Geeks Who Lead Podcast
Hear the inside stories of the "geeks who lead at scale" - Directors, VPs and CTOs running software engineering orgs at larger companies with 100+ engineers, and interviews with domain experts who can help those leaders to manage their engineering orgs more effectively.
I'm your host - Peter Bell, I've been helping senior engineering leaders to connect with and learn from their peers since 2010!
This podcast is designed for engineering leaders who want to learn the latest good practices from their peers who are way too busy operating to write an article or publish a book!
Running a software engineering org at scale is hard! You need to manage stakeholder expectations, attract and retain top talent, align and structure your org effectively and keep up with the latest processes and tooling. And that's before we even try to make sense of the potential impact of LLMs and GenAI on managing technical teams.
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Geeks Who Lead Podcast
Creating a Better Product using Tactical Empathy with Andrea Goulet
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There are many routes to c-suite but Andrea Goulet has taken one of the most non-traditional paths we’ve seen on CTO Connection. As the Co-Founder and CEO of Corgibytes, Andrea leveraged her experience in content and strategic communications to help a software remodeling company scale its business.
Andrea is a big believer in the power of empathy – a word that’s not often prioritized in engineering. In this week’s edition of CTO Connection, Andrea explains how she makes empathy accessible to analytical audiences and the role empathy plays in creating a better experience and product.
- [00:24] - Andrea's path to CEO
- [03:25] - Communication debt
- [06:28] - Domain-Driven Design
- [08:06] - Keeping the knowledge close to the code
- [08:22] - Working Effectively with Legacy Code
- [11:43] - Continuous improvement
- [15:12] - Definition of done
- [18:05] - Experimentation and prototyping
- [20:53] - Slack at scale
- [24:05] - Teaching empathy
CTO Connection is where you can learn from the experiences of successful engineering leaders at fast-growth tech startups. Whether you want to learn more about hiring, motivating or managing an engineering team, if you're technical and manage engineers, the CTO Connection podcast is a great resource for learning from your peers!
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