Dev Interrupted

Engineering leader Kelly Vaughn shares insights on building influence through trust, communication, and empowerment. They discuss staying close to product development, the importance of feedback, and the future of AR/VR technology, focusing on Apple's Vision Pro.

Jason Krohn from Syngenta shares insights on achieving predictable software delivery at scale through empowered teams, aligning work with employees' passions, implementing efficient DevOps processes, and empowering teams with autonomy. He highlights the importance of metrics, addressing production delays, leadership communication, coaching, and the significance of career laddering and mentorship in engineering roles.

CTO and author Zach Goldberg shares insights from 'The Startup CTO's Handbook' covering management fundamentals, technical leadership, and technology decisions. He offers advice for technical leaders to develop empathy and understanding within their organizations.

In this episode, Rob Zuber, CTO at CircleCI, shares insights on crafting technical strategy, the dual mandate of engineering leaders, using postmortems for growth mindset, forming a close relationship with finance, and building trust. He also discusses the importance of being a business leader and highlights CircleCI's approach to ML and adaptability in the age of AI.

Guilherme Sesterheim, SAP DevOps SRE Engineer at AWS, talks about applying Chaos Engineering and DevOps to SAP, including testing resilience of SAP systems and the challenges of integration. He also discusses his journey at AWS, and highlights the importance of psychological well-being in organizations.

Kelly Vaughn, Director of Engineering at Spot AI, joins the hosts to discuss the impact of tax laws on engineering teams, the evolving role of AI in software development, and the build vs. buy debate. They cover Section 174's impact on US tech companies, leadership's role in GenAI implementation, and the changing role of engineering leaders.

Carol Barrett, Engineering Leader in Consumer Identity and Access at Netflix, shares insights on aligning product, leadership, and engineering, building partnerships for sustained innovation, empowering engineers, and Netflix's approach to hiring senior engineers. She also discusses adapting to Netflix's culture, future software developments like passwordless authentication and gaming ventures.

David Yee, VP of Engineering at the New York Times, joins co-host Conor Bronsdon to discuss the hidden side of org charts. They explore the role of senior leaders in addressing systemic problems, the challenges of aligning technology with traditional news reporting, and the importance of integrating organizational shadows for better decision-making and operational efficiency.

Evan Morikawa, Engineering Manager at OpenAI, discusses the scaling issues faced by Chat-GPT during its viral success. He talks about misconceptions around generative AI, the reliance on GPUs for complex computations, the key role of APIs, and interesting use cases for GPT-4.

Gene Kim, author of renowned books including 'The Phoenix Project,' 'The DevOps Handbook,' and most recently, 'Wiring the Winning Organization,' candidly shares the challenges behind writing his latest book. He discusses the key principles for creating high-performing teams, drawing examples from software development, healthcare, Amazon's success, and everyday tasks. The podcast covers topics like slowification, simplification, continuous learning, maximizing independence of action, coordination costs, and healthcare challenges in relation to DevOps.