08:00

WELCOME

Registration and refreshments

Welcome to LeadDev West Coast 2023

09:30 10 mins

Welcome to LeadDev West Coast 2023

A welcome to LeadDev West Coast 2023 from the host Inés Sombra.

Featuring:

Ines Sombra
Ines Sombra
Vice President of Engineering Fastly
09:45

Leading in the post-boom environment

Tara Ellis calls out what the folks in the room are thinking, looking at what it means to lead in a post-boom environment, and thinking about how we can create a sense of stability for ourselves and our teams.

Featuring:

Tara Ellis
Tara Ellis
Engineering Manager Netflix
10:20

Business delivery

How to learn from conferences

Watch Liz Hustedt to feel empowered to make an action plan to take back home, and you will have compassion for yourself if not everything goes to plan.

Featuring:

Liz Hustedt
Liz Hustedt
Engineering Manager ActBlue Technical Services
10:30

Generative AI

Behind the scenes scaling ChatGPT

Evan Morikawa gives you a behind the scenes look at how we scaled ChatGPT and the OpenAI APIs. A story about staying nimble enough to release new capabilities and to respond quickly to a rapidly changing industry.

Featuring:

Evan Morikawa
Evan Morikawa
Member of Technical Staff OpenAI
11:00 30 min

BREAK

Refreshments and activities

Enjoy a break and grab yourself a coffee and a snack or get involved with table talks, connect with suppliers and more.

11:40

Personal development

AI and the future of software engineering

Hywel Carver talks focuses on the shape of engineering teams and how they work - including how they have changed over time with the advent of Agile and DevOps - and suggest how this will change as AI-generated code becomes mainstream.

Featuring:

Hywel Carver
Hywel Carver
CEO Skiller Whale
12:10

How to onboard effectively as a remote engineering manager

Prashant Verma summarizes his experiences, tips, tools, and techniques I developed along the way for personal development, team development, and process management.

Featuring:

Prashant Verma
Prashant Verma
Senior Software Development Manager Zillow
12:20

Accessibility

a11y is your MVP: Moving fast without breaking accessibility

Plum Ertz talks about how, despite the growing discussion in the industry about digital accessibility, putting those debates into action can still be challenging in today's world of “doing more with less”.

Featuring:

Plum Ertz
Plum Ertz
Senior Director, Engineering Ro
12:35

Better hiring with code review assignments

Lorenzo Saino evaluates how the software engineering skills of job candidates often involves live coding sessions or take-home coding assignments, but both methods have major limitations.

Featuring:

Lorenzo Saino
Lorenzo Saino
Engineering Director Fastly
13:00 70 mins

Lunch

14:30

Skills for new managers

Mascot driven development: Building a high performing team through application ownership & identity

Luis Vega shares his experience of changing roles from a senior software engineer to a managerial position, the path for building a team to own and revamp unpopular applications and expand the portfolio with new applications, the establishment of a team culture that emphasizes product ownership, unparalleled customer support, and the branding of each application.

Featuring:

Luis Vega
Luis Vega
Engineering Manager Bloomberg LP
14:50

GraphQL is a superpower for your product manager and designer

Jeff Auriemma talks about how good tools help get a job done faster and better, transforming the entire end-to-end workflow from concept to deployment.

Featuring:

Jeff Auriemma
Jeff Auriemma
Engineering Manager Apollo GraphQL
15:10

Skills for new managers

Meeting your people where they are

Amanda Sopkin breaks down some of the big ways in which people are different: communication styles, ways they prefer to receive appreciation, and attitudes towards career progression.

Featuring:

Amanda Sopkin
Amanda Sopkin
Engineering Manager Asana
15:20

Doing the right thing, better: How to lead with efficiency in mind

Lena Reinhard will help you change the way you think and operate, and will help you be the leader that your business and your team needs during this time of uncertainty.

Featuring:

Lena Reinhard
Lena Reinhard
Engineering Leadership & Executive Coach
16:00 30 min

BREAK

Refreshments and activities

Enjoy a break and grab yourself a coffee and a snack or get involved with table talks, connect with suppliers and more.

16:30

Breaking the burnout cycle in engineering teams

Shelly Stuart talks hustle culture – where stress, hard work, and long hours are considered the key to success – has long been pervasive in the tech industry.

Featuring:

Shelly Stuart
Shelly Stuart
Senior Engineering Manager CircleCI
17:00

Managing a passionate team: How to change the world without burning out

Lexi Galantino discusses how team members who feel passionate about their work are an excellent asset to a team, but over time even passion, met with an endless backlog of important tasks, can slip into burnout.

Featuring:

Lexi Galantino
Lexi Galantino
Software Engineer Zipline
17:10

How I tackled the fear of metrics to level up conversations with my ICs

Jasmine Oliveira discusses how she worked with her ICs to develop a space where the use of metrics felt less intimidating and more like a valuable tool for growth.

Featuring:

Jasmine Oliveira
Jasmine Oliveira
Engineering Leader Jellyfish
17:25

How much is that API call in the window?

Mark Robinson talks about how in recent years, cloud computing has transformed the way businesses store, manage, and analyze their data.

Featuring:

Mark Robinson
Mark Robinson
Senior Infrastructure Engineer Plaid
17:50 10 min

Wrap-up

18:00 90 min

NETWORK

Networking mixer

Join us for the networking drinks reception

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