This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Adam Sandman about how generative AI is transforming software development and testing by automating mundane tasks, enabling faster prototyping, and collapsing traditional roles into broader generalist positions, while also highlighting challenges like increased defects, ethical concerns, and the evolving nature of human-machi...
Mar 31, 2025•27 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Pablo Fredrikson, a principal engineer at Bitso, about the importance of building a personal brand, sharing knowledge, and helping others in the tech industry. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/41SoQbu Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experie...
Mar 28, 2025•24 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Claire Vo, Chief Product and Technology Officer at LaunchDarkly, about building high-performing, customer-centric teams, fostering a culture of experimentation, and preparing for the future of AI-driven software development. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4ih8MFY Subscribe to the Software Architects’ News...
Mar 18, 2025•25 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Sagar Batchu about building engineering teams in different environments, the transition from individual contributor to leadership roles, the importance of culture and autonomy in organizations, and the implications of AI agents on the future of APIs. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4kENUtG Subscribe to th...
Mar 11, 2025•23 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Ganesh Datta about building excellent engineering organizations and treating platform engineering as a product. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3EtW3R6 Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and t...
Feb 21, 2025•29 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Inna Tokarev Sela, CEO of illumex, about implementing generative AI in development teams, emphasizing the critical need for robust governance across data, policy enforcement, and explainability layers. She also discusses how intentional workplace policies and female-oriented mentorship programs have helped achieve gender bala...
Feb 14, 2025•20 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to John Heintz about the gap between technical expertise and user experience, highlighting the importance of understanding human psychology in data-driven decision-making. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3CjE3br Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and ...
Jan 31, 2025•24 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Sophie Weston, Principal Engineer at ClearBank, about her career in tech, the importance of good team practices, the evolution of DevOps, and the need for a supportive engineering culture. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3WqOBfz Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the...
Jan 24, 2025•24 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Geoffrey Huck about how software engineers can improve their communication skills, particularly with non-technical colleagues, by actively seeking feedback, using analogies and stories to explain technical concepts, varying their speaking style to keep audiences engaged, and overcoming introversion through practice and exposu...
Jan 17, 2025•25 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Olalekan Elesin about how generative AI tools can elevate the developer experience by enabling engineers to be more creative and productive. He stresses the need to manage expectations, develop prompt engineering skills, and maintain a focus on security and customer privacy when leveraging these tools in an enterprise setting...
Dec 27, 2024•24 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to David Guttman about building effective engineering teams, avoiding common pitfalls, critiques of cargo cult practices, building great engineering culture and the importance of individual accountability. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3VFZgTi Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthl...
Dec 20, 2024•24 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Maria Apazoglou, Head of AI, BI & Data Platforms at Thomson Reuters, about as her experience in building great teams and democratizing the use of large language models across the organization. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4ikn34O Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to...
Dec 06, 2024•21 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Nick Takavadii about participatory leadership practices and how to cultivate a workplace environment with psychological safety. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4fUd8kB Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emergin...
Nov 22, 2024•26 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Anders Indset, a Norwegian-born philosopher focusing on the implications of technology for humanity. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3YnDOTG Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies...
Nov 01, 2024•28 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Lakshmi Uppala about the product value curve and her involvement in women in tech communities. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3A8w8Na Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies: http...
Oct 25, 2024•16 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Maria Fernandez Guajardo about how product management has evolved, with the need for closer collaboration between product, engineering, and design, especially in the age of AI . Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3ZSC9b5 Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential ...
Oct 04, 2024•22 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Declan Whelan about technical health, useful metrics, modern technical practices, code stewardship and cultural aspects of good engineering teams. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3ZAsA0z Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from indust...
Sep 13, 2024•26 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Peter Gillard-Moss about the evolution and challenges of engineering management. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4fYxhXF Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies: www.infoq.com/soft...
Aug 30, 2024•34 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Brittany Woods about about team dynamics, leadership, and the evolving nature of DevOps and platform engineering. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3WILYGz Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and...
Aug 09, 2024•26 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Dr Olga Kubassova about founding and growing an engineering company in the medical imaging domain. Read a transcript of this interview: https://shorturl.at/EzXUI Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologie...
Aug 02, 2024•28 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Eb Ikonne about leading change without authority, joy at work and mental health in the workplace. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3Llhjsq Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies: w...
Jul 19, 2024•26 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Daniel Bryant, the News Manager at InfoQ, about engineering culture and developer experience. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4605WzQ Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies: www.i...
Jul 12, 2024•29 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Tony Ponton about his and Phil Gadzinski’s book "Govern Agility." They discuss the challenges of governance and how to avoid creating complexity while enabling agility. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3xuUlMh Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and ...
Jun 28, 2024•26 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke with Neil Vass, a recent QCon speaker and engineering manager at Co-Op, about the importance of making change persistent in teams, and why change often fails to stick. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3xeJPsv Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and expe...
Jun 21, 2024•24 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Ivar Jacobson about the evolution of use cases in modern software engineering. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4c36Yg7 Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies: www.infoq.com/softwa...
Jun 07, 2024•30 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Ahmad Fahmy about using behaviour stories to promote culture change in fractured organisations. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/44SokKr Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies: www...
May 24, 2024•26 min
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Kyle Carberry about the importance of developer experience and how it is changing with the rise of tools like Copilot. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3UTiljZ Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter Upcoming Events: InfoQ Dev Summit B...
May 10, 2024•23 min
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Cassie Shum, VP of Field Engineering at Relational AI, about the importance of empathy in engineering culture and the key elements of building a strong team. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3vO7TBN Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience ...
Apr 19, 2024•22 min
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Hans Dockter, founder and CEO of Gradle Inc about using cognitive science to improve developer experience. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4cMIAk1 Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter Upcoming Events: InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June ...
Apr 12, 2024•27 min
In this podcast the Culture and Methods editorial team along with special guest Jutta Eckstein talk about the current state and trends we see in the technology industry in 2024. Read a transcript of this interview: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/infoq-culture-trends-2024/ Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter Upcoming Event...
Mar 29, 2024•1 hr 5 min
