Season 7 Finale: Become a Product Engineer Is Now Its Own Podcast
Episode description
Kent closes Chats with Kent season 7 and explains what changes on this feed: Become a Product Engineer is now its own podcast, with season 7 episodes and upcoming releases on that RSS feed. He previews guests still in the pipeline and introduces Better with Kent, a new solo series on durable skills for software engineers.
Season 7 of Chats with Kent is over. The interview series you have been following as Become a Product Engineer has graduated into its own show. Kent may do another Chats with Kent season later, but for now this episode is the season 7 finale on the Chats with Kent feed.
If you have been subscribed here, you do not need to re-listen to old episodes to catch up. The season 7 conversations are already on the new podcast, and the episodes Kent mentions below are scheduled on that feed going forward.
Still coming on Become a Product Engineer (among others):
- Jack Ryan (Intercom) - user empathy, feedback loops, and what not to build
- Swizec Teller - user outcomes, workflow design, and biotech software
- Grady Booch - software architecture, human judgment, and AI's limits (including Kent's "Last Software Engineer" framing)
- Sean Roberts - the technical person in the room and how product engineering differs from product management
- Ruben Casas - demos, feedback loops, and judgment in the AI product era
- Lucas Varga (FamilySearch) - helping engineers grow into product engineers
Kent is also starting Better with Kent: solo episodes on durable skills - judgment, accountability, empathy, and what stays valuable as AI takes on more implementation - on YouTube and in podcast apps.
Homework- Subscribe to Become a Product Engineer in your favorite podcast app so you do not miss upcoming guest episodes.
- Subscribe to Better with Kent on YouTube or your podcast player for the new solo series.
- If you have not moved yet, open the Become a Product Engineer feed once and confirm you see the season 7 episodes you have already heard - then stay subscribed there for new releases.