Podcasts

The Technical Founder's Path: Code, Leadership, and Balance

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Trisha Ballakur about transitioning from coder to startup CEO, balancing technical leadership with business development, and avoiding burnout on the journey.

Culture Through Tension: Leading Interdisciplinary Teams with Nick Gillian

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Nick Gillian about building cross-functional teams for physical AI innovation, growing engineering culture through positive tensions, and navigating the journey from technical execution to organizational influence.

Why Engineering Culture Is Everything: Building Teams That Actually Work

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Gonzalo (Glo) Maldonado about the central role of engineering culture, measuring team health through qualitative metrics, and learning from other engineering disciplines.

Effective Mentorship and Remote Team Culture with Gilad Shoham

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Gilad Shoham about building effective mentorship relationships, leading fully distributed teams and the evolving role of developers in an AI-augmented future.

Leading from Any Position: Richard Bown on Humane Engineering Organizations

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Richard Bown about transitioning from management back to individual contributor roles, leading from any position, and creating humane engineering organizations.