Why operations matter

Why operations matter

In this talk, James will discuss why operations and operations engineering are the secret to true, sustained scale, and how Cash App came to be more honest about the road ahead.

Assess beyond functional correctness and improve hiring funnel throughput

Assess beyond functional correctness and improve hiring funnel throughput

In this short 5-minute presentation, you’ll see data from 70,000 US-based early careers candidates that reveals how they perform on programming best practices, logic, and efficiency – and how much hiring funnel throughput can increase with a different approach to scoring.

The only two metrics you should show to your CEO

The only two metrics you should show to your CEO

In this session, Dan Lines will give you the two metrics that matter most when answering the two most important questions.

Operational data meet organization silos

Operational data meet organization silos

This talk will cover some of the tools Observe has to help understand operational issues faster, and reduce friction working on incidents across teams.

It’s lonely at the top - How do you build your support network from there?

It’s lonely at the top - How do you build your support network from there?

In this talk, we’ll cover how your networking approach needs to evolve to create the support system you need as a senior leader.

How managers can successfully lead their teams through change

How managers can successfully lead their teams through change

In this session, Rukmini Reddy, SVP of Engineering at Slack, will share her perspective on why change is a must and the positive impacts that can come with it when you can gain buy-in and trust from the people on your team.

Creating the story of your culture

Creating the story of your culture

This talk will outline what are the essential facets of building your culture and how you ensure diversity, equity, and belonging go hand and hand.

Better engineering through business understanding

Better engineering through business understanding

This talk will focus on strategies and skills that can help you develop business understanding including key concepts related to finance and product strategy.

Technical Strategy as a Superpower

Technical Strategy as a Superpower

​​​​​​​This talk will give you an understanding of what makes a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ strategy, how to craft one, how to articulate and communicate it, and how to adapt it as times change.

How to keep learning in leadership

How to keep learning in leadership

This talk will dive into strategies you can use for staying technical while being a leader of the organization and as well give you tools to identify the areas that you need to be up to date on and what can you manage without knowledge.

Effective engineering leadership growth

Effective engineering leadership growth

In this talk Bruno will share tactics on getting constructive feedback from peers, learning from new mentors and the strategies you can use use to keep growing your skills and expertise as an engineering leader.