Making developer effectiveness a reality
Thoughtworks Technology Podcast
Thoughtworks
4.5 • 58 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
There’s often lots of talk about how companies can make their developers more productive. But it may be more useful to think about developer effectiveness: how to ensure they’re building the most useful products for their customers. This isn’t about working longer or harder or hiring smarter people, it's just working smarter, using your time better and making sure that the company is providing that environment that allows developers to be effective. Our special guests from Spotify and Etsy give us their unique perspectives.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. My name is Rebecca Parsons. I'm one of the co-hosts of the ThoughtWorks |
| 0:10.3 | Technology podcast, and I would like to welcome you today to a discussion on developer effectiveness. |
| 0:16.6 | I am joined by my colleague, Tim Cochran, and we have two special guests as well, Keir Gawande and Pia Nielsen. |
| 0:25.8 | So first, Keir, if you'd give a brief introduction to yourself. |
| 0:30.1 | Sure. |
| 0:30.8 | Hi, everyone. |
| 0:31.9 | My name is Keir. |
| 0:33.3 | I am currently the chief architect and VP of engineering at Etsy and have been there for the last |
| 0:39.4 | decade. Before Etsy, I worked at PayPal for four years as a software engineer. And Pia? Hi, everyone. I'm Pia |
| 0:46.9 | and I work at Spotify. I lead the platform developer experience department there, which I've been |
| 0:53.9 | working in for five years approximately. |
| 0:57.4 | Before that, I was an engineer for over a decade. And I have been a huge fan of the ThoughtWorks, |
| 1:05.9 | books, and the Articles. And Tim, why did you tell us a little about yourself and then tell us a little bit about |
| 1:13.6 | what this developer effectiveness stuff is all about? |
| 1:16.6 | Sure. |
| 1:17.6 | So my name is Tim Cochran. |
| 1:20.6 | I'm technical director for the East Market at Fort Works. |
| 1:24.6 | So I'm looking after the tech strategy and our engineers on the |
| 1:31.5 | East Coast. I've been at Fort Works for 16 years, similar to Pierre and Kierre developer, |
| 1:37.1 | and now not. And we work in, you know, at Fort Works, we work with all different kinds, |
| 1:42.0 | kinds of companies, different stages, different |
| 1:45.6 | kinds of projects. |
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