Organizational Train Wrecks explained by College Football Dumpster Fires
CTO Think Podcast10 Syys 2019

Organizational Train Wrecks explained by College Football Dumpster Fires

In honor of the second week of the college football season, Randy and Don discuss three programs, UCLA, Tennessee, and FSU, falling into disaster scenarios and compare each with CTO failures at technology firms. We keep the football/sportsball strategy discussion to a minimum, but we do eventually call out Tennessee as the "Steve Ballmer" of college football schools. Go Rocky Top?

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Project Chasms - Part 2, Debugging and Brainstorming

Project Chasms - Part 2, Debugging and Brainstorming

In another installment related to the Chasms app, we discuss errors with the prototype, finding the right balance of customer/product fit, and the need to brainstorm without adding requirements to the...

15 Touko 201839min

Project Chasms - Part 1, Getting Started

Project Chasms - Part 1, Getting Started

Listen as Don and Randy begin a new side project together from problem/solution explanation, planning, and build approach. We aim to reduce the product scope and target a quicker launch of the prototy...

8 Touko 201817min

Why do we podcast (and other projects)?

Why do we podcast (and other projects)?

People (and ourselves) have been asking: Why are you all doing this? What is motivating you to podcast? In this episode, we discuss our motivations for podcasting, our side projects, and why we're doi...

1 Touko 201845min

Social Media Side-Effects

Social Media Side-Effects

Would you hire Kanye West if he was a great programmer, despite his social media presence? This week, we talk about social media quality control, public personas, and the challenge of being inclusive ...

1 Touko 201849min

Networking for Introverts

Networking for Introverts

Having a strong network makes for a huge advantage for career opportunities and learning how to lead. We discuss how to push past shyness and introverted tendencies to grow your own network of relatio...

24 Huhti 201859min

The 30-Day Deadline of Failure and Follow-Through

The 30-Day Deadline of Failure and Follow-Through

Mark Thompson gave himself a tough 30-day deadline to build and launch the first version of his app, TotallyStrong.me. Setting a goal gave him tremendous motivation, but also served him with a strong ...

24 Huhti 201832min

Learning and Shipping with Flutter

Learning and Shipping with Flutter

Mark Thompson discusses his learning and launching a native app using Flutter, a new cross-platform framework developed by Google.

17 Huhti 201823min

Choosing a Tech Stack

Choosing a Tech Stack

There are a lot of factors tech managers need to consider when inheriting or choosing a technology stack. We talk about how we chose specific stacks in the past (or didn't) and why we're using a brand...

17 Huhti 20181h