Beyond Coding

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OUTLINE
00:00:21 - Bullshit management, or Product management?
00:03:58 - Uncertainty and driving value
00:06:54 - Find the science through the noise
00:08:51 - What do you do as a product manager?
00:11:12 - Timelines and roadmaps
00:12:59 - Product strategies
00:15:46 - Competence, confidence and experience
00:17:17 - Split focus
00:19:27 - Clarity increases productivity
00:21:44 - Small bets
00:24:45 - Product manager backgrounds
00:26:20 - Coordinative model, or collaborative?
00:27:32 - Remaining untrapped
00:30:09 - A victim of your calendar
00:33:01 - A fresh perspective
00:34:49 - The business blocker
00:38:12 - Staying as long as its challenging
00:40:10 - Conflict with the CTO
00:44:03 - Moving on when the ship is sinking
00:46:29 - Be humble
00:49:32 - Finding common ground
00:50:47 - Untrapping product teams

Connect with Monika F. de Waal:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/monika-de-waal

https://www.uniquesources.nl/nl/about-us

References:

Where I'm from activity | https://theinspiredclassroom.com/2019/04/where-im-from-poetry-activity/

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:26 - Finding more joy at work
00:03:17 - Childhood ambitions
00:05:50 - Curiosity and straight to the point
00:08:02 - 1-1 coaching
00:10:02 - Time and attention for people in teams
00:11:51 - Performing comes after trust
00:13:00 - Instant trust
00:15:05 - The responsibility as a facilitator
00:16:49 - The effects of leadership behaviour
00:19:42 - Local culture wins over global
00:23:20 - The things that bind us
00:24:32 - Diverse teams perform better, only with great leadership
00:26:56 - Business principles
00:28:48 - Different cultural behaviour
00:32:24 - Who needs to change?
00:33:55 - Toxic environments
00:36:20 - It's not my problem
00:38:52 - Allowing people to do it themselves
00:40:24 - Managing time and getting better at it
00:42:43 - Referring to colleagues
00:44:31 - Reacting to change
00:46:55 - Open up the conversation
00:48:32 - When God created men, she was only joking

Connect with Rustam Alashrafov: ⁠

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OUTLINE

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:21 - Frequent performance reviews

00:03:36 - Working towards shared outcomes

00:06:26 - Working with OKRs

00:09:20 - Freedom of choice

00:12:14 - Promotions and favouritism

00:14:38 - Feeling heard

00:17:55 - Maximising happiness

00:20:57 - Aligning with a team

00:22:43 - Rewarding individual performance

00:24:57 - Challenges and motivation

00:27:09 - What can I do differently?

00:28:26 - Doing the bare minimum

00:31:37 - Expectations and change

00:34:31 - Underperformance and letting someone go

00:38:46 - Mass layoffs vs. the individual approach

00:42:58 - Taking responsibility

00:44:20 - Inequality and opening a dialog

00:46:53 - Should salaries be open and public?

00:50:28 - Salary secrecy

00:54:41 - Top performers

00:56:22 - Transparent business goals

00:58:09 - Final thoughts

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OUTLINE

00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:36 - How to negotiate salary in an interview
00:05:43 - Knowing your numbers
00:07:34 - Landing your first job
00:11:16 - Balancing work, school and hobbies
00:15:33 - Working remotely abroad
00:20:47 - Developing tech skills and soft skills
00:25:26 - Seeing the business side as a Product Manager vs. as an engineer
00:30:11 - Learning large codebases
00:35:25 - How to get into AI as web developer
00:37:49 - Keeping your motivation as podcaster
00:42:55 - Thank you so much!

Connect with Anthony Alaribe: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-alaribe-293a41bb

https://twitter.com/tonialaribe

https://apitoolkit.io

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:24 - Enhancing observability
00:01:37 - Huge production issue
00:04:08 - Orders are down, but why?
00:05:28 - Things we don't think of as developers
00:07:49 - Getting the first customer
00:09:26 - Finding a niche
00:11:54 - The fintech industry
00:14:10 - The problem of many separate teams
00:15:20 - Someone to hold you accountable
00:17:14 - Knowing the competitors in your niche and sharing it
00:20:42 - Filtering out what features you need
00:23:24 - Standard operating procedures
00:26:16 - Standardizing runbooks
00:28:35 - Multiple proven tracks to follow
00:31:05 - Anomaly detection and how to investigate
00:32:50 - Developer experience and tools
00:35:14 - We could build it better
00:36:04 - What works well at a bigger scale
00:39:55 - Analyzing your code and beyond
00:43:04 - Opportunities for improvement
00:44:50 - Most software is fast enough, or not?
00:47:27 - Automating ourselves away

Connect with Keki Mwaba:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/keki-mwaba

https://www.expatcareerdevelopment.com

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OUTLINE

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:26 - The tech market now

00:03:34 - Getting a first job is harder

00:06:45 - From cold calling to a job

00:09:05 - Not all roles are advertised

00:11:32 - Crafting an application

00:14:11 - Does resume format matter?

