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Building Empathy and Accessibility: Fostering Better Engineering Cultures and Developer Experiences
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30:43This 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 Erin Doyle about her journey as a generalist engineer, her passion for web accessibility, the importance of empathy and psychological safety in engineering teams, and her commit…
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Taming Flaky Tests: Trisha Gee on Developer Productivity and Testing Best Practices
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32:17This 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 Trisha Gee about the challenges and importance of addressing flaky tests, their impact on developer productivity and morale, best practices for testing, and broader concepts …
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Adam Sandman on Generative AI and the Future of Software Testing
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26:52This 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 i…
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Building Your Personal Brand and Making an Impact: Insights from Principal Engineer Pablo Fredrikson
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24:27This 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…
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Claire Vo on Building High-Performing, Customer-Centric Teams in the Age of AI
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25:25This 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…
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Engineering Culture and the API Revolution: A Conversation with Sagar Batchu
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22:53This 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 i…
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Investing in Open Source: The Open Source Pledge and Why it Matters
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16:00This 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 Chad Whitacre about the Open Source Pledge, an initiative to encourage companies to financially support open-source maintainers to ensure the sustainability and security of the s…
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Resilience, Observability and Unintended Consequences of Automation
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27:12This 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 Courtney Nash about her research on the unintended consequences of automation in software systems, the importance of learning from incidents and maintaining human expertise in co…
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Engineering Excellence as a Journey: Platform Engineering, Culture, and Technical Leadership
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28:37This 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/3EtW3R6Subscrib…
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Building Responsible AI Culture: Governance, Diversity, and the Future of Development
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20:23This 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…
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The Human Factor in UX and Data-Driven Decisions
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23:42This 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 tra…
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Cultivating Healthy Engineering Cultures: Insights from Sophie Weston
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23:51This 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 engineerin…
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Techniques for Improving Communication and Connection in Technical and Social Settings
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24:50This 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 s…
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Intentional Culture and Continuous Compensation: An Interview with Austin Vance
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24:14This 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 Austin Vance, about the importance of intentional onboarding and culture-building, as well as his company's unique approach to compensation and the role of managers in retaining …
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Building Safe and Usable Medical Device Software: A Conversation with Neeraj Mainkar
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29:25This 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 Neeraj Mainkar about the challenges of developing safe and usable medical device software in areas where software bugs can have life-and-death consequences, and how to approach t…
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Leveraging AI Platforms to Improve Developer Experience – From Personal Hackathon to AI at Scale
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24:27This 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 expect…
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Building Effective Engineering Teams and Avoiding Cargo Cult Practices
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24:07This 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 in…
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Developing Regulated Software at the Speed of Innovation: Insights from Erez Kaminski
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32:31This 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 Erez Kaminski about the challenges and importance of developing regulated software for safety-critical systems, emphasizing the need for validated DevOps and AI integration in in…
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Democratizing AI at Thomson Reuters: Empowering Teams and Driving Innovation
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21:04This 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…
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Spies, Lies, and Cybercrime: Insider Perspectives from a Former FBI Agent
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21:01This 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 former FBI agent Eric O’Neill about the growing threat of cyberattacks, cyber espionage and cybercrime, and how organizations and individuals can "think like a spy hunter" to bet…
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Participatory Leadership and Developing a Culture of Psychological Safety
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26:08This 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…
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Trends in Engineering Leadership: Observability, Agile Backlash, and Building Autonomous Teams
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27:47This 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 Chris Cooney about emerging trends in software engineering such as the backlash against "Agile" practices, the growing importance of observability and people-focused metrics, and…
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Making Digital Accessibility More Than Just High Contrast: Building Truly Inclusive Software
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27:59This 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 accessibility expert Sheri Byrne-Haber, about how digital accessibility goes far beyond just high contrast colours. The discussion is emphasizing that it encompasses making prod…
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The Philosophical Implications of Technology: A Conversation with Anders Indset
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27:51This 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/3YnDOTGSubscribe to the So…
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Using a Product Value Curve to Prioritize Work
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16:11This 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/3A8w8NaSubscribe to the Software…
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