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What it takes to scale engineering
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Changelog Media
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audio
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Software How-To
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Technology
Publication Date |
Feb 17, 2023
Episode Duration |
01:27:03
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.
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.

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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Timestamps:

(00:00) - This week on The Changelog(00:55) - Sponsor: Sentry(02:46) - Start the show!(12:57) - Requested by name(20:35) - How did you know or learn what to do?(25:39) - Understanding constraints(27:25) - 100 people is a game-changing threshold(37:33) - Lead by caring for people(39:56) - What's worth building now?(47:42) - Using decision logs(51:40) - Choosing the right tools for communication(56:24) - This is NOT my problem(1:04:12) - What is psychological safety?(1:10:07) - Scaling, but maintaining code health(1:21:29) - Wrapping up(1:24:15) - It's been fun(1:24:35) - Outro

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