Expanding Beyond

We discuss our Christmas break, books, and how to structure work when the engineering department is growing fast. The Books of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin Design Doc Architecture Decision Record You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me T...

In this episode we revisit 360 reviews, navigating the German e-healthcare system, and dealing with surprises. Situation Behavior Impact feedback model Open Telekom Cloud You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me Twitter: @KFMolli Github: @nirnaeth Blog: dev.to/nirnaeth Where to f...

In this episode we discuss the differences between working remotely and meeting in person. We also talk about the career path(s) of software developers that do not want to become managers. Stationery Adjacent podcast You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me Twitter: @KFMolli Gith...

In this episode we talk about one on ones, 360 reviews, and performance reviews. 360 reviews Culture Amp You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me Twitter: @KFMolli Github: @nirnaeth Blog: dev.to/nirnaeth Where to find Urban on the internet: Twitter: @ujh Github: @ujh Blog: urbanh...

In this episode we talk about estimations ... again. Managing Up: Where Everything is Made Up and the Points Don’t Matter The Mythical Man Month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. Waltzing with Bears by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister Software estimation without guessing by George Dinwiddie How to Measure Anything by Douglas W. Hubbard You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow...

We discuss everything around internationalization of a product and an organization as well as the job of a product owner (and the lack of one on Monica's team). Quark Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me Twitter: @KFMolli Github: @nirn...

We discuss estimations, what they are good for as well as legacy code. 2000 downloads Tweet 2000 downloads on LinkedIn The Mythical Man Month How can a developer estimate time and effort? https://www.howtomeasureanything.com/ You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me Twitter: @KFM...

Signavio Four Stages of Teams Misophonia About Franziska Franziska Hauck is a coach, consultant and advocate. With her experience as a people lead, she coaches engineering managers, developers and primarily those working in tech. She has consulted startups, content hubs and bootcamp providers. Previously regional lead for the developer relations community programs at Google, she has also worked as...

We discuss picking jobs based on a tech stack you want to learn, engineering roadmaps, going on holidays, and high performing teams. You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me Twitter: @KFMolli Github: @nirnaeth Blog: dev.to/nirnaeth Where to find Urban on the internet: Twitter: @u...

We discuss working in a start-up environment, making hard decisions when prioritizing, and the parallels between architecture and software development. Hyper growth VCR Tweet about architecture How Buildings Learn by Steward Brand A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica o...

In this episode we discuss how Monica is doing in her new job, project management, stakeholder mapping, premortems, and project management. OKRs The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins Stakeholder mapping Harvard Business Review newsletters HBR Guide to Project Management Premortem You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find...

In this episode we discuss greenfield applications, when they make sense, when they do not, and how to split out parts of an app. You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me Twitter: @KFMolli Github: @nirnaeth Blog: dev.to/nirnaeth Where to find Urban on the internet: Twitter: @ujh...

We talk about Monica's new job, how she's approaching new jobs in general, and what management roles a team needs. The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins Shrek Onion quote You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me Twitter: @KFMolli Github: @nirnaeth Blog: dev.to/nirnaeth Where to...

We discuss making big technical decisions, building vs. buying, how it's important to take a break from work and Monica's 10 year plan. You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me Twitter: @KFMolli Github: @nirnaeth Blog: dev.to/nirnaeth Where to find Urban on the internet: Twitter:...

In this episode we talk about how to manage errors and failures. https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/blog/3-visualise-your-inks The incredibly challenging task of sorting colours The fear of failure in Engineering Blameless postmortem Release It! Premortem Why Japan’s Rails Workers Can’t Stop Pointing at Things Pragmatic Thinking and Learning Daði Freyr (Daði & Gagnamagnið) – 10 Years (Offici...

In this episode we talk about what we learning during one year of podcasting. Monica’s Now page https://sive.rs/now https://nownownow.com/ 20% time D3.js Urban's innovation day outcome (4s video) Generate JSON in Postgres Alessandro’s question Podcasting services by Yvgenii Episode 19 with Niels You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb ....

We discuss Ruby Day 2021! Twitter thread around the bot signup reCAPTCHA RubyDay 2021 Euruko 2021 Crystal Conference - 1.0 Launch Matz Maciej Rząsa The Rising Ethical Storm in Open Source by Coraline Ada Ehmke A Code of Conduct for Open Source Communities Rust Haskell You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the...

In this episode we talk about mental health, vulnerability as manager, burnout, therapy, and personal growth. 360 feedback How's work (podcast) Autism Spectrum Disorder Hypervigilance Debugging your brain by Casey Watts You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me Twitter: @KFMolli G...

In this meandering episode we discuss feeling like a team when you're virtual, virtual conferences, and RubyDay in particular. https://gather.town/ https://www.jackboxgames.com/drawful/ https://gartic.io/ https://2021.rubyday.it/ https://euruko2021.org/ https://qconferences.com/ You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Mon...

In this episode we talk to CTO Niels Liebisch about his management philosophy, handling outages, hiring, and bridging the gap between development and other departments. Niels Liebisch on LinkedIn Niels Liebisch on Twitter virtualQ Incident Postmortem Release It! You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the intern...

In this episode we talk about the monolith, SOA, microservices, and why each makes sense under certain circumstances. We cover the technical aspects as well as the organizational components of choosing an approach. Service Oriented Architecture Microservices GraphQL Citadel pattern You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find...

In this episode we discuss knowledge silos, how to avoid them, and when they are actually useful. Bus factor You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the internet: Twitter: @KFMolli Github: @nirnaeth Blog: dev.to/nirnaeth Where to find Urban on the internet: Twitter: @ujh Github: @ujh Blog: urbanhafner.com The in...

In this episode we talk about working remotely. How it changed for some who have been doing it before, and the experiences of newcomers. https://gartic.io/ https://www.jackboxgames.com/drawful-two/ Airbnb experiences You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the internet: Twitter: @KFMolli Github: @nirnaeth Blog:...

We discuss CVs and the differences between managerial ones and those for ICs as well as the difficulties that can happen when employees leave and how to avoid them. First Contributions Engineering Managers Slack Goodhart’s Law Working on Voyager monica.giambitto@pm.me You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it . You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb . Where to find Monica on the...

In this episode we answer our first listener question! We talk about a team that's distributed across many time zones and then end up discussing working fully async (instead of just working remotely). From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams by Johanna Rothman and Mark Kilby The Best Advice For Remote Work Success From 10 Global Teams Zapier’s guide to working remotely You can reach us via...