Podcast Episodes

The Evolution of a CTO: How Your Leadership Can Change through Hypergrowth w/ Ryan King & Clarence Chio #82

To grow your engineering team from 200 to 1,200+ you can expect many phase changes in your org. How might your role change and what can you anticipat…

4 years, 2 months ago

SPECIAL: Pre-seed fundraising, pitching investors & dealing with rejection w/ Aaron Erickson & Brian Guthrie #81

This is a special episode from our new series Engineering Founders - We deconstruct the recently closed pre-seed fundraising experience of our friend…

4 years, 2 months ago

Special *LIVE* preview of the 2022 ELC Virtual Summit & community-led round tables #80

Welcome to our first ever LIVE recording of the show! This is a special behind-the-scenes preview of the upcoming 2022 ELC Virtual Summit (4/20-4/22)…

4 years, 3 months ago

Translating engineering to the CEO w/ Andrew Lau and Eli Daniel

Communication between engineering leadership and the CEO is crucial, and not without its challenges. In this special episode Andrew Lau (Co-Founder &…

4 years, 3 months ago

Group coaching, team accountability & ‘next-level’ goals with Joy Dixon #78

Joy Dixon (Sr Manager, Engineering @ Salesforce) walks us through a unique goal-setting framework: Next Level Goals - to help you harness group accou…

4 years, 3 months ago

How eng orgs (and careers) evolve through hyper-growth w/ Samir Naik #77

How eng orgs (and careers) evolve through hyper-growth w/ Samir Naik #77

Samir Naik (Head of Engineering, Core Products @ Plaid) shares how Plaid’s en…

4 years, 4 months ago

Hypergrowth, Scaling & Org Design w/ Surabhi Gupta #76

Hypergrowth, Scaling & Org Design w/ Surabhi Gupta #76

Discerning what to prioritize is key to success for any organization, and even more critical du…

4 years, 4 months ago

A Counter-Intuitive Approach to Career Growth & Internal Mobility w/ Tara Ellis #75

In today’s hiring environment, it’s unreasonable to expect someone to stay on your team forever. So how do you prioritize both the success of your te…

4 years, 4 months ago

Conflict Optimization with Jordan Adler #74

Conflict is a necessary part of the job. So how can you transform conflict to be collaborative, not competitive? Jordan Adler (Head of Dev Eng @ OneS…

4 years, 4 months ago

Belonging, Retention, & Human-Centered Leadership with Lucius DiPhillips #73

Belonging and business results are not opposing priorities! Lucius DiPhillips (CIO @ AirBnB) shares how every team member's sense of belonging is the…

4 years, 5 months ago