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Péter Szász (https://peterszasz.com/) and Jeremy Brown (https://jeremybrown.tech/) reflect on their latest newsletter posts and catch up with their latest projects and hobbies.
Catch the show live on YouTube every Monday at 10:30 AM Central European Time: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0RzvHPZ_1UomB9YRMXtT4A
Catch the show live on YouTube every Monday at 10:30 AM Central European Time: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0RzvHPZ_1UomB9YRMXtT4A
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In this episode, we discuss the critical importance of career security over job security in the changing tech landscape, highlighting strategies for sustaining and advancing one's career in 2024. Then, we explore the Innovation Framework based on the Möbius Loop for balancing discovery, delivery, and options in the software development life cycle. We also urge organisations to consider capturing structured practices with the Open Practice Library. Additionally, we discuss the value of pair programming and mob programming for strengthening collaboration, learning, and problem-solving.
00:00 Hey!
00:25 We Are Slowing Figuring Out The Show Format and Target Audience
02:09 Politics - The Morning After The Night Before - EU and Hungarian Election Results
04:21 Artistic Pairing - The Twin Peaks Soundtrack
12:30 Pair Programming and Collaboration
24:08 What's Old Is New in Tech
30:36 How to maintain career security in the 2024 tech climate?
46:22 A Framework for Innovation
50:37 Implementing Standard Practices
01:08:47 Wrapping Up
Jeremy’s article on How to Innovate: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/how-to-innovate
Clayton Christensen’s books on Disruptive Innovation (Jeremy was referring to “The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail”): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19203217-disruptive-innovation
Lex Fridman and Mark Zuckerberg interview in the Metaverse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EohIA7QPmmE
Perplexity, an AI search engine: https://www.perplexity.ai/
Kagi, the search engine Jeremy uses: https://kagi.com/
Tom Demarco’s book about slack: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123715.Slack
2018 study on slack and innovation: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/full/10.1287/orsc.2018.1215
Peter’s article about Getting hired as an EM / Searching and applying: https://peterszasz.com/get-hired-as-an-engineering-manager-part-3-searching-and-applying/
Craft Conference: https://craft-conf.com/
Book on Platform Strategy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208871782-platform-strategy
Search Engine podcast episode on the media apocalypse and how to survive it, part 1: https://overcast.fm/+BBVQRBOVak part2: https://overcast.fm/+BBVQTfeXl4
Example of a hyper-local website: Les Pépites du 19e - https://www.lespepitesdu19e.fr/ and Instagram (@lespepitesdu19e)
00:00 Introduction and Greetings
00:34 What the hell is this show?
02:47 Jeremy's article on "How to Innovate"
07:25 Do you need a healthy Culture to Innovate
09:55 Can big companies innovate?
18:53 Is slack (time) needed to innovate?
28:57 Peter - Getting hired as an EM / Searching and applying
44:55 Get ahead of the crowd strategies for job seekers
47:08 An example of a great cold outreach
48:54 Can networking at conferences help me get a job?
50:54 Experiences at Craft Conf
52:21 Emerging trends from the talks at Craft Conf?
55:17 AI will replace developers!
01:01:19 Supporting Conference Attendance as a leader
01:05:13 The Media Apocalypse and Ethical Consumption
01:07:44 The Role of AI in Content Creation
01:14:16 The Importance of Local News and Media
01:25:35 Reflections and Closing Thoughts
Chapters (notes below):
00:00::00 Awkward intros
00:00:51 Reflecting on Benoit's (CPTO of Lunii) guest appearance last week and the 4 day work week
00:14:28 What correlates with happiness?
00:28:59 Peter's articles on getting hired as an EM - part 1 & 2
00:32:32 Hands on/Hands off Engineering Managers
00:39:02 You need to have multiple CVs!
00:44:07 Drop some nuggets in your CV
00:46:34 Is AI being used to screen me?
00:51:16 Should I use AI to write my CV?
00:53:01 Hot tips for how to use AI
00:58:08 Clickbaity AI
01:01:59 Four Key Questions for Managers That Boost Team Performance
01:09:32 Trust and performance management
01:15:26 Should I share my answers?
01:18:11 Layoffs and low performers
01:22:58 Low performers, the vampire in your team
01:24:25 Retention risk and tracking over time
01:25:40 Give it three months
01:26:23 How to get started
01:28:09 Share your work at 20% done
01:31:55 Being right the first time and the Ikea Effect
01:34:09 Jeremy's pivot
01:36:48 Should our newsletters be perfect?
