The innovation, leadership, and team agility inside U.S. Bank’s cloud journey
U.S. Bank has undergone a significant digital transformation, implementing a multi-cloud strategy to accelerate innovation and improve customer-focused development. Operating in a highly regulated environment, the bank must navigate the challenge of balancing innovation with strict compliance requirements while meeting the evolving demands and needs of customers and employees. In this episode of Leaders of Code, Jody Bailey, Stack Overflow’s CPO, Anirudh Kaul, Senior Director of Software Engineering, and Paul Petersen, Cloud Platform Engineering Manager, discuss the U.S. Bank’s journey from traditional banking practices to embracing new technologies. The conversation covers the technical and organizational aspects of large-scale cloud migration, along with their leadership approach during this transformative period.Key topics include: How U.S. Bank empowers teams to innovate without sacrificing team agility. The importance of team collaboration, transparency, trust, and continuous communication in fostering innovation and successful tool adoption. Cloud migration strategies and the role of platform engineering in enabling and supporting organizational change. Notes: Connect with Anirudh Kaul and Paul Petersen. Learn more about U.S. Bank. Connect with Jody Bailey on LinkedIn. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
31 Jul 35min
That custom gift for your mom takes more work than you think
Etsy is a global marketplace that keeps human connection at the heart of commerce. Connect with Mahir on LinkedIn.This week’s shoutout goes to user jsignell, who won a Populist badge for their answer to How do I tell if a column in a pandas dataframe is of type datetime? How do I tell if a column is numerical?.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
29 Jul 37min
Saving the world with speed and at scale
The Speed & Scale Plan is a global initiative to move leaders to act on the climate crisis, tracking progress towards net zero by 2050. Explore Speed & Scale’s resources for combating climate change, and connect with Ryan on LinkedIn and X. Congratulations to Stellar Answer badge winner Christian C. Salvadó who won the badge for answering the question What's a quick way to comment/uncomment lines in Vim?.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
25 Jul 26min
“AI has been the wild west”: Creating standards for agents with Sean Falconer
Confluent is an all-in-one, real-time platform that allows you to stream, connect, process, and govern your data.Connect with Sean on Linkedin, and listen to the Software Engineering Daily podcast, where he co-hosts.Do you know the answer to Loadrunner lr_get_attrib_string always returns null? If so, you can help out Trncvs and receive the bounty offered on the question.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
22 Jul 31min
How to do your job happier
Read more findings from the Developer Success Lab here. Find John at his website and connect with him on LinkedIn.Congrats to user Matthieu M. who won a Populist badge for answering the question struct with 2 cells vs std::pair?.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
18 Jul 22min
Where we’re going, we don’t need fossil fuels
Realta Fusion is making fusion real and tackling today’s clean energy issues with innovative technology. Follow them on LinkedIn.Connect with Kieran on LinkedIn. Shoutout to Lifeboat badge winner zathura, who was awarded the badge for answering Type of triangle in MySQL.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
15 Jul 37min
How your favorite movie is changing language learning technology
Koel Labs uses classic movies to help learners master pronunciation. You can join the waitlist for their closed beta launch now. Check out their open-source community project for Koel Labs on GitHub.Check out their project on the Mozilla Builders site. Connect with Aruna on LinkedIn. Connect with Ruslan on LinkedIn.Shoutout to Populous badge winner Tomáš Záluský, who won the badge for answering the question How to chain multiple assertThat statement in AssertJ.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
11 Jul 23min
There is no golden path anymore: Engineering practices are being rewritten
In this episode of Leaders of Code, Ben Matthews, Senior Director of Engineering at Stack Overflow, and Loïc Houssier, CTO at Superhuman, dive into how engineering teams can navigate paradigm shifts in a world of constant technological change. They discuss the importance of leadership in an ever-shifting industry and highlight the concept of aligned autonomy as a way to empower teams and increase organizational velocity.The conversation also covers: The impact of AI on workflows and practices across the entire organization at Superhuman, including improving onboarding, helping employees streamline their work, and enabling teams to tackle projects that were previously put on hold. The strategic use of qualitative and quantitative engineering performance metrics to measure and improve team effectiveness. Episode notes: Connect with Loïc Houssier on LinkedIn. Learn more about Superhuman, the leading AI-native email app for high-performing teams. Connect with Ben Matthews on LinkedIn or Bluesky. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
10 Jul 36min
