productivity cost of layoff) Why you can’t expect to cut costs ✂️ AND grow Why Availability 🟢 needs to be prioritised as you downsize Layoffing off Generalists vs. Specialists 🧑‍🔬 How they migrated to the cloud ☁️ Listen here BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Storyblok and WorkGenius TIMESTAMPS: (0:00:00) - Intro (0:02:43) - West Point to General Electric to Etsy (0:08:11) - Downsizing's Impact on Employee Morale (0:09:11) - Knowledge Transfer (0:10:13) - Post Layoff Attrition (0:11:40) - How Being a Monolith Helped (0:13:30) - Cloud Migration (0:15:28) - Lift and Shift vs. Kubernetes (0:18:33) - How a new project helped heal (0:19:30) - The Time Costs of LayOffs (0:22:05) - You can't expect to cut costs and grow (0:24:35) - Impact of where the team was cut (0:26:30) - Advice for CTOs about to lay off (0:27:02) - Transparency During Downsizing (0:28:00) - NB: Watch out for Availability (0:31:12) - Layoffs and Stock Prices (0:33:00) - Short Term and Long Term Planning (0:33:40) - 3X Framework and Product Lifecycle Phases (0:35:00) - Laying Off R & D: Specialists vs. Generalists (0:36:24) - The Dedicated FinOps Team (40:02:58) - Keeping up your Knowledge Network Storyblok Does your current CMS hinder agile development and deployment? Storyblok is a cloud-native API-first CMS that minimizes technical dependencies, enables your development team to create frontends with whatever technology they already know, and your business users to create content only once and publish on multiple platforms. There are numbers to back this up: Storyblok cuts down development time by 50% and provides 582%ROI over 3 years, a study by Forrester found. Go get a free demo of Storyblok and learn how it can improve your speed to market.Just go to: https://link.alphalist.com/cms WorkGenius Tired of sifting through countless resumes and struggling to find the right tech talent? Look no further! WorkGenius has just acquired Expertlead, known for its innovation in matching tech freelancers with top-tier companies and offering peer-to-peer live coding assessments. Now, they bring even more efficiency to your hiring process. Whether you're a startup or an established enterprise, WorkGenius is now here to turbocharge your hiring process. Say goodbye to the guesswork and endless interviews. WorkGenius matches your candidates experienced senior developers and puts them through tailored, enjoyable, and fair technical interviews. Your company will get the cream of the crop - the most sought-after talents in the industry- while saving your hardworking Tech and HR teams valuable time. Start your journey with WorkGenius - head over to https://link.alphalist.com/work connect with an expert, and find the perfect match for your engineering needs.