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AA200 - 20 Years in Tech: Lessons Learned
Manage episode 463752539 series 2986873
In this podcast, two tech industry veterans reflect and share candid insights from 20 years of navigating the ever-changing world of tech and software development.
Join Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel as they talk strategies for recession-proofing your career, the critical importance of talking to customers, and the role leadership plays in driving organizational success.
Come for the positive experiences, but stay for the cringe-worthy tangents - we also explore the all-too-common pitfalls of tech such as confusing utilization with progress, the prevalence of Tayloristic management, and the emotional toll of accruing technical debt.
Whether you're at the start of your career or a 20-plus year veteran like us, we'd love to hear if our experiences are similar to your own and we hope you enjoy our discussion on spending 20 years in tech!
#TechCareers #LeadershipLessons #ProductManagement #SoftwareDevelopment #Agile
References
Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Taylor Gatto
Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn
Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet
The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education by W. Edwards Deming
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https://youtu.be/I_LF4QUU-XM
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agile-podcast/id1568557596
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Toronto Is My Beat (Music Sample)
By Whitewolf (Source: https://ccmixter.org/files/whitewolf225/60181)
CC BY 4.0 DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)
Chapters
1. Podcast Intro (00:00:00)
2. Podcast Intro: 20 Years in Tech (00:00:11)
3. Reflecting on 20 Years in Tech (00:00:29)
4. Recession-Proofing Your Career (00:00:59)
5. Stakeholder Management (00:03:10)
6. To-Do > Doing > Done > Validating (00:04:08)
7. Tools Don't Build Trust (00:05:08)
8. Learning Speed and Adaptability (00:06:38)
9. Be and Stay Curious (00:08:38)
10. Innovation Theatre (00:10:10)
11. The Product Manager's Real Role (00:11:10)
12. Product Budgeting Hot Take (00:11:57)
13. Metrics, a Future Podcast? (00:12:58)
14. Challenges with Metrics and Performance Reviews (00:13:23)
15. Picking Metrics Out of Thin Air (00:14:55)
16. Quantifying ROI (00:18:34)
17. Challenges to Measuring Value (00:20:50)
18. Agile Principles and Psychological Safety (00:22:11)
19. Agility as a Competitive Advantage (00:24:30)
20. Taylorism in Modern Software Development (00:28:57)
21. Second Order Effects of Taylorism (00:30:45)
22. Soft Skills Win (00:32:31)
23. Tech Leads Pushing Buttons (00:35:23)
24. The Importance of Strategy in Organizations (00:38:27)
25. Tesla Strategy Example (00:40:01)
26. More on Strategy in AA103 and AA104 (00:41:42)
27. Humility (00:44:31)
28. Keeping Your Resume Updated (00:46:03)
29. The Ubiquity of Control (00:46:08)
30. Be Cautious When Following Fads or Trends (00:48:11)
31. Trends in Tenure (00:49:34)
32. Punished by Rewards: The Carrot & the Stick (00:50:55)
33. Lifting the Mean Level of Quality (00:53:38)
34. Regression to the Mean in Companies (00:57:11)
35. Organizational Backsliding (01:00:49)
36. Transformations: Grass Roots & Top-Down (01:02:39)
37. Technical Debt and Cognitive Load (01:05:31)
38. Relieving the Burden of Technical Debt (01:08:34)
39. Leadership Failures and Communication Breakdowns (01:10:03)
40. Leadership Strategies for Managing Technical Debt (01:11:21)
41. The Cost of FDD: Fear-Driven Development (01:14:02)
42. Fallacy of 24-Hour Development (01:15:34)
43. Layoffs as a Fad (01:17:50)
44. Modernizing Exploitation via Connectivity (01:18:38)
45. Exhausting Your Labor Pool (01:21:21)
46. Summary and Final Thoughts (01:22:48)
47. Wrap-Up (01:25:34)
216 episodes
Manage episode 463752539 series 2986873
In this podcast, two tech industry veterans reflect and share candid insights from 20 years of navigating the ever-changing world of tech and software development.
