Show Notes
For each episode of the Scaling Tech Podcast, the show notes below will help you jump to the part of the conversation you are most interested in, or to find the links to anything mentioned by our guests.
Dan Vacanti and Prateek Singh on Kanban and Probabilistic Forecasting (Scaling Tech Ep29)
Forecasting is inherently probabilistic - meaning that we cannot say anything definitively about the future, we can only give the probability that something may happen. This is intrinsic to software development but a hard concept to convey to those who just want to...
Jurgen Appelo on How to “unFIX” Agile Scaling (Scaling Tech Ep28)
Scaling technology is one thing, but scaling technical teams is quite another. In this episode, we talk with author Jurgen Appelo about his "unFIX" pattern for scaling agile teams. We talk about the challenges of scaling agile teams, team empowerment, innovation,...
Dr Vladyslav Ukis on Site Reliability Engineering (Scaling Tech Podcast Ep27)
How do you engineer your systems to be highly reliable, especially in a regulated environment like healthcare? Dr Vladyslav Ukis joins us to explain the concepts of Site Reliability Engineering, how to choose and manage Service Level Objectives and Error Budgets, and...
Allison McMillan on Engineering Team Health and Offsites (Scaling Tech Podcast Ep26)
Building a good team is like solving a puzzle, as our guest Allison McMillan describes in this episode of the Scaling Tech Podcast. Allison is an engineering leadership consultant who works as a fractional VP of Engineering, and also consults to companies on...
Vijay Parthasarathy on AI and the Future of Work (Scaling Tech Podcast Ep25)
What is the future of AI, and how will it affect the way that we conduct work? In this episode we speak with an expert in the field: Vijay Parthasarathy, Head of AI and ML at Zoom. Vijay will draw on his experiences in AI at Zoom, Meta, and Apple, as well as the...
Dr. Barbara Wixom on Data is Everybody’s Business (Scaling Tech Podcast Ep24)
In today's world, data is no longer the purview of data scientists alone. Data is Everybody's Business, which is also the title of Professor Barb Wixom's new book from MIT Press. In this conversation, we learn how to monetize data via Improving, Wrapping, and Selling....
Kelly Shortridge on Security Chaos Engineering and Resilience (Scaling Tech Podcast Ep23)
To achieve software resilience, you must design in security, and treat it as part of software quality. In this conversation, author and security expert Kelly Shortridge shares with us exactly how to do that - covering topics such as the philosophy of software...
George Dinwiddie on Software Estimation Without Guessing (Scaling Tech Podcast Ep22)
Most of us have a love/hate relationship with software estimation. Estimation is an important skill, but it's often misused and misunderstood, especially in unhealthy team cultures. When used properly, it can be a powerful tool for team communication and to enable...
Jen Dary on Mentoring First Time Managers (Scaling Tech Podcast Ep21)
Getting promoted into management can be the most exciting and terrifying moment of a person's career. In this episode, we speak with Leadership Coach Jen Dary about her work training and mentoring managers, and the particularly difficult aspects of being a first time...
Lessons Learned and Season Two Recap (Scaling Tech Podcast Ep20)
Episode 20 wraps up our second season of the Scaling Tech Podcast! Every 10 episodes, Arin and David will do a recap episode of lessons learned from our guests. In this special episode of the Scaling Tech Podcast, we review some of our favorite clips from episodes...