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The Main Thread

by Brian Ogilvie & Alex Gaiser
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About the show

Discussions around how to grow your software engineering career from mid-senior to Staff level. Brian Ogilvie and Alex Gaiser interview top engineers and senior leaders from Big Tech and Mid-size companies to get to the bottom of what makes an effective Staff-level engineer.

Latest episodes

  • Episode 10: The Journey So Far

    November 22, 2023 · 33 min

    We've reached the end of Season 1! In this final episode, Alex and Brian take some time to reflect on what we've learned so far, what themes tend to keep coming up across episodes, areas we're targeting for personal growth, and finally…

  • Episode 9: Security Priorities

    November 10, 2023 · 36 min

    Is your platform secure? How do you know? How do you even know all of the machines, networks, software, and data that make up your platform in the first place? We're joined by Amirali Shahinpour, Head of Security Data Platform at Twitch to…

  • Episode 8, Part 2: Empathy and Inclusion

    October 6, 2023 · 35 min

    Part 2 of our discussion with Lee McKeeman, Staff Engineer at Google, on empathy and inclusion. Why do companies struggle to prioritize efforts around inclusion and accessibility? And what can we, as technical leaders, do about it? Picks…

  • Episode 8, Part 1: Empathy and Inclusion

    September 29, 2023 · 33 min

    Lee McKeeman is currently a staff engineer at Google, who’s also spent time at Amazon and Meta. Lee is passionate about how we as technical leaders can influence our work environments to be more empathetic and inclusive so that people of…

  • Episode 7: Community Building

    September 15, 2023 · 36 min

    Think about the roles you play in your community. Social planner, Little League coach, Dungeon Master. Did anyone explicitly give you that authority? Or did you just gravitate towards your interests and put yourself out there? Can we do…

  • Episode 6: Evaluating New Technologies

    September 1, 2023 · 37 min

    How do you decide whether that shiny new frontend framework or that highly performant, memory-safe backend language is really going to solve your problems? Join our guest Eric Justusson, as we talk about how to leverage quick experiments…

  • Episode 5: AI Madness

    August 18, 2023 · 39 min

    Will AI fundamentally change the way we as engineers interact with our work and our world? Or is it mostly hype? We’re joined today by David Ashe-- Senior Software Engineer with American Express--to explore the benefits, risks, practical…

  • Episode 4: Technical Vision and Strategy

    August 4, 2023 · 33 min

    How do you establish a vision of the future that addresses a specific business need for your company? And how do you turn that vision into a concrete strategy to execute? Our guest Brian Jones is an engineering manager in Central Security…