What it takes to scale engineering (Changelog Interviews #527)
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February 17, 20231h 27m
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Show Notes
This week we’re talking to Rachel Potvin, former VP of Engineering at GitHub about what it takes to scale engineering. Rachel says it’s a game-changer when engineering scales beyond 100 people. So we asked to her to share everything she has learned in her career of leading and scaling engineering.
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Featuring:
- Rachel Potvin – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- Rachel adores EngFlow (investor and advisor)
- Rachel’s 2016 paper on Google’s developer infrastructure
- Harvard Business Review on Psychological Safety
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