01:39:49 Homelabbing woes
01:48:44 Looking forward to next week
Show notes
Our previous show about Lunii’s 4-day workweek experiment: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7199358260410245121/
Peter’s earlier article about a Hungarian company trying the same: https://peterszasz.com/the-end-of-a-4-day-workweek-experiment/
Timsons, a family-owned business focusing on employee happiness: https://www.timpson.co.uk/ you can read more about how they are run here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1J7x50pDt5DrcPJ57B7kkM9/6-things-we-learnt-from-the-ceo-of-timpson-s
The History of Guinness and it’s social impact - https://faithandleadership.com/stephen-mansfield-god-and-guinness
Peter’s newsletter including the activities / happiness correlation research: https://peterszasz.com/week-21-2024-frustration-and-happiness/
Not the article Peter mentioned, but a great talk on why we should not send money to Africa: https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/media/series/39/20090409-dead-aid-why-aid-is-not-working-and-how-there-is-a-better-way-for-africa
Hungarian charity giving targeted help to specific homeless people: https://vanesely.hu/english/
Peter’s articles about Getting Hired as an EM:
Women less likely to apply for jobs they don’t feel fully qualified for: https://hbr.org/2014/08/why-women-dont-apply-for-jobs-unless-theyre-100-qualified
Jeremy: AI prompting article to ask for clarifying questions: https://www.descript.com/blog/article/11-best-chatgpt-prompts
Growth design website to give tips in design experiences: https://growth.design/
Jeremy’s recent Performance Questions article: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/four-key-questions-for-managers-that-boost-team-performance/
…and the original one about debunking performance rating myths: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/17-debunking-performance-rating-myths/
Nine Lies about Work book: https://goodreads.com/book/show/40086702-nine-lies-about-work
Jeremy’s article about the Baseline Principles for Teams: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/21-baseline-principles-for-teams/
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21343.The_Five_Dysfunctions_of_a_Team
The 9-Box Performance Evaluation Model: https://www.bamboohr.com/blog/9-box-grid
Jeremy’s article about sharing your work early: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/the-20-percent-rule/
…and his earlier one about the IKEA Effect: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/the-ikea-effect/
Peter’s article about Homelabbing for Engineering Leaders: https://peterszasz.com/homelabbing-for-engineering-leaders/
Craft Conference 10: https://craft-conf.com/2024
Show Notes:
Lunii, where our guest Benoit is CPTO: https://lunii.com/
Lunii’s LinkedIn announcement about going 4-day a week: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7196425731042693121/
Two other French companies mentioned who do 4-day a week: https://www.ldlc.com/ and https://www.welcometothejungle.com/
Péter’s article about a 4-day workweek experiment at Magyar Telekom: https://peterszasz.com/the-end-of-a-4-day-workweek-experiment/
00:00:00 show intro
00:02:06 Benoit joins us
00:06:34 4-day workweek and Peter's article
00:09:52 Lunii's journey to the 4-day workweek
00:13:33 Why did it take a year to implement?
00:15:27 Lunii's model - 80 100 100
00:16:11 How have you started to adapt?
00:18:27 Async
00:20:39 Monday is not the same
00:21:36 Time to learn
00:32:12 What about Customer Support?
00:36:29 Early responses
00:43:19 Performance management
00:46:55 Levelling Up Individual productivity
00:51:37 Lunii is hiring
00:54:12 Screentime and kids
00:56:42 AI, Storytelling and translation
01:05:18 The person using AI will take your job
01:06:26 bye!
Episode #2 of The Retrospective Live Show
Show Notes:Apple ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntjkwIXWtrc
Peter's Focus article: https://peterszasz.com/why-cant-i-focus/Linktree: https://linktr.ee/,
OSS alternative: Link Stack https://linkstack.org/
Tom Demarco: Slack https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123715.Slack
Timeboxing hobby article - https://bulletjournal.com/blogs/bulletjournalist/how-to-set-boundaries-using-time
quotes:
Time-boxing creates boundaries that force us to think inside the box, that is, at a much more granular level. If we can only dedicate thirty minutes, three times a week to something, we have to figure out what we can get done in that short amount of time. That shift in thinking can make all the difference.
By only granting ourselves a limited amount of time, we’re primed to make the most of it, and we’re left wanting more. This is a powerful way to stay motivated, and gives us something to look forward to each day.
Lastly, time-boxing can be very practical for those whose passions often get in the way of their commitments.
Article on questions to ask ceo - https://getlighthouse.com/blog/questions-to-ask-a-ceo-healthy-culture/
CTO survey: https://ss-usa.s3.amazonaws.com/c/311833600/media/1935663a48f6d7f0702329394031256/CTO Craft Compensation Survey Report 2024.pdf
Jeremy & Peter discuss their weekly newsletters.
Raw and unedited, this was our pilot or test recording that motivated us to take this experiment further.
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