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Developing Leadership

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  • How Many EMs to Change a Lightbulb?

    May 2, 2023 · 36 min

    Jason and Eiso explore the implications of Mark Zuckerberg's plan to flatten Meta's management layers and examine the current ratio of engineers to managers, questioning if this balance is truly efficient or if it's simply a byproduct of…

  • The Midwit Trap, & Why Tech Companies Are Falling For It

    April 18, 2023 · 21 min

    Eiso and Jason discuss how engineering leaders can fall into the trap of midwit thinking (the infamous bell curve meme) where they have a surface level understanding of complex topics and use buzzwords to sound knowledgeable. Why do…

  • Mastering Leadership for High-Performing Teams with Sri Viswanath, former Atlassian CTO

    April 4, 2023 · 54 min

    Former Atlassian CTO Sri Viswanath shares his lessons on engineering leadership, such as aligning goals, handling difficult situations, and optimizing team metrics. Jason, Eiso and Sri talk about their experiences with system failures and…

  • OK. Let’s talk about OKRs.

    March 21, 2023 · 21 min

    Jason and Eiso share their love-hate relationship with OKRs and discuss the pedantic nature of setting objectives and how they ultimately help to align and empower organizations. They talk about setting and tracking goals, the often…

  • Placing Bets & Building Trust as an Engineering Leader

    March 7, 2023 · 42 min

    Jason and Eiso explore the intersection between finance and engineering leadership and discuss the importance of position sizing in engineering orgs. From promotions to product initiatives and technology choices, leaders are constantly…

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About the show

Follow Jason Warner (MD at Redpoint Ventures and former CTO of GitHub) and Eiso Kant (Founder of Athenian) as they chat about the biggest lessons they’ve learned about Engineering Leadership throughout the years.