Expanding Beyond

Episode 15: I'm not a piece of sh*t!

27 January 2021 | 49 mins 33 secs

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.

Episode 14: Working fully async (unblocking the mother lode)

23 December 2020 | 43 mins 34 secs

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).

Episode 13: Project rollercoaster

9 December 2020 | 44 mins 11 secs

In this episode we discuss the difficulties of communicating technical projects to other teams and to the company as a whole as well as what the difference is between having a role and having a title.

Episode 12: Let's Talk About Estimations

25 November 2020 | 31 mins 45 secs

Monica and Urban discussion estimations, the dangers around them, and how to do them right ... if you really have to.

Episode 11: WTF is quark‽

11 November 2020 | 39 mins 47 secs

In this episode we discuss mobile testing (again), pair managing, and online conferences.

Episode 10: I just like tests so much

28 October 2020 | 34 mins 35 secs

Monica and Urban discuss testing JavaScript apps (especially those that have never been tested before) and moving to a more stable server setup.

Episode 9: You don't want ortogonal vectors

30 September 2020 | 33 mins 38 secs

We discuss project planning and company wide alignment.

Episode 8: I understand your CTO

16 September 2020 | 35 mins 12 secs

We discuss how to handle outages and how to measure productivity for managers.

Episode 7: We are young in our minds

2 September 2020 | 33 mins 2 secs

We discussing hiring and how we define seniority in the field and getting there.

Episode 6: Writing Is Not Easy

19 August 2020 | 36 mins 16 secs

We discuss testing react apps, an overflowing (but groomed) backlog, iOS development, weekly reviews. Monica also discovers that writing is hard. 😱

Episode 5: Monkey See, Monkey Do

5 August 2020 | 36 mins 9 secs

Monica and Urban discuss meta programming Ruby, being a good manager and TDD.

Episode 4: Let's Build A Bridge And See If It Holds

17 July 2020 | 36 mins 33 secs

Monica and Urban discuss the differences (or lack thereof) between "real" and software engineering, the bus factor, and being kind to your users.