How Many EMs to Change a Lightbulb?
Jason and Eiso explore the implications of Mark Zuckerberg's plan to flatten Meta's management layers and examine the current ratio of engineers to managers, questioning if this balance is truly effic...
2 Maj 202335min
The Midwit Trap, & Why Tech Companies Are Falling For It
Eiso and Jason discuss how engineering leaders can fall into the trap of midwit thinking (the infamous bell curve meme) where they have a surface level understanding of complex topics and use buzzword...
18 Apr 202320min
Mastering Leadership for High-Performing Teams with Sri Viswanath, former Atlassian CTO
Former Atlassian CTO Sri Viswanath shares his lessons on engineering leadership, such as aligning goals, handling difficult situations, and optimizing team metrics. Jason, Eiso and Sri talk about thei...
4 Apr 202354min
OK. Let’s talk about OKRs.
Jason and Eiso share their love-hate relationship with OKRs and discuss the pedantic nature of setting objectives and how they ultimately help to align and empower organizations. They talk about setti...
21 Mars 202321min
Placing Bets & Building Trust as an Engineering Leader
Jason and Eiso explore the intersection between finance and engineering leadership and discuss the importance of position sizing in engineering orgs. From promotions to product initiatives and technol...
7 Mars 202341min
Walking The Tightrope of Language & Culture (and why it’s hurting companies)
Jason and Eiso get real about censorship culture in the tech industry. From free speech to the rights of employees and the role of companies in society. They chat about privilege in tech, whether we n...
21 Feb 202344min
Can Sociopathic Leaders Teach Us Anything?
Jason and Eiso deep dive into corporate politics, hierarchies, and the sociopaths that often sit at the top as they analyze the behaviors of famous C-Level leaders, such as Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer, ...
7 Feb 202339min
Creating Alignment in Superstar Engineering Teams with Phil Calçado
Phil Calçado is the Global CTO at PicPay, one the largest engineering orgs in Latin America. He joins the podcast to re-tell his war stories as an engineering leader at SoundCloud, Digital Ocean, Seat...
24 Jan 202348min
