Modern software development is evolving rapidly. New tools, processes, and AI-powered systems

are reshaping how teams collaborate and how engineers find satisfaction in their craft. At the same

time, developer experience has become a critical function for helping organizations balance

agility, security, and scale while maintaining the creativity and flow that make

top-tier engineering possible. Capital One is continuously transforming its developer culture,

with a focus on faster development cycles, reducing operational overhead, and boosting

productivity across the organization. Catherine McGarvey is the SVP of developer experience at Capital One.

She joins the podcast with Sean Falconer to talk about what developer enablement means at enterprise scale,

measuring developer productivity, being agile in a regulated environment,

AI and enterprise development, the future for developers,

and much more.

This episode is hosted by Sean Falconer.

Check the show notes for more information on Sean's work and where to the show.

Thanks, Sean.

Great to be here.

Yeah, absolutely.

That's good to have you on the show.

So, you know, I was looking into your background.

You have a pretty fascinating background where you've spent some time in startups,

you've done some defense consulting, now you're leading a developer experience for like

14,000 technologists that one.

How does that diverse experience across this wide spectrum from fast-moving startup world

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