Join Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel as they talk strategies for recession-proofing your career, the critical importance of talking to customers, and the role leadership plays in driving organizational success.
Come for the positive experiences, but stay for the cringe-worthy tangents - we also explore the all-too-common pitfalls of tech such as confusing utilization with progress, the prevalence of Tayloristic management, and the emotional toll of accruing technical debt.
Whether you're at the start of your career or a 20-plus year veteran like us, we'd love to hear if our experiences are similar to your own and we hope you enjoy our discussion on spending 20 years in tech!
#TechCareers #LeadershipLessons #ProductManagement #SoftwareDevelopment #Agile
References
Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Taylor Gatto
Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn
Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet
The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education by W. Edwards Deming
= = = = = = = = = = = =
Subscribe on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8XUSoJPxGPI8EtuUAHOb6g?sub_confirmation=1
YouTube
https://youtu.be/I_LF4QUU-XM
Apple
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agile-podcast/id1568557596
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/362QvYORmtZRKAeTAE57v3
= = = = = = = = = = = =
Toronto Is My Beat (Music Sample)
By Whitewolf (Source: https://ccmixter.org/files/whitewolf225/60181)
CC BY 4.0 DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)
Chapters
1. Podcast Intro (00:00:00)
2. Podcast Intro: 20 Years in Tech (00:00:11)
3. Reflecting on 20 Years in Tech (00:00:29)
4. Recession-Proofing Your Career (00:00:59)
5. Stakeholder Management (00:03:10)
6. To-Do > Doing > Done > Validating (00:04:08)
7. Tools Don't Build Trust (00:05:08)
8. Learning Speed and Adaptability (00:06:38)
9. Be and Stay Curious (00:08:38)
10. Innovation Theatre (00:10:10)
11. The Product Manager's Real Role (00:11:10)
12. Product Budgeting Hot Take (00:11:57)
13. Metrics, a Future Podcast? (00:12:58)
14. Challenges with Metrics and Performance Reviews (00:13:23)
15. Picking Metrics Out of Thin Air (00:14:55)
16. Quantifying ROI (00:18:34)
17. Challenges to Measuring Value (00:20:50)
18. Agile Principles and Psychological Safety (00:22:11)
19. Agility as a Competitive Advantage (00:24:30)
20. Taylorism in Modern Software Development (00:28:57)
21. Second Order Effects of Taylorism (00:30:45)
22. Soft Skills Win (00:32:31)
23. Tech Leads Pushing Buttons (00:35:23)
24. The Importance of Strategy in Organizations (00:38:27)
25. Tesla Strategy Example (00:40:01)
26. More on Strategy in AA103 and AA104 (00:41:42)
27. Humility (00:44:31)
28. Keeping Your Resume Updated (00:46:03)
29. The Ubiquity of Control (00:46:08)
30. Be Cautious When Following Fads or Trends (00:48:11)
31. Trends in Tenure (00:49:34)
32. Punished by Rewards: The Carrot & the Stick (00:50:55)
33. Lifting the Mean Level of Quality (00:53:38)
34. Regression to the Mean in Companies (00:57:11)
35. Organizational Backsliding (01:00:49)
36. Transformations: Grass Roots & Top-Down (01:02:39)
37. Technical Debt and Cognitive Load (01:05:31)
38. Relieving the Burden of Technical Debt (01:08:34)
39. Leadership Failures and Communication Breakdowns (01:10:03)
40. Leadership Strategies for Managing Technical Debt (01:11:21)
41. The Cost of FDD: Fear-Driven Development (01:14:02)
42. Fallacy of 24-Hour Development (01:15:34)
43. Layoffs as a Fad (01:17:50)
44. Modernizing Exploitation via Connectivity (01:18:38)
45. Exhausting Your Labor Pool (01:21:21)
46. Summary and Final Thoughts (01:22:48)
47. Wrap-Up (01:25:34)
216 episodes
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