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Engineering Culture by InfoQ

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Software engineers, architects and team leads have found inspiration to build better, high performing teams by listening to the weekly InfoQ Podcast. We have achieved that by interviewing some of the top CTOs, engineers and technology directors from companies like Uber, Netflix and more. Over 500,000 downloads in the last 3 years.

Episodes

Making Code Explain Itself – Observability Through AI

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Dr. Elizabeth Lawler, the founder and CEO of AppMap, about observability in the age of AI, creativity in programming and problems developers face on a day-to-day basis. Read a transcript of this interview: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/observability-through-ai/ Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologi...

Mar 08, 202419 min

Using The Fisher Change Curve to Build Empathy

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to John Fisher, a constructivist psychologist, about the Fisher Change Curve and its relevance to technologists as bringers of change and in coping with change themselves Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3SbOGBc Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies: https://www.infoq.com/software-...

Jan 19, 202427 min

Fostering Psychological Safety and Building Autonomy for Great Culture

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Britt Meyers, the VP of Engineering at System Initiative, about engineering culture and leadership. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3HjZRTf Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon London qconlondon.com/ April 8-10, 2024 Follow InfoQ: - Mastodon: techhub.social/@infoq - Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ - LinkedIn: www....

Jan 12, 202419 min

Lead Without Blame with Tricia Broderick

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Tricia Broderick, co-author with Diana Larsen of the book Lead Without Blame. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3RaSphU Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon London qconlondon.com/ April 8-10, 2024 Follow InfoQ: - Mastodon: https://techhub.social/@infoq - Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ - LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/c...

Dec 01, 202327 min

Kanban is a Tool for Continuous Improvement

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Todd Little, Chairman of Kanban University, about the principles of Kanban and how they can be used to improve work processes in delivery teams. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/47JlyXP Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon London qconlondon.com/ April 8-10, 2024 Follow InfoQ: - Mastodon: https://techhub.social...

Nov 24, 202325 min

Emergence of a Chief Developer Experience Role

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Alessandro Cauduro about his role as CDXO – Chief Developer Experience Officer. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/47mLZmb Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon London qconlondon.com/ April 8-10, 2024 Follow InfoQ: - Mastodon: https://techhub.social/@infoq - Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ - LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com...

Nov 10, 202314 min

Teams, Teamwork and Generative AI as a Team Member

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Jeremiah Stone, CTO of SnapLogic about creating great teams, AI as a development partner and ethical challenges facing the technology industry. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/45UP7Et Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon London qconlondon.com/ April 8-10, 2024 Follow InfoQ: - Mastodon: https://techhub.social/...

Oct 27, 202327 min

Overcoming Some Challenges Engineering Managers Face

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Ahmed Wasfy about common challenges faced by engineering managers and provides advice on how to overcome them. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/46gemlW Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon London qconlondon.com/ April 8-10, 2024 Follow InfoQ: - Mastodon: https://techhub.social/@infoq - Twitter: twitter.com/Inf...

Oct 06, 202323 min

Establishing an Open-Source Community Inside an Organisation

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Natnael (Nate) Belay about establishing an open source community inside an organisation. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3PpkmS0 Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon San Francisco qconsf.com/ Oct 2-6, 2023 QCon London qconlondon.com/ April 8-10, 2024 Follow InfoQ: - Mastodon: https://techhub.social/@infoq - T...

Sep 22, 202324 min

The Journey to Staff-Plus Engineer

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Akhilesh Gupta, a Principal Engineer at LinkedIn about the journey to a staff-plus role. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/449KG8c Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon San Francisco qconsf.com/ Oct 2-6, 2023 QCon London qconlondon.com/ April 8-10, 2024 Follow InfoQ: - Mastodon: techhub.social/@infoq - Twitter: ...

Aug 18, 202320 min

Whatever the Challenge – it’s Always About the People

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Satish Jayanthi CTO of Coalesce about building communication and collaboration skills, avoiding burnout and helping managers facilitate, help and motivate their teams. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3Q1op99 Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter Upcoming Events: QCon San Francisco https://qconsf.com/ Oct 2-6, 2023 QCon London https://qcon...

Jul 21, 202320 min

Advice for Remote and Hybrid Leaders

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Julien Danjou of Mergify about creating good remote and hybrid working environments. Read a transcript of this interview: http://bit.ly/3JXlSZO Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter Upcoming Events: QCon San Francisco https://qconsf.com/ Oct 2-6, 2023 QCon London https://qconlondon.com/ April 8-10, 2024 Follow InfoQ: - Mastodon: https://techhub.social/@infoq...

Jul 14, 202322 min

Techno-solutionism, Ethical Technologists and Practical Data Privacy

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Katherine Jarmul of Thoughtworks about the dangers of techno-solutionism, challenges in ethical application of technology and her book Practical Data Privacy. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3XD2K93 Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter Upcoming Events: QCon San Francisco qconsf.com/ Oct 2-6, 2023 QCon London qconlondon.com/ April 8-10, 2...

Jul 07, 202326 min

Jim Highsmith Looking Back and Looking Forward

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Jim Highsmith, looking back on six decades in software engineering and his new book Wild West to Agile. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3PwpntO Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter Upcoming Events: QCon San Francisco qconsf.com/ Oct 2-6, 2023 QCon London qconlondon.com/ April 8-10, 2024 Follow InfoQ: - Mastodon: techhub.social/@infoq - T...

