Engineering Leadership Excellence Podcast
What does it take to be a great leader? We asked some of the most influential names in software engineering and product management. You’ll learn ways to grow as a software engineering leader, optimize your time, develop your team, structure your organization, and get the right products to market, faster. In each episode, Joshua Samberg and Robin Pokorný uncover the empowering insights and daily habits of industry leaders who think, speak, and act in ways that make a positive difference in their lives and in the lives of others.
Episodes
13 episodes
What staff+ engineers need to be successful in the ML field (with Žilvinas Girėnas)
In this episode, Robin interviews Žilvinas Girėnas, a Senior Engineering Manager at Productboard. They dive into Žilvinas’ experience leading a machine learning team focused on bui...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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39:46
Learning new languages, harnessing the strengths of management and IC tracks, and embracing adaptation (with Jany Koščo)
In this episode, we examine how mastering multiple programming languages is a huge advantage in today’s rapidly evolving tech environment. Jany Koščo, Senior Staff Engineer at Productboard, explains that as a generalist not only can you better ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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41:55
Insider tips on hiring staff & senior staff engineers (with Claudiu Andrei)
In the fourth episode of Season 2, we sit down with Claudiu Andrei, Site Tech Lead at Productboard’s San Francisco office, who’s in the process of building up two new teams to better serv...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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44:53
Staff+ ambitions: Top tips for landing your IC leadership job (with Alice Rum, Dmitry Belyaev and Tomáš Růžička)
Our third episode of Season 2 was a special live recording from this year’s WebExpo conference in Prague, where we discussed what it takes to become a Staff+ Engineer. We sat down with a trio of experts in the field – Alice Rum, Staff Software ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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43:31
Mentor me this: a master's guide to mentoring for staff+ engineers (with Hussien Khayoon)
In our second episode of Season 2, we chatted with Hussien Khayoon, Staff Software Developer at Shopify, about the undisputable importance and value of mentoring – regardless if you’re just st...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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44:48
From manager of managers to principal engineer (with Ralph McTeggart)
In our first episode of Season 2, we chatted with Ralph McTeggart, Principal Engineer at
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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51:56
Self-reflection: How to become a confident, high-performing leader (with Ramona Shaw)
In the seventh episode of our podcast series, Joshua welcomes Ramona Shaw, his BetterManager leadership coach. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:24:15
Building a development center from the ground up (with Timmy Ho)
In the sixth episode of our podcast series, Joshua welcomed Timmy Ho, our first engineering hire in North America. An engineering manager ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:01:08
Becoming the leaders we wished we’d had (with Disha Al Baqui)
For the fifth episode in our podcast series, Joshua welcomed a former colleague and old friend, Disha Al Baqui, Principal Engineering Manager at Hulu. Joshua and Disha met in 2014 when they worked as individual contributors for the same company...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:18:44
Leading during a crisis: Chaos engineering for collaboration (with Raz Shuty)
For the fourth installment in our podcast series, Joshua welcomed Raz Shuty, Director of Engineering at Delivery Hero. This was an episode of firsts: the first non-productboard guest and the first episode recorded remotely. During a lively conv...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:20:13
Employee growth: Conversations on the way to the lighthouse (with Daniel Hejl)
In the third instalment of our Engineering Leadership podcast, Joshua welcomes Daniel Hejl, our CTO and co-founder. During an interesting discussion around facilitating employee growth, Daniel highlights the importance of curiosity, clear goals...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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42:23
Community Q&A #1: Empathy is a skill that can be learned (with Vojtech Vondra)
What metrics do you use to track team performance? What challenges are there when scaling teams? And how do you maintain healthy relationships at work while having the difficult conversations that help people grow? In part 2 of the conversation...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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31:47
It’s not a promotion, it’s a career change (with Vojtech Vondra)
Kicking off the podcast series, host Joshua Samberg is joined by our very own Director of Engineering, Vojtech Vondra. During a wide-ranging conversation, they discuss productboard’s efforts to expand the conversation around engineering leaders...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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29:09