Glenn Burnside is the Principal Engineer at Skimmer. For 11 years, he was the Executive Vice President at Headspring until they were acquired by Accenture. Before that, he held a number of development management positions as well as leadership roles in the Boy Scouts and other community roles. Glenn holds an Executive MBA from Quantic School of Business and a Computer Engineering degree from Texas A&M University, where he held leadership positions in the Corps of Cadets, Company B-1. You can find more about Glenn at glennburnside.com.

 

Topics of Discussion:

[3:48] Glenn shares a funny story of threatening to quit if he became a manager, and what it feels like to bug people about filling out their timesheets.

[5:13] What Glenn realized about software team management and paving the way for others to grow.

[9:03] Glenn talks about his thought process of adding someone to the team, whether it’s from scratch or adding someone to an existing team.

[10:08] A concept from The Ideal Team Player, of finding someone that is humble, hungry, and smart.

[13:14] Why Glenn asks to look for demonstrated ability or demonstrated actions from their prior history rather than answering a hypothetical question.

[14:05] The STARR method: Situation, Task, Action, Resolution, Retrospective.

[17:44] The importance of finding someone that can improve with you and learn as they go.

[19:46] The younger generation of developers has skills but lacks confidence.

[21:54] Gathering data points of the industry as a whole from outside your inner circle and place of employment.

[23:07] You’ve got the great people on your team, now how do you get them to stay?

[25:02] Keeping everybody aimed at the higher mission.

[31:11] Having respect for the whole team, not just thinking of yourself as an individual player.

 

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