00:17:07 - Being intentional with your resume

00:19:09 - Share your story!

00:22:13 - Patrick's poll

00:23:56 - Network is most important

00:26:45 - Downsides of referral policies

00:28:08 - Quality or quantity approach

00:30:53 - Mapping out the market

00:33:18 - Follow-ups matter more than you think

00:36:20 - Do your research and be genuine

00:38:49 - Keki should start a podcast!!

Connect with Yonatan Ziv:

https://www.yonatanziv.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonatan-ziv

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OUTLINE

00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:26 - Design and Developer pairing
00:03:24 - Separate design teams
00:06:45 - We are all users
00:09:30 - Incorporating feedback
00:12:51 - Data wins, but not always
00:15:11 - You have to have buy-in
00:17:17 - Testing your assumptions
00:18:58 - Fail fast from design
00:20:31 - Full-stack designer
00:22:39 - Design responsibilities
00:25:12 - Design feeding development
00:27:36 - Keeping product phases in mind
00:28:18 - Solo designer challenges
00:30:23 - Research takes so much time
00:32:50 - When design involves development
00:35:11 - Investing in team culture
00:37:24 - Staying in the same domain as designer
00:41:54 - User journey differences across industries
00:44:44 - The best design learning journey

Connect with Elias Nogueira:

https://linkedin.com/in/eliasnogueira

https://eliasnogueira.com

https://twitter.com/eliasnogueira

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OUTLINE:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:30 - Digital vs. Physical boards

00:02:59 - The value of facilitating

00:08:41 - Standardizing way of working

00:12:40 - Elias explains how software is delivered

00:15:40 - Shift-left testing

00:17:14 - Cutting corners

00:20:15 - Changes and issues can not be prevented

00:22:23 - Quality engineers

00:25:47 - All engineers need to know the product

00:28:35 - Fail fast and often

00:32:28 - Communication issues between product and engineering

00:37:25 - Product minded engineers

00:40:51 - Zero bug policy

00:43:13 - Bugs in games

00:44:34 - Saying no

00:47:34 - Outro

Explore the pitfalls of feature overload with Maarten, as we discuss why less is often more in product development. Learn the value of simplicity in software and how to avoid the common trap of adding too many features.

Connect with Maarten Dalmijn:

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https://www.dalmyn.com

https://mdalmijn.com

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:26 - Maarten writing a movie script

00:02:41 - Maarten's journey in tech

00:05:19 - The value of staying with domains

00:07:28 - Learning about domains

00:09:16 - Perfect requirements don't exist

00:10:51 - Frankenstein products

00:12:11 - Removing features

00:14:27 - We hate losing stuff

00:16:04 - Simple software is hard

00:18:35 - Rapid A/B testing

00:19:48 - Throwing away code

00:21:01 - Humans are complex

00:22:16 - No one found out when we removed this

00:24:06 - Facilitating conversations

00:26:36 - Do cheap small experiments

00:29:50 - There is no perfect information

00:31:33 - Disagreements and losing someone

00:33:27 - Building trust and changing directions

00:36:33 - Make big decisions fast and early

00:39:49 - Developers like shiny new things

00:42:11 - Feature-complete and clean up

00:44:34 - The best code, is no code

00:46:25 - Cleaning up is part of the job

00:47:47 - The dark side of refactoring

00:50:22 - Final thoughts

Explore app development with Lucas Montano as he tackles technical challenges and shares his journey into tech content creation on YouTube, crafting content that educates and entertains. From profiling apps to breaking down practical tech challenges (Mr. Beast Giveaways), Lucas shares insights that are invaluable to both developers and tech enthusiasts.

Connect With Lucas Montano:

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:28 - How Lucas got into app development
00:03:30 - Native app development and changes in IOS
00:06:31 - Unique challenges in app development
00:09:23 - Supporting many different devices
00:12:34 - Senior app developers are experts at profiling apps
00:14:06 - Testing and updating in app development
00:16:33 - Content is the new app
00:18:57 - Communities and content
00:21:07 - Breaking down the Mr. Beast giveaway challenge on X
00:25:40 - Real life constraints
00:28:16 - How Lucas comes up with ideas for content
00:30:10 - Educating and entertaining
00:31:44 - Learning tech through projects
00:33:22 - Comfort in sharing learning experiences
00:36:41 - AI and software development
00:39:53 - Lucas works with his wife on the YouTube Channel
00:42:26 - Lucas has an AI team member
00:45:27 - YouTube is a platform for projects
00:47:00 - Open sourcing projects
00:47:57 - Channel Memberships
00:48:39 - Rounding off