The Main Thread

Episode 4: Technical Vision and Strategy


Listen Later

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 at Meta, and he'll share his techniques for building vision and strategy at scale. 

Acronym Glossary

CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional

DAU: Daily Active Users

GRC: Governance Risk (Management) & Compliance

HSM: Hardware Security Model

MSSP: Managed Security Service Provider

NFT: Non-Fungible Token

OKR: Objectives and Key Results

PCI: Payment Card Industry

SOC: Systems and Organization Controls

TL: Tech Lead 

TPM: Technical Program Manager

XFN: Cross-functional Team

Picks & Plugs
  • BrianJones
  • The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries
  • Radical Candor, by Kim Scott
  • Alex
    • Test Driven Development, Where did it all go wrong
  • The Art of code 
  • Fireship Youtube channel
  • How to Reassess Your Chess, Jeremy Silman
  • Brian Ogilvie
    • Pete Hodgson blog: Creating and sharing Strategic Architectural Initiatives
    Get in touch!

    Facebook: /themainthread

    Threads: @themainthread

    Twitter: @themainthread

    Transcript

    Episode 4 Transcript

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    The Main ThreadBy Brian Ogilvie & Alex Gaiser

    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5

    5

    8 ratings