Jun 26, 202333 min

Charity Majors on Intentional Culture, Dual Track Careers and AIOPS

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Charity Majors about enabling culture, the pendulum swing between engineering and management, rethinking career paths and opportunities challenges with AIOPS. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3p9gcVl Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: https://www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter Upcoming Events: QCon San Francisco https://qconsf.com/ Oct 2-6, 2023 QCon London https://qconl...

Jun 16, 202329 min

Continuing the Culture and Methods Trends Conversation

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Ben Linders about current trends in the culture and methods space. Read a transcript of this interview: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/culture-methods-trends/ Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon New York qconnewyork.com/?utm_source=sound…tm_campaign=qny23 June 13-15, 2023 QCon San Francisco: qconsf.com/?utm_source=soundcl…&utm_...

May 26, 202328 min

Data Privacy, Retention and Security Challenges and Opportunities

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Shiva Nathan about data security, privacy, retention and enabling a security mindset in development. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/41AnBKl Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon New York qconnewyork.com/?utm_source=sound…tm_campaign=qny23 June 13-15, 2023 QCon San Francisco: qconsf.com/?utm_source=soundcl…&ut...

May 19, 202320 min

Hiring and Growing Great Site Reliability Engineers

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Narayanan Raghavan, Senior Director for Site Reliability Engineering for Managed Services at Red Hat, about hiring and growing. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3NRVnYg Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon New York qconnewyork.com/?utm_source=sound…tm_campaign=qny23 June 13-15, 2023 QCon San Francisco: qconsf....

May 12, 202319 min

Creating a Developer-Centric Culture and Building Platform as Runtime

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Aviran Mordo of Wix about creating a developer-centric culture, building a platform as runtime environment to speed up development and shifting left in design through developer and designer pairing. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3LYosAc Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon New York qconnewyork.com/?utm_sour...

May 05, 202320 min

Work-life Integration and the Modern Workplace

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke Peter Miscovich co-author of the book The Workplace You Need Now: Shaping Spaces for the Future of Work about creating human-centric working environments where work-life integration of mental wellbeing, social wellbeing, and physical wellbeing matter. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3H4iY44 Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpaign=architectnl Upcomi...

Apr 24, 202332 min

Moving from Technical Contributor to People Leader with Lena Reinhard

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Lena Reinhard about new skills that are needed when moving from an individual contributor role to a people leader, communicating outside of engineering and the layoffs in tech. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/41e20rD Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: https://www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=architectnl Upcoming E...

Apr 07, 202324 min

Culture & Methods Trends in 2023

In this podcast the whole Culture & Methods editorial team plus Rebecca Parsons, CTO of Thoughtworks, explore the trends they see happening in the technology industry in 2023 Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3G3dwxS Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: https://www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon New York https://qconnewyork.com/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_med...

Mar 31, 202356 min

Becoming a Great Engineering Manager and Balancing Synchronous - Asynchronous Work

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to James Stanier, Director of Engineering at Shopify and Track Host at QCon San Francisco for the Remote and Hybrid Work: What’s Next track, about what makes a great engineering manager, nurturing culture with 14000 remote workers and deliberately balancing synchronous and asynchronous work. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/40l2V9a Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: https://www.infoq...

Mar 20, 202331 min

Establishing SRE Foundations with Vladyslav Ukis

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Vladyslav Ukis about his new book, Establishing SRE Foundations. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3ZnbX5p Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: https://www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon London https://qconlondon.com/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=qlondon23 March...

Mar 06, 202327 min

Hiring and Retaining Great People in the New World of Working

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Sarah Hawley of Growmotely about employing and retaining people in the remote and hybrid working world. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3JN6VtU Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: https://www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon London https://qconlondon.com/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medi...

Feb 06, 202329 min

Great Products Need a Culture of Quality and Passionate People

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Melissa Daley, Bob Crews and Adam Sandman, speakers at the InflectraCON 2022 State of Testing conference, about the state of testing and how to instil a culture of quality into software teams. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3GB6FLs Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upc...

Jan 13, 202334 min

Kanplexity as an Approach to Tackle Complex Problems

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to John Coleman about using Kanplexity when the problems you face are complex and evolving and other frameworks don’t fit. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3YVoblJ Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcoming Events: QCon London: qconlondon.com/ - March 27-29, 2023 QCon San F...

Dec 30, 202224 min

What it Takes to be Genuinely Data Driven in Software Engineering

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke Andrew Lau about the state of engineering management report, what it takes for organisations to be genuinely data driven and the measurable benefits that are possible with good data. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3WWv31j Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcoming Eve...

Nov 13, 202228 min

Making remote and asynchronous work, work

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Rob Rawson about cultures that support remote work, finding the balance of synchronous and asynchronous collaboration and support. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3gGSMlq Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcoming Events: QCon San Francisco: qconsf.com/ - Oct 24-28, 202...

Oct 28, 202218 min

The Collaborative Culture and Developer Experience in the Redis Open Source Community

In this podcast Shane Hastie spoke to Yiftach Shoolman of Redis about the Redis community culture, nurturing a large open source community and enabling great developer experiences. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3MFNmmH Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: https://bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: https://www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcoming Events: QCon San Francisco: https://qconsf.com/ - Oct 24-28, 20...

Oct 17, 